Winter Health Tips: In winter, the body’s need for vitamins and minerals is more than in other seasons. Due to cold, energy consumption of the body increases and the risk of seasonal diseases also increases. For this, people often turn to supplements, but fitness experts believe that vitamins and minerals can be supplied in an easy and economical way by including right vegetables and milk in the diet.
According to experts, the pancreas remains calm in winter, due to which the digestive system becomes extremely strong. This is the season in which the body is able to completely absorb the nutrition received from food. Therefore, winter season is considered the most favorable time for gathering nutrition. At the same time, it is very important for those youth who sweat in physically demanding work to take a balanced and nutritious diet, especially in this season.
Both macro and micro are important in diet
Khargone’s sports officer and fitness expert Dr. Dharmendra Singh says that youth below 25 years of age need double the protein, vitamins and minerals. Men remain in the growth phase till this age, hence it is important to take a diet that strengthens the body. They say that the diet should contain both macro (protein, carbohydrate, fat) and micro (vitamins, minerals) in sufficient quantity.
what to eat for carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are most needed for energy. For this, youth can include porridge, millet, jowar, wheat, sweet potato and pulses in their diet. Youth doing body building should increase the amount of protein. For this, moong dal, masoor dal, cheese, curd, milk, soybean and gram are best.
How to get enough vitamins in winter?
Dr. Singh tells that to fulfill the vitamins, at least 5 different colored winter vegetables should be consumed daily. The natural colors i.e. phytonutrients present in these vegetables increase the immunity of the body and fulfill the deficiency of Vitamin A, B, C, K and folate.
Vitamin rich vegetables available in winter
Green colour: Fenugreek, spinach, mustard, amaranth, green garlic
Orange/Yellow Color: Carrot, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Yellow Capsicum
The colour red: Beetroot, Red Capsicum, Tomato
White color: Cauliflower, Radish, Cabbage
Purple color: Eggplant, Purple Cabbage
Experts say that if these vegetables are eaten in salad, soup, greens, or steamed, then the requirement of vitamins is completely fulfilled. Especially carrots, beetroot and radish are considered best for providing nutrients like Vitamin A, Vitamin C and iron to the body in winter.
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