Plant-based, vegan diet is going to be one of the most popular diets this year

The last week of the years first month opens in the city on a healthy note. Imperfecto Shor Caf, one of Delhis few 24/7 cafs is hosting a nutrition camp at the restaurant with nutritionist Kavita Devgan, chef Neha Deepak Shah alongwith the restaurants chef Akanksha Dean.

This perhaps goes a long way to show how health is becoming paramount for not just nutritionist and a handful of health freaks but is slowly but surely becoming everyones agenda. Explains why a majority of millenials are constantly on a 'diet'. Elaborates nutritionist and dietician Kavita Devgan, Actually the word dieting has been given a wrong connotation; according to me the word diet does not mean giving up food, it just means replacing bad with the good. Chef Dean says, "At Imperfecto Shor we use healthy cooking methods like steaming, boiling, poaching, grilling, broiling etc. We also use seasonal ingredients that are freshly available in the market. We believe in using local organic produce and promoting local farmers as well."

Whats trending

According to the prominent clinical nutritionist Ishi Khosla, diet trends this year are heavily towards veganism and following a gluten-free diet. "I dont go into fads but I feel food sensitivities are increasing thats why people feel better on a vegan diet because it takes away the dairy. Essentially weve lost tolerance to modern wheat. Agricultural practices have changed rapidly in the 50 years and were now using hexaploid wheat compared to diploid wheat in the ancient times." She says good health is 80 percent diet and 20 percent other factors and suggests, "use alternative grains, rotate your grains, do millets, quinoa, rice of different kinds. We need to understand and the baggage of nutritional deficiencies which are almost with everyone today." Devgan too feels this year is going to see a clear move towards plants. She says, "This will be the year of the rise of part time vegetarians, that is people who consciously cut down on the amount of animal products they consume, and focus on including more plant based foods in their diet."

Myth check

The world of diets is replete with myths surrounding it. Add to that the overdose of information on the internet and you end up being thoroughly confused. Nutritionist Dr. Deepti Bagree, Head of Department Healthcare Division, RESET-Holistic Living Concepts busts the following myths.

Afaaf Shaikh, Nutritionist at Digestive Health Institute by Dr. Muffi lists the following.

EFFECTS OF A BAD DIET

By Delnaaz T Chand, Chief Dietician, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre

A BAD diet is one that is super low in nutrients which would hamper the functioning of the body. The signs of a bad diet are not overt and drastic because the body adapts.

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