Guests on the show today were – Chef Kaushik – known as the Mad Chef and Agnel, a popular fitness trainer in the city. Chef Kaushik says tongue in cheek; don’t look down at your belly! Agnel says – eat more protein than carbs, and some fat is good too. The traditional Christmas turkey is basted with the turkey dripping says the Chef, but Agnel says that he does not encourage consumption of animal fat as it is harder to break down. Saying that, it’s Christmas, a little indulgence does no harm! Food needs to be healthy and tasty says Agnel, it needs to be balanced. Chef K says this is possible and that more and more people want to lead a healthy lifestyle. Jane asks, how can one deal with this continuous flurry of festival days and the good food associated. Agnel and Chef K agreed saying you are allowed to cheat just for those days, but between the celebrations one must work out in a disciplined manner. Quick tip from Chef Kaushik – Coffee, Rose and Peppermint are a wild combination he says! A Christmas favourite for Chef K is egg-nog and a traditional lunch that he had with friends in the US has stuck in his mind forever. For Agnel, his grandmother’s chicken, vegetable and homemade casatta are his favourite. If your will power is good, you can have those cheat meals more often if you can keep the portions small. But if you are the kind that pigs out when you see good food, then it’s better that you have a few cheat days across the season. Love rice and crave for it often, Chef K gives us a cheat version. He says to steam cauliflower and grate it and treat it the same way you would with rice. Cauliflower has negative calories so it’s a more than good alternate to rice. If you’re going out for Christmas dinner tonight, eat a lot of meat, vegetables, cut down on the rice, potato and other carbs. Then you can actually feel less guilty when you get to the dessert and can taste a little of all of them. Merry Christmas and tell us what you did to celebrate!