People half my age are spotting grey hairs, I don’t have a single strand yet (touch wood 🪵). My friends keep complaining about PCOS, hormonal imbalances, thyroid and I’m just here thriving on vibes. I don’t take a single medicine. No multivitamins, no supplements, no magic powders. Because I don't have any disease! 🧿
Just one simple habit that I swear by: a 10-day detox every month. And no, not the influencer kind where you drink green juice and cry. I mean actual clean eating for a few days: proteins, good fats, fibres and proper hydration. Basically, I give my body a short vacation from the chaos of pizzas, fries & momos.
I still eat junk, don’t get me wrong, I’m not a saint. But that one week of clean eating resets everything. It’s like pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete on your system.
And honestly, it works. My skin, hair, energy: all come in sync. Maybe it’s the detox, maybe it’s luck, maybe it’s genetics, maybe it's a combination of other things that I might be doing right or maybe I’m just God’s favourite child—whatever it is, it works for me.
Evil eyes off. Buri nazar wale tera muh kala. 🧿😂
Just in case you’re curious what my healthy eating days look like, here’s a random sample day (it keeps changing, but the broad pattern’s the same):
Breakfast: It’s staple: Protein + fibre. So having omelette with garlic-sauteed vegetables.
Lunch: Again protein + fibre: less-oil paneer, with sides of mushrooms & broccoli & a hung curd dip.
Dinner: Usually a soup and protein: So this day had my own invention, spinach-tofu soup (basically kind of palak-paneer soup) with lots of mushrooms and broccoli in it and a sunny-side up.
It’s almost no-carb, low calorie, very low-oil diet. But I don’t follow word to word any specific diet. It’s just my own invention after observing what suits me. Please consult your doctor or dietician before trying it out, what works for me may not work for you.
I’ve been doing this for about 5–6 years now : 7 or 10 or 15 days of clean eating each month and the rest of the days I eat whatever’s normal at home or outside food, because yes, I’m a foodie and I like dining out once a week.
In between meals, if you get hungry you can have a fruit or try having some drinks like: buttermilk, coconut water, fermented kanji or fresh fruit juices.
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