Manushi Chhillar Initiates Social Media Campaign On Nutrition

Manushi Chhillar is a name that became quite dear to every citizen of our country after her glorious win at the Miss World 2017 international pageant. She brought home the crown after 17 long years and has always used her platform to be vocal about social issues and with the help of her project ‘Shakti’ she has been spreading awareness on menstrual hygiene and has also helped cured many women in the rural areas, who were affected due to lack of proper sanitation facilities.

The diva who is a strong advocate of vegetarianism is also a fitness enthusiast. On the national nutrition week that commenced on Tuesday, Manushi has initiated a social media campaign on nutrition. She took to Instagram to share the importance of nutrition and her journey with nutrition and how it changed her life.

Manushi comes from a health-conscious family, her parents who are doctors, have always stressed on the importance of nutrition and she started concentrating on nutritious food during her college days when she started gaining weight eating food from the college mess and that’s when she decided to cook her meals, not only to lose weight but to have a nutritious diet. "My parents are doctors and they have always told me that our eating habits define our total health. With this learning, I have been able to lead a very balanced life because awareness about nutrition is key for anyone to understand whether they are planning their meals correctly," she said speaking to a source.

It was a time when she needed nutrition the most as she was preparing for the Miss India pageant as well as completing her medical studies. She has always encouraged the positives of eating right and with this social media campaign, she plans to share her knowledge and experience with her fans and followers and said, "Proper nutrition has manifold health benefits and through my social media, I intend to tell as many people as possible about the positives one can unlock by eating right. I have been told repeatedly that we are what we eat and we have to be very cognizant about what we intake."

Last year she even won the Sexiest Vegetarian Personality award by PETA. She has expressed her views on vegetarianism at multiple platforms and said, "Being a vegetarian has been a way of life for me. My parents were vegetarians and while they gave me the choice, I never felt like I was missing on something. I've always been a vegetarian and have never felt like I needed to change that. I do believe vegetarian food is extremely nutritious and has tremendous health benefits in terms of regulating cholesterol, blood pressure, among others. As an animal lover, my core is at peace with this decision and I'm happier being a vegetarian.”