What is a Flexitarian Diet and is it really beneficial for you?

Following different diets has become a fad now. Every other day, the spotlight is on a new kind of diet that people want to experiment with as people expect quick results.

However, experts have warned that following fad diets can often become an issue especially if you are not well-educated about it. While the buzz around Intermittent Fasting has finally died a little now, there is interest around a Flexitarian Diet, even as people pursue a pure vegetarian or vegan diet.

For the uninitiated, experts say the Flexitarian Diet is a flexible vegetarian diet that includes the consumption of animal products in one’s daily diet. Interestingly, they say the diet is not like any other fad diet and actually works for Indians. Varsha Gorey, clinical nutritionist at Apollo Hospitals in Navi Mumbai, explains, “India is known for its variety of foods and culinary spread across different states over the country.

If we look at it, we need a flexitarian menu, and this flexitarian menu will help us get the goodness and reduce the bad component in our diet.” A perfect balance of vegetarian diet with some inclusion of animal products is ideal to get the most out of what we eat.