Tag: Eat

Dietary self-monitoring: The secret to successful weight loss- lose belly fat in less than 15 minutes per day

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A new study suggests that this 15-minute weight loss strategy is the most effective way to slim down your waistline. Here’s how to stay motivated to lose weight. You have been told that keeping track of what you eat and drink is one of the most effective ways to lose weight. But many people often neglect to do this despite its effectiveness. That said, we can’t deny that fact that sticking to a diet day in and day out can eventually wear your nerves out, which may make you give…

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World Sleep Day 2019: Here’s How Adequate Sleep Can Help You Lose Weight & some tips to ensure you have a sound sleep

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World Sleep Day 2019: The aim of World Sleep Day is to bring attention to the many burdens of sleep problems, as well as the importance of a healthy sleep. Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise. For a body to function properly, you need at least 6-8 hours sleep Every year World Sleep Day is celebrated on the 15th of March. The theme of World Sleep day 2019 is ‘Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging”. World Sleep Day is an annual, global call to spread awareness and explain the importance of healthy sleep. The…

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Regularly consuming ‘ultraprocessed’ foods increases risk of early death: Study

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While we all love nibbling away at our pizzas, chips or french fries, a new study, conducted in France, now finds that we face a 14 per cent higher risk of early death with each 10 per cent increase in the amount of ultraprocessed food we eat. The authors of the study wrote in the journal JAMA Internal medicine that ultraprocessed foods are manufactured industrially from multiple ingredients that usually include additives used for technological and/or cosmetic purposes, reported CNN. They added, “Ultraprocessed foods are mostly consumed in the form…

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7 Surprising Health Benefits of Fasting

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“The Best Medicines of All are Fasting & Resting” Would you believe us if we say that you can feel energetic, shed off those stubborn pounds, kick-start your metabolism and enjoy a whole array of amazing health benefits, all by doing nothing? Say Hello to the fantastic benefits of “Fasting.” Fasting is nothing new to us. Our prehistoric ancestors, who didn’t eat anything during the day, as they took part in wild hunts, Hindu sages and rishis who went for days without food to the present day religious fasts during…

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HOW TO EAT WITHOUT EATING TOO MUCH?

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Eating more is same as eating unhealthy food A balanced diet is what you need to stay healthy and fit. But, does that mean you can gorge on a balanced diet? Nah! Even when you are eating healthy, if you do not watch your portions, you are sure to put on weight. So, the idea is to eat healthy without starving and yet watching how much you eat. Now, this can surely seem like a task. There is no doubt that you can take some time getting used to this.…

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Year ender 2017: Nutrition myths busted

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Nutritional expert busts food goals that became popular this year. By: SOUMYABRATA GUPTA A new year is knocking on the door, which means you’re probably reevaluating all your poor health choices and setting a few fitness goals for 2018. Every year has its own nutrition fads, and while some work, some are nothing but skeptical conjectures. With the easy accessibility of the internet, it makes it easier than ever to spread misinformation. Myths spread like wildfire through various social media platforms. Speaking to this correspondent, Munmun Ganeriwal, a Nutrition and Exercise…

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DON’T have that nighttime snack! Eating out of sync with your biological clock puts you at risk for heart disease and diabetes, a new study shows

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By Natalie Rahhal The body is less able to process triglycerides when we eat at the wrong time, the study found  Triglyceride build-up in the blood increases our risk of developing heart disease and diabetes The researchers found that when they took out the part of the brains of rats that regulates the biological clock, when they ate made no difference to triglyceride buildup in their bloodstreams Night and rotating-shift workers are particularly at risk because their eating schedules are inevitably out of sync with their biological clocks Eating late…

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Dear parents, is your child overweight? Blame your neighbourhood fast food outlet

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A study has found that kids who live closer to fast food chains were more likely to gain a significant amount of weight between the first and last year of primary school. Residing in a suburb full of restaurants peddling junk food may not be the best for your kid. The diet of young children is influenced by the local food environment. Children who live near fast food outlets are more likely to gain weight compared with those living farther away, new research suggests. This is worrying as a recent…

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Ekadasi Fasting

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Ekadasi upavasam and this year Nobel prize. What is the connection. . Please read on… This year’s Nobel prize for medicine has gone to a Japanese scientist Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi for his research on autophagy. Autophagy means to “self-eat”. In other words, the process by which the human body eats its own damaged cells and unused proteins. Autophagy is a natural process and one which occurs in cases of starvation. The failure of autophagy is one of the main reasons for accumulation of damaged cells which eventually leads to various…

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Loneliness And Social Isolation Can Impact Longevity

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A greater social connection is associated with a 50 percent reduction in the risk of premature mortality. The growing phenomenon of loneliness, which international experts have described as a global epidemic, may be responsible for as many deaths as obesity, according to the results of two meta-analyses presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington. To examine the impact of social isolation and solitude on the risk of premature mortality, researchers conducted an initial meta-analysis of 148 studies that involved 300,000 participants.  The results confirmed the…

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