National Childhood Obesity Week -7th -13 july 2014

       National Childhood Obesity Week

7th -13 july 2014

Our children are getting fatter with every passing year. Around 2 per cent of urban Indian kids are obese, 8-10 per cent of them are overweight, and the numbers are only growing.

Lets give a thought to this.......Child Obesity in India on the Rise

Obesity in children has tripled in the past two decades. The rate of development of mind and body in children decreases with junk food due to the empty calories it provides. A regular pizza provides about 800-1000 calories whereas a burger provides you with around 500 calories.

Pizza’s & Burgers  and junk food joints have become a hot spot for children now a days to fill their tiny stomach’s. Well, pizza’s & the burgers taste nice and exciting but are unable to provide the nutrition that is required for healthy living.

Researchers also warn that children who are fed with junk food have lower IQ than their counterparts who ate nutritious food.  Junk food decrease the efficiency which is important for children. Heart related diseases are growing with obesity and weight gain is normal for people on a junk food diet.

We need to come out of this general misconception esp in India that the obese child is a healthy child and the so called “ baby fat” will vanish as the child grows. 

Once the habit is developed for junk food, it gets very difficult to get rid of the addiction. To ensure that kids do not make this unhealthy lifestyle a permanent part of their life one should start inculcating good nutritional habits from the beginning. Ensuring enough physical activities is an equally important aspect of every child’s growth. In case you need professional assistance to get you started on a healthier lifestyle for your family contact us now before it is too late.

MINT TEA (PUDINA CHAI)

MINT TEA (PUDINA CHAI)

How about Pudina chai on a rainy evening or early morning?

Mint leaves are brewed with tea to make the famous Indian 'Pudina Chai'

For a refreshing aromatic tea add a few leaves of pudina (mint) to your tea…….apart from its menthol flavour it also facilitates good digestion, cures headaches, is beneficial in asthma and cough and also increases body’s immunity.

Here is how the procedure;- wash the mint leaves, add water, add mint leaves cover and boil the water for 3-4 minutes till the flavors and aroma of the mint starts infusing in the water. The water will start becoming green. Let the quantity of green color in the water increase. Add the tea leaves or powder, add sugar. Now add milk and let the tea come to a boil.

Your Pudina Chai is ready to serve.

BEWARE DO NOT TAKE VITAMINS BLINDLY!!!!!!!!

BEWARE DO NOT TAKE VITAMINS BLINDLY!!!!!!!!

The findings leave many people wondering if taking a daily diet supplement is a good idea. Experts say some people should like Pregnant women or people with specific vitamin deficiencies can benefit from adding vitamins to their diets.

But other healthy people take vitamins believing that they can help prevent disease or simply maintain health. 
 

People at times often take large doses of vitamins, believing that if the small amounts of nutrients in foods are good, than a lot of them must be better.  "Imagine if you had all the right materials to build a house but in all the wrong proportions, and then tried to put together a well-built house."

Especially Fat-soluble vitamins such as D, A, E, and K can be toxic when you take more than the recommended dose. Water-soluble vitamins such as B complex, not so much since they simply pass through the urine.

BE A SMART CONSUMER.

Stop trying to look for health in a pill, Health is not found in pills. It's found in good food and regular exercise.