Want to never fall sick? This is the ‘perfect’ diet, according to The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

According to The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) 56% diseases in India stem from a poor diet! Yes, that is right. Food is more than something to fill our stomachs with – it can either make us healthy and strong, or quite sick. However, is there something like an ideal plate? Turns out, there is! ICMR has sketched out the perfect “plate" recipe assigning specific daily quotas to each food group: About 100 g of fruits, 80 g of pulses, eggs or meat , 35 g of nuts and seeds , 27 g of fat and oil , 250 g of cereals , 400 g of vegetables and roughly 300 ml of milk or curd. Let’s dig deeper into how a colorful plate (spread across the entire day), stands at the heart of nutrition, and how it can furnish protection against chronic ailments… Eight food groups: The bedrock of balanced