9 different goddesses are worshiped during the 9 days of Navratri. All goddesses give different achievements. To please the Mother Goddess, some devotees fast for up to 9 days. To attain happiness and prosperity, they worship Mother Durga by skipping meals or having light snacks.
If we observe Vrata-Upwas properly during these 9 days we can not only please the Goddess but also improve our health. Proper planning of fasting can also help a lot in weight loss.
However, people commonly make some mistakes during fasting, which should be avoided. Most people give up food and salt during fasting. Due to which the body feels lack of energy. To overcome this, people eat a lot of sweets or other sugary things. For this reason, fasting is done, but instead of benefiting health, it starts to harm and weight does not decrease.
So, today In 'health water' We will know how to lose weight in 9 days of Navratri. You will also learn that-
- What kind of diet should be followed during fasting days?
- What mistakes should be avoided if you want to lose weight?
Fasting has been a tradition for weight loss for centuries around the world Delhi Senior Nutritionist and Founder of 'OneDietToday' Dr. Anu Aggarwal says that doctors and many scientists around the world agree that the most effective and side effect-free way to lose weight is dieting and exercise. Here, Navratri Fasting is a 9-day package, which makes weight loss easier.
A proper diet plan is essential
- Dr. Anu Aggarwal says that starting exercise is a little easier than dieting. With some discipline, you can make it a part of your daily routine, but for the sake of taste, people are not able to follow a proper diet plan along with exercise. This is where it all gets messy.
- If you are planning to lose weight during Navratri then it is important to follow a proper diet plan. For this you can bring seasonal fruits from the market instead of making a long list. If fruits are too expensive then you can take cucumber, carrot, pickled cucumber etc.
- To supply protein in the body, you can eat cashew nuts and almonds. You can consume peanuts for fat. Apart from this you can include curd and buttermilk in breakfast. Vitamins and minerals are available through green vegetables. To supply sodium, you can eat rock salt (fasting salt).
- If you include these ingredients in your breakfast during Navratri, you can easily lose weight without much effort.
- Dr. Anu Aggarwal says, usually people include all these things in their diet, but they make the mistake of frying peanuts and other dry fruits in ghee.
- Shiro is made from chickpea flour and a lot of ghee and sugar is added to it. Due to this, a lot of body fat accumulates and we consume a lot of calories.
- Some people eat breakfast only once or twice a day as a rule, but they eat so much in one sitting that the body becomes sluggish. Most weight loss plans fail during Navratri due to these few mistakes.
If you want to lose weight during Navratri then you have to avoid these mistakes. Dr. Anu Aggarwal says that during religious fasts like Navratri, people start fasting with full devotion, but the body soon begins to run out of energy due to the elimination of carbohydrates (bread, rice) from the diet. In such a situation, people often start drinking tea or coffee for energy. It contains a lot of sugar and milk. Due to which the real purpose of fasting is left behind.
People stop exercising on fasting days. Most people believe that exercising while fasting lowers the body's energy levels. But the reality is completely different. If you exercise regularly every day, your metabolism will be boosted and food will be digested easily. Whatever you eat during fasting will be easily absorbed. This will also help in burning calories and lead to weight loss.
Most people in India eat so many carbohydrates and sugary foods during fasting that their health deteriorates rather than improves after Navratri.
Frequent consumption of tea or coffee can worsen the quality of sleep or make a person sleep less. That is why people stay up till late night and eat.
As a result, after the fast ends, many people complain of brain fogging, mood swings and irritability.
So do not compromise on diet and exercise during the 9 days of Navratri. Follow a proper diet plan as well as do necessary exercise. Check out the graphic to see some common mistakes people make.
Johns Hopkins neuroscientist researched fasting for 25 years John Hopkins School of Medicine neuroscientist Mark Mattson discovered after 25 years of research that our bodies are already prepared for fasting. Fasting does not require much effort. Our ancestors have given us many unique gifts in the form of evolution. One of them is that we can survive for several days without eating anything. Our body is already prepared that there may be an occasion when we have to be hungry. So our body stores enough energy for emergencies.
His research found that if our ancestors were as fit and healthy as they were, one of the main reasons was that fasting was an integral part of their lives. If we want, we can also keep fit by adopting this.
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