Navratri 2021: The Best Fasting Tips & Food for Diabetes

Navratri is a 9-day long festival where Goddess Durga is worshipped for defeating the demon Mahishasura. It is also a festival of fasting. Every community follows different methods of Navratri fast. Fasting can be done in different ways as it provides rest and rejuvenation to the digestive system.

The ceremonies during Navratri include colorful clothing, dancing, fasting, and rituals. Prayers, fasting, meditation, and other spiritual practices performed during this period help bring about a deep rest.

There are several options available when it comes to going for Navratri fast - the FFD way.


You can choose from any of the following options as is possible for you...

  • Go on a complete water fast

  • Do alternate days of juice feasting and water fasting.

  • Juice feast on all days.

  • Do alternate days of juice feasting and intermittent fasting. (1 or 2 meals per day)

  • Do intermittent fasting on all days (1 or 2 meals per day)


What foods to eat during fasting?


Permissible items on water fast days or in between meals on intermittent fasting days are as follows -

  • Water with sabja or chia seeds (your is the biggest support and the strongest strategy to make fasting successful)

  • Cinnamon Tea or any Herbal Tea.

  • Green or Black Tea

  • Kokam, Tamarind Saar (Imli/ tamarind/ chinch saar with stevia, jeera (cumin seeds), and salt)

  • Lemon sharbat with stevia

  • Black Coffee or Coffee with coconut milk or coconut oil

  • Soaked almonds, walnuts, and seeds.


Some Upwass Items Suitable For These Days Are



  • Kuttu (buckwheat / fafad)

  • Singhada (water chestnut)

  • Rajgira (amaranth)

  • Unhusked warai (Proso Millet) is a millet (refined warai i.e. bhagar hikes sugars greatly, so avoid)

  • Upwaas thalipeeth of rajgira/ kuttu/ warai millet can be made with grated cucumber in it


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