@Dealfinder wrote:

You guys are talking about losing weight but I want to gain some weight I eat a healthy diet never eaten pizza burgers from long time eating samosa once in a month only roti sabzi eating and I m too weak

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Brain

nothing against B@R_0_0_D

but the guy written this is Idiot.

1. He suffered from day 2 to day 6 for something totally unknown.
2. Withdrawn could be 1 week slow process so body transfer gradually

and finally

nothing of that thing happens. I dont have habit of tea or coffee. somedays I will take 4-5 cups and might not drink even 1 for days.
I myself took only home cooked food and fruits only and nothing of my body nrtificial sugar for many days (unknowingly that was) and body did not complained at all.

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If you are constantly craving sweet foods, you are a sugar addict! Beware against headaches and brush your teeth well, says an expert. Online food delivery marketplace, Foodpanda’s spokesperson Rashika Yadav, has listed down the problems such addicts have to go through.

Sedentary lifestyle, obesity will weaken your kid’s heart

Washington D.C: You may want to ask your kiddiewink to get up and do something as a new study has suggested that sedentary lifestyle and overweight weaken arterial health already in childhood.

The Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study (PANIC) carried out in the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland shows that low levels of physical activity, weaker physical fitness and higher body fat content are linked to arterial stiffness already in 6-8 year-old children.

The study sample included 160 children, and the findings were published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

The study showed that better physical fitness, plenty of leisure time physical activity and a low body fat percentage were associated with more flexible arterial walls already in primary school children.

An analysis of the joint effects of these factors shows that only physical fitness was independently linked to arterial stiffness. Children whose physical fitness was better than that of their peers also had a better arterial dilation capacity during physical exercise.

Furthermore, the study showed that children with weak physical fitness combined with a high body fat percentage or low levels of physical activity also had the stiffest arteries.Moreover, higher arterial stiffness was also found in children with low levels of physical activity combined with a high body fat percentage. Children with the most physical activity or with the best physical fitness had the most flexible arteries and the best arterial dilation capacity.

The findings suggest that a lifestyle intervention in childhood can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases later in life. Another finding of the study deserving special attention is the association of better physical fitness with better arterial health, suggesting that especially regular, high-intensity physical exercise can be beneficial for arterial health.

The study appears in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

Sources : ANI/ ZEE NEWS

Eating junk food may shrink the part of your brain involved in learning, memory and mental health, a new study has claimed.

Older adults who eat more unhealthy foods, such as sweet drinks, salty snacks and processed meats, have smaller left hippocampi, researchers said.
The study also shows that older people with healthier diets have larger hippocampi, a region of the brain used for learning, memory and mental health.

As the negative impact of unhealthy foods on the waistline of the population grows, so does the evidence suggesting that our brain health is also affected, said lead author Felice Jacka, associate professor at the Deakin University in Australia.
“We’ve known for some time that components of diet, both healthy and unhealthy, have a rapid impact on aspects of the brain that affect hippocampal size and function, but up until now these studies have only been done in rats and mice,” Jacka said.

“This is the first study to show that this also appears to be the case for humans,” Jacka said.

The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to measure the size of hippocampi in adults aged 60-64 years, participating in a large longitudinal study of ageing conducted at the Australian National University (ANU).

They also measured the participants’ regular diets and took into account a range of other factors that could affect the hippocampus.
The study suggests that older adults who eat more unhealthy foods, such as sweet drinks, salty snacks and processed meats, have smaller left hippocampi.

It also shows that older adults who eat more nutrient-rich foods, such as vegetables, fruits and fish, have larger left hippocampi.

These relationships existed over and above other factors that may explain these associations, such as gender, levels of physical activity, smoking, education or depression itself.
These findings have relevance for both dementia and mental health, Jacka said.
“Mental disorders account for the leading cause of disability worldwide, while rates of dementia are increasing as the population ages,” she said.
“This latest study sheds light on at least one of the pathways by which eating an unhealthy diet may influence the risk for dementia, cognitive decline and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety in older people,” Jacka said.
“As the hippocampus is critical to learning and memory throughout life, as well as being a key part of the brain involved in mental health, this study underscores the importance of good nutrition for children, adolescents and adults of all ages,” she said.

The study was published in the journal BMC Medicine.
Source : Indian express

Tip of the day
Weight Control :: #40
By Al Loomis from Denver USA

The Best Diet is no diet at all but a lifetime commitment to better choices!

Many studies have proven that all diets have a temporary effect! The secret to losing weight is to make permanent choices in what we do. Here we have some simple long term commitments:

• Commit to whole wheat bread

• Drink fruit juices instead of soft drinks

• Always select fruit as a dessert

• Start most meal with a large salad

• Use whole grain pasta, bread and rice

• Take longer to eat. It takes time for your body to send its satisfaction signal

• Always park your car far rather than near

• Use the stairs for anything less than 4 stories

• Think positive about all of the choices above.

Forming good habits is the answer to long term health!

Does Timing of Calories Matter?

If you’re trying to lose weight or prevent weight gain, does it matter what time of day you eat the majority of your calories? Past and present research suggests that it does.

Should Breakfast Be Your Heaviest Meal?

For many of us, breakfast and lunch, if eaten at all, are the lightest meals of the day. But it wasn’t always that way. Before we moved to a more sedentary lifestyle, breakfasts were designed to provide substantial fuel and nutrition for a more physically active day.

