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Diet has a tremendous
effect on health. Diet plays a role in
promoting health and reducing chronic disease for
many
conditions such as preventing obesity, diabetes
mellitus,
coronary heart disease. The food you eat is crucial
to virtually
every bodily process and function. It paves the
way for you to
have a healthy baby, helps to prevent or promote
disease, may
sharpen or weaken mental ability, and may even affect
your
mood. Eating a variety of foods is key to maintaining
good
health because no single food or food group can
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A diet which covers the essential
elements required by our body is a balanced diet
A balanced diet can be defined as one, which contains
the various groups of food stuffs
such as energy yielding foods (carbohydrates, fats), body-building
foods (protein,
minerals), and protective foods (vitamins) in correct
propositions. So that an individual is
assured of obtaining the minimum requirements of all the
nutrients. The components of
a balanced diet will differ according to age, sex, physical
activity, economic status,
occupation and the physiological state like pregnancy,
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Weight Management
& Diet:
A combination of over eating and a lack of exercise
normally
cause obesity. Obesity can have devastating consequences
for
health and happiness and an emotional level can
lead to a lack
of self-esteem and depression. If you eat more calories
than
you burn off during normal daily activity the surplus
calories are
stored as fat.
There is no magic cure for obesity. But you can
achieve a lower
healthier weight by increasing your level of physical
activity and
reducing your calories intake.
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This can be achieved by combining
a low fat diet with some form of regular physical activity.
An ideal slimming diet must provide all of the nutrients
that the body needs. As these
nutrients have to come from a lower calorie intake, it
is important to cut down on
confectionery cakes, biscuits, sweets and alcoholic drinks
that are relatively high in
calories, but low in nutrients. The healthy slimming diet
should be based on lower calorie
nutritious foods such as vegetables, fruits, lean meat,
poultry, fish, low fat dairy products,
cereals, salads, and pulses. Fresh fruit makes a good
choice for a low calorie dessert.
Fat is the most concentrated source of energy (9 calories
/ gm). There is a misconception
that starchy staple foods such as bread, rice are fattening.
Starchy foods help to satisfy the
appetite because they are filling rather than fattening.
Whole grain foods such as whole
meal chapatti and brown rice are preferable to refined
foods as they provide significantly
more vitamins, minerals and fiber.
To maintain good health and to function efficiently our
bodies needs proteins,
carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. Our body also
needs plenty of water. We must
drink 1.5 - 2 litres of fluid daily to maintain healthy
kidneys and prevent urinary infection. The
body needs extra fluid when energy expenditure is high
and also in hot weather. Water is
required in large amounts to regulate body processes such
as digestion, excretion, and
maintenance of the body temperature and the electrolyte
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Stugar & Weight Management
Rapid advancement of civilization, fast urban
lifestyle, fast
food, changing diet patterns, lack of exercise
etc. are
responsible for making many Indian home susceptible
to
obesity related health risks like developing cholesterol,
heart
disease or high blood pressure. Along with this
it also poses
a threat for Diabetes. In fact according to published
reports,
one in every 5 diabetics in the world is an Indian
and this
number is growing rapidly.
Managing our daily calorie intake (through a well
balanced &
planned diet) along with a good fitness regime,
is the key to
leading a healthy life.
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We consume around
4 cups of tea / coffee everyday which burdens us down
with a
whopping 160 Calories (20 Cal. per teaspoon of cane sugar).
Add to this an occasional
sweet or two and the calorie count hovers at around 250
Calories a day. (Did you know
that an activity like jogging for 30 minutes can burn
somewhere around 250 Calories?)
Stugar is great natural sweetener and contains extract
of Stevia, which is completely
calorie free. Thus, Stugar helps you to cut down on the
empty calories contributed by
Cane Sugar. With Stugar you may save around 250 calories
a day and over a year's time,
this adds up to an alarming 91,250 Calories. So, coupled
with a regular fitness program,
Stugar definitely is a great natural way of leading a
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" Many people skip meals in
order to lose weight, but the fact is otherwise.
When you
skip meals during the day, your metabolism slows
down. Weight loss through the
burning of stored fat is all about eating enough
of the right kinds of foods so you stay
full and your metabolism stays as high as possible.
Remember, if you feel hungry, your
metabolism slows down. You must stay full with healthy,
non fattening foods and your
metabolism will continue to burn your stored fat
as fast as your body will allow.
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" Another interesting way that
some people adopt to lose weight is to drink a large
glass
of ice water just before meals. The cold causes
your stomach to shrink slightly which
will make you feel full faster. This may be a useful
tipd while you plan your diet.
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" It is believed that hot and
spicy foods such as hot peppers of all varieties
and mustards
increase one's metabolism by as much as 40%. Research
also shows that these foods
increase metabolism. This is a great way of adding
spicing up the food and boosting
one's metabolism as well!
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" Our stomach, mouth and brain
are connected and it takes 20 minutes of chewing
before our stomach signals our brain that we are
full. This means that one should
stretch our meals to, at least, 20 minutes or longer.
Thus to lose weight one must
chew well and eat slowly. |
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" Did you know that you burn
more stored fat when you exercise late in the day
rather
than rather than in the morning? The best time to
exercise to lose weight is in the late
afternoon/early evening before dinner. Doing this
will not only burn off stored fat but
increase your metabolism for about two to three
more hours just when it was starting
to slow down. This produces a significant increase
in fat burned off, even after the
exercise is over. Second best time to exercise is
in the morning before breakfast.
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" Simply forget about being
afraid of food. Food is wonderfuland in fact the
best way to
lose weight is to make friends with food. Losing
weight does not have much to do with
eating only small helpings. The best way to lose
weight is to pile your plate, but with the
healthiest foods. An interesting approach to a healthy
and a happy lifestyle!
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Stugar™ (Stevia Sugar) is your
Natural & Healthy alternative to Cane Sugar ...more
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Healthy
Lifestyle Naturally!
When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, Mother Nature knows
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FAQ's
What are the unique benefits of Stugar™?
What is Stevia? Answers to all such frequently asked questions
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