The Casual, Non perfect Food Plate

Nutrition is a long time friend of human hearts. How our forefathers started to eat, cook and gradually developed their taste buds adapted to variety of foods is interesting to know. Having said that, it is good to notice that the changes in taste buds are always possible as needed.  

In the modern age we are going towards perfectly designed lifestyle. Food choices are also changed by the new fast mindsets.  

While talking the nutrition basics we talk alot about the food plate and show the colourful pictures to teach our people. But in practical life our plates are away from these, unfortunately most of the plates are monochrome (single color) 

So what is a daily, casual food plate?

Red portion- proteins & co,

Green portion - veggies and co

Inside a busy mom's kitchen who is working full time but like to maintain her's and her family's health. Nutrition is the basic block of their wellbeing. So is there any hack she can use for daily meals to be proper yet less time & brain consuming. Remind you that we are not talking about perfection but the best to achieve and maintain wellbeing.

This is not an exclusion diet, it essentially covers all the major and micro-nutrients.

It has a solid research behind to say, at present world this plate concluded to be the best for wellbeing. Causing less fatigue and keeping us active for long time by nutrition alone. Helps to cut off those several cups of coffee too. 

Note that we didn't divide the plate with solid portion lines so that the mood food of that day can go here and there, can be a bit more or less , but as they are still portioned, we cannot skip any one of them . 

About the additions, if you are still having space (in plate and in tummy), add on with whole grains like oat, rice and whole wheat. I know several of us has a concept of staple food which is mostly forms of bread & rice. Many of us have not imagined meal without it. Filling up our plates with high carbs in an era of diabetes and obesity pandemic is not a wholesome idea. This is a time to give priority to nutrients over the staple. Wise choices at all ages leads to a stronger and active generations ahead.  

If you get hungry in between meals, snacks are wonderful idea but the plate portions remain the same just changes of the size of plate or you may choose one portion at a time for snack. The snacks without nutrients or unknown nutritional values are not welcome to the plate at any time.

I understand your lots of love about your traditional food & those favourite dishes, you may keep weekend to enjoy them. Also the kids, they are mini version of ourselves, the food not good for us is rather worse for them, give them the whole nutrition to grow and glow in this beautiful world.