When you eat a meal, the carbohydrate (starch, sugar or glucose) is absorbed from your intestines. Sugar enters the blood stream and is delivered to your liver. Normally, the pancreas simultaneously secretes insulin which is also delivered to your liver. Insulin acts like a key to the gas cap of a car. It opens the [...]
Lose weight with Green Tea
Many people when talking of Green Tea and its benefits mention also about weight loss in the same breath. Weight loss is largely associated with life style correction and moderation in diet. One can always try and use green tea if it can be of real help, because Green Tea is known to improve the [...]
Obesity – Control High Blood Pressure with Yoga
An off-spring of Obesity is High blood pressure and gradually as days go by, both of them can damage your heart, eventually leading to Heart attack.Yoga and naturopathic lifestyle intervention aim at eliminating the root cause of the disease namely hypertension, rather than its symptoms. Suggested here are the following yoga techniques specifically recommended for [...]
Childhood Obesity -Emphasize Providing, not Depriving
”Emphasize Providing, not Depriving” A child is determined as overweight by measuring their height and weight. Although children have fewer weight-related health problems than adults, overweight children are at high risk of becoming overweight adolescents and adults. Children become overweight for a variety of reasons. The most common causes are genetic factors, lack of physical [...]
13 Foods that stop ageing
These are not super foods they are part of the same healthy diet we have understood for years. It is how much we understand about them that have changed. Researchers are looking at health benefits of chemicals from plant foods. These foods are full of antioxidants and phytochemicals that help combat degenerative diseases. Even though [...]
Why street food is harmful?
Everyone loves to eat out occasionally, and that includes eating street food from the street vendors, Here are a few reasons why they pose a threat and why is it best to avoid them. DON’T FALL FOR THE COLOR Ever wondered what makes mango juice and ice golas so bright orange and peas look green [...]
Reduce Cholestrol Levels
Everybody wants to live free from heart ailments. Hypertension affects people of all ages, but it is most frequent in those of middle age. Obesity and hypertension triggers heart ailments. Heart disease may be acute with or no prior warning as in a coronary occlusion, impairment of the heart may be manifested by dyspnea on [...]
Facts on Fats
Nowadays everybody seems to be talking about Low fat diets .What is low fat? How much is low? Do we really require fat in the diet? What happens when one consumes a high fat diet? Are Fats good for us? Which type of fat is good? The questions are numerous. Here we shall understand what [...]
Wheat grass Benefits and how to grow them.
Wheat grass juice is a complete food with no toxic side affects. It contains all of the vitamins and most of the minerals needed for human maintenance and well-being. It is also a complete protein with about 30 enzymes and is approximately 70% crude chlorophyll. It acts as a natural appetite suppressant so usually adding [...]
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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.
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