There is a famous line by Americannutritionist Adelle Davis (1904 – 1974): “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” In other words, make dinner your lightest meal instead of your heaviest.

And there is a lot of scientific evidence to back this up. Studies have shown that people who eat the majority of their calories earlier in the day tend to lose more weight—and do so faster—than those who save their calories for the evening or night. This may be because eating more food earlier gives you time to burn those calories as you naturally expend energy throughout the day, but other studies have shown changes in levels of the appetite hormones, leptin and ghrelin, that also play a role.

Meal Timing Found to Make a Difference

In one Mediterranean study that looked at over 400 participants who followed a 20-week weight-loss intervention, researchers looked at when subjects ate lunch. They found that 51% of participants were “early eaters,” eating lunch before 3:00 p.m.; and 49% were “late eaters,” eating lunch (the main meal of the day in this Mediterranean population) after 3 p.m.

The researchers found that the group of late lunch eaters loss less weight, and took longer to lose weight, during the 20 weeks of weight-loss treatment than did those who ate lunch (and, thus, the majority of their daily calories) earlier.

In another study, scientists assessed several metabolism-related variables in 32 women who were studied under two lunch-eating conditions: one group ate lunch at 1:00 p.m. while the other group ate lunch at 4:30 p.m. The study authors found that eating late resulted in “decreased resting-energy expenditure,” which may be thought of as a lower basal metabolic rate (i.e., not able to burn as many calories at rest).

Interestingly, these study authors also found that eating late was associated withdecreased glucose tolerance (a condition that in the long run leads to pre-diabetes and diabetes). The authors concluded that the results may show that meal timing matters when it comes to “metabolic health.”

It is important to note that these studies were performed in a Mediterranean population, where lunch is the main meal of the day and thus constitutes the majority of daily calories.This would thus be similar to eating a typical American dinner, which is eaten later in the day and also is usually the most calorie-laden meal of the day. Looks as though it may be time to change that!

Your Body Within an Hour of Drinking a Cup of Coffee


 

Maybe you’re a coffee-shop junkie or a cold-brew devotee. Or maybe you prefer to keep it old school with a trusty drip coffeemaker. However you consume it, if you’re among the 59 percent of Americans who drink coffee, that java buzz after downing a cup is probably familiar to you.

But chances are, you aren’t aware of the extent to which this beverage can affect nearly your entire body (from your eyes to your blood) within minutes post-sip. We took a look at how a cup of coffee affects the system right after you drink it — and some of what we found is pretty astounding.

Your Brain

If you need to buckle down and push through a tight deadline or stay alert for a long drive, a mug of Joe can be your BFF. “Caffeine is a stimulant, and some evidence shows that it can increase mental functioning and strengthen your ability to concentrate,” says Marc Leavey, MD, a primary care specialist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.
In a nutshell, the brain works by sending out chemicals called neurotransmitters through synapses — that’s how we are able to think. Caffeine is a psychoactive compound that modulates these neurotransmitters, allowing them to operate more efficiently. “As a result, the brain is able to better process chemical messengers,” Leavey explains to Yahoo Health. “When used in moderation, coffee gives you an edge.” You’ll begin to feel more mentally alert after about 30 minutes, and the effects wear off a few hours later.
The key word, of course, is moderation. Too much caffeine can overwhelm your system and sabotage your concentration, so that instead of feeling amped up, you’re anxious and jittery.

Your Eyes

Caffeine also triggers your sympathetic nervous system (which regulates your body’s unconscious activity), activating fight-or-flight mode. “It stimulates the receptors in your brain that tell your body to rev up and produce more adrenaline,” explains Nieca Goldberg, MD, cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center. One possible outcome? Sharper vision.
“Research suggests that if you drink coffee, your pupils may dilate very slightly,” Leavey says. “It’s so subtle that you wouldn’t be able to notice it just by looking in the mirror, but you may feel that you can see better.”

Your Teeth
You know too much coffee can give your pearly whites a corn-kernel effect, but there’s also an oral upside to your daily fix. “Coffee contains a fair amount of polyphenols, micronutrients that have been shown to be effective in killing oral plaque and bacteria,” says NYC-based dentist Keith Arbeitman. The catch: As soon as you add milk, sugar, or maple-gingerbread-Creamsicle-Nutella syrup, those very same benefits backfire.

“It’s a double-edged sword, because once the polyphenols dissolve the layer of plaque, milk and sugar can easily access areas deep within the teeth,” Arbeitman explains to Yahoo Health. “This leads to demineralization and eventual decay.” Basically, as long as you stick to black, you’ll be doing your teeth a favor. Otherwise, you’re making them even more vulnerable to cavities than usual.
Those plaque-demolishing polyphenols are also responsible for exposing your chiclets to discoloration, be it from the coffee itself or food you’re eating at the same time. (Major offenders are berries, brightly colored candy, and tomato or curry sauce. Arbeitman’s rule of thumb is that if it will stain your shirt, it’ll stain your teeth.) “Try drinking from a straw to limit the amount of time the sugars have to hang around in your mouth,” he suggests. “Or brush your teeth afterward to correct your oral pH and neutralize residual sugars.”
Related: Here’s Exactly When You Should Drink Coffee for the Most Energy

Your Heart

If you heart coffee, you should know that the most immediate physical effects of a hit of java are indeed cardiovascular. “Caffeine increases the sensitivity of your neural pathways so that the electrical impulses responsible for triggering your cardiovascular system pass through the body more easily,” Leavey says. “Consequently, about 15 minutes after drinking a cup, the caffeine begins to elevate your pulse and blood pressure by an average of 10 to 15 percent.” (The exact amount varies depending on a bunch of factors — including how much you’ve drunk, whether you’re a regular coffee-drinker, how much food you’ve eaten, your weight, medications you’re taking, etc.)

