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  • Can You Make Your Favourite Foods Healthier?
    You don't have to feel guilty digging into that pizza! Nutritionist Kohila Govindaraju suggests ways of reducing calories of your favourite food like pizza and fried rice and making them wholesome and healthy. Check out the calorie counts! Wholesome Pizza Everyone loves pizza. But mind you…it can be a sinister source of calories and fats. Is there any way of giving it a nutritional upgrade, instead of ruthlessly banishing it as junk food? Yes definitely. You can make your pizza a whole lot…
  • Heart Friendly and Diabetes Friendly Healthy and Tasty Recipes
    Are you looking for recipes that are heart friendly, reduce cholesterol and cardiovascular risk and are diabetes friendly? Have you got tired eating the same bland diet that you have been put on? Did you think that healthy foods cannot be tasty?  You liked our previous book on weight loss and are looking for more nutritious recipes?  Download our healthy cookbook prepared in conjunction with our panelled dietitians by clicking here or on the image below. If you are already…
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    11 Tips On How To Reduce Weight
    Obesity or being overweight is the causative factor for several chronic non-communicable diseases including heart disease, diabetes and certain types of cancers #tbl tr td:nth-child(0) { { width:44px!important; } #tbl tr td:nth-child(1) { { width:141px!important; } #tbl tr td:nth-child(2) { { width:77px!important; } #tbl tr td:nth-child(3) { { width:44px!important; } #tbl tr td:nth-child(4) { { width:141px!important; } #tbl tr td:nth-child(5) { { width:77px!important; } A dramatic increase in…
  • Diet Modifications for the Elderly
    When your loved ones age, it becomes vital to address the right diet for them, because more often than not, improper food intake causes a lot of stress and discomfort. Dr Bhuvaneswari puts together some simple tips from her experiences as a primary caregiver for her parents. Changing the diet patterns for the elderly in the Indian context needs a proper looking into as it addresses a few common problems that the elderly tend to face : 1.  Loss of teeth:  This naturally takes away the…
  • Top foods to lower your cholesterol
    There are many tasty, low-cholesterol foods available in hawker centres for you to enjoy while dining out. Just make the right choice recommends nutritionist Kohila Govindaraju. Living with high cholesterol? Confused what to eat in food court? Highly concerned about your saturated fat and cholesterol and planning to shift to low-fat foods? Research has proved that eating saturated fats and trans fat can elevate the blood cholesterol level that links to increased risk of heart…
  • All you need to know about cholesterol and your diet
    Are eggs off-limits? How to make sense of the numbers on ‘low-cholesterol’ packaged foods? Is extra virgin coconut oil all it is made out to be? These and other questions answered by nutritionist Kohila Govindaraju  Does our body need cholesterol? The surprising answer is Yes! Cholesterol, a fatty substance that circulates in the blood is an important component of human cells. It is often viewed as an all-out villain, but our body needs some amount of cholesterol to…
  • Yoga for High Blood Pressure - E-Book
    Rahul did not take his high cholesterol and high BP seriously and this is what happened. https://www.patientsengage.com/personal-voices/athlete-cardiac-patient-series-avoidable-events Another example of meditation and calming those nerves: https://www.patientsengage.com/personal-voices/medication-and-meditation How can you reduce blood pressure in the comfort of your home? We hand picked simple asanas for our members and put it together in this E-book.  You can download it from here: …
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    5 budget superfoods
    Nutritious foods that give you the most bang for your buck. By Dietitian and Diabetes educator Ujjwala Baxi When we hear ‘superfoods’, we think quinoa, blueberries, salmon, chia seeds etc thanks to clever marketing and hype. These are not only expensive, but can be hard to get hold of, especially in India. The good news is that there are ‘superfoods’ that are readily available and affordable, but are often ignored. They pack as much punch as the much-touted superfoods but are overlooked as…
  • Low salt Minestrone Soup
    By Poshan Cure Thru Diet This healthy and filling soup is rich in antioxidants, protein, fibre and potassium. It is a meal in itself. But patients on dialysis or those with heart and kidney problems with high level of potassium need to check with the dietitian before eating this. Ingredients: (Serves 2 – 3) 1 tbsp olive 0il  I cup pasta (optional) 2 bay leaves  1/2 cabbage  ¼ bunch celery                    …