Is your plate balanced with the required nutrients? -

ICMR- National Institute of Nutrition published guidelines to have a balanced diet which can fulfil the daily nutritional needs of Indians.

Here is how your plate should look like!

It also resembles to the ‘healthy eating plate’ and ‘my plate’ of USDA!

You can gain a lot of benefits by eating a balanced diet –

Consumption of proportions of food groups indicated in the plate helps prevent macronutrient & micronutrient malnutrition (Hidden Hunger)
The proportion indicated in the plate ensures adequate intake of all micronutrients (vitamins & minerals), bioactive compounds, functional foods, antioxidants etc.
No vitamin or mineral (micronutrients) supplements will provide the adequacy of all nutrients that can be met from this model plate Ÿ Routine consumption of certain nutrients as supplements will interfere with absorption of other nutrients
Micronutrients from food are better absorbed and more bioavailable than vitamin and mineral supplements/tablets/capsules/fortification
A complete diet as indicated in the model plate provides many unknown substances/nutrients that cannot be met from supplements or fortified foods

If you want to know more, check this article by ICMR-NIN!