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4 post-workout eating mistakes

November 29, 2016 Srijita4), Eating, Mistakes, post-workout

It’s 30% how you train and 70% what you eat that sets the foundation of a good physique; though, people think and do exactly the opposite. Remember, you can never outdo a bad diet by training harder. Here are the mistakes you are making… Not eating A Balanced Meal Although it’s ideal to dunk a protein shake right after working out, it’s only a supplement, which can only add on to the macronutrients you get from real food. If you skip solid food, you are making a big mistake. Eating…

Are you eating right? Find out through this guide

November 29, 2016 SrijitaAre, Eating, Find, guide, Out, Right?, This, through, You

1 Smile. Be thankful and enjoy every meal that you eat. 2 Never skip breakfast. The most important meal of the day, activates brain cells and gives the much-needed energy to carry out daily tasks. Traditional parappu sadam (dal rice) with the right proportion of salt is extremely healthy besides the usual bread, dosa, idli, eggs, etc. Start the meal with a fruit because an empty stomach digests the fruit better than having it after a meal as the fruit becomes acidic. 3 Always eat when you are hungry. Never…

Reliance on Food Pantries Can Make Healthy Eating Difficult

November 18, 2016 SrijitaCan, Difficult, Eating, Food., Healthy, Make, On, Pantries, Reliance

One month’s food assistance for one to two people is displayed at the Blackstone Valley CAP food pantry in Pawtucket, Rhode Island December 2, 2008. Reuters/Brian Snyder People who rely on food pantries for their meals may not receive enough dairy, fruits or vegetables to get all the nutrients they need for a healthy diet, two recent studies suggest. Part of the problem is that many volunteer-supported food pantries set up to provide occasional assistance to families during temporary setbacks have instead become the main source of food for long…

Eating Meat May Cause Heart Failure in Older Women

November 17, 2016 Srijitacause, Eating, failure, Heart, In, May, meat, Older, Women

Consuming high-protein diet, especially meat, may increase the risk for heart failure in women over the age of 50, a study has found. The findings showed that the rate of heart failure for women with higher total dietary protein intake was significantly higher compared to the women who ate less protein daily or got more of their protein from vegetables. While women who ate higher amounts of vegetable protein appeared to have less heart failure, the association was not significant when adjusted for body mass. “Higher calibrated total dietary protein…

Green eating

November 15, 2016 SrijitaEating, Green

Three trends that confirm the world is all for eco-friendly eating. Much before man knew how to hunt or farm, leave alone adulterate or pollute, he foraged for food. It was as organic as it could get. That’s one amongst many other movements that the culinary world is bouncing back to in its effort to go green again. Sustainable food is the watchword in today’s polluted milieu with more and more practices geared towards eating and cooking clean. Into the Wild Modern-day foraging is hunting for exotic wild flowers, seaweeds,…

Eating Cheese May Lower High Blood Pressure

November 9, 2016 SrijitaBlood, Cheese, Eating, High;, Lower, May, Pressure?

Consuming sodium in the form of a dairy product, such as cheese, may protect against some of sodium’s effects on the cardiovascular system, such as high blood pressure, researchers say. According to researchers, the protection comes from antioxidant properties of dairy proteins in cheese. The results suggest that when sodium is consumed in cheese it does not have the negative vascular effects that researchers observed with sodium from non-dairy sources. “We found that when participants ate a lot of sodium in cheese, they had better blood vessel function — more…