Im very lean and under weight and my bmi is appx 17 or18 how to increase weight and be healthy?
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Eat 1/4th extra of your capacity and have a balanced meal.
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I don't know your health status, also your life style and diet preference. In general through taking sufficient carbohydrate and protein with adequate fat will give you the weight gain. Always try to increase your weight in a healthy way, every human being need particular amount of energy for doing daily activities and also in rest body need energy for the function of our body systems. If you are not taking sufficient amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat you will not get the weight gain, usually peoples will take energy dense foods to gain weight, at a time if you take more energy that will give more stress to your digestive system and there is a chance to get metabolic disorders. Theory behind healthy eating habit is like meet your energy kneed through without giving much stress to your digestive system, Take 6 meals in day with 2 to 3 hours gap and avoid the situation of taking heavy meals. If you put more gap between meals your hungry level will be higher during next intake and you will take more. Include good source of protein (egg, chicken, mutton, milk, fish, all pulses and beans) in a healthy way. Include all different types of Millets and cereals, all different colored vegetables and fruits. Sticking on to particular types of food items will make you deficient in some essential nutrients. In exercise part, start with moderate 20 min exercise and increase gradually and do for one hour .Make a plan for your food intake and exercise daily and adjust the timing and include all verity of foods.
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