Thursday, 18 April 2013

Tips To Keep Balanced Diet



Tips To Keep Balanced Diet

  • Before selecting your daily food menu, you have to aware of your body’s mineral and vitamin requirements and you have to know the nutritional values of the food choices. Follow the below steps to make sure for a balanced diet.
  • Food choices must contain five main food groups like fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses, dairy, poultry, fish and meat products.
  • In general human body needs 40 nutrients including vitamins, minerals, water, protein, carbohydrates and fats. So it is important to eat a variety of foods.
  • Your diet makes sure that your Body Mass Index (BMI) is within the recommended range.
  • Eating foods with low in saturated and Trans fat, try to eat low fat recipes.
  • Sugar, oil and alcoholic beverage consumption is restricted.
  • Your food must have low sodium content.

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

10 greatest weight loss tips


If you are not ready for a full-scale diet then try to make a few simple changes to your daily life. In this article I have given some tips on how to loss weight in simple way. Use these simple and greatest  weight loss tips to lose weight.

10 greatest weight loss tips
  • Drink a glass of red wine every day can preventing you from putting on fat. Especially it reduces the fat around your belly. Grape helps to inhibit the development of fat cells.
  • Try to eat more berries. Other fruits contain fructose and it can combine with carbs to increase body fat.
  • Add red cabbage to your lunch every day to drop a few kg. Usually red cabbage will increase fat-burning adiponectin and aids to weight loss.
  • Add pineapple to your snack list. It increases your metabolism and breaks down unwanted fat.
  • Try to add more chilli to your meals. Chilli contains capsaicin that helps to burn fats faster.
  • Add more tomatoes to your sandwiches. It will keep you feeling full and you make you to avoid post-lunchtime snacks. It reduces the hunger hormone ghrelin.
  • Eat more pomegranates. Their seed oil will reduce the ability to store fat and they will curb your desire for sugars.
  • Eat an apple 15 minutes before a meal will helps to reduce 187 fewer calories if you do.
  • Take eggs for breakfast. It contains low-calorie protein and used for perfect weight loss.
  • A glass of carrot juice a day will help you to lose 2kg over 12 weeks. It is high in nutrients and helps to burn fat. Carrot is also good for eyes.




Thursday, 21 March 2013

Food Rules to Ignore


Losing weight can seem like nothing but rules. Disregarding strict food guidelines could be the secret to a successful slim-down. It has been found that people with a flexible approach to eating-one that allows for sweets and other perceived slip ups had a better record of maintaining weight loss than dieters with an all or nothing strategy.

Food Rules to Ignore

  • Eating at night will pile on pounds. The total calories you consume over a 24 hours period or over a week is what causes you to gain weight.
  • Bread is fattening, nuts are fattening, pasta is fattening. Whole-wheat bread/pasta is a great source of nutrients, and it won’t make you gain weight more than any other food with the same number of calories.
  • When you blow your diet, you might as well wait until the next day to get back on track. Nothing could be further from the truth- always try to get right back on track with your next meal.
  • Skipping your meals very now and then will help you lose. When you blow your diet, you might as well wait until the next day to get back on track. Nothing could be farther from the truth- always try to get right back on track with your next meal.
  • It’s best to eat at the same times every day. Eat when you’re hungry, not when the clock says it’s time to eat.

Saturday, 2 March 2013

What to eat before, during and after workout


What to eat before, during and after workout

It is shown that what we eat before, during and after a workout can have a significant effect on our energy levels, the quality of our workout, and the recovery process which follows. An effective workout depends on many factors - the most important one being your diet. Foods provide the gas to the body’s engine, and fluids provide the water to your body’s radiator. Without these crucial fuels and fluids, your body will have a hard time performing at its best.

Before Workout:
  • Before exercising it’s important to fuel your body. Only then you can adequately handle the physical stress of lifting weights, playing individual or team sports, or running.
  • Choose pre-workout meals or snacks that are easy to digest and won't cause bloating or irritate your stomach.
  •  Do not hit the gym on an empty stomach. The stress that exercise has on the body, combined with the lack of sugar (energy) will lead to hypoglycemia, a condition that will make you prone to fatigue.
  • Aim to drink around two to two and a half cups of water in the 1-2 hours before your workout, and then drink water during and after your exercise.
  • Try to keep your fat intake to a minimum, since high fat foods tend to take longer to digest, and can therefore leave you feeling heavy and sluggish during your workout.