According to Leavey, consuming two six-ounce cups a day isn’t hazardous for most people, but a greater intake can be problematic if you have underlying issues like heart disease, high blood pressure, or tachycardia (faster-than-normal heart rate). “It may increase cardiovascular activity to the extent that it can cause a heart attack,” he says.

Your Stomach

There’s some rationale behind downing an after-dinner espresso. “Caffeine triggers the receptors in your stomach, boosting gastric secretions by about 10 to 15 percent — a small, but meaningful, increase,” says Leavey. These higher levels of acid help you digest your meal faster.
The flip side of your G.I. tract’s elevated motility is potential cramping, acid reflux, or heartburn. “Caffeine relaxes the sphincter, which is a bundle of muscles located at the base of your esophagus that acts as a gate to keep food from entering your trachea,” says Goldberg. “As a result, stomach contents can travel backward into the esophagus.”
Related: Turns Out Decaf Coffee Has Body Perks Too

Your Bowels

Heads up: Skip this section if you’re eating — we’re gonna get a little graphic. Hand-in-hand with a quick-acting stomach is lightning-fast bowel activity … which means you may be struck by a tush-quake.
“Caffeine stimulates your bowels, telling them to work harder and faster,” Leavey explains. “But fecal matter has to remain in the bowels for a certain length of time in order to become a solid. If it moves too quickly, it will emerge still in liquid form.” Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) sufferers are particularly at risk.

Your Bladder

As every devoted coffee drinker knows, it’s dangerous to gulp your way through a Grande when you’re stuck in traffic or miles away from a bathroom. “Coffee acts as a diuretic, influencing the tubules in your kidneys to send more water through,” Leavey says. “That, in turn, leads to increased urinary output.”
Interestingly, the diuretic effects exist whether you’re drinking regular or decaf, so it’s not the caffeine at play. “Coffee contains other stimulating compounds, including steroid-like molecules that physiologically provoke the bowels and bladder,” Leavey adds.

Your Blood

Unless you’re indulging in a calorie-laden, whipped-cream-and-chocolate-sauce-topped frozen coffee drink, you probably don’t think of coffee as problematic in terms of cholesterol. But studies suggest otherwise. “Coffee beans contain oils that are shown to increase cholesterol,” Leavey says. “These oils are sifted out if you drink filtered coffee, but not in a French press.” The next time you order an unfiltered brew, check out the surface of your cup — you’ll see globules of fat floating on top.

Few tips to bring about weight loss as well as ensuring good health:

Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, and grain products like wheat.
Increase the consumption of complex carbohydrates like whole wheat, millet (jowar) and barley (bajra)
Restrict refined products such as flour (maida) and its products such as bread, noodles, macaronis and pastas in regular diet
Restrict fat and cholesterol rich foods. Only non-vegetarian foods (like eggs and dairy products) are good sources of cholesterol, however saturated fatty acids present in butter, ghee, vanaspati and coconut get metabolised to cholesterol in our body
Reduce the amount of sugars consumed
Consume raw fruits and vegetables in form of salads and raitas in every meal.These provide adequate vitamins, minerals and fibre. Fibre is essential as it aids in digestion, has an effective role in managing obesity and cardiovascular problems.

Limit salt intake
Have small portions of food at a time
Do not skip meals
Have regular meal timings
Do not eat while cooking and watching television
Drink plenty of water (6-8 glasses) in a day
Exercise regularly. Do brisk walking at least for 20-40 minutes in a day
The best exercises that are sustainable and safe to loose weight are
aerobic exercises. Aerobic exercises usually involve vigorous exercises sustained over a period of several minutes and their effect is to increase the efficiency of the lungs, heart and blood circulation,which are collectively known as the aerobic system. Short and sharp bursts of activity which rely on the body”s reserves of oxygen do not produce a similar improvement. Exercises should increase strength and mobility and also aid relaxation. You can choose walking, swimming,bicycling as per your fitness level and increase gradually. You should plan on 20-minute sessions at least 3 times per week. Gradual changes in eating habits will help encourage a permanent lifestyle change. A slow weight loss of 1 or 2 pounds a week, until the desirable body weight is reached, is best.

Eat raw food to strengthen your immune system !

Author:
Lena Sanchez

Do you know wheat your Immune System is? Most people are unaware of how to keep a healthy immune system. Your Immune System is your illness and disease fighting army But if you don’t know where it is you cannot keep it strong!

If you have chronic constipation or diarrhea you can bet that most of your immune system is ill!

What kills 80% of your Immune System faster than anything?

a. Eating prepackaged, pre-processed, fast foods.
b. Taking prescription or over-the-counter medications
c. Consuming foods or drink with artificial and/or food dyes, preservatives, aspartame, Splenda, sucralose corn syrup.

Two parts to that 80% Immune System

Dr. Edward Howell, a medical doctor who began extensively researching digestive tract nearly 70 years ago discovered the true mechanism of the largest part of your immune system.

