Tag: weight loss
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5 tips to make diet-friendly alcohol choices
A glass of wine has as many calories as a doughnut. Four pints of beer on game night is equivalent to two-and-a-half burgers. A Pina Colada equals up to two puff pastry sausage rolls. Two glasses of champagne are the calorific equivalent of a large slice of chocolate cake. A bottle of alcopop – such as…
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HM helped him get dyslipidemia under control by losing 10 kg
Name: Manoj Kumar Acharya Age: 36 years He was diagnosed with dyslipidemia but averted the need for heart surgery by losing 10.2 kg in 3 months. In February 2015, Bangalore-based software engineer Manoj Kumar Acharya was admitted into a hospital with a cough, swelling in the joints and fever. The doctors found another fatal complication—a…
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5 reasons summer is weight-loss season
There’s a tenuous connection between summer and weight loss. It’s not substantiated but to most of us weight loss seems easier in summer. There’s something about the weather that seems to suggest that achieving weight-loss goals is doable. We give you five reasons why weight loss seems likely – and often is – during the…
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Can the Dukan Diet help you drop those extra kilos?
Diets are a dime a dozen but the Dukan Diet promises to be different. Created by French general practitioner and nutritionist Pierre Dukan in 2000, the diet may help you drop 10 pounds in a week. That’s a lot! And that’s not all. The inventor claims that following the diet rules will ensure that you…
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13 reasons to add curry leaves to your diet
Sambar. Upma. Dal. Poha. What do they all have in common? A tempering rich in curry leaves. But curry leaves – or kadi patta, as they are commonly known in India – do more good than simply seasoning your food. In The Ayurvedic Cookbook, Gita Ramesh says the many curry power benefits include weight loss…