India, Oct. 13 -- After every festival, people often turn to restrictive diet plans and internet fads in a bid to get back in shape. Navratri is no different. Nine nights of garba and dandiya, late dinners after hours of dancing, and plates piled high with sabudana vadas, kuttu puris and rajgira sheera make for a festive indulgence. But once the nine holy days are over, the urge to undo all that mithai and festive feasting kicks in, sending many scrambling to try the latest diet trend.

In a conversation with HT Lifestyle, Roshni Sanghvi, holistic nutritionist and functional health expert at Clinic Living Plus, points out, "The irony is that many people are fasting during Navratri, but vrat food is not always light. Sabudana is mostly sta...