Drink plenty of water because water is necessary for your body to digest and absorb vitamins and nutrients.
Enjoy plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
Make breakfast the largest. This will let you have good stamina the whole day. Make dinner the lightest meal of the day.
Eat soup or salad before you eat the meal. Studies have revealed that it will help in weight loss.
Don’t starve yourself and overeat subsequently.
Don’t skip meals. Skipping meals can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in overeating
Before cooking, remove all fat from meats and also skin from chicken. Though fat is a valuable energy source and carries fat-soluble vitamins needed for proper growth and development, too much fat, however, can increase the risk of heart disease, obesity and other health problems.
Do not sieve wheat and millet flours as it reduces the nutrients and fiber.
Use a scrubber and not a peeler for removing the skin from vegetables.
Avoid deep-frying and prefer steamed foods.
Use non-stick pans and vessels to cut down the use of cooking oil. Repeated heating of oils should be avoided.
Fast foods and canned foods are costly, both for your pocket and your heart.
Don’t overuse salt.
Dine at least two hours before you go to bed.
Yellow, orange and green vegetables and fruits add life to your heart.
Remember that heat, light and air are enemies of anti-oxidant vitamins. Don’t cut vegetable and expose them to light for long periods. Pressure-cook the vegetables.
As age advances, eat less, exercise more.
Eating on time, a variety of natural plant foods with low fat milk and less salt, in quantities to maintain ideal weight is the key to healthy long life