Fruits are obviously familiar foods and are loaded with water, natural sugars, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and dietary fibers. Fruits are a necessary part of the diet and we have learnt to consume fruits by either eating them whole or drinking them as juices. And fruit juices are easily available as well. It can be made …
Intuitive eating is an ideology that focuses on you, the individual, being the master of your body’s hunger signals. There are no traditional diet rules about what you should eat and avoid. Instead, intuitive eating trains you to be the best person to make your food choices by understanding what your body says whenever it …
Healthy habits can influence the mind and body to sustain a better lifestyle. And forming good food practices are a major part of that. This article explains ways by which you can direct focus to form good food habits and develop a healthier lifestyle. HABITS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE The mind should be able …
Exercise and physical activity strengthens muscles, bones and boosts overall mental and physical health. There are different exercises that work well for weight loss, muscle gain and for daily routines. And there are two groups of exercise movements to be aware of when starting with any routine: isolation movements and compound movements. This article explains …
If you are travelling but are also very keen on keeping fit and staying healthy, then this article can provide a little insight into what you can practice to stay on the fitness trail wherever you go. Be it a wedding, vacation or business travel, diet and fitness need not take a backseat. And the …
There is still a lot of ambiguity about how women’s fitness should be different from men’s. Even though there are important physical and biological differences between men and women, it is not necessary that women need to train differently or that they should not do hard-core exercises. At the end of the day, calories are …
Mindful eating requires choosing the right quantities of foods for any given meal. To understand that there are two terms to be aware of: serving size and portion size. A serving size is a standardized serving of food described on nutrition labels of packaged food products. Companies use serving sizes to list down nutrition information …
Workout routines prompt the human body to expend energy and burn calories. But there is another factor that also helps in burning calories and that is NEAT. NEAT is abbreviated to Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It refers to calories burned by any physical activity that does not count as exercise. This includes spontaneous physical movements that …
The human body is home to many microbes, majorly bacteria, viruses and fungi. And millions of these microbes exist primarily on the skin and in the gut. Among these microbes, bacteria, specifically good bacteria, are crucial for a healthy human being. It has been estimated that there is close to a 1,000 species of bacteria …
Gaining weight is an important goal for those who are either below the level of healthy weight, have lost weight after illness and hope to regain it or for those who hope to build muscle and body strength. In such cases, gaining weight can contribute significantly to a person’s health and body function. UP THOSE …
