Ziqitza - What is a balanced diet and what impact does it have on physical and mental wellbeing
                     Ziqitza - What is a balanced diet and what impact 
does it have on physical and mental wellbeing?
The link between food and mood is clear. What you eat affects 
your mental wellbeing. In fact, poor diet may not only be a 
reaction to feeling depressed, but may be one of the factors 
that trigger it. If you are feeling depressed or anxious, you are 
more likely to want to eat unhealthier foods and eat fewer 
healthy foods. But, eating unhealthy foods can actually make 
you feel worse. 
You can improve your mental wellbeing by making changes to 
your diet. And luckily, the same eating habits that keep you 
mentally well are those that support your physical health too. 
Choose a diet high in vegetables, fruits, unprocessed grains and 
fish, with smaller portions of lean meat and dairy and limit 
those sugary, salty and processed foods.
The importance of a balanced diet can’t be emphasized enough 
for a healthy lifestyle. Ziqitza Rajasthan says a healthy lifestyle 
can be attained by maintaining a balanced diet and keeping 
into consideration to meet all the essential nutrients required 
by the body. A proper meal plan helps to attain ideal body 
weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, 
cardiovascular and other types of cancer. But what exactly is a 
balanced diet? 
 
ZHL Rajasthan explains it in a simple words it's a diet that offers 
the nutrients to help your body function properly. The 
importance of diet lies in the intake of the right amount of 
calories. Your body gets the right nutrition when you consume a 
wide variety of food rich in calories such as fresh fruits and 
vegetables, whole grains, and proteins. 
What falls under a balanced diet? 
Ziqitza Limited recommends a wide variety for the selection of food 
choices should be from each of five food groups in the specific 
amounts. These food sources from each food group provide a similar 
amount of key micro and macro-nutrients to meet the body 
requirements. A balanced diet typically contains 50 to 60 percent 
carbohydrates, 12 to 20 percent protein, and 30 percent fat. All the 
organs and tissues need proper nutrition to work effectively by 
consuming the right amount of nutrients and calories to maintain an 
ideal weight. 
The overall health and well-being of a person are dependent 
on good nutrition, physical exercise, and healthy body 
weight.Physical activity particularly improves brain-related 
function and outcomes. As with physical activity, making small 
changes in your diet can go a long way to attain the ideal body 
weight. Consuming the right kind of carbohydrates is 
important. Many people rely on the simple carbs found in 
sweets and processed foods. Fruits and vegetables are rich 
sources of natural fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other 
compounds that your body needs to function properly. 
 
Dr. Santosh Datar- Medical Director , 
Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd (ZHL) says about importance of a 
healthy lifestyle it not just a balanced diet but also healthy 
practices of eating. Some of them which you can follow are 
eat-in smaller portions you can do this by eating in small bowls 
to trick your brain into thinking it to be larger portions. 

Take time to eat by not rushing your meals in between 
other work but taking the time to nourish your meals can 
send signals to your brain that you’ve had enough food 
necessary for functioning. Cut down on snacks unhealthy 
snacks are a strict no as they hamper your hunger. 
Switching to healthy bite-sized food can help. Curb 
emotional eating binge eating can be extremely harmful. 
 
Using it to relieve yourself from stress, sadness, or anxiety 
may affect your health. Instead, you can use healthier 
alternatives to beat negative emotions.