8 Healthy Diet Plans That Won’t Break the Bank

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Health is a relationship between you and your body. There is a proverb ”First we make our habits then our habits make us.”

Bad food habits lead to sickness, for which you need to spend a hefty sum of your income on your medical bills. Hence you need to maintain healthy food habits to stay fit.

People say “Eat dinner like a pauper, lunch like a prince and breakfast like a king”.

You need to be conscious about the food you take during the whole day. Your day starts with breakfast and ends with dinner.

So plan accordingly, and make sure that your diet includes all vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and nutrients required for a healthy body.

Here, you can find 8 healthy diet tactics that won’t cost much on your pocket.

1. Breakfast

•  Never skip your breakfast as this can make you overeat later.
•  Breakfast acts as a booster and helps to stay active all day long.
•  Breakfast should be the most nutrient-dense meal of the day.
•  Breakfast can include nuts, cereals, fruits, yoghurt, fresh vegetables and skimmed milk.

2.Lunch

Lunch should include more quantity of food when compared to dinner. Your lunch should include:

• Bread for good start;
• A bowl of rice for necessary carbohydrates;
• Yoghurt to give complete satisfaction;
• Cooked vegetables with little spices added to improve its taste;
• Leafy vegetables to add nutrients to your diet;
• Boiled pulses and grains to give proteins to your body.

3. Snacks

Avoid taking oily foods as snacks. Instead, you can have:

• Popcorn;
• Grilled vegetables;
• Semi cooked food to include vitamins in your diet;
• Dark chocolate to make your day sweeter;
• A glass of skimmed buttermilk as a final touch.

4. Dinner

Your dinner should include less quantity of food. In fact it’s better to take light food during dinner to make sure you don’t overload your digestive system. Your dinner should include:

• Grains for better nutrients;
• Meat to gain high amount of energy;
• Milk for good sleep;
• Vegetables to add nutrients and taste.

5. Salad

You may take salads before your meals in order to improve your diet. Your salad must include vegetables like carrot, cucumber, tomato, spinach and meat like chicken and fish. You can also include boiled veggies like peas and grams to make it delicious.

6. Desserts

Your menu may include low fat ice creams, banana, yoghurt, peanuts, dry and fresh fruits.

1. You can plan a diet of 6-7 healthy meals a day consisting of fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean proteins and avoid direct intake of simple carbohydrates and fats.
2. Apart from following diet plans, you need to follow tips like cooking food with little quantity of oil or low fat oil, prefer to eat boiled, steamed or grilled foods rather than fried ones, having an egg daily to get the feeling of stomach fullness and so on.

Perfect diet leads to perfect life. If you don’t have enough knowledge on diet plans and their consumption, you can take the help of your dietician and eat prescribed foods.

You may have to spend some money, either for dietician’s consultation fees or for some specialized diet food. If you cannot afford to pay it, you can go for payday loans.