Shonali Sabherwal

Shonali Sabherwal Macrobiotic Nutritionist/Chef/Instructor India's first Graduate: Kushi Institute, USA. Author of 'The Beauty Diet' (2012) and 'The Love Diet (2014).
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Shonali has worked with leading film stars and celebrities, and helped them enrich their lives by adopting healthier eating choices. She is now here to share her invaluable tips and tricks that will guide and help you on living a fuller, larger (Macro) than life (bios) healthier lifestyle. Shonali says, "My goal is to take you from a platform of

“Health to Inner Wellness” by empowering you to be independent regarding your choices that impact your health condition. I seek to do this by providing you with options via: One-on-one Consultations, Macrobiotic meals, ready-to-eat products, cooking classes, and any method that would work to enhance your Well-Being quotient. Eat well, stay happy!

23/06/2026

Hair thinning is often treated as an external problem. But more often than not, it’s a reflection of what’s happening inside the body. Your hair condition is deeply connected to your blood quality, gut health, energy reserves, and metabolic balance.

In this reel, I’m sharing 3 deeper root causes that may be contributing to hair thinning:

• Poor gut absorption — where the body is unable to properly absorb nutrients from food
• Insulin imbalance and blood sugar spikes — which can disrupt hormones and inflammation levels
• Adrenal exhaustion — when chronic stress and overexertion begin depleting the body’s energy reserves

Healthy hair is not built only with products, serums, and supplements. It begins with creating a healthier internal environment.

Watch till the end — and send this to someone struggling with hair thinning. 💛

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

21/06/2026

Protein has become the golden child of the wellness industry.

But here’s something that may surprise you:

There are situations where increasing protein intake may not be the best thing for your body. 👀

Three examples include:

🚨 Low calcium intake

🚨 Pre-existing kidney issues

🚨 Diets that completely eliminate plant-based foods

Nutrition is never about one nutrient in isolation. The body works as an interconnected system, and what helps one person may not be appropriate for another.

This is why I always say that health is not about following trends or blindly increasing protein because social media says so. It’s about understanding your body, your health history, and your individual needs.

Want to know why protein can become problematic in these situations?

Leave a comment below and I’ll make a detailed reel explaining each one. 💛

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

20/06/2026

One of the biggest myths in nutrition is that you need meat to get enough protein.

The truth is that there are plenty of excellent plant-based protein sources that can help support muscle health, energy, hormones, recovery, and overall wellbeing. 🌱

My favourites include:

✨ Nuts & Nut Butters
Almonds, cashews, walnuts, and tahini

✨ Seeds
Chia seeds, h**p seeds, and flaxseeds

✨ Legumes
Black beans, chickpeas, edamame, and lentils

✨ Complete Plant Proteins
Tempeh, tofu, quinoa, and amaranth

The key is variety. Different plant foods provide different amino acids, fibre, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that work together to nourish the body.

Protein is important, but so is the package it comes in. Plant proteins offer the added benefit of fibre and antioxidants that support gut health and long-term wellness.

Which of these is your favourite source of plant protein? 🌿

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

18/06/2026

One of the biggest shifts in my gut health journey came from something incredibly simple: slowing down. 💛

I struggled with chronic constipation from a very young age and carried it well into adulthood. And despite all the wellness trends we see today — detoxes, supplements, restrictive diets — the habit that truly helped me was learning to stop rushing my mornings.

I began waking up just 20 minutes earlier. I would sit quietly with my tea, breathe, relax my nervous system, sometimes practice Malasana or legs-up-the-wall pose, and simply give my body the time and safety it needed to eliminate naturally.

When we are stressed, rushing, overstimulated, and constantly in “go mode,” the vagus nerve and digestive system simply do not function optimally. The gut thrives in calm, not chaos.

Sometimes healing begins not with adding more… but with slowing down enough for the body to do what it already knows how to do.

Share this with someone who struggles with constipation or gut issues. ✨

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

15/06/2026

So many symptoms we normalise every day are actually signals from the body asking for help. 🚨

Recurring allergies. Chronic constipation. Frequent headaches. Constant bloating. Dull skin and hair.

These are not random inconveniences. They are often signs of deeper inflammation, gut imbalance, poor nutrient absorption, nervous system stress, or a disrupted microbiome.

Your body is always communicating with you:
✨ Bloating may point to poor gut bacteria balance
✨ Constipation may signal inflammation in the gut
✨ Headaches can be linked to inflammation and overload within the body
✨ Dull skin and hair often reflect internal nourishment and absorption issues
✨ Recurring allergies may indicate an overwhelmed immune system

Symptoms are not the enemy. They are messengers.

The sooner we stop silencing them and start listening, the sooner true healing can begin. 💛

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

Most of us have heard of Vitamins A, B, C, D, and K.But have you ever heard of Vitamin P? 👀Vitamin P is a term tradition...
14/06/2026

Most of us have heard of Vitamins A, B, C, D, and K.

