Before understanding a diet plan, a person should understand few important basics so that one could put complete focus and confidence while following it, without any doubts.
Following are the 7 components of a balanced diet:
Carbohydrates: Potatoes, wheat, maize, rice etc
Proteins: Pulses, ground nuts, meat, eggs, and milk products
Minerals: like iron, calcium, iodine etc
Vitamins: all the fat soluble and water soluble found in various foods
Fats: found in dry fruits, butter, milk, flax seed oil etc
Roughage: salad for cellulose
Water: essential for the function of all the vital organs
- Before Breakfast :
Detox is very important when planning a diet chart. Early morning is considered the best time to detox, and with it the body gets hydrated as well. Whenever a person wakes up, he/she should take a glass of warm water with 1 lemon squeezed in it.
- Breakfast
Later after getting fresh when time comes for the most important meal of the day, the breakfast, there must be a balance in protein and carbohydrates along with some good fat. One can take 2 slices of multigrain bread with peanut butter applied on them along with a glass of milk.
- Before Lunch
Lunch is considered the next meal after breakfast but to keep the metabolism fast one should add another meal between lunch and breakfast. Fruits work best at this particular time as they provide the body with some calories as well as with good amount of vitamins and minerals, change the fruit every day to get most of the vitamins.
- Lunch
In lunch just add some complex carbohydrates like brown rice with some pulses as they are rich in protein. Adding roughage here is a good idea.
- Supper
Evening time is good and generally people intend taking some snacks with a cup of tea/coffee. Here one can have some dry fruits along with a cup of tea or coffee.
- Dinner
Evening brings lots of craving as the day is passing by, but one can take care of the hunger by eating a large quantity of semi cooked green vegetables which are rich in IRON and other essential nutrients.
- Before Bed Snacks
If hunger still retain, take a glass of milk, to keep your health fine throughout the night with its well balanced amino acids.
