The Green Plate Initiative Science SA Post 3

Practical tips for adopting a healthier and more sustainable diet.

1. Shop local for in-season produce to support your community. You can find in-season produce at your local grocery store or farmer’s market. Buying local can ensure you are getting fresh, in-season produce that requires less resources to ship long distances. Shopping local also allows you to develop relationships with local farmers.
2. Try to grow your own produce! Being able to see and experience the process of growing produce can help you understand the factors that go into growing produce on a larger scale. Start small! Try to grow a herb you use frequently such as mint, curry leaves, etc or one produce plant such as tomatoes, chillies, etc.
3. Avoid packed food like Cookies, chocolate, ready-to-cook food, etc.
4. The Indian way of eating by hand will reduce the use of cutlery,
5. use salt, lemon, sugar or oil to preserve food like pickles, papads, gulkand, etc.
6. recycling and using leftover food for example Leftover rice is consumed with curd and onions the next day, leftover rotis can be converted into khakras, 
7. weather adaptation and weather-based foods for example winter often lead to mineral deficiency so in Indian culture they are fed different types of nutritious laddoos using dry coconut, edible gum, dates, almonds, and garden cress seeds.
8. Don't use single-use plastic cutlery use banana leaves as a plate and can be thrown or buried into the soil it will decompose into the earth easily. 

Delicious, healthy and sustainable recipes to handle any season.

To beat the heat of the sun here are some interesting and simple recipes.

1. Masala Butter Milk

In a mortar pestle crush ginger and coriander leaves and add to the churned curd add cumin powder, Black salt and chat masala (optional).

2. Nimbu Sherbet / lemonade

Mix sugar in water until it dissolves then add lime juice and a pinch of salt makes a good electrolyte drink.

3. finger millet drink/ragi powder drink

Dry roast the ragi and powder it add 2 spoons of ragi powder and add jaggery to a gloss of water 

These are the superfoods to warm up your body during the winter.

1. High Protein bars

Chikki is made by adding roasted peanuts to caramelised jaggery.

Similarly, you can make it from sesame seeds, dry coconut, edible gum, dates, almonds and garden cress seeds.

hope you guys enjoyed this blog and had a very informative session on dietary foods and food sustainability.

Reflection: because of the huge technological advancements in science the food manufacturers who use technology and make food so that they can mass produce it and make it last longer unsustainably if we did not have this technology then we would have used older ways of using, producing and preserving the food sustainably.

The Green Plate Initiative Science SA Post 2

 Eat local Think Global

Sustainable farming.

have you ever wondered how our grandparents and great-grandparents did not get sick so often or how they are still so strong, that may be linked to the food they were eating?

the food they grew where organically grown and did not use any chemicals the only fertiliser they used was manure/animal dung which is an organic fertiliser that doesn't harm the chemical compound of the soil. the food produced was healthy and chemical-free.

They depended mostly on rain, river water, etc for the water source to grow their food. They only grew crops according to the season which means they couldn't grow mangoes for the whole year it was only for the summer(sadly ☹️). That is because mangoes can't grow in the winter and can only grow in the summer or else it is not an organically grown mango. 

They ate fresh food which is cooked fresh and eaten freshly, they did not eat packed food which has added preservatives which is not healthy for the body. They had local seasonal fruits which are freshly plucked from the tree or plant, they did not have tropical fruits which you get from other countries and did not have unseasonal fruits.

They stored many stuff using salt like pickles, oils, etc. Salts are natural preservatives but can only preserve a few stuff unlike others but are not harmful to our body.

Sustainable food diet

A sustainable diet is generally healthy and has a low impact on the environment and food supply. Adopting a sustainable diet can help an individual maintain their health while also ensuring the planet has enough resources to feed future generations of humans. 

Ways to sustainably eat your food.

• Eat the whole fruit instead of making it into fruit juice.
• Make food just enough so that we don't waste any food.
• Don't make food that you don't like.
• Eat organically grown food.
• Mostly cook your food at home rather than have packet food.
• Eat seasonal fruits of your local area rather than having exotic fruits from different.

If you maintain all of these factors then you are ecologically supporting the earth and everything living on it.

Thank you for reading this blog i hope you found this helpful

Stay tuned for the next blog where I will be giving you guys a few tips on how to stay healthier and a few recipes on sustainable food and healthy diet food.

The Green Plate Initiative Science SA Post 1

Hello,

 Welcome to this blog about The Green Plate Initiative where your health meets your plate.

I am Manvik and today we will discuss why a balanced diet is important and how to plan our own custom diet

Why is a balanced diet important?

A balanced diet provides the necessary nutrients in appropriate amounts to support bodily functions.

It is good to have a balanced diet because it will help in improving your body it is also important to exercise and work out well. A balanced diet will improve your body with healthy muscles and bones, a sharp brain and many other health benefits.

How to make your personalised diet?

Here is how to make a diet that will help you decide what type of food to eat based on your allergies, intolerance, and cultures.

First list out what allergies, intolerances and if you are veg, non-veg, jain or Iyengar you have and based on that you have to make a diet.

Then you have to include all the given points below in your diet

• Oils, fats sugars and nuts (have a handful of nuts every day.)
• Milk, yoghurt/curd or alternatives like almond milk, coconut milk, soy milk, etc.
• Good source of protein like meat, pulses, sprouts, eggs, etc.
• Fruits- 2 seasonal and local fruits per day.
• Vegetables- minimum 2 varieties of local and seasonal vegetables per day.
• Carbohydrates such as rice, wheat, grains, millet, etc.

then you should plan out what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and if you want you can also have a snack)try to have a balanced and healthy portion of your meal. 

Remember to add all the points above to stay healthy drink sufficient water and stay hydrated!

Exercising regularly will help our body absorb nutrients from food and keep us fit and healthy. Some forms of exercise are Yoga, strength training, Playing sports, etc.

Thank you for reading this blog I hope it is helpful for you to keep your body healthy and happy.

Stay tuned for the next blog where I will be talking about the importance of sustainable food practices and how these will impact the environment.

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comment to me if you have any interesting and healthy diet plans.

Until then see you.

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