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Nov 26 Comments Off

Healthy Eating When You’re Older

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Healthy Eating When You’re Older: Ageing and Time are two things that don’t stop for anyone; or anything. After a point of time in one’s life, the body becomes comparatively weaker to our younger self, based on the food that we eat. Old people don’t require the same amount of kilojoules as the body is less active, but it will always require nutrients to have a healthy life. Sometimes more nutrition is required – such as milk for calcium to keep the bones strong, and foods that have more energy.
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Oct 31 Comments Off

Dangers of Keto Diet

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Dangers of Keto Diet: A keto diet is famous for being a low carb diet to initiate weight loss, where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy. By lowering the intake of carbs, and increasing the intake of fats, our body is induced into a state of ketosis. Ketosis is a natural process the body initiates to aid us to survive when the food intake is low. Although the end goal of a keto diet is to lose weight by forcing the body into a metabolic state, this can have adverse short term and long terms side effects on the body.

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Oct 31 Comments Off

6 Reasons Why do you always feel hungry?

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6 Reasons Why do you always feel hungry?: What are hunger pangs? Hunger pangs (also called hunger pains) are the result of an irritation of the lining of the stomach, it’s what you feel when you are feeling hungry all the time. Do you ever wonder why you are always hungry? When the stomach empties after the digestion of a meal, its walls come into contact and rub against each other, causing discomfort. This is one of the common symptoms of being hungry and feeling hungry all the time.

There are various causes and effects of hunger pangs which leads to the notion of you feeling hungry most of the times even when you aren’t really hungry, as there are many harmful effects of starvation on the human body. Hence, one must be aware of the signs and symptoms of starvation.

Some of the causes are:

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Oct 05 Comments Off

How PCOS might be affecting your weight

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How PCOS might be affecting your weight: Trying to lose weight but the weighing machine just doesn’t seem to comply? There is more to it than meets the eye when it comes to weight gain. Binge eating unhealthy food, large portion size, inactive lifestyle, less sleep or even stress are not the only reasons why your favorite pair of jeans doesn’t fit anymore.

One such medical reason is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Women diagnosed with PCOS often find it extremely difficult to lose weight. Medical reasons can also cause weight gain and no matter how much you exercise or even go on a strict healthy diet plan the weight seems to increase. Polycystic ovary syndrome patients with high Body Mass Index tend to have functional disorders. (more…)

Sep 12 Comments Off

It’s harder to lose weight ?

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It’s harder to lose weight ?: Do you have problems reaching the top shelf? Is it even harder to find an outfit of your size? These problems, that have stumbled across your way due to the fact that you are on the shorter side, might make life seem harder than usual.

Then, you hear that it might be harder to lose weight if you are short. And you hope that it’s a myth that has no logical or scientific reason behind it. Well, it’s time to find out!

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Sep 12 Comments Off

A nutritious diet, for weight loss

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A nutritious diet, for weight loss: You want to lose weight and you type “how to lose weight in a week” on Google, hoping to land onto a crash diet that works magic on your body and your fat just vanishes into thin air. Well, most of the times you end up disappointed as nothing works the magic that was promised. While when it does actually work and you lose quite a lot of weight, you tend to gain it back almost as quickly as you lost it or maybe at double the speed. (more…)

Jun 25 Comments Off

Know about healthy meals!

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Know about healthy meals!: A healthy diet is something that needs to be followed by almost everyone, and helps you in leading a good and nutritious life. Many people know what to eat, but they do not have an idea on when to eat it. And that is a very big problem, as people need to have a fair idea of when to eat. Even if you eat the healthiest food but at the wrong time, all the healthy food that you ate will lose its value. (more…)

Jun 25 Comments Off

Healthy and Tasty Food

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Healthy and Tasty Food: A lot of people are under the misconception that healthy food can’t be tasty. Today, in most cases some flavor can be added to make healthy dishes a bit more appealing. Seasoning, method of cooking, and presentation are few examples of places where a few tweaks can help improve the taste of your food.
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May 17 Comments Off

Lose weight this Ramzan with 5 easy hacks.

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Lose weight this Ramzan with 5 easy hacks.: Often, we have noticed during the Ramadan season devotees tend to gain weight rather than lose weight. Does that seem odd? Well, let’s shed some light onto this topic.
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Apr 18 Comments Off

Carbohydrates & role in Obesity

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Carbohydrates & role in Obesity

Carbohydrates & role in Obesity: Do you love pizza? Well, that was a stupid question to ask. It’s probably the reason that’s keeping you from getting those six pack abs this summer.
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