The healthy and light Navratri diet has various benefits for the fitness conscious
Navratri is a time where Indians follow a traditional diet that is healthy and helps in the detoxification of the system. The dishes comprise every nutritional category one can imagine. Saatvik food is extremely healthy.The traditional flours and grains that are part of the Navratri diet —buckwheat (kuttu) flour, water chestnut (singhara) flour, amaranth (rajgira) flour, and millet (saame) flour.
Surprisingly, all of them are gluten-free, and a healthier alternatives to wheat flour all over the world. Rock salt, or sendha namak, which is the only salt one can use during Navratri is good for maintaining the blood pressure and helps absorb minerals better than common salt. In fact, you’ll find that all the food items that make the body feel heavier, bloated, or induce acidity are out of the picture. The whole structure of the Navratri vrat supports the idea of a healthy lifestyle, and, if followed properly, it’s a good detox programme. Of course, if you end up having just potatoes, sago (sabudana) fritters, and deep fried stuff like pakoras and vadas, you’ll end up doing much more harm than good.
Individuals should munch on a handful of dry fruits and jaggery or honey. They should eat at regular intervals.
A lot of liquids like fresh juices should be consumed rather than cup after cup of coffee and tea, caffeine consumption should be avoided.
For tea lovers, green tea is a better option.
Other options can be bananas, milk, coconut water, makhanas, boiled aloo chat with blanched spinach leaves and kuttu or singhade ki poori can be replaced with roti, chaach.
People can also consume spinach and pumpkin soups, kuttu atta uttapams and idlis with mint chutney during the Navratra using only saatvik ingredients. Navratri is the right time to go off your cravings and watch your health.