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US News ranks best diet plans for 2017

January 4, 2017 Srijita2017:, Best, Diet:, for, news, plans, Ranks, US

An estimated tens of millions of Americans will hit the gym and purge their pantries this month in hopes of slashing pounds and improving their health for the new year. But the diet plan they pick may influence their success. That’s where U.S. News & World Report’s Best Diets list aims to help. The consumer advice website has released its annual report on what it deems the 38 best diet plans across nine categories, including those programs that are ideal for fast weight loss and healthy eating, as well as…

Diet is a Four-Letter Word

January 2, 2017 Srijitaa, Diet:, Four-Letter, Is, Word

Those who know me might think it out of character that I am contributing to the 5 Diets project of the Washington Post’s Food section, because I believe “diet” is a four-letter word – one that connotes an unsustainable, sometimes self-abusive, short-term fix. But as a registered dietitian who spent years in private practice, I have learned that many people have no structure or strategy at all in their day-to-day eating. They desperately need some kind of plan, an effective set of breaks, and it is often at this January…

Genie in a diet

January 1, 2017 Srijitaa, Diet:, Genie, In

resolutions ring in the New Year, here’s what should be on your wishlist… (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) As weight loss resolutions ring in the New Year, I’d like to talk to you about what to expect from your weight loss plan. Treat your weight loss plan like a genie. Expect things from it. Asking for just weight loss is like asking a genie for a kite or a pencil or a sharpener. Anyone can give you that. But if you are going to take control of your weight, if you make…

Here’s why a healthy diet may not always work

January 1, 2017 Srijitaa, always, Diet:, Healthy, Here's, May, Not, Why, work

Here’s why a healthy diet may not always work People accustomed to a calorie-rich diet may not be able to reap the full benefits of switching to a healthy dietimmediately due to the works of the bacterial community inside the gut, suggests new research. Certain human gut bacteria need to be lost for a diet plan to be successful, said the study that identified the organisms that help promote the effects of a particular diet. “If we are to prescribe a diet to improve someone’s health, it’s important that we…

Here’s Why A Healthy Diet May Not Always Work

December 31, 2016 Srijitaa, always, Diet:, Healthy, Here's, May, Not, Why, work

People accustomed to a calorie-rich diet may not be able to reap the full benefits of switching to a healthy diet immediately due to the works of the bacterial community inside the gut, suggests new research. Certain human gut bacteria need to be lost for a diet plan to be successful, said the study that identified the organisms that help promote the effects of a particular diet. “If we are to prescribe a diet to improve someone’s health, it’s important that we understand what microbes help control those beneficial effects,”…

Exercise and diet are vital

December 30, 2016 Srijitaand, Are, Diet:, exercise:, vital

Diabetes currently affects more than 69 million (6.9 crores) Indians, which is more than 8.7 per cent of the adult population with an average onset age of 42.5 years (http:www.idf.orgmembershipseaindia). Diabetes is on the rise, yet in most cases, the onset is preventable or can be reversed in the prediabetes stage. However, after the onset of diabetes it is not enough to keep the blood sugar levels controlled. It is important to institute lifestyle interventions that can improve insulin sensitivity and blood lipid profiles, help lose weight and lower high…