Balanced diet
When you eat a balanced diet, you give your body the nutrients in right proportion of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins, other essential nutrients, and optimal calories for your body’s makeup for healthy functioning. It reduces the risks of developing chronic health conditions and diseases.
Macronutrients
Macronutrients cover principally three components namely carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Carbohydrates and fat provide energy and heat. Proteins are crucial for building of tissues, maintenance of the cellular integrity and functioning of the cells.
Micronutrients
The micronutrients comprise of vitamins and minerals. They maintain tissues and regulate functions of the body.
Pathya & Apathya food
Yoga strongly suggests diet must be taken with some limitation and overeating should be kept away at all cost. The yogi should take nourishing food called Pathya or wholesome food that is helpful for practices as grains, wheat, rice, milk, ghee, sugar sweets, vegetables and water.
Apathya foods are usually restricted as they are, sour, bitter, salty, heating, oil, alcohol, fish, flesh foods, garlic.
