Tag: diet
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World Diabetes Day: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About it
Once described as a ‘silent killer’, the numbers associated with diabetes are a loud wake-up call today. According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2017, 425 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes; India is home to 72 million of them. Deaths due to diabetes have increased largely, and these fatalities have been primarily…
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Post-Pregnancy Care: How Your Body Changes Once You Stop Breastfeeding
During pregnancy, the mother’s body is constantly changing and this transformation continues even after birth. Many new mothers, anxious about the weight they’ve gained over nine months, are happy to learn that simply breastfeeding their baby can help you burn up to 500 calories a day. This is partly because the body works hard to…
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How to Prepare a Nutritious Onam Sadya
Legend has it that Onam marks the day when revered King Mahabali makes an annual visit to his home state Kerala. And in India, there’s no better way to celebrate the return of a much-loved mythical figure than by preparing a feast fit for the king. The Onam Sadya served on this day is a…
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Controlling portion sizes can help you lose more weight
You are exercising every day, you make sure you’re not overtraining and you watch your diet carefully. But why are you not losing any weight? Blame it on the portions you serve yourself, be it dal chawal, chicken curry and rice, green smoothies or juice. The fact that continually growing portion sizes in Americans’ diets…
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Can Vitamin-C replace your daily exercise?
The benefits of Vitamin C are many: Protection against immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, eye problems, prenatal health issues, eye disease, and even skin wrinkling. But recent research seems to indicate that daily vitamin C supplements could have cardiovascular benefits similar to regular exercise for overweight and obese adults. Overweight and obese adults show an…