Introduction:
It is not difficult to make your life healthy. All you have to do is to make the proper choices. Even in today’s society of fast food, processed food and junk food, there is a simple and strong answer, Living with Plants.
Living on plant based diet is not simply a different diet plan, but it is a special lifestyle. In plant based diet, we normally eat whole grain foods, including fruits, vegetables, millets, pulses, nuts, and seeds etc. The best aspect is that this diet is affordable for everyone and easy to find in your area. Let’s look at how you may get super healthy food choices every day by making simple and low priced plant-based foods. These foods are good for you and for the permanent health of the environment .
- What is the basic idea behind a plant-based diet?
Plant-based means,
- Eat more fruits, vegetables, legumes, millets, seeds, nuts, and spices. It also suggests that don’t eat meat, dairy, eggs, or processed items that come from animals. You should also stay away from refined cheeses, white sugar, and refined oil.
Goal: Food that is clean, healthy, cures your body, gives you energy, and protects the environment and supports the planet earth.
- Local Foods Are the Best Foods
The healthiest foods for our bodies are the seasonal and local fruits and vegetables that we can find nearby. For instance, during different seasons we find locally grown,
Winter crops: Guava, Oranges, Banana, Mustard leaves, Fenugreek leaves, Cauliflower, Carrot, Radish, Turnip and many more
Summer crops: Watermelon, Muskmelon, Mango. Litchi, Bottle gourd, Bitter gourd, Ladyfinger and many more.
Monsoon crops: Mango, Banana, Bottle gourd, Ladyfinger, Tinda etc.
Local and fresh foods are highly nutritious and are better for your health, these are environmental friendly, and most importantly these are your wallet friendly!
- Eating plant-based foods is good for your wallet.
People think that healthy food costs a lot of money, but the truth is that plant based diets containing various forms of vegetables, fruits cereals etc which make rice and pulses, millet chapati, seasonal vegetables etc. are the best with nutritional value and are cheapest and affordable meals.
Here are some tips:
- Get your vegetables in bulk from the local or farmer’s market.
- Instead of expensive grains, use millets like jowar/sorghum, bajra, and ragi.
- Soak and sprout your own legumes at home (black gram, mung, moth).
- How to get protein? Don’t worry!
The biggest myth is that plant-based foods are low in protein. On the contrary, truth is this:
Indian plant foods with legumes are high in protein:
- Moong, masoor, urad, rajma, and chana
- Peanuts, almonds, and sunflower seeds
- Quinoa, amaranth, and oats
- Tofu and tempeh (optional)
There won’t be a problem with protein if you are using variety of legumes, nuts and seeds.
- Start with breakfast.
It has been an established fact that a strong breakfast is the best way to start a healthy day:
Ideas for a Plant-Based Breakfast:
- Salad with sprouted moong, lemon, and coriander
- Upma with millet and vegetables
- Banana, almonds, and flaxseeds in a smoothie bowl
- Ragi dosa with coconut chutney
- Poha with peanuts and vegetables
Thus, you can get an affordable, delicious, filling breakfast which is full of energy.
- Easy Indian Thali = Superfood Combo
Your Indian thali is the perfect example of a meal plan that is balanced and plant-based:
- Roti made from millets i.e. Bajra or Ragi etc.
- Legumes such as Chana and Rajma and Seasonal vegetable.
- Salad consisting of Cucumber, carrot, tomato, beetroot, onion etc.
- Chutney and pickles
- Added natural antibiotics in the form of garlic, ginger, and turmeric.
This basic thali has everything you need: fiber, vitamins, minerals, and protein. You don’t need to buy imported “superfoods” in any other form.
- Your brain and emotions will also improve with plant based food.
Food made from plants heals not just the body, but also the mind and mood.
It is because of,
- More fiber, leading to healthy gut and resultant better mood.
- Natural antioxidants are cause of reduced or negligible brain inflammation
- In such food , there is no cholesterol, which results in better blood flow to the brain
- Absence of toxins in such food results in clearer thinking and better sleep.
- Simple Tips to Start Living a Plant-Based Life
If you’re just starting off, do these easy things:
- Swap out one thing: Use plant milk (soy, almond, or oats) instead of dairy milk and peanut or mustard oil instead of ghee.
- Every day, add sprouts and fruit to your breakfast.
- Make sure you have a plate full of raw salad with every lunch and dinner.
- Cut back on junk food slowly but surely, such as cookies, bread, and namkeen.
- Add colour to your kitchen by using a variety of herbs, fruits and veggies in every meal. There could be several variety of colourful fruits and vegetables.
- Plants based diet isn’t simply a diet; it’s a way of life that heals
Living on plants help you to protect from various ailments. Such food,
- Keeps you safe from diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
- Weight is naturally kept in check.
- Energy levels stay high all the time.
- Makes skin shine and helps digestion.
This is a permanent and preventive health solution that doesn’t involve drugs or negative side effects.
- Living on plants is true freedom.
Eating simple, natural, and sustainable food is the key to good health. Eating millets, pulses, veggies, and indigenous fruits, seeds and nuts etc. is the key to long-term health.
Let’s go back to our roots and follow all those healthy food habits.
“Homemade, food from the natural ingredients” is what our grandmothers always believed, cooked and served.
Be a part of the plant-based living revolution.
Live a meaningful life and stay healthy.
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