Diet for
Professionals
with a
Disturbed
Routine
10 Diet
tips
1 - Before meals.
• Change into a comfortable
clothing.
• Wash your hands, face, feet.
• Relax yourself.
• Sit in a proper posture.
2 - Water intake
• 2-3 glasses on waking up.
• 1 glass 30 mins before meals.
• 1 glass Hot water 45 mins after
the meals.
• 1 glass Hot water before
sleeping.
• Use Silver or Copper vessels to
store water.
3 - Eat slowly
• Eat slowly, never eat in a haste.
• Take smaller bites and savour the
taste.
• Maintain either silence and/or a
happy environment during
mealtime .
4 - Fruits
• Start your day with a fruit
• Include 3 types of fruits in a day.
• When hungry – Eat a fruit.
• Never combine fruits with meals.
• Banana, Guava, Orange, Apple,
Dates, Plums, Nashpati are
handy, stock them !
• Juice is advisable only when you
are SICK!
5 - Salads
• Raw vegetables decrease the
chances of acidity, constipation
and bloating.
• Have big blocks of salads –
Cucumber (Skin & Weight-loss),
Radish(kidney), Carrots(digestive
system), Onion (detox) etc.
• Semi-cooked vegetables are
good options.
6 – Tea / Coffee
• Limit Tea/ Coffee/ Green tea/
Black tea/ White tea/ Iced tea
intake.
• Always combine them with
something to eat – eg – roasted
dals, roasted cereals, dry fruits
etc
• Biscuits(sweet, salted, cream,
high fibre) are a strict NO.
7 – In-between
meals
• Fruits / Salads
• Lemon water
• Buttermilk
• Lassi
• Coconut water
• Coconut (brown cover)
• Roasted chana / roasted peanuts/
chana+peanuts+jaggery etc
8 - Fats
• Use different varieties of oils.
• Ghee is GOOD.
• Til/ Mustard/ Groundnut/
Olive/Coconut etc.
• Raw oils are good – use them on
top of chutneys and kachumber
salads.
• Remember - Less oil is not always
Healthy!
9 – Sugar / Salt
• Moderation is the key.
• Avoid use of artificial sweeteners.
• No Sugar & No salt leads to a very
bad condition.
• Jaggery / Sendha namak / Kala
Namak should be used.
10 - Exercise &
exertion are two
different things!
• Any 1 form of exercise should be
practised 4 times a week!
• Of which 2 day should be for
intensive exercise.
• Keep changing the pattern of
exercise every few months.
• Find out what form of exercise
suits you!
10 steps to beat
stress
1. Get up early – very early!
2. Reduce watching TV – especially
while having meals!
3. Try to stop staying glued to your
smart phones.
4. Switch off your wi-fi at night.
5. Don’t use any gadgets while
eating.
6. Practice deep breathing atleast 2
times in a day.
7. Develop the habit of reading and
listening to music to relax your
mind.
8. When very tired – Drink 1 glass
of water – sip by sip.
9. Stop using plastics.
10. Do one activity in a day that is
exclusively for yourself!
Sample Diet Plan
• On getting up – Fruit / Soaked
dry fruits.
• After 30-45 minutes –
Dalia/Poha/Upma/ Roti +Sabzi/
Paratha +sabzi/ Roti+chutney/
Paratha + chutney/ Stuffed
Paratha +curd/ +raita
• After 1.5 hours – Fruit.
• If the breakfast was not proper –
Laddoo/ Dry fruits etc.
• Before 40 minutes of Lunch – 1
glass Lemon water / Buttermilk.
Lunch
• Roti
• Sabzi
• Dal
• Rice
• Salads / chutney
• Mouth freshener
• Buttermilk / curd
In between
Dinner
• More of salads.
• Semi cooked vegetables or gourd
vegetables.
• Roti
• Rice
• Dal – thin in consistency
• Achaar (if bloating is frequent)
What if you skip your
breakfast?
• Carry a fruit & eat it when you get
time.
• Have a heavy Brunch.
• Don’t be choosy - eat whatever
you get.
• Too calorie dense - limit the
portion size.
• Never substitute Tea/coffee/ etc
for hunger, it damages the body
very badly.
• Have in-between meals snacks
and eat them.
If dinner is going to be
late
• Have 1 fistful of dry fruits about 2
hours before the meal.
• Any 1 fruit before 1 hour of the
meal.
• Dry vegetable should be preferred
than gravy vegetables.
• More amount of salads in the
meal.
• Mouth freshener .

