Whatever you are doing, don’t ever hold the urge to urinate. You can’t even imagine what damage you are doing to your body by this small act of yours.Ayurveda (Charak Samhita) has a complete chapter on veg-avrodh-janya diseases(diseases caused by holding urges)I will take in detail in one of the coming post.But for now, don’t …
Does eating foods rich in Calcium really cause stones? Yesterday under my post, there was a big confusion for Calcium intake.There is a biggest myth about Calcium that increased intake of Calcium rich foods cause Renal stones. Do you know that it’s the opposite?Deficiency of Calcium causes renal stones.Surprised?Let me brief this First of all …
1. Start ghee in milk daily one week before periods: It relieves the vaat dosha hence preventing you from constipation and also in smooth uterine movements2. Pinch of hing with warm water before your meals one week before chumms: helps to get periods on time.3. Jaggery, ajwain when heated together and consumed on first two …
Once you calculated your BMRCalculate the calories required to maintain your weight. Here is the simple formulaFor sedentary people: BMR*1.2= Calories required to maintain current weightFor light activity: BMR*1.375For very active routine: BMR*1.725 For example: If your BMR is 1500 kcalAnd you workout once or twice a week then your calories required to maintain this …
1. Keep your carbs low in the meals you take at home before going outDepend on carbs of fruits and vegetables like ghiya, turai, palak, cauliflower.2. While eating out, eat everything keeping your portions small.3. Prefer Dry starters and snacks than gravies.4. Have desert before if you really plan to have one, that means gave …
Every one is aware of this term but I think not every one knows that metabolism and BMR is same.Ok they are terms used for one thing. I will give you a rough idea what does it actually mean.BMR means the number of calories our body is burning while at rest.So the trick is that …
If I will eat rice, I will gain weight.Biggest myth of weight watchers.What you are eating definitely affects your health, not weight.So I always advise to have homemade food then let it be whatever you make it at home.So what affects the weight?The portions and the timings in which you are eating affects your weight. …
Oats are very famous low carb meal to lose weight. It is Normally suggested for breakfast option with fruits and milk. I am not an oat lover but I love to try different recipes to make a healthy thing tastier too.One thing is sure that you cannot eat fruits milk and oats anytime a day.There …
In my last two posts,We already discussed what is GIHow does it help in weight loss and also keeping metabolic disorders at bayWhat factors GI of a particular food.Let’s have a look of few Low GI foods you can snack upon 1. CauliflowerGI: 15A delicious, low carbohydrate way to ‘beef up’ the nutrient density of …
Yesterday we disCussed how low GI foods influence weight loss. Everyone is aware that there are some ready low GI foods and some high GI foods. Confusion comes when you check A food online for its GI and somewhere it shows high GI and somewhere low.So first of all let me remove this confusion by …
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