“For Indian families, the answer is usually not about giving up the meals they’ve grown up with,” says Paliwal. “Most people want to continue eating home-cooked food, and that’s absolutely possible. The goal is to make those meals more nutritionally balanced.” That could mean adding a bowl of curd alongside lunch, including paneer in vegetables, increasing dal portions, incorporating eggs at breakfast, or choosing fish, chicken, soy, tofu, or legumes more regularly.
