Nutrition

Cutting Carbs- How Will You Eat Your Salan Now?

Gotta get rid of that rice, rice baby

By Team Htv

March 15, 2019

Weight loss is a wild journey, with many avenues you can take to achieve the desired result. One thing that is most often highlighted in diet and weight loss plans is that you need to abandon your much-loved carbs. HOWEVER, foreign-publication-that-also-tells-me-to-eat-300-rupee-avocados, you do not understand that us desis do not have steak and grilled chicken on a regular basis? Our staples are daal and gravy based foods- so how do we eat them without carbs?

Everything You Need To Know About Carbohydrates

Unfortunately for those of us who have used that excuse more often than we care to admit, we’re putting together a guide for how you can continue to eat your home-cooked Pakistani meals without relying on carbs (aka rice or roti).

 

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Let us not forget that not all carbs are bad carbs. In fact, vegetables are also carbs- but the kind that are fiber-filled and nutritious.

Read: Fiber Does Amazing Things To Your Body

Also remember, when the carbohydrate cravings kick in, you can turn to better options, instead of white rice and roti (e,g. oats).

Let the weight loss journey commence.

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