| Nutrition expert explains how you can eat healthily in | | | | overweight? Is a caveman from hundreds of centuries |
| many restaurants: "I go to many lovely restaurants in | | | | ago overweight? Certainly not. The point I'm trying to |
| Cardiff with my family and I am always, looking for | | | | make is that in order to get fit, we must eat healthily. |
| healthy options. Most restaurants are pretty good and | | | | Indian food does not come into the healthy category, in |
| the waiters are extremely helpful in helping you choose | | | | fact it is totally the opposite. |
| a healthy option, to help you reach your weight loss | | | | Indian food is predominantly made with ghee. his is |
| goals while still having a lovely meal". | | | | basically pure fat and has absolutely no nutritional |
| The key to eating healthily is to make sensible food | | | | value. The worst dishes for ghee are buttered dishes |
| choices. Avoid alcohol when going out for meals as | | | | such as buttered chicken and korma, such as chicken |
| this will severely affect your judgment. Plus alcohol | | | | korma. Due to the high content of ghee, these dishes |
| packs on more calories, fat and empty (useless) | | | | are extremely high calorie. |
| carbohydrates into your system. Drink water with your | | | | One of my biggest calorie savers is to swap fried rice |
| meal and score ten out of ten for your food choices | | | | for pilaf rice or boiled rice. This will save you hundreds |
| and decision making. | | | | of calories and around 25 grams of fat. This small |
| Indian food is loaded with empty calories and it is | | | | change on rice emphasizes the importance of healthy |
| extremely high in trans fats. These saturated fats | | | | food choices. By choosing the fried rice your body is |
| have absolutely no benefit to your bodily functions and | | | | subject to 25 grams of extra fat and 400 extra |
| will serve little purpose rather than clogging arteries, | | | | calories. |
| raising blood pressure and increasing your body fat | | | | When eating at an Indian restaurant, take a look at |
| percentage. Indian foods should be a one off treat and | | | | how the food has been cooked. This is another superb |
| should not be consumed regularly. | | | | tip! Fried, battered and crispy describe unhealthy ways |
| All the food that you see at an Indian restaurant is | | | | to cook food, where as grilled, steamed and boiled |
| manufactured/processed food. A cave man or your | | | | resemble healthier options. This will save you hundreds |
| great, great, great. great grandparents couldn't have | | | | and hundreds of more calories per dish. Your waistline |
| eaten a chicken korma, rice, naan and popadoms. | | | | will be grateful! |
| Were your great, great, great, great grandparents | | | | |