Winter Diet Tips: Best Foods to Eat in Winter to Stay Healthy
- December 12, 2020
- Posted by Dr. Vaidya Karanvir Singh
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The winter season brings with it the problem of low immunity, due to which people easily fall prey to colds and infections. To avoid all this, you have to take special care of your diet, as well as include such super foods in your diet, which make you strong inside as well as healthy.
Daily diet tips: Seasonal fruits like oranges, strawberries and amla are full of anti-oxidants and vitamin C properties. Add them to your daily diet.
Likewise, green leafy vegetables like spinach, fenugreek, mustard, dill and green onions can prove to be very beneficial for your health.
– In winter our gastrointestinal becomes fast, due to which the food is easily digested. In this way, in addition to whole grains like jowar, bajra, nachni, you should include urad dal, rajma and beans rich in protein in your daily diet.
– Make citrus fruits rich in vitamin C, tomatoes, red paper and sweet potato etc. as part of your daily diet, so that your immunity improves and energy levels are boosted.
– Zinc helps in strengthening your immunity, in such a way, include zinc-rich fruits such as black berry, pomegranate, avocado, guava, peach, kiwi in the diet. Apart from this, Kabuli chana, beans, meat, egg etc. are also zinc rich food.
Milk, cheese along with salmon and cod fish are good sources of vitamin B12. They make your immunity strong as well as protect you from fatigue and stress.
– Eating potatoes and sweet potatoes will prove beneficial for you.
– Eat fresh and hot homemade food in winter. Do not eat pre-made or packed food.
– Take full care of hydration as well. In addition to water, eat herbal tea, green tea, soup etc.
– If the mood is not good due to the cold weather, then eat dark chocolate. This is a mood changer, which will give you a good feeling.
Winter Super Foods
The winter season brings with it a great variety of super food. Apart from fruits and vegetables, there are some other foods that you must include in your winter diet, so that winter does not affect your health. They help keep you warm.
Honey: Rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, honey is the best remedy for winter. It gives you relief from colds, cold infections and many types of allergies.
Dry fruit: What could be better than morning dryfoots to remain energetic throughout the day. In addition to almonds, pistachios, walnuts, rich in vitamins and minerals, you should also add dry grapes, figs and apricots to your winter diet.
Black pepper, fenugreek and asafoetida: This season is such that you need to include warm things in your food. In everyday food, tea or soup or lentils – pepper, fenugreek, asafoetida, cumin and rye increase the amount slightly.
Tulsi and Ginger: Basil, which is full of antibacterial, antibiotic and antiviral properties, is essential for you in every season, but due to cold and cold in winter, its need is increased a lot. Sore throat or phlegm complaints- Ginger relieves you of all the minor problems caused by cold.
Ghee: People have a big misconception that ghee increases fat, while research has also proved that it reduces bad fat from your body. It helps you stay in shape. In winter, eat one spoon of ghee every day.
Jaggery: Along with improving digestion power, it also strengthens your immunity. Also, it keeps you warm, so that there is no problem of cold and flu.
Garlic: Due to antibacterial and antiviral properties, garlic becomes even more important in winter. It protects you from diseases occurring in this season.
Orange Orange or its juice gives the body strength to fight against cold. Oranges contain vitamin C and anti-oxidants, which increases immunity.
Spinach is very common to get spinach in this season so Do not leave this food at all. A lot of iron and nutritious elements are found in it.
Peanuts fried in winter, mixed with salt or else Eat lots of plain peanuts. Peanuts will provide body heat and protein. Always keep the chikki found in the market together.
Guava if the power of the heart is increased in winter. Must eat It contains an element called lycopene which relieves the problem of arteries.
Carrots Vitamin A, B, C, in carrots If D, E and K are found, then carrot pudding is cooked.
Kiwi This fruit also contains vitamin C which That is a very good fruit for winter.
Chicken Soup In the winter if you heat hot chicken If you drink soup, you will not get cold.
Nuts with a mix of nuts Keep and eat them at intervals of several hours a day. Doing this will create heat in your body.
Eating apples everyday can cause cancer and many diseases Relieved. Apples contain anti-oxidants and proteins that make the body strong.
Pumpkin This vitamin A, caroinide, leuine and mineral Is a treasure of Eating it relieves cold.
Onions It is found in vitamin C which is the stomach. Fights infection and free radicals.
Dr. Vaidya Karanvir Singh is the younger Vaidya in Chandigarh Ayurved & Panchakarma Centre. He is the fourth generation in his family who is practicing as a general consultant in Ayurved & Panchakarma treatment at Chandigarh. In his practice, he had treated more than 1 Lakh Plus patients worldwide.