But have you ever heard of Vitamin P? 👀

Vitamin P is a term traditionally used to describe bioflavonoids — naturally occurring plant compounds found in colourful fruits and vegetables. These compounds work alongside vitamins and antioxidants to support overall health and wellbeing.

Yellow foods are particularly rich sources.

Think:
🍌 Bananas
🍋 Lemons
🌽 Corn
🌶️ Yellow peppers

These vibrant foods provide nutrients that support immunity, skin health, vision, energy production, prostate health, and healthy cellular function.

One of the simplest ways to improve your diet is to add more colour to your plate.

Nature colour-codes nutrition for us. 💛

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

12/06/2026

Not every food trending in the wellness world is actually supporting your health. ✨

Some of today’s most popular “healthy” foods are simply sugar and additives wearing a wellness costume.

🚨 Matcha lattes from cafés — often more milk and sugar than actual matcha
🚨 Acai bowls — loaded with honey, granola, syrups, and sugar overload
🚨 Chia puddings — a healthy seed buried under sweeteners and flavourings
🚨 Vitamin water — essentially sugar marketed with health claims
🚨 Detox teas — often just stimulant laxatives disguised as wellness

The wellness industry has become very good at selling products that look healthy. But true nourishment is rarely flashy, trendy, or heavily marketed.

Always ask:
What is actually in this food?
And how does it make my body feel afterwards?

Simple, balanced, real food will always win over wellness gimmicks. 💛

Please send this to someone who’s doing even one of these. 👀

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

09/06/2026

Adult acne is rarely just a skin problem.

Your skin is not only reacting to what you apply externally — it is often reflecting what is happening internally. As the body’s largest eliminating organ, the skin is frequently where imbalances begin to show up when the internal environment becomes overloaded, inflamed, or disrupted.

What I see far too often is people spending thousands on facials, treatments, creams, and procedures while never looking at the food they eat every day.

In holistic nutrition, different skin patterns can sometimes point toward deeper dietary and lifestyle imbalances:

✨ Whiteheads may be associated with excessive dairy consumption — cheese, paneer, milk, eggs, and rich animal foods.

✨ Red, inflamed acne may be linked to excess sugar, fruit juices, processed foods, blood sugar imbalances, and inflammatory eating patterns.

✨ Dark pigmentation and spots may reflect excess sugar and internal heat building up in the body.

But food is only one part of the story.

Stress, hormone imbalances, poor gut health, lack of sleep, digestive dysfunction, and skincare products that clog pores can all contribute to breakouts.

Acne is rarely caused by one vitamin deficiency or one isolated food. It is often the cumulative effect of how you eat, drink, sleep, manage stress, and care for your body every day.

If you want clearer skin, stop looking only at the surface.

Start with your gut.
Start with your hormones.
Start with your diet.

Because healthy, glowing skin is often the result of a healthy internal environment. 💛

If you want a sustainable diet consultation to help achieve glowing healthy skin or address skin concerns, send me a DM.

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

For years, millions of people were told they had NAFLD — non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — a diagnosis that described ...
08/06/2026

For years, millions of people were told they had NAFLD — non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — a diagnosis that described what the condition wasn’t, rather than what it truly was. But in 2023, global liver health experts changed the name to MASLD: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. And that shift changes everything. Because this condition is not simply about fat in the liver — it’s deeply connected to metabolic health, insulin resistance, inflammation, gut health, stress, sleep, and the way we live and eat every day.

In my latest blog, I explore why this new understanding matters, what the science is now revealing, and why supporting the liver requires a far more holistic approach than we once believed.

Read more on the Blog page of my website. 💛 Link in bio.
https://www.soulfoodshonali.com/blog/your-liver-got-a-new-name-and-it-changes-everything-we-thought-we-knew/

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

05/06/2026

There are many things the wellness industry promotes for weight loss that I would personally never do as a macrobiotic nutritionist. 🚨

I would never survive only on raw salads — because constantly eating cold, raw foods can weaken digestion and make the body harder to nourish properly.

I would never skip breakfast — your digestive fire is strongest in the morning, and according to the macrobiotic body clock, the stomach functions optimally between 7–9 a.m.

I would never eliminate healthy fats — because fats from ghee, sesame seeds, nuts, and seeds support hormones, satiety, and sustainable weight balance.

I would never obsessively calorie count every meal — because healing also means rebuilding trust with your body and hunger signals.

And I would never rely on low-fat foods, diet snacks, or fat burners. Most are highly processed, stimulant-driven, and disconnected from real nourishment.

Sustainable weight loss is not about punishing the body. It’s about creating balance, improving digestion, supporting hormones, and eating real food consistently.

If you want a sustainable healthy lifestyle diet consultation, send me a DM. 💛

©️ Shonaalii Sabherwal

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