Diet: Vegetarian Non-vegetarian Eggetarian Jain
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The day, meal by meal
Day total: 1,797 kcal
Early morning 6:30 am, 41 kcal
- 1 glass warm lemon water4 kcal
- 5 soaked almonds37 kcal
Breakfast 8:30 am, 348 kcal
- 2 moong dal chillas256 kcal
- 1½ katoris curd92 kcal
Mid-morning 11:00 am, 72 kcal
- 2 katoris papaya72 kcal
Lunch 1:30 pm, 771 kcal
- 3 rotis288 kcal
- 2 katoris masoor dal274 kcal
- 2 katoris mixed vegetable sabzi172 kcal
- 1 plate salad (cucumber, tomato, onion)37 kcal
Evening 5:00 pm, 86 kcal
- 1 small katori roasted chana86 kcal
- 1 cup green tea, no sugar0 kcal
Dinner 8:00 pm, 479 kcal
- 2 bowls tomato and vegetable soup105 kcal
- 2 besan chillas with paneer374 kcal
Early morning 6:30 am, 41 kcal
- 1 glass warm lemon water4 kcal
- 5 soaked almonds37 kcal
Breakfast 8:30 am, 348 kcal
- 2 moong dal chillas256 kcal
- 1½ katoris curd92 kcal
Mid-morning 11:00 am, 72 kcal
- 2 katoris papaya72 kcal
Lunch 1:30 pm, 771 kcal
- 3 rotis288 kcal
- 2 katoris masoor dal274 kcal
- 2 katoris mixed vegetable sabzi172 kcal
- 1 plate salad (cucumber, tomato, onion)37 kcal
Evening 5:00 pm, 86 kcal
- 1 small katori roasted chana86 kcal
- 1 cup green tea, no sugar0 kcal
Dinner 8:00 pm, 479 kcal
- 2 bowls tomato and vegetable soup105 kcal
- 2 besan chillas with paneer374 kcal
Day total: 1,797 kcal
Every sample day has at least 55 g of protein.
ICMR-NIN's 2020 allowance is 0.83 g per kg a day, about 54 g for its 65 kg reference man and 46 g for its 55 kg reference woman. The protein calculator gives your own number.
How the numbers were worked out
Calories and nutrients are calculated from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), except curd, which uses USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy 171284 (plain whole-milk yogurt) because the Indian tables don't list it. Fibre is IFCT's total dietary fibre, which counts more of a food's fibre than the crude fibre in older Indian tables, so a day reads higher than you may expect. Cooked portions assume home cooking with the oil listed in each dish. Katori means a standard 150 ml bowl.
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Why the day looks like this
This day is built around protein at lunch and dinner and plenty of fibre, so you stay full on fewer calories.
It keeps everyday Indian food at the centre, so there's nothing on it you'd struggle to cook or find.
- about 86 g
- protein in the day
- about 74 g
- fibre in the day
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The foods in it
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