Three Critical Things to Eat

Junk foods are not the reason you are gaining weight. Generally, I hear - “Sir, I hardly eat anything, yet my weight keeps increasing.”

The 3 question I ask everybody:

1. what you are eating?

2. what are you are “not eating?

3. what’s eating you? (For another day).

But today, we’ll focus on the second question: what you are not eating?

To run a house, you need three things - gas, electricity, and water. Without these 3… dire straits.

Similarly, to run this “house” (your body), you need water, protein, and salt. These three are critical every day, along with some micronutrients.

Energy is not the issue. The body already has a lot of stored energy around 1.5 to 2 lakh calories stored in the form of fat. So the body is not in panic for energy. But these three things need daily top-up.

What matters is how you top them up.

→ If, in the name of water, only drinking tea and coffee, there is “leakage” in the form of sugar and milk calories.

→ If, in the name of salt, eating packaged salty snacks, that adds an extra load.

→ If, in the name of protein, eating dal makhani or paneer butter masala, there is again calorie leakage.

So the source of these 3 nutrients decide your obesity. And remember if you think, “I’ll just stop eating,” then where will these essentials come from?

Every day you must think

→ Did I get a clean source of water?

→ Did I get a clean source of salt (for example, lemon water)?

→ Did I get a clean source of protein (for example, protein powder, or even dal but cooked with minimal oil)?

This is called precision nutrition.

We need to make our food precise for nutrition and remove unnecessary calorie loading.