3 health tips to follow in 2022: Rujuta Diwekar

We have officially entered Year 3 of the global pandemic. If anything, the past two years have taught us the importance of holistic health and about returning to simple things of life to stay healthy and happy. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar has a few tips to share with us in the new year. In an Instagram post, she reminds people to not make certain health mistakes, and follow “common sense” when it comes to diet and fitness.
#1 Don’t fall for fad diets
In her latest video on the photo-blogging website, Diwekar urges people to not fall for diets that focus on the addition or removal of a single nutrient. She says the diet trends keep changing with time, but there are certain universal truths about nutrition that never change and that’s what is capable of keeping you healthy in long run. She says, “Earlier people did not add ghee to their diet, now people add ghee to even their coffees. Earlier ghee on roti was not allowed, now roti itself is not allowed.”
The author of bestseller ‘Indian Superfoods’, Diwekar asks fans to “eat traditional foods in time tested combinations like Bajra-Makhan, ghee-roti, and rice-dal.”
#2 Don’t make exercise a punishment
“Exercise is an integral part of our life. It has to become part of your life and not a punishment for people who are fat,” Diwekar says. She says not to reduce exercise to a maths equation and keep counting calories and making workouts dependent on that, reminding us that exercise has a bigger purpose than losing weight.
“One of the most undervalued aspects of exercise is that it works as an antidepressant and also reduces your cravings,” she says.
#3 Support women in their fitness journey
Women develop health troubles after getting married including hair loss, PCOS, weak knees, back pain, irregular period, to insomnia. Diwekar says a lot of women are not able to find time for fitness due to multiple responsibilities like children, career, family, social pressure, while it is easier for men to get time for exercise and leisure activities. “If you are male and you are able to find time to exercise and leisure activities but your wife doesn’t then see what you can do to change things in your family so that she too can enjoy life and stay fit.”