Shardiya Navratri Tips: Navratri is a festival of 9 days. During these 9 days we worship Goddess Durga and observe fast. During these 9 days of fasting, we eat only certain types of things. We all keep fast but do not think that it is very important for our body to remain healthy during fasting. At this time, you should take special care of your eating habits so that Navratri fasting does not have any adverse effect on your body. Therefore, here some important things to eating and drinking during the fast are being told. Along with this, things are also being told which you should avoid.
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Water is very important for our body. To keep our body functioning properly, you should drink adequate amount of water daily. If you eat only limited things during the fast, then make sure that your diet includes fruits, fruit juice, milk and coconut water. With this, the nutrition level of your body remains correct. If you are among those people who think that tea and coffee should be consumed in abundance, then you are wrong. Even though these are beverages, they can dehydrate you.
During fasting, we all eat and drink in limited quantities. There are some people who overeat in the name of fasting. They think that since they are fasting, they should eat everything except the daily essentials. Sometimes all this happens in excess, although behind this excess their thinking is to keep their stomach full. If you do not eat food in the right proportion, there may be a possibility of your stomach getting upset. Therefore, during the fast, do not eat more than the proportion.
Fasting does not just mean sweet things and sugar. It is important for you to know and understand that sugar is not healthy at all. It is prepared by processing, which should actually be called refined sugar. If you feel like eating sweets then you should consume jaggery but that too in limited quantity. If you want, you can also consume sugarcane for sweetness.
As the evening approaches, I feel hungry and feel like eating something light. You went to your kitchen and saw potato chips in colorful packets. Even though they are fasting people, do not eat too much of them. Instead of this, you can eat fries made from sweet potatoes, nuts, fruits, makhana etc. These are healthy, satisfy your hunger and do not make your stomach feel heavy. The market of Vrat is increasing day by day. This also includes food and drink items. It is important for you to know that most of these things are processed, which are not included in the category of healthy food in any respect. These are prepared from low standard ingredients. You have kept the fast of Navratri to worship and worship Goddess Durga, you would definitely not want to eat such things during the fast of Navratri.
It is always advisable to consume fiber rich foods because they keep our digestion system healthy. This not only causes stomach upset but also reduces appetite. Fasting: Even during fasting, fiber rich foods get digested quickly. In the category of fiber rich foods, you can eat arbi, banana, pumpkin and to some extent potato. They contain a lot of fiber and are easily digested. Hunger is satisfied, that's different!
During fasting, you must have been hearing from everyone that food prepared in pure ghee should be consumed. This is also true but it does not mean that you should consume it excessively. Even if you feel tempted by those things, if you consume food with more ghee than required, your stomach may not be able to digest it. Therefore, instead of deep fried namkeen, eat fruit chaat and keep your taste buds calm.
During these 9 days of fasting, our body is running in detox mode. Therefore, at this time it is important that you give rest to your body. If you do not take 7 to 8 hours of daily sleep, your body will not get rest and will not be able to do the detox work properly. At this time, you should also do meditation exercises so that your body gets detoxed properly.
These 9 days are for finding peace. Since your body is in detox mode, it is important that you do not tire your body too much. You may be in a celebratory mood some days, but don't make the mistake of staying hungry for a long time. Keep eating something throughout the day so that your body keeps feeling energetic. After all, Mother Durga didn't say to remember me by troubling yourself!
Vibha Bajpai, Head Dietitian, Asian Hospital, Faridabad According to this, if someone has problems like diabetes, blood pressure, low hemoglobin, then he should include abundant amounts of nutrients like protein, iron, calcium and fiber in his diet during Navratri fast. Diet that increases obesity should be taken in minimum quantity. Foods like cheese, milk, makhana, peanuts, flax seeds, juicy fruits, green vegetables, green salad, curd, water chestnut flour, almonds, walnuts, raisins, chia seeds should be included in your fasting diet. Consumption of fried foods should be especially avoided at this time.