Part I; the stomach – just the beginning of your digestive tract and if you fail to give it proper nutrients it breaks down and that in turn weakens the rest of your digestive tract!

What does the stomach do and what does it require to be healthy?

Stomach begins the breakdown of foods put into your body and beginning the function of all organs and systems. To do that it requires it Digestive Enzymes, known as “food of life or death”!

If the stomach has sufficient digestive enzymes and mixes with the foods properly then the pulverized food moves on into the intestinal portion of the digestive tract. Once pulverized food is combined with good bacteria (Probiotics and fiber) you have 80% of a immune system
working properly!

At 45 years and beyond your body looses its ability to produce its enzymes, making it necessary to include them in your daily diet.

Digestive enzymes come from plant foods you eat or from the pancreas. It is known that more than 75% of people have a sluggish pancreas making it highly unlikely that you will garner any from that part of the body! Even if you did if you have ever taken antibiotics, antacids drink, bath or cook with city tap water or use fluoride containing water or products your pancreatic enzymes are worthless. So it requires at least 80% of each meal be raw, unprocessed plant foods!

But today’s modern processing and preserving techniques, such as boiling and pasteurization, destroy most of the enzymes that ever were in your food. Enzymes are also destroyed by exposure to air, exposure to light, alcohol consumption, temperatures over 118 degrees, caffeine, cigarette smoke, and prescription drugs. Parasites, pesticides, pollutants, ultra-violet radiation, and fluoridated water also destroy enzymes. This means that the majority of people are not getting sufficient digestive enzymes to keep their digestive tract healthy!

You should make very sure that you get enough enzymes and pro-biotics and fiber. Not doing so opens you to develop abdominal bloating, abdominal cramps, constipation, Crohn’s disease, colitis, diarrhea, eczema, heartburn, indigestion, IBS, psoriasis, vitiligo other skin rashes, and possibly even colon or stomach or pancreatic cancer!

Why are raw foods so good for your body? Raw foods are enzyme rich, and it is enzymes which actually do the “digesting” of food. Eating cooked food requires your body to make up for the lack of enzymes so that we can digest properly.

The lesson is clear: if you eat nothing but cooked food long-term, your body inevitably stores excessive amounts of fat, and you gain weight and developtoxinsgatherinfat.htm degenerative diseases. If you eat raw whole food long-term, you stay sleek and slim and live a healthier life.

All fats, proteins, and carbohydrates are converted into glucose. Thus, the slower food processing that happens by supplemental enzymes has a profound impact on weight maintenance because excess glucose levels can be avoided.

Enzymes are critical to the body’s ability to repair and maintain itself. Enzymes are in fact like little “tools” which are required in every chemical reaction in the body. The pancreas is the body’s primary enzyme and hormone factory, but it has a limited production potential when the body’s ability to produce enzymes declines to insufficiency, the body breaks down for good. The pancreas has a lot of demands on it, and it prioritizes its production of enzymes. Food enzymes are the highest priority, because the body has to quickly dispose of what is put into it.

How can we get the same benefits of raw foods while eating cooked foods? Dr. Edward Howell investigated this question and found that the right kind of enzyme supplements provided the same type of functioning as if the foods were enzyme rich. The solution to the problem is to find the right kind of enzyme supplements to take with cooked and processed food to compensate for the ones removed from cooking. Sadly not all enzymes sold are beneficial; therefore it is essential to make sure you purchase quality processed plant enzymes.

The Second step requires sufficient quality probiotics.

Taking enzymes with food helps digest that food while probiotics help the intestines distribute the nutrients throughout the body without discomfort and pain. The combination of taking digestive enzymes with food for proper digestion and an empty stomach, which helps clean the bloodstream and turns two negative situations into two positives, thus giving our natural protectors (pancreas, liver and immune system) back it’s normal everyday job and repairing full strength protecting you from outside illnesses and disease.

About the Author:

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What is obesity?

Obesity is defined as a condition of excess bodyweight and fat. The size and number of fat cells increase in obese people. A person is said to be obese when the body weight is 20% or more above ideal body weight, which can be calculated by comparing​​ his height and sex.

​​What are the causes?

Dietary and life style practices are directly related to obesity. The most important cause is the imbalance between the energy intake and output. Energy is obtained from the food one eats and is required to carry out the daily activities, and the body functions, which are going on even when one is sleeping. The extra energy which is not used by the body is stored as fat. Eating more than one need causes obesity because the excess energy supplied to the body gets converted into fat. On the expenditure side, if a person is physically less active then less energy is utilised and more is converted to fat.

Home, work and school are barriers to opportunities for active lifestyle. Children of obese parents are 10 times likely to be obese than those of non-obese parents. This is mostly environmental since the children and parents share the same dietary habits. Genes influence how the body burns calories or stores fat. In some rare cases, hormonal imbalance, such as overactivity of the adrenal glands or underactivity of the thyroid gland, can also cause obesity. Injury or inflammation of the hypothalamus can interfere with the appetite centre and thereby cause obesity.

​​What are the symptoms?

The signs of obesity include body fat and weight more than the ideal body weight.

​​*What are the risks of obesity?*

Obesity is a serious condition as it increases the risk of heart diseases, diabetes, joint pains, high blood pressure and some types of cancers such as colon, breast and uterine cancers. Obese people are also more prone to diseases and problems such as stroke, gall bladder disease, breathing problems (sleep apnoea syndrome), low back pain, swelling of the feet and ankles, imbalances and accidents. Obese people have a low self-esteem and they avoid company, which makes them insular and insecure.

