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About Sanjana - Dietitian

A dietitian from Mangalore, India. A post graduate diploma holder in “Dietetics” and a university topper from Welcomgroup School of Hotel Administration from the prestigious Manipal University. At present working as a Dietitian for the Manipal Group of Hospitals namely KMC hospital Mangalore, India. Consultant for corporates like Infosys and others, conducting talks and presentations for various associations and local television shows.

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Add Omega 3′s to your Diet

By Sanjana - Dietitian on September 16, 2011 in Health

Feeling depressed lately or having achy joints or feeling tired all the time? This clearly shows that you need to add more omega 3′s in your diet. Most of our diets are low in omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acids are a type of PUFA which are very essential for our body. If [...]

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Tips to choose a healthy breakfast cereal

By Sanjana - Dietitian on June 5, 2011 in Food

My usual weekly trip to the supermarket made me realize the wide choice of breakfast cereals displayed on aisles. It is such a wonderful, attractive display and innumerable choices of flavours, tastes, combinations etc to choose from. How can we forget the “claims” such as lose weight in two weeks, reduce cholesterol, get smarter with [...]

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4 Foods that weaken your bones

By Sanjana - Dietitian on May 4, 2011 in Food, Health

A lot of emphasis is given to foods that promote healthy bones and the importance of intake of calcium supplements, but have we ever given a thought on few of the foods that can hamper all our efforts. Lets have a look at 4 commonly consumed foods that can weaken our bones. Salt- Salt is [...]

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Obstacles to Weight loss

By Sanjana - Dietitian on April 22, 2011 in Health

I always tell my clients that weight loss is like a trekking trip. The right gear and the correct trail can help you through the trip. But a lot of pitfalls can hinder your weight loss trip. So lets have a look at the pitfalls we can avoid to successfully lose weight, even if you [...]

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Multigrain: Real or fake

By Sanjana - Dietitian on March 4, 2011 in Food

Eating whole grains is necessary to get our much needed carbohydrates, the major source of fuel for our body. If you drop into a supermarket, it gets very confusing to chose the right grains. the latest trend seen is “multigrain”. Now is it for real? Do not confuse this term for whole grain. Let me [...]

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Benefits of Tulsi Tea

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 28, 2011 in Health

Tulsi or holy basil is common at every Hindu home and are known for its therapeutic benefits. Tulsi tea, basically made from Tulsi leaves, now promoted by various brands, has gained popularity of its health benefits. Lets have a look at few of the benefits of drinking Tusli tea.. It is devoid of caffiene and [...]

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Healthy Nutribar Recipe

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 17, 2011 in Food, Health

Commercially available Nutribars are bad for your health. Here is a quick and healthy recipe to make your own healthy nutribar Ingredients Nuts like groundnuts(peanuts), crushed almonds and walnuts-1 cup Seeds like sesame seeds, watermelon seeds, toasted flaxseeds- 1 tbsp each Ground cardamom- 1/2 tsp Jaggery- 1/2 cup Method Melt jaggery in a pan. Mix [...]

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Goodness of Cheese

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 16, 2011 in Food, Health

My clients give me surprised looks when I tell them that cheese is allowed in their diets. Cheese has been in the news for causing weight gain, acne, heart disease etc. All this is not true. If you have read the book by Dr. Spencer Johnson “who moved my cheese”, which is a book on [...]

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The Truth about Nutri bars and why we should avoid them.

By Sanjana - Dietitian on February 14, 2011 in Health

Latest addition to “health foods” are energy bars. Commonly called as nutri bars, I see many eating them as snacks on the move. We love to eat anything which has terms such as nutrition, healthy, low fat etc. Nutri bars and energy bars are nothing but junk food in a healthy disguise (companies keep getting [...]

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