Dietox Nutrition By Richa

What is emotional Eating? Emotional eating is now a days the most commonly seen phenomenon among individuals irrespective of their age or gender, but the question is why do we tend to eat when in stress?? The answer is “Hormones” makes us do that! When in stress we tend to crave for foods containing high carbohydrates because carbs boosts brain serotonin- feel-good hormone! The higher the level of serotonin, the more content you feel. No wonder cutting out carbs can make us grumpy. Chronic stress elevates the level of cortisol hormone, which can increase our cravings, especially for sweets & Chocolates. Case 1: Dev is 17yrs old student, currently preparing for his college entrance exam and he always complaining about his hunger- no matter how much food he had but whenever he starts studying, he is start feeling hungry. Case 2: Tara is 20yrs old model and she is very conscious about her figure so she is very particular about food & eating but whenever her p

Yes!! If the portions (Doses) of medicines affect your health in good or bad ways, so the size of your meal does. Most of the time when you are eating, you eat little more than your hunger because the food is very tasty, or you don’t want to waste it, or you don’t want to save it for the future. But at that time you need to remind yourself, that your body is not a dumping bin. Think before you eat….!! I get asked these questions a lot by my clients: How much food, is too much food?, Or, What are   the ideal portion size of food ?? How much food, Is too much food?? There is a Japanese Phrase- “ Hara Hachi Bu ”, which means " stop when Satisfied, not stuffed!!" This Japanese Cultural practice of calorie restriction and mindful eating. Hara Hachi Bu is a reminder to Stop eating when your stomach is 80% full. There are some simple changes which you need in everyday eating habits:- 1. Eat more slowly- Eating faster results in eating more.

Makar Sankranti is a very auspicious festival for Hindu’s. Indian people celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm and fervour. This festival is known with different names in different parts of India. Like, In south India- it is popularly called ‘Pongal’, in Punjab and Haryana it is called ‘Lohri’, in Assam it is called ‘Bihu’ , ‘Uttarayan or kite flying festival’ in Gujarat and ‘Khichdi festival’ in Bihar. The festival is an important occasion to mark the end of dark phases and the beginning of a new phase in everyone’s lives or we can say it’s a new year according to the Hindu calendar. On this occasion, people buy new clothes, visit temples and eat special laddos, sweets and other preparation. These special dishes are generally prepared with the sesame seeds, bajra & rice and jaggery. The purpose of eating these dishes are that, sesame contains oil based constituents in every grain of sesame. During the cold season, skin gets dry and flaky and requires moisture for ke

In present time, everyone almost 100% dependent on grocery stores to purchase food. Everything put on shelves in these stores look very glamorous, leading to impulse and emotional purchase of some food that are making us very sick. We can attribute modern-day lifestyle disorders like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, digestive problems, thyroid condition etc. These are SOS food items:       1.         Sugar: sugar & sweeteners are sold in many forms. Like- refine sugar, sugar granules, sugar cubes, sweet pills, sweet drops, sugar syrups and White table sugar etc.   They all are processed with chemical & bleaching agents. The result is it became a sweet poison.     2.        Oils: In present time all the company sold their products by adding a fancy tag line which is related to the health & fitness. Like- Vitamins & Minerals fortified Oil, Diabetes Oil and Healthy Heart Oil etc. But in reality, they are just art

Detoxification is the process of removing toxic substance from body, which is accumulated in liver over a time due to alcohol, medicine, pollution and food. Detoxification starts in your liver. While it’s a complicated process, your liver essentially does this in two phases.  First, it converts toxic substances to highly reactive metabolites and then excretes these toxins. Your kidneys, lungs, and even gut also play a role in detoxification. Cleanse Your Body Naturally with food- A healthy diet is the most important way to detoxify. First, remove foods that interfere with detoxification or make you more toxic.  How do you know if you need to detoxify ?  E veryone should detox at least once a month because in present time our Environment, Food, Water are loaded with toxins and also we are now very habitual of taking medicines for small issues- all these things are accumulated in liver. Once your body is overloaded with the toxins then its start showing several