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Soup-and-salad diet to keep off fat
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Fruits and veggies keep aging at bay
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HEALTH PLATE Fresh fruits and raw vegetables
What you eat is what you look: a well-known fact. Heavy oily, fatty diets make you sluggish. Too much of carbohydrates increase obesity. A high protein diet too is imbalanced. A healthy diet is one that is balanced with fat, proteins, carbs all finding a place in the right quantity. But for an anti- aging diet the quantity of fruit and raw vegetables must be increased. Avoid aerated coloured drinks and sweets . These simple and easy to make recipes will keep your system young and healthy.
Sunglow drink
Ingredients
Black grape juice - 1 cup
Curd - 3 cups
Sugar - One-fourth cup
Mint leaves - 2
Crushed ice cubes - few
Method
Combine all these ingredients except ice cubes and blend in a mixer and serve with crushed ice cubes.
Cherry soup
Ingredients
Cherries - 1 cup
Fresh dates - One-fourth cup
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Curd - One-and-a-half cup
Sugar - 2 tsp
Cinnamon - a pinch
Lemon rind - Half tsp
Dry dates - 2
Method
Remove the seeds of cherry and dates and chop them. Blend this in a mixer with lemon juice, sugar and curd. Chop the dry dates. Cook the chopped dates with cinnamon powder, lemon rind and one-fourth cup of water and blend in the mixer. Combine these two and boil it. Cool and serve. If it is too thick add little boiled water.
Anti-aging salad
Ingredients
Sprouted moong - 3 tbsp
Paneer cubes - 3 tbsp
Orange - Half cup
Papaya scooped - Half cup
Banana scooped - Half cup
Watermelon scooped - Half cup
Black grapes - Half cup
Green grapes - Half cup
Dates chopped - 3
Honey - 1tbsp
Roasted cumin seeds - Half tsp
Chilli powder - Half tsp
Salt - to taste
Method
Roast and powder cumin seeds. Scoop Papaya, Banana, and Watermelon with a vegetable scooper. (Otherwise make cubes of this). Mix the roasted powdered cumin seeds, red chilli powder and salt with paneer and sprouted moong. Combine it with other ingredients and serve.
LILY BABU JOSE
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