Tag: Food

Type 2 diabetes diet: Include low-calorie carrots in your diabetes meal plan to lower blood sugar naturally

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Turns out there’s a specific type of food or juice that can help improve blood sugar control and manage diabetes. Here’s how to include carrots in your type 2 diabetes diet plan. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that can lead to serious complications if not properly controlled. In addition to medication, making dietary changes such as following a healthy eating plan that is naturally rich in nutrients and low in fat and calories, as well as maintaining a healthy weight by staying physically active, can help you control…

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Are all salad combinations healthy?

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 by Dr Partap Chauhan Just the presence of the word ‘Salad’ in the name of a dish does not automatically make it healthy. In recent years, with the growing awareness of eating healthy greens, we are choosing dishes that are commonly referred to as salads. But are they all healthy? Here is an Ayurvedic perspective on this matter, and what you should put together in a healthy salad. Salad vs. ‘Healthy’ Salad – Avoiding Virrudh Ahaar There is a big difference between a salad and a healthy salad. By definition,…

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Incredible Benefits Of Basil Leaves & How You Can Add More Basil In Your Diet

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Basil, or tulsi, is one of the oldest herbs known to the mankind. It is known for its strong healing and medicinal properties. The holy basil is quite often used in a number of prasad preparations and also forms an intrinsic part of various stews and curries. One can still see basil plants outside many Indian households, even outside the clamped urban flats. Holy basil is offered to Gods in the form of prasad. Some say, that it is prohibited to even chew the holy basil leaves; one is supposed to swallow…

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3 benefits you get by maintaining ideal gap between meals

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by Dr Partap Chauhan Diabetes, Heart diseases and Hypertension are some of the common problems that arise out of Obesity, a problem that is primarily caused because of overeating. When you eat more than your body needs, you invite a lot of problems, some of which such as heart problems, can become life-threatening. But if you eat your meals by maintaining proper gaps in between, you get many health benefits, here are three of them. 1.Strong Agni (better digestion) The digestive fire in your gut is responsible for digesting foods. When…

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Thinking of Losing Weight With Intermittent Fasting? This Is the Best Method For Beginners

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Losing weight seems to have a common theme: restriction. You have to say no to carbs, or sugar, or grains, or alcohol, or oil, or nuts, or pizza, or fruit, or . . . fun! I mean, what kind of life is that? No wonder diets fail and people end up regaining the weight back. It’s just not sustainable. This is where intermittent fasting (IF) comes into play. You don’t have to restrict what you eat, you just pay attention to when. How does IF help with weight loss? Fasting expert Jason Fung, MD,…

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भोजन करने के नियम (Rules for having Meals)

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1. खाने से पूर्व अन्नपूर्णा माता की स्तुति करके उनका धन्यवाद देते हुए, तथा सभी भूखो को भोजन प्राप्त हो इर्श्वर (God) से ऐसी प्राथना (Prayer) करके भोजन करना चाहिए । 2. गृहस्थ के लिए प्रातः (Morning & Evening) और सायं (दो समय) ही भोजन का विधान है । 3. दोनो हाथ, दोनो पैर और मुख, इन पाँच अंगो को धोकर  (Wash both hands, legs & face before meals) भोजन करने वाला दीर्घजीवी होता है। 4. भींगे पैर खाने से आयु की वृद्धि होती है 5. सुखे पैर, जुते पहने…

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International Men’s Day: Here are the top 5 diet, health and fitness tips for men

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On International Men’s Day, we list some of the basic, yet, important health tips that men and boys can follow to stay fit and healthy. Every year, November 19 is celebrated as International Men’s Day, a day to acknowledge men who are making a positive difference and to raise awareness of issues that affect men and boys on a global scale. Apparently, many are not aware of this day, unlike the International Women’s Day, which is well-known and celebrated in various countries around the world. Apart from raising awareness of…

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9 Tips to Stay Healthy & Safe During Deepawali

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With Diwali round the corner, making sweets, shopping and decorating the house becomes the top priority. But this festival of lights, joy and togetherness is also inundated with loud fireworks and crackers and with whole lot of sweets, snacks and more. But that doesn’t mean Diwali have to be unsafe and unhealthy. With just a little bit of precautions you can actually play it safely. Marked with pompous celebration, displays of stunning fireworks, family feast and deep seated tradition, Diwali – the five-day festival is observed by millions of Indians…

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Do you know why we fall sick during monsoons?

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Cold, flu, throat infection, viral fever and what not; A number of diseases tag along monsoons. Do you know why? Monsoons in India aren’t a cakewalk. It is followed by a myriad of problems including water-logged streets, frequent power cuts and not to forget, frequent breakouts. But apart from this, there’s one negative aspect of monsoons we cannot ignore. Have you observed the pattern that people often fall sick during monsoons? Look around yourself, you will find everyone either struggling with their runny nose or calling sick due to viral…

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HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD LEAVE A COIN IN THE FREEZER, EVERY TIME BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE. AMAZING!

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Travel Tip : You might think: “Certainly there was no power outage!”. Even if it was, you simply cannot know how long there was no electricity, right? There is possibility that it was for several days, leading to defrost food and its deterioration. Once the electricity comes back, foods freeze again and you almost do not notice that they were thawed. It is fact that this can be really dangerous as certain types of foods are at risk of spreading salmonella and other bacteria! Below we are going to present…

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