Diet

Daily Diet Plan

Those who wish to reduce thier weight, need to plan their day to day diet. They should take a low-carbohydrate, medium-fat and high-protein diet. It is a difficult proposition to prescribe a high-protein and low-carbohydrate diet for the vegetarians as almost all the vegetarian foods contain proteins and carbohydrates in almost equal proportions. Those who are not seriously overweight (i.e. not weighing more than 20% than the ideal weight) need not count the calories and bother themselves with all the calculations. For them it would suffice if they were to choose proper diet for themselves.

Items which can be freely consumed or in a limited quantity

• Vegetables and green salads epecially containing tomatoes and cucumbers.
• Fresh fruits (except Banana)
• Milk (250ml). This is the quota for the whole day and includes the milk taken in tea or coffee.
• Butter, ghee, oils or cream - 2 to 3 small tea-spoonfuls (some experts advise to stop taking them altogether.)
• 3 to 4 slices of bread without applying butter on them or 1/2 to 1 small bowl full rice.
• Brown bread made from bran-rich wheat flour preferable.

Items which should be avoided

• Biscuits, Cake
• Ice-cream, sugar, chocolates, sweets
• Jam, honey, fruit-juices, alcohol etc.