​​How is it diagnosed?
Obesity is determined by measuring body weight and fat. There are different ways of calculating body fat. Body mass index (BMI) is one of the best methods used to measure body fat. BMI is calculated as the ratio of the weight in Kg and height in square metre. Guidelines define overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/square meter and obesity as a BMI greater than 30. The doctor may also suggest blood test for sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides. In case insufficient thyroid functioning (hypothyroidism) is suspected, the doctor will ask for a thyroid stimulating hormone test.

​
What is the treatment?

The simplest and the most basic principle is to reduce food intake,
especially the fat content, and increasing physical activity.
Increasing physical activity alone is not an easy way to lose weight
unless one combines it with a reduction of fat intake. Physical
activity includes walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, aerobics or any other household activity such as cleaning, washing, climbing stairs etc. The sense of well-being and weight loss motivates an individual to make changes in his or her diet as well. The best way of keeping a good control on ones dietary intake is to keep a daily diary, and writing down whatever one eats as one eats. Avoid high oil content in the curries and do not use butter on chappatis, which may be tasty without the fat. The doctor or health care provider evaluates the daily diet and plans a diet providing calories enough to maintain the weight below the ideal body weight.

Increase your physical; activity and reduce the intake of food. Your initial goal of weight loss therapy should be to reduce the bodyweight by 10% from baseline. With success, further weight loss can be attempted.Weight loss should be 1-2 kg for 6 months. Reducing dietary fat alone without reducing calories is not sufficient for weight loss. Reducing dietary fat along with dietary carbohydrates can help reduce calories.Weight maintenance program should be priory after 6 months.
In order to maintain one’s weight, calories consumed should be equal to calories used. Energy balance is like a scale. When calories consumed are more than calories used, it results in weight gain. Let physical activity tip the scale in your favour. You can perform aerobic exercises 30 minutes a day thrice week. Avoid a sedentary lifestyle.

Certain medicines are also available for weight reduction. There are two main types of weight reducing drugs: one class decreases appetite while the other prevents dietary fat from being absorbed by the body. These drugs should be taken only with doctor”s advice, as there are a lot of side effects related with their use. Surgery to cure obesity should be undertaken as the last resort for people who are very obese, have tried all the other options available and have medical problems. The main surgical option is to have your stomach banded or stapled so that it cannot accommodate more food. Why not eat less voluntarily?

Few tips to bring about weight loss as well as ensuring good health:

Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, and grain products like wheat.
Increase the consumption of complex carbohydrates like whole wheat, millet (jowar) and barley (bajra)
Restrict refined products such as flour (maida) and its products such as bread, noodles, macaronis and pastas in regular diet
Restrict fat and cholesterol rich foods. Only non-vegetarian foods (like eggs and dairy products) are good sources of cholesterol, however saturated fatty acids present in butter, ghee, vanaspati and coconut get metabolised to cholesterol in our body
Reduce the amount of sugars consumed
Consume raw fruits and vegetables in form of salads and raitas in every meal.These provide adequate vitamins, minerals and fibre. Fibre is essential as it aids in digestion, has an effective role in managing obesity and cardiovascular problems
Limit salt intake
Have small portions of food at a time
Do not skip meals
Have regular meal timings
Do not eat while cooking and watching television
Drink plenty of water (6-8 glasses) in a day
Exercise regularly. Do brisk walking at least for 20-40 minutes in a day

The best exercises that are sustainable and safe to loose weight are
aerobic exercises. Aerobic exercises usually involve vigorous exercises sustained over a period of several minutes and their effect is to increase the efficiency of the lungs, heart and blood circulation,which are collectively known as the aerobic system. Short and sharp bursts of activity which rely on the body”s reserves of oxygen do not produce a similar improvement. Exercises should increase strength and mobility and also aid relaxation. You can choose walking, swimming,bicycling as per your fitness level and increase gradually. You should plan on 20-minute sessions at least 3 times per week. Gradual changes in eating habits will help encourage a permanent lifestyle change. A slow weight loss of 1 or 2 pounds a week, until the desirable body weight is reached, is best.

Whole Grain Wheat Assures a Healthy Lifestyle:

Wheat is the most popular and easily available bulk laxative. Three cups of wheat consumption per day is enough for an individual to live a long, healthy and disease-free life. When you maintain a fiber-rich diet comprised of wheat breads and cereals that are high in bran, you can be confident that problems such as pain, flatulence, nausea, constipation, and distension will be alleviated in no time. Diverticulitis often occurs due to inflammation and lower intestinal pains. This can also lead to chronic constipation and unnecessary straining, which can result in a sac or a pouch in the wall of the colon. Such cases can be easily dealt with naturally by keeping up with a fiber-rich diet and including whole grain wheat on a regular basis.

@B@R_0_0_D wrote:

Whole Grain Wheat Assures a Healthy Lifestyle:

Wheat is the most popular and easily available bulk laxative. Three cups of wheat consumption per day is enough for an individual to live a long, healthy and disease-free life. When you maintain a fiber-rich diet comprised of wheat breads and cereals that are high in bran, you can be confident that problems such as pain, flatulence, nausea, constipation, and distension will be alleviated in no time. Diverticulitis often occurs due to inflammation and lower intestinal pains. This can also lead to chronic constipation and unnecessary straining, which can result in a sac or a pouch in the wall of the colon. Such cases can be easily dealt with naturally by keeping up with a fiber-rich diet and including whole grain wheat on a regular basis.