"Diet for Professionals with a disturbed routine"

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  • 3.
    1 - Beforemeals. • Change into a comfortable clothing. • Wash your hands, face, feet. • Relax yourself. • Sit in a proper posture.
  • 5.
    2 - Waterintake • 2-3 glasses on waking up. • 1 glass 30 mins before meals. • 1 glass Hot water 45 mins after the meals. • 1 glass Hot water before sleeping. • Use Silver or Copper vessels to store water.
  • 7.
    3 - Eatslowly • Eat slowly, never eat in a haste. • Take smaller bites and savour the taste. • Maintain either silence and/or a happy environment during mealtime .
  • 9.
    4 - Fruits •Start your day with a fruit • Include 3 types of fruits in a day. • When hungry – Eat a fruit. • Never combine fruits with meals. • Banana, Guava, Orange, Apple, Dates, Plums, Nashpati are handy, stock them ! • Juice is advisable only when you are SICK!
  • 11.
    5 - Salads •Raw vegetables decrease the chances of acidity, constipation and bloating. • Have big blocks of salads – Cucumber (Skin & Weight-loss), Radish(kidney), Carrots(digestive system), Onion (detox) etc. • Semi-cooked vegetables are good options.
  • 13.
    6 – Tea/ Coffee • Limit Tea/ Coffee/ Green tea/ Black tea/ White tea/ Iced tea intake. • Always combine them with something to eat – eg – roasted dals, roasted cereals, dry fruits etc • Biscuits(sweet, salted, cream, high fibre) are a strict NO.
  • 15.
    7 – In-between meals •Fruits / Salads • Lemon water • Buttermilk • Lassi • Coconut water • Coconut (brown cover) • Roasted chana / roasted peanuts/ chana+peanuts+jaggery etc
  • 17.
    8 - Fats •Use different varieties of oils. • Ghee is GOOD. • Til/ Mustard/ Groundnut/ Olive/Coconut etc. • Raw oils are good – use them on top of chutneys and kachumber salads. • Remember - Less oil is not always Healthy!
  • 19.
    9 – Sugar/ Salt • Moderation is the key. • Avoid use of artificial sweeteners. • No Sugar & No salt leads to a very bad condition. • Jaggery / Sendha namak / Kala Namak should be used.
  • 21.
    10 - Exercise& exertion are two different things! • Any 1 form of exercise should be practised 4 times a week! • Of which 2 day should be for intensive exercise. • Keep changing the pattern of exercise every few months. • Find out what form of exercise suits you!
  • 22.
    10 steps tobeat stress 1. Get up early – very early! 2. Reduce watching TV – especially while having meals! 3. Try to stop staying glued to your smart phones. 4. Switch off your wi-fi at night. 5. Don’t use any gadgets while eating.
  • 23.
    6. Practice deepbreathing atleast 2 times in a day. 7. Develop the habit of reading and listening to music to relax your mind. 8. When very tired – Drink 1 glass of water – sip by sip. 9. Stop using plastics. 10. Do one activity in a day that is exclusively for yourself!
  • 24.
    Sample Diet Plan •On getting up – Fruit / Soaked dry fruits. • After 30-45 minutes – Dalia/Poha/Upma/ Roti +Sabzi/ Paratha +sabzi/ Roti+chutney/ Paratha + chutney/ Stuffed Paratha +curd/ +raita
  • 25.
    • After 1.5hours – Fruit. • If the breakfast was not proper – Laddoo/ Dry fruits etc. • Before 40 minutes of Lunch – 1 glass Lemon water / Buttermilk.
  • 26.
    Lunch • Roti • Sabzi •Dal • Rice • Salads / chutney • Mouth freshener • Buttermilk / curd
  • 27.
  • 28.
    Dinner • More ofsalads. • Semi cooked vegetables or gourd vegetables. • Roti • Rice • Dal – thin in consistency • Achaar (if bloating is frequent)
  • 29.
    What if youskip your breakfast? • Carry a fruit & eat it when you get time. • Have a heavy Brunch. • Don’t be choosy - eat whatever you get. • Too calorie dense - limit the portion size. • Never substitute Tea/coffee/ etc for hunger, it damages the body very badly. • Have in-between meals snacks and eat them.
  • 30.
    If dinner isgoing to be late • Have 1 fistful of dry fruits about 2 hours before the meal. • Any 1 fruit before 1 hour of the meal. • Dry vegetable should be preferred than gravy vegetables. • More amount of salads in the meal. • Mouth freshener .