Therapeutic Diets Tips

Weight management can be challenging for many people. Reaching an maintaining an optimum weight according to your age and height is necessary not only for aesthetic reasons but also to keep you healthy. Homoeopathy is a holistic treatment that can be very beneficial when it comes to weight loss. It has no side effects and can be used by people of all ages. Prescribing homeopathic remedies for weight loss involves understanding the constitution of the patient. Homeopathic medicines do not dissolv...more

Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland situated at the base of the front of your neck, just below your Adam's apple. Hormones produced by the thyroid gland do everything from maintaining your heart rate to regulating your body temperature to controlling your body weight.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from thyroid dysfunction and several don't know about it. This is primarily because people don't tend to link the common symptoms first with thyroid disease. Some people suf...more

If you check the recent scientific studies, then you will come to know that PPI drugs are treated as the popular medicines to treat heartburn troubles but as the side-effect, you will face acute cognitive troubles. Your mental condition might get affected in various ways causing memory or concentration loss, the decrease in brain ability and others. Though, these drugs are very safe but only effectively treating heartburn troubles, especially gastroesophageal reflux disease.

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Food gives us the energy to carry out activities of daily living. Eating well is not only important for our survival but our mental and emotional wellbeing. Food is so much connected to our culture and reflects our lifestyles to a great extent. All cultures follow a particular method of cooking and eating. We respond to our hunger through food. Our bodies learn specific times to eat. The satiety center in our brain tells us how much to eat and when to stop. However, for some, eating becomes an a...more

Obesity is a major problem across the world. In India, fast foods and an unhealthy lifestyle have led to widespread obesity as well. While following a proper diet and leading a healthy life can help manage obesity and weight gain in most cases, severely obese people require surgeries to lose weight.

Weight loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, aims to reduce hunger and appetite in extremely obese people. However, simply undergoing surgery does not guarantee positive results. In fact...more

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by high levels of blood sugar because either your pancreas does not produce enough insulin Type 1 diabetes or your body is unable to process glucose effectively Type 2 diabetes.
Normally, the food we eat is processed into glucose, which is the main fuel for energy in the human body. The pancreas produces insulin and releases the same to the cells. However, in the case of diabetes mellitus, little or no insulin is produced, or the c...more

As women, how many of you eat the leftover food portions during lunch or dinner time?

Did you know that eating higher food portions of healthy food too can result in weight gain?

So here s a simple way of managing the portion size distortion -know your food portions.

Check out the photograph for the ideal size of one portion of the food item in a meal.

*This is just a general portion size, each individual portion sizes vary as per calorie requirements & activ...more

People who suffer from high blood sugar can find it quite hard to keep their sugar levels in check. While the common practice is to maintain a low carbohydrate diet that is useful on the whole, there are other alternative diet options as well. The food items mentioned below either help by lowering sugar level or by increasing insulin sensitivity.

Items to include in your diet

Starch: One of the items that help lower sugar levels is resistant starch. Starches are long chains of ...more