Why not simply take a spoon or two of natural Isabgol husk powder on a daily basis and avoid the excessive carbs that come with the wheat flour? Moreover, the fiber can also be consumed by eating raw veggies in salads.

I would not even want to get into the important differences between insoluble fiber (present in wheat) and soluble fiber (present in Oats) on a forum like DD. Perhaps you are not aware of the ample scientific evidence against eating grains like wheat.

Recommended reading for you:
Grain Brain http://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Su...
Wheat Belly http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-H...

P.S. Before some IIN student even thinks to comment on why carbs are not bad, he/she should consider how our lifestyles are nowadays and should read some real scholarly papers on the subject rather than the blogs of other IIN graduates.

@DealSeeker wrote:

@B@R_0_0_D wrote:

Whole Grain Wheat Assures a Healthy Lifestyle:

Wheat is the most popular and easily available bulk laxative. Three cups of wheat consumption per day is enough for an individual to live a long, healthy and disease-free life. When you maintain a fiber-rich diet comprised of wheat breads and cereals that are high in bran, you can be confident that problems such as pain, flatulence, nausea, constipation, and distension will be alleviated in no time. Diverticulitis often occurs due to inflammation and lower intestinal pains. This can also lead to chronic constipation and unnecessary straining, which can result in a sac or a pouch in the wall of the colon. Such cases can be easily dealt with naturally by keeping up with a fiber-rich diet and including whole grain wheat on a regular basis.

Why not simply take a spoon or two of natural Isabgol husk powder on a daily basis and avoid the excessive carbs that come with the wheat flour? Moreover, the fiber can also be consumed by eating raw veggies in salads.

I would not even want to get into the important differences between insoluble fiber (present in wheat) and soluble fiber (present in Oats) on a forum like DD. Perhaps you are not aware of the ample scientific evidence against eating grains like wheat.

Recommended reading for you:
Grain Brain http://www.amazon.com/Grain-Brain-Surprising-Su...
Wheat Belly http://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Lose-Weight-H...

P.S. Before some IIN student even thinks to comment on why carbs are not bad, he/she should consider how our lifestyles are nowadays and should read some real scholarly papers on the subject rather than the blogs of other IIN graduates.

Eat homemade Trifala in night 1-2 hour after dinner , take it with water or milk . beneficial for all 3 type of diseases / dosh – pitt dosh , cough dosh , vat dosh . you will see changes in 10 days and its not just a medicine , if you are healthy still you should take it for extra body benefits .

if you are suffering from indigestion then use ginger , black pepper and pipali in your food or take Trikatu (churn of all 3 herbs) after food or mixing in food . these 3 herbs are beneficial to digest the food . Source – Vagbhata books and Sushrut Books .
Trifala is best herb mixture in ayurved .

and refined sugar best healthy alternate is – Pure Honey (not artificial honey) , Khajur ka Gud, Ganne ka Gud, Shakkar (powder of Gud). these are healthy option . brown sugar is not shakkar so dont confuse with it .

and sugar getting from fruits is ok it is not harmful . as its natural form of sugar .
this advice is not for any diabetes patient .

@goyal.dkg Don’t be another IIN graduate. Not everything natural is essentially good (including fruits). Yes, eating a fructose rich fruit (like Mangoes) is better than eating a candy or drinking an HFCS-laden soda. But both should be avoided for good health, especially in large quantities.

@goyal.dkg Table sugar alternatives like Honey or Khajur Gud should also be consumed under extreme control. They have almost the same amount of glycemic load (GL) in our bodies. They just have other vitamins and minerals because they are unrefined.

@DealSeeker wrote:

@goyal.dkg Don’t be another IIN graduate. Not everything natural is essentially good (including fruits). Yes, eating a fructose rich fruit (like Mangoes) is better than eating a candy or drinking an HFCS-laden soda. But both should be avoided for good health, especially in large quantities.

i am not IIN graduates ,
it depend on fruit to fruit ,
like papaya is sweet and sweet thing do causes constipation but papaya do opposite it cures constipation .
so on any point we must be clear before point out anyone .
and anything eaten in high quanity whether it is fruit or veg will be harmful but still fruits frutcose is much better than any glucose .

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...

Sugar free drinks equally bad for teeth

@DealSeeker wrote:

@goyal.dkg Don’t be another IIN graduate. Not everything natural is essentially good (including fruits). Yes, eating a fructose rich fruit (like Mangoes) is better than eating a candy or drinking an HFCS-laden soda. But both should be avoided for good health, especially in large quantities.

@goyal.dkg Table sugar alternatives like Honey or Khajur Gud should also be consumed under extreme control. They have almost the same amount of glycemic load (GL) in our bodies. They just have other vitamins and minerals because they are unrefined.

you means table sugar = honey or gud + vitamin + minerals . right ?
Honey is Unrefined sweetener with protein, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, nitrogen elements with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties .
and in books it may be slight or little much different from sugar but in practical life it is totally opposite to refined sugar if we see the affect on human body .
this can be written in medical books but if you do practical use then you will feel .
as i seen many people in villages who eat gud and honey with every meal to live healthy . and they also achieve the same .
btw i just posted my opinion as i experienced .

if you talk about GI then it says Whole grain breads (not talking about indian roti) contains low GI so eating bread is good ? its causes constipation even with low GI .

