A NATURE'S DIET

WE MUST BE AWARE THAT OUR FOOD CHOICES ULTIMATELY IMPACT MORE THAN JUST OURSELVES.

Sustainable Nutrition' is a concept that considers all food-related aspects also beyond the individual health aspects. It was developed in the 1980s and is defined as "those with low environmental impacts that contribute to food and nutritional security and to healthy lives for present and future generations". This is a complex idea, but in the simplest terms, a sustainable diet aims to positively impact the individual and environment, both now and in the future.

Kajal Wattamwar and Bushra Qureshi, dieticians and co-founder's of Healthy Steady Go, discovered the pain point in people's health journeys, i.e., the lack of awareness around the right way of living a healthy life. Kajal Wattamwar has done MSc in Food Science and Nutrition (SNDT, Mumbai). She is also a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and Gut Health Specialist (IIN, New York). Talking about Bushra Qureshi, she has done MSc in Clinical Nutrition (SNDT, Mumbai) and a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). She is also a Hormone Health Specialist (IIN, New York). Hear it from them on how you can include sustainable nutrition:

Essentially, there are four aspects of a worthy sustainable nutrition system. The first is nutritional benchmark. A healthy and balanced diet must be provided to everyone; one that meets the nutrition and calorie requirement of the person based on their needs, age, gender, and environment. There are meat, seafood and poultry food items that are necessary, for they are a great source of protein. In sustainable nutrition, animal-source foods are not eliminated from the diet completely but a balance is found between the plant and animal foods. None of the resources is exploited irreparably and adequate focus is given to all. The same is said about dairy products because milk and other dairy products are important for growing children and ageing adults.