Proper Diet..

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 7th April 2006, 03:42 AM

Can somebody post some healthy,less calorie Indian Brakfast/Lunch/Dinner and the quantity which fits for a person who works by sitting in a cubicle always?

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**Anoushka** · 7th April 2006, 06:27 PM

Sridhar: Enna thidirnu health conscious?

Well for breakfast eat less oily stuff like idli or chappati, or even cereals, upma made of wheat germ (with plenty of veg added to it), and a glass of low fat milk (I heard that low fat milk is available in India), brown bread sandwich with tomato, cucumber, etc... and you can have a fruit couple of hours after your breakfast!

Avoid sugary stuff!

For lunch a bowl of rice and a gravy (dal, sambar, etc) and plenty of veg... (avoid coconut if possible and use as less oil/ghee/butter as possible) and some yoghurt.

In the evening eat boiled payaru vagaigaL if possible... as a snack instead of munching on crisps, muruku, etc

For dinner, chappati and plenty of veg, you can also add a fruit.

Add salads wherever possible, even as a snack.

Drink plenty of water as well

I might be wrong here, Dev, please come to the rescue and correct me where I am wrong!

Sridhar: I do know that we s/w engineers do not get much exercise, but even sitting at your desk, you can move around your legs, get up and go for a glass of water every now and then, etc...

**Arthi** · 7th April 2006, 06:51 PM

I read in a Magazine that having fresh vegetable(salad) at night is not good for health.

Can Anou/Dev clarify this?

**Anoushka** · 7th April 2006, 06:58 PM

I am not sure about this Arthi... I do have salads with dinner but then I have my dinner at 7:30 and don't go to bed for atleast another couple of hours....

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 8th April 2006, 08:44 PM

Anu,
You made my day

..Thanks a lot..Will try and tell you the result

**dev** · 8th April 2006, 08:51 PM

Gen rule: less rice(or other carb rich food), moderate qty of dhals & more of vegs & fruits... try to avoid oily/ deepfried & too spicy stuffs... These days I'm also trying to aviod heavily processed food stuffs... Drink lots of water... drink milk or have curds regularly... If u r a meat eater U can have chicken & fish provided the fat& skin is taken off... red meat is to be avoided...

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 8th April 2006, 10:53 PM

Dev now tell me what can be done if my mom is against these diet?? Whenever i try to avoid heavy stuff she keep on saying "Valarura vayasu" and add me more food in my daily stuffs

.. Idhukku mela enna valaruradhu

And Dev is it advisable to have salad (Fresh Vegetables) in night?

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 8th April 2006, 10:54 PM

One more Q ... After taking food, a glass of warm water burns the fat?

**dev** · 9th April 2006, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar

Dev now tell me what can be done if my mom is against these diet?? Whenever i try to avoid heavy stuff she keep on saying "Valarura vayasu" and add me more food in my daily stuffs

.. Idhukku mela enna valaruradhu

And Dev is it advisable to have salad (Fresh Vegetables) in night?

Hmmm... I went on a strike when my mom didn't cook to my style...ie, low fat, no coconut(she used to add coconut in anything & everything) diet... Now, she preapres to my liking when I'm at home & if not, i guess it's the same old style of cooking...

I do eat salads at night... I don't think it's a problem... but I eat dinner very early... What's the reason they give for it, Sridhar?... Why should it be avoided at night?...

Warm water after a meal is said to aid digestion... It just makes U feel comfortable... that's all it can do...

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 9th April 2006, 06:19 PM

Dev,
Good improvement today! My mom cooked me some delicious low-calorie food and promised me that she will continue it

Regarding salad,My mom said that it wont get digest that much soon.

Anu&Dev,
One more doubt! Is it okay if we eat some Marie Gold kind'a of biscuits?