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Volumetrics Diet: The Right Way to Diet

What if, we could have our plates full, eat to our heart’s content and still lose weight?

Dieting is often considered synonymous to deprivation. Most weight loss diet plans work around the principle of cutting calories by reducing portion size and limiting high calorie foods. What if, we could have our plates full, eat to our heart’s content and still lose weight? Sounds unreal or a campaign for yet another fad diet that promises but eventually fails to deliver? No worries, as here…

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Popular Crash Diets: Solution to your Dieting Woes?

Are they all bad and a strict no-no? Which ones to try and which ones to skip? Do they work?

Sticking to a diet plan is difficult. One must learn to deal with the continuous assault of irresistible cravings and be content with a healthy but sluggish loss of a pound at the end of each week. Bring trendy crash diets in the story, with a magical promise of 10 pounds down in 10 days and there is little wonder that we feel tempted to chase them, even if it means starving ourselves or…

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Diet Tips for Pre Diabetes

by Panchali Moitra The alarming global statistics and a steady escalating incidence of diabetes in India have long been a thorn in our side; with the number of diabetics estimated to cross the 100 million mark by 2030. The recent findings of International Diabetes Federation throw up a startling trend by pointing out that more than 50% of Indians are not even aware that they suffer from diabetes…

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Top Food Picks that Help to Relax

Feeling burnt out and frazzled lately? The answer to weary mind lie in our kitchen cabinets.

Have you been feeling totally burnt out and frazzled lately? Are you finding it difficult to shut the persistent, meaningless mental chatter and stay focused? Does stress seem to be creeping in every aspect of your daily life and taking a toll on your performance, health, moods and even relationships? Perhaps, it will help to know that you are not alone in this fight against deadlines, work…

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Know your Potato: Types & Tips to Enjoy

Be it baked, mashed, fried, roasted or in curries, potatoes seem to find a way into endless recipes and global cuisines effortlessly. The rich and earthy flavor of potato along with a delightfully sweet and comforting taste and an excellent nutrient profile adds to the appeal of these versatile kitchen staples. However in recent times, the humble potatoes have earned an unfair, bad reputation of…

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Fuel the Brain Right- A Parents’ Guide to Beat the Pre Exam Blues

Exams and stress seem to have become synonymous to each other. During the months of Feb and March, both the child and the parent go through tremendous amount of anxiety, stress and nervous tension. Endless comparisons, overpowering peer pressure, child’s innate desire to excel and outperform others, along with a dose of parental expectation and our system’s classic obsession towards grades and…

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Diet Tips to Manage Arthritis

This article is the second part of the article on Arthritis- Signs and Management. Read the basics of arthritis and when to visit the doc at Arthritis Basics- When to See the Doc? X rays and MRI s may be ordered to help the diagnosis and based on the cumulative results of physical examination, X ray reports and medical history analysis, if you or your relative have actually been diagnosed with…

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Arthritis Basics- When to See the Doc?

Recurring Joint Pains and aches?Get acquainted with Arthritis Basics and When to See the Doc.

Arthritis refers to joint inflammation and is in fact not a single disease but a group of conditions which lead to stiffness, swelling and pain in the joints. The fear and apprehension sets in, when we start getting those recurrent joint pains. We are unable to relate the pain to any recent injury and wonder whether we should visit the doc or will the discomfort go away on its own. ? Well,…

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Top 10 Slimming Foods on a Lean Budget

Planning healthy meals that are enriched with nutrients and yet easy on the wallet may seem like a challenging endeavour. ‘Nutritious’ is often labelled as ‘expensive’ and to a certain extent, are rightly so. The much revered healthy foods suggested on a weight loss diet plan like multi grain breads, almonds, olive oil, organic foods etc are all quite steeply priced. What makes healthy budget…

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Quit Smoking without Packing Extra Pounds

Trying to break the cigarette addiction is not easy. And to deal with the withdrawal symptoms and the intense urge to smoke that follows soon after can be excruciating. Add to this, the frustration of gaining unwanted kilos post quitting smoking and we may end up blowing away our best intentions in a puff. The fear of ‘going from cigarettes to sweets’ is real among quitters and this concern may…

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Different Bread Types and Their Nutritive Values

With so many types of breads available, choosing the best and the healthiest one can be confusing. So here is the lowdown on the most popular breads, their nutritive values and my take on each.

By Panchali Moitra The history took a dramatic turn, around 30,000 years ago when the first bread was produced using a paste of grain flour and water. Historians may differ on how the first bread was prepared: “accidental cooking or deliberate experimentation” but they all agree that it was the evolution of bread and later the industrialization of bread baking that revolutionized the entire food…

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Importance of Pre and Post Workout Nutrition

Getting ready to sweat on the treadmill? Gearing up for a power yoga session? Preparing for a strenuous sport training schedule or getting started on a strength building workout? Optimum Nutrition for Better workouts Lend a boost to your workout regime through right blend of nutrients aimed at maximizing performance, refueling depleted energy stores and providing proper recovery. No matter…

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The Magical Sesame Seeds

The Magical Sesame Seeds: Include them in your diet and benefit from their nutritive, curative and health promoting properties.

The magical phrase of ‘Open Sesame’ or Khulja Sim Sim in Hindi was used to open the doors to a treasure cave in the story of Alibaba and Forty Thieves. Folklore may disagree that the word ’sesame’ in the tale referred to the sesame plant or its seeds but the nutrition community across the world is certain that the ‘sesame’ seeds are indeed enchanting enough to unlock an extraordinary wealth of…

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5 Best Ways to Control Cravings

The lure of decadent chocolates, the whiff of freshly baked muffins and the crunch of French fries can weaken most disciplined dieters.

Cravings Strike Hard and Fast

We read about ‘Why do I get Cravings’ in our earlier article and now its time to learn to tame these urges and food cravings. Listed below are the 5 Best Ways to Control Food Cravings’.

5 Best ways to Control Food Cravings

1. Don’t…

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Why Do I Get Cravings?

We all crave food in general and it’s called hunger. But what we label a food craving is more than that- it’s an insistent and insanely intense desire for a specific type of food.

I can resist anything but temptation ( Oscar Wilde)

If you are a person who grabs a bar of indulgent chocolate when stressed or disheartened or perhaps orders a cheesy pizza when overjoyed, then you surely relate your…

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Sugar Substitutes Compared: The Best and The Worst- Part II

Continued from Sugar Substitutes Compared: The Best and The Worst- Part I Natural Sweeteners such as honey and agave: Derived from a desert plant, agave nectar is a ‘natural’ sweetener with a slightly fruity flavour. A table spoon of agave and honey provide approx 60-80 cal. Since they are much sweeter in taste than refined sugar, we may need to add lesser amounts to satisfy the sweet tooth, so…

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Sugar Substitutes Compared : The Best and The Worst- Part I

Trying to cut calories? Contemplating a healthier way of eating? Or got a mid evening craving?

Often the scariest part of being on a healthy diet is avoiding sugar: the ‘sweet evil’ that is not only calorie dense and nutritionally void but also a proven contributor to our much prevalent obesity and diabetes epidemics. Enter artificial sweeteners, ‘diet’ drinks and ‘sugar free’ products. With such…

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