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Is zero fat diet good or bad?

By on September 28, 2011 in Health

Low fat diet is the most commonly used term. All of us want to to eat a low fat diet. We have gone a step ahead by totally avoiding fat in our diets. The trend of eating zero fat has become the latest fad. We boil, steam, pressure cook to avoid adding fat to the [...]

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Tips to choose a healthy breakfast cereal

By 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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Why are biscuits unhealthy….

By on May 7, 2010 in Health

Biscuits are everywhere…You can find them in boardroom meetings, sports meet, tea time parties etc…But the question is are they good for health… Lets see what biscuits are made up of and lets us look at each detail of each ingredient. Wheat flour- this is nothing but maida aka refined wheat flour which is low [...]

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Milk bad for diabetes?

By on November 24, 2009 in Food

I counsel many clients who are in the pre-diabetes stages or are suffering from full blown diabetes. They are worried about table sugar and are ready to skip it in their morning cuppa or just quit eating sweets..But we have many doctors who know all about “nutrition” and “diet” and end up advising patients about [...]

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Ways to cure Fatty liver…

By on July 22, 2009 in Health

A query from a faithful subscriber. I am a male of 33 years of age,recently diagnosed with Grade 1 fatty liver. How can I get rid of this problem? Besides I am gaining weight around the mid section. Kindly advise me the treatment and food I should follow. My reply: Fatty liver is a common [...]

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Peanut butter: Friend or foe

By on June 23, 2009 in Food

Nuts have always been in the bad news for years together. Now recently the myth has been been proved wrong and now they are tiny little angels who provide good fats and are nutritious. So is everyone confused about peanut butter. Peanut butter is considered a high fat food and is said to deposit on [...]

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Top ten foods that increase your hunger and cravings

By on May 26, 2009 in Food

Many dietitians will be happy if their clients say that they are eating very less. Great, better and faster weight loss and more clients. Wrong on my opinion!!!! If you don’t eat well, you cant beat food cravings. Cravings are the enemies to weight loss. If you want keep depriving yourself, you will end up [...]

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How to Identify if a Product Contains Sugar – Over 25 different names manufacturers use for sugar.

By on May 29, 2008 in Health

Sugar (in one form or another) is added to more food products than you can imagine. There are also a large number of “variants” of sugar – depending on the kind of processing that has occurred. Here is a list to get you started in identifying sugars. I’m sure you can come up with many [...]

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