India, Sept. 15 -- A healthy diet is a balanced diet that includes all necessary macro and micronutrients that the body needs in the right proportions. In an interaction with HT Lifestyle, dietician Deepali Sharma, clinical nutritionist at the CK Birla Hospital, shared, "Our bodies need a wide range of vitamins and minerals to support energy production, immunity, healthy blood cells, bones, muscles and brain function."

"When certain nutrients are lacking, the body may sometimes show subtle signs. However, these symptoms can have many different causes, so they should not automatically be assumed to indicate a deficiency," she noted, before listing some of the commonly seen symptoms and what they might suggest.

According to the dietitian,...