when festivity is in the air you can just feel it navratri being the most popular festival its that time of the year when you just want to let loose and have a lot of fun at the same time it is also the festival when faith and fasting take precedence people all over the world celebrate navratri some for religious reasons and some looking to cut back on unwanted calories and lose weight with the dancing moveswhatever be the reason its absolutely essential that fasting through all the nine days be done in a healthy manner while making sure you are energised throughout the day at the same time you dont want to binge on all the fatty foods and regret gaining weight with the weighing scale tipping to the wrong sidewe tell you how to stay away from those kachoris and pakodas and fast the healthy way fasting can be a little tedious especially for your stomach long gaps between meals could lead to acidity and you may end up ruining your metabolism eat small meals never starve yourselfalways carry some dry fruits for your midmeal snacks this will help maintain blood glucose levels and prevent you from feeling low the key is to create a balance do not deprive yourself of the nutrition that you need table salt is derived from sea water and chemically processed while rock salt or sendha namak is a pure form of salt that is not chemically processed at all and hence much healthier it is rich in potassium and very helpful in digestion relieving gas and soothing heart burnssabudana is a pure source of carbohydrates and doesnt fail to give that muchneeded energy boost during fastscombine them with potatoes and other fibrous vegetables like spinach cabbage tomatoes capsicum bottle guard etcalso try to bake roast or grill vegetables and sabudana tikkis instead of deepfrying them consuming sabudana in the form of khichdi or kheer is also a good idea amaranth or rajgira is the best protein source you can include during fasting make amaranth porridge with milk or cook it as namkeen dalia with lots of vegetables instead of gorging on rajgira pooris buckwheat or kuttu flour is full of carbohydrates 7075 and protein 2025 use it to make chapattis kuttu helps in curbing appetite controlling blood sugar and facilitating digestion it is also an excellent substitute for wheat rye barley and oats apart from being a huge source of fibre protein iron and magnesium samak rice is one of the most popular fasting foods it is not a cereal but a fruit that is grown from the seeds of grass echinochloa colonum it is also called jungle rice and provides the nourishment and energy that rice does it contains 169 calories per 174 gm and is very easy to digest it is almost the same as rice in taste and texture and a rich source of minerals and vitamins during navratri people usually avoid foods that generate a lot