Nutrients & more...

'Whole foods' is one of the commonest term used these days. For all practical purposes it means those foods which (more or less) are in their original form. Why eat whole foods? 1. More nutrients : Minimal processing ensures that they retain more nutrients.eg. choose Whole wheat flour over refined flour and parboiled rice over basmati. pic 2. Have more fibre : It is beneficial for the gut health. It normalizes bowel movement. Eat raw salad vegetables like carrots, radish, lettuce, beet root, spring onions etc. Pic 3. Good thermic effect : More energy is needed to digest them than required for refined foods. Have negative calorie vegetables like cucumber, lauki (bottle gourd), turai (ridge gourd), falli (beans), capsicum, tinda etc. Pic 4. Provide satiety at a lower calories : If you eat whole foods they'll fill you up in lesser calories as compared to refined foods. Also they take longer digestion time and thus you feel full for a longer period of time.

Fats is one of the essential nutrients required by our body. Here is quick view about what fats in the market are all about. Vegetable oils - these are liquid at room temperature like til /sesame, soyabean, nariyal /coconut, sarson /musturd, sunflower, Jaitoon /olive, mungfali /peanut Animal fat - fish oil, butter and ghee (yes, all dairy products are included in animal products) Hydrogenation - a process by which liquid oil is changed to solid fat. Basically turns it into trans fat or 'bad fats'. Please avoid as far as possible. These include Dalda, vegetable ghee, margarine Saturated fats - These are present in animal fats or made from vegetable fats by the hydrogenation process. eg. Ghee/clarified butter, butter, dalda, vegetable ghee(made by hydrogenation), margarine Unsaturated fats - These are liquid at room temperature. eg. vegetable oils or fish oil Monounsaturated fat - It's a good fat. Try looking for MUFA on the pack. It helps in controlling blood c

1. "daru peene se liver kharaab ho jaata hai" - Amitabh Bacchan's dialogue in Satte pe Satta A very apt and simple statement about the effect of alcohol on liver. More people should follow this one to stay away from Alcoholic Liver disease . 2. "Phir na kehna Michael daaru pee ke danga karta hai"- Lyrics from a bollywood song Pic Most of the people can't " hold their drink " as the phrase goes and binge drinking leads to a more destructive scenario. In India domestic violence is a common scenario especially among the uneducated masses. 3. "main tumhare bacche ki maa banne wali hun" - Common dialogue in hindi movies. Pic Teenage pregnancies have seen a rise in UK due to teenage drinking. Alcohol and unprotected sex goes hand in hand. Statistics are not available for India as unmarried pregnancy is a taboo here, but rest assured, it's not uncommon. 4. "ek ke do, do ke chaar mujhko toh dikhtein hain" - l