The new guidelines, putting it in a nutshell has proposed a reduction in the total requirements in terms of carbohydrates, salt, sugar and fats. The transition is in the increase in protein intake to ensure good muscle build up. Read More...
Facts on Fiber
Fiber is zero calories. It is not a nutrient but is important in your diet. It is the most neglected constituent in diet these days and hence a cause of various chronic conditions. Read More...
How should I plan my diet to reduce weight?
Here are few tips which are not difficult to follow but can be easily inculcated in the daily routine. These are general guide lines recommended by nutritionists to maintain an Ideal weight and Healthy Body. Read More...
What are Carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates have been targeted by various diet communities as the culprit of obesity. Well, this may be true but all carbs are not bad. They have to be eaten wisely. Read More...
World Vegan Day - Vegan Diet
Vegan diet is the latest trend to lose weight. UK claims to have 3 million vegetarians and vegans including thousands of Hindus. Read More...
Obesity is the most common nutritional disorder, particularly among the affluent, all over the world. Obesity may be described as a condition characterized by excessive deposition of fat in the body. It is usually a result of consuming food in quanti Read More...
Migraine
Migraine is a terrible headache that tends to recur and is often accompanied by a feeling of nausea. The pain is usually felt on one side of the head. It usually occurs when a person is under great mental stress or has suddenly got over that state. I Read More...
Body Odor
Body odor is the unpleasant smell which comes from a person's body, beacuse of the bacteria growing on it. The notion amongst people that perspiration or sweating causes body odor is wrong. It may surprise you, but it is not perspiration that leads t Read More...
Respiratory disease
Respiratory disease is a vast term used for diseases of the respiratory system which includes the air passage, nasal passages, trachea, lungs, pleural cavity, bronchial tubes and the nerves and muscles involved in the breathing process. Symptoms of r Read More...
Cervical Spondylitis
Age brings with it a number of diseases which make the human body vulnerable. A severe pain in the neck region is one of them. It is caused due to arthritis affecting inter-vertebral discs of spine and is called cervical spondylitis. The pain at time Read More...
Calories - The Good, Bad, Ugly!
Everybody wants to ‘go on a diet’. Everyone knows that ‘you have to watch your calories when you diet’, but not everyone understands what exactly ‘calories’ are/mean! Most people associate calories with only j Read More...
Are you a Locavore?
A friend once asked me "Are you a Locavore?" Well, omnivore and carnivore is heard of but Locavore; what does that mean? I modestly ignored her question but got set to exploring what is this new diet buzz about.
My re Read More...