@goyal.dkg wrote:

i am not IIN graduates , it depend on fruit to fruit ,
like papaya is sweet and sweet thing do causes constipation but papaya do opposite it cures constipation .
so on any point we must be clear before point out anyone .
and anything eaten in high quanity whether it is fruit or veg will be harmful but still fruits frutcose is much better than any glucose .

@goyal.dkg wrote:

you means table sugar = honey or gud + vitamin + minerals . right ?
Honey is Unrefined sweetener with protein, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, nitrogen elements with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties .
and in books it may be slight or little much different from sugar but in practical life it is totally opposite to refined sugar if we see the affect on human body .
this can be written in medical books but if you do practical use then you will feel .
as i seen many people in villages who eat gud and honey with every meal to live healthy . and they also achieve the same .
btw i just posted my opinion as i experienced .

if you talk about GI then it says Whole grain breads (not talking about indian roti) contains low GI so eating bread is good ? its causes constipation even with low GI .

Your statements show how disconnected you are from the real science and how you are making statements based on your incomplete observations. At this point, I should clarify that I am certified in Nutrition from a major Canadian university. I took the courses and underwent the certification because of my interest in Health and Nutrition that started in 2007. My goal was simply to cut through the often conflicting and biased information that is propagated by IIN graduates. It’s not my profession.

Now let me tell you where you are flawed.

(1) Papaya has one of the lowest glycemic loads (not glycemic index — lookup the difference) among all the fruits and is one of the few fruits that diabetics are allowed to eat. You should also know that the available “sugar content” (to make it easier for you to understand) of any fruit depends on how ripe it is.

(2) I have visited villages near Delhi border where people still sit with a lota (tumbler) of freshly made cow ghee for each meal. And they are all still pretty lean and fit. The reason is their lifestyle. If someone is going to be physically active for 8-10 hours every day, they can virtually eat whatever they want and their bodies will use all that energy. But the lifestyles of people living in the cities (i.e. us dimers) is so different from the lifestyles of our brethren living in the villages. We sit idly for pretty much the entire day with the only physical activity being of our fingers tapping on our keyboards. Heck, we get even our groceries and food delivered at our doorsteps!

To put things into perspective for you, Michael Phelps (the Olympic gold medalist) consumed 12,000 calories a day to fuel his intensive 5-hour a day, six days a week training regimen. That’s a whopping six times as much as a regular person! Hope this will be enough to make you realize the incompleteness of your observations. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-21776...

(3) As for your last point about whole wheat bread, you are wrong about so many things. (i) I never even mentioned GI. I mentioned Glycemic Load (not the same thing; lookup the difference) and that too in reference to sugar, honey, and jaggery, not bread! (ii) I told @B@R_0_0_D to avoid using carb rich grains like wheat altogether and suggested him some books to read. (iii) I never talked about any relation between glycemic loads and constipation. But since you have repeatedly made the classic mistake of equating correlation with causation, let me tell you that ripe yellow bananas are one of the popular natural remedies for constipation, despite having a high GI and GL value. Go figure!

If you are going to reply to this, please have the decency to read some scholarly papers to verify your intuitions and observations before making any further statements.

BCC: Some people who I have discussed health issues with in the past.

@DealSeeker wrote:

@goyal.dkg wrote:

i am not IIN graduates , it depend on fruit to fruit ,
like papaya is sweet and sweet thing do causes constipation but papaya do opposite it cures constipation .
so on any point we must be clear before point out anyone .
and anything eaten in high quanity whether it is fruit or veg will be harmful but still fruits frutcose is much better than any glucose .

@goyal.dkg wrote:

you means table sugar = honey or gud + vitamin + minerals . right ?
Honey is Unrefined sweetener with protein, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, nitrogen elements with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties .
and in books it may be slight or little much different from sugar but in practical life it is totally opposite to refined sugar if we see the affect on human body .
this can be written in medical books but if you do practical use then you will feel .
as i seen many people in villages who eat gud and honey with every meal to live healthy . and they also achieve the same .
btw i just posted my opinion as i experienced .

if you talk about GI then it says Whole grain breads (not talking about indian roti) contains low GI so eating bread is good ? its causes constipation even with low GI .

Your statements show how disconnected you are from the real science and how you are making statements based on your incomplete observations. At this point, I should clarify that I am certified in Nutrition from a major Canadian university. I took the courses and underwent the certification because of my interest in Health and Nutrition that started in 2007. It’s neither my profession nor my career. My goal was simply to cut through the often conflicting and biased information that is propagated by IIN graduates.

Now let me tell you where you are flawed.

(1) Papaya has one of the lowest glycemic loads (not glycemic index — lookup the difference) among all the fruits and is one of the few fruits that diabetics are allowed to eat. You should also know that the available “sugar content” (to make it easier for you to understand) of any fruit depends on how ripe it is.

(2) I have visited villages near Delhi border where people still sit with a lota (tumbler) of freshly made cow ghee for each meal. And they are all still pretty lean and fit. The reason is their lifestyle. If someone is going to be physically active for 8-10 hours every day, they can virtually eat whatever they want and their bodies will use all that energy. But the lifestyles of people living in the cities (i.e. us dimers) is so different from the lifestyles of our brethren living in the villages. We sit idly for pretty much the entire day with the only physical activity being of our fingers tapping on our keyboards. Heck, we get even our groceries and food delivered at our doorsteps!