Workout
During Workout:
  • Keep a water bottle with you to re hydrate every 15-30 minutes during your training session.
  • To boost your energy during endurance activities, before you reach for a sports drink, consider honey as it is naturally has equal parts fructose and glucose.
  • If you are planning a very long bike ride or run, you may want to take along an energy bar, or some easily digested fruit, such as a banana, or orange slices, to help maintain your blood sugar levels.

After Workout:
  • After a really tough workout, you should try to eat a recovery meal within 30 minutes if possible. 
  • The body loses salt due to sweating. That is why it's very important to compensate via a rich source of electrolyte.
  • If you have cut back your carbohydrate intake, but still like to eat a little each day, your post-workout snack or meal is the perfect time to do that.
  • Don’t forget to get some protein in, too, for muscle refueling and repair.

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Healthy Juice Recipes for Weight Loss


Healthy Juice Recipes for Weight Loss

People eager to lose weight often go on low calorie juice diets. Whereas juice provides with many nutrients, one needs to combine it with some exercise regime to lose that weight. Many people believe this type of diet can reset your physiology to help make weight loss and an all around healthier lifestyle possible. 

Juice diets are popular and healthy ways to lose weight because you gain nearly all of the nutrients your body requires in one little glass. When you consume a juice diet, you over all increase in energy, you get clearer skin and healing of your digestive system.

carrot juice
Some healthy low calorie juice recipes for weight loss are as follows:
  • Grapefruit Orange Juice Recipe:
Take 1 grapefruit, 3 oranges. Then take out the juice of these fruits and in blender. Add ice and sip. Grapefruit are beneficial for losing weight.
  • Pomegranate Juice Recipe:
Take 1 pomegranate seeds and flesh; 125 gms seedless red grapes, 1 apple, 5 tbsp of soya yogurt, 1 tsp of berry powder (optional), 1 tsp of ground flax seed. Juice the fruits, then pour the juice into a blender with the rest of the ingredients and process until smooth.
  • Papaya Juice Recipe:
Take 1 papaya, 1 apple, 4-5 dates. Pit the dates and then blend all the ingredients in a blender. Best when served fresh.
  • Carrot Beet Juice Recipe:
Take 7-8 carrots, half boiled and peeled beetroot, 4 leaves lettuce.  Blend all the ingredients and enjoy this healthy juice recipe.
  • Melon Juice Recipe:
Take two cubs cubed watermelon, 2 cups cubed honeydew melon, 2 cups cubed cantaloupe and 1 inch grated ginger. Mix all the ingredients in a blender and add ice. This is a refreshing and cooling low calories juice recipe.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Spices that help in Weight Lose


Adding a wide variety of flavorful spices to your foods can help you control portion sizes and lose weight. The spicy substance may trigger protein changes in the body that cause weight lose and fight against fat storage. Herbs and spices have absolutely no calories, and they’ll make all the difference in the flavor of your food. Here are some of the spices that not only add flavor to your favorite dishes but can help in your battle against fat.

Spices that help in Weight Lose

Cinnamon: this helps to reduce blood sugar and helps in carp’s process healthier.
Black Pepper: this boosts metabolism, helps in digestion and aids nutrient absorption.
Mustard: Mustard can speed up metabolism by almost 25% for several hours after eating. They contain selenium, which can help with weight loss.
Ginger:  It improves gastric mobility and hinders the absorption of cholesterol.
Cayenne: cayenne contains Capsaicin which helps suppress appetite and increases metabolism, causing the body to burn more calories. 

Monday, 25 February 2013

Tips to choose right diet to lose weight


Choosing a weight loss program may be a difficult task. You may not know what to look for in a weight loss program. Each individual is different. There is no universal diet that will help every person to lose weight. Here's how to choose a weight loss program that's right for you.

Tips to choose right diet to lose weight
  • When planning your diet it is important that you consider what calories level is appropriate for you.
  • Talk to a doctor. Getting a doctor involved in a weight loss program not only helps keep the diet on track, but also helps in the selection process.
  • You should consider that whether this diet will be practical and easy to follow.
  • Look for a program which increases physical activity. A diet will help you lose weight, but healthy weight loss results from both diet and exercises.
  • You should see whether the diet be maintainable for the rest of the day.
  • Some weight-loss programs require you to buy supplements or attend support meetings. So see whether the cost of such programs fit your budget.
  • Make small, slow changes, which will be easier to make a part of your everyday life.