Skip sugary drinks and fizz; say no to sweet tea, juice, soda, lemonade and other sugar coated drinks.
Reduce the size of food portions – Eat six times a day in limited quantities.
Introduce whole grains and fibre in your foods – eat legumes, millets and whole grains in various combinations which will help to keep the stomach full.
Choose low-fat foods and dairy foods – opt for low-fat oils, eat more of nuts, seeds and low-fat dairy milk.
Skip sugary drinks and fizz; say no to sweet tea, juice, soda, lemonade and other sugar coated drinks.
The diet of South Indians is mostly rice. They eat rice in different forms and that’s one of the major reasons for diabetes in this part of India.
“Food habits have seen a major change where there is dependence on rice, high and dense calorie foods. A maximum number of those affected are in sitting jobs. In the productive age-group from 35 to 50 years, where we are seeing an increasing number, the lifestyle is to eat, sit, go home and sleep. There is no time for outdoor activity or physical fitness and that is proving to be a causative factor for increasing incidence of diseases in the younger age group.”
People eat a complex of carbohydrates, saturated fats and sugar. The diet lacks in whole grains, millets and low carbohydrates, which will go a long way in controlling abdominal obesity and also the early advent of the disease.”