To put things into perspective for you, Michael Phelps (the Olympic gold medalist) consumed 12,000 calories a day to fuel his intensive 5-hour a day, six days a week training regimen. That’s a whopping six times as much as a regular person and look at his fitness. Hope this will be enough to make you realize the incompleteness of your observations. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-21776...

(3) As for your last point about whole wheat bread, you are wrong about so many things. (i) I never even mentioned GI. I mentioned Glycemic Load (not the same thing; lookup the difference) and that too in reference to sugar, honey, and jaggery, not bread! (ii) I told @B@R_0_0_D to avoid using carb rich grains like wheat altogether and suggested him some books to read. (iii) I never talked about any relation between glycemic loads and constipation. But since you have repeatedly made the classic mistake of equating correlation with causation, let me tell you that ripe yellow bananas are one of the popular natural remedies for constipation, despite having a high GI and GL value. Go figure!

If you are going to reply to this, please have the decency to read some scholarly papers to verify your intuitions and observations before making any further statements.

BCC: Some people who I have discussed health issues with in the past.

first i want to reply with large para but it will result 1 more objection from you as you are now feeling you know everything in details .
so want to end up this here , as already told dont want mess up .
and please if some one speak anything dont point out him calling bhakt , iin graduate etc etc .
it feels like you want them not to speak . it feels like in news if some one oppose anything in india then few call them pak lovers , go to pak etc. your comment also same illogical as them .
and please if you got free time then read books of ayurved if you tink they are waste then dont read . , as in ancient time there was no clinic or hospital or nutritionist .
expecting no more these type of personal attack from you .
and these type of debate and discussion are best when we are face to face with open mind .

There is no point explaining things to someone who thinks he is always right and what he knows is the best, very scientific research and doctors are wrong. Do what each of you think is good for you. Btw, I have heard of people dying in young age of heart attacks both very fit (regular exercisers) and ofcourse the lazy couch potatoes who binge on whatever you give them. I always believe that it’s the quality of life you live that matters not how long one can live eating or not eating a thing. I have personally known a 70+ army retired man who smokes 5-6 packets of cigarettes a day but you can’t tell by his looks. Does that mean cigarettes are not harmful?

@jeevanreddy58 wrote:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/h...

Sugar free drinks equally bad for teeth

Sugar-free drinks mean they didn’t use sugar. Where does it say it not harmful? Ironically I know a person closeby who is diabetic and drinks Diet-Coke. His explaination: this doesn’t has sugar.

Even the sugar substitute they use is harmful in large dosage.

@goyal.dkg Your last comment further shows how incoherent and biased you are in your views. Bhakt — how is that even related to this post?!

As for calling you an IIN student/graduate, that’s indeed a taunt intended for people like you who derive their information from the internet and make their opinions based mostly on blogs or social media shares.

As for your assumption about me neglecting Ayurvedic findings, you should know that I consume turmeric and many other herbs on a regular basis. With your last sentence, you are again showing your lack of inclination to learn something. You can not compare ancient times or the diet of village people with our current lifestyles. Try to understand this crucial thing.

@DealSeeker wrote:

@goyal.dkg Your last comment further shows how incoherent and biased you are in your views. Bhakt — how is that even related to this post.

As for calling you an IIN student/graduate, that’s indeed a taunt intended for people like you who derive their information from the internet and make their opinions based mostly on blogs or social media shares.

As for your assumption about me neglecting Ayurvedic findings, you should know that I consume turmeric and many other herbs on a regular basis. With your last sentence, you are again showing your lack of inclination to learn something. You can not compare ancient times or the diet of village people with our current lifestyles. Try to understand this crucial thing.

i used bhakt here because whenever in ddime some people try to speak something whcih the other dont line then they directly called bhakt .
who told you that i read it on internet . i dont use internet for health diet , i do read ayurvedic books . and on internet i tried but everything is copy pasted and gives different meaning .
yes i agreed with you last point lifestyle is the main thing which decide the diet , so it proper diet of a person will always be different , i can only be decided after knowing his routine and body .

ending up my discussion here .

Unhealthy discussion (unpleasant) over health issues and intended for wellbeing of us.

Na baba na..
Thanks all for the POW by pow.
Time to lock the thread.

@Dealfinder wrote:

You guys are talking about losing weight but I want to gain some weight I eat a healthy diet never eaten pizza burgers from long time eating samosa once in a month only roti sabzi eating and I m too weak

You have high metabolism (transalation: your body burns more energy). First list all the healthy foods you can eat into two catagories. 1.carb 2.protein (if you are non-veg try more meat)

Now schedule your meals in smaller proportions at a interval of 3 hours. And follow it very seriously. What you have to do is mix the food you categorized into 2:1 proportion i.e., twice carb for each gram of protein you eat. Throw in veggies and some extras.

If you want a good and healthy body exercise or play an outdoor sport atleast for 45 mins everyday.

There was a guy who was very thin and wanted to gain mass ‘quickly’. I recommended him a ‘mass gainer’. He went gym for a couple of months then gave up exercise but hadn’t left eating the mass gainer. Result: he has a bludgeoning tummy. Which looks ugly. So, if you want to go that route you know what to do.