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Asthma and diet

By on June 22, 2011 in Health

Asthma results when triggers cause swelling of the tissues in the air passages of the lung, making it difficult to breathe. Typical symptoms of asthma include wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing. Food triggered asthma is unusual. Check out how diet can affect asthma in different ways. First, some foods can provoke asthma attacks by [...]

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Workout and Nutrition

By on June 17, 2011 in Health

Many things have been written about exercise and good health. Numerous studies have shown that regular and determined exercise helps reduce weight and more so fat. What is more interesting is that you can see the results and it is a great motivation to keep working out..Imagine a body like a glamorous star and everyone’s [...]

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4 Foods that weaken your bones

By 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 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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Benefits of Tulsi Tea

By 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 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 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 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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Coffee- A cup of confusion

By on January 1, 2011 in Health

Many people do drink a cup of coffee occasionally, but before drinking it, they preface it by saying that they are not a coffee addict , but enjoy a cup once a way. So Is coffee a friend or a foe?. The concern about the possible health risks of drinking coffee, being one side of [...]

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