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Hormones have profound effects on mental, physical and emotional health. They are like messengers that have overpowering affects on your mental, physical and emotional health. Hormones plays a key role in controlling an everyday activity like growth, weight, mood, appetite, metabolism and reproduction. The endocrine glands secretes the right number of hormones required for various body functions. Hormone imbalance is a most common problem in today's lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle and mindful eating habits are the keystone that help you streamline the hormones and maintain overall health. Choosing the right food is essential for quintessential for maintaining hormone  balance. Here are 5 Best Food to Balance Your Hormones: 1. Omega 3 rich foods: Essential fatty acids are vital for hormone production. Include these healthy fats like flax-seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, sea foods and fish (especially cold water fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel).   2. Vitamin B Complex rich

K etogenic diet is has gained so much popularity for weight loss, it was initially created to treat epilepsy in children.  Dr. Walter was the one who first introduced ketogenic diet to the world in 1921 and he did so to treat children with epilepsy. Before the keto diet came into existence, fasting was being used as a powerful treatment for epilepsy.  When we fast (or starve), the brain forces our body to run on ketone bodies produced by the liver instead of glucose and this process is called ketosis. The increase of ketones (ketonemia) during fasting was found to be beneficial for epileptic children. Thus Dr. Walter created the keto diet as an alternative method to mimic the effect of fasting. What is Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic diet is a type of low carb diet that focuses on eating high fat, moderate protein, and low carbs. The ketogenic diet also known as the keto diet is a way of eating where you actively help your body burn the excess fat that it has already stored. In ord

Happy Navratri to all of you. Hope you people are enjoying this festive season. Navratri is considered as one of the most auspicious festival and celebrated as 9 days long festival in India. However, it is celebrated in different manners across the country. During the nine days of Navratri, devotees fast while restricting themselves from intake of certain foods like  alcohol, onion, garlic or non-vegetarian food . While some take part in the festivities for religious reasons, others look to give their body a much required detox and lose weight. If you plan to fast this Navratri ensure that it is done the healthy way. It can help you detoxify, cleanse your mind and will leave you feeling great!  Tips to follow to make your fasting healthier: 1. Lemon juice can be taken with lukewarm water in the morning for much better detoxification. 2. Drink a lot of water to keep yourself away from dehydration. In addition, water can make your skin retain that glow and also help your b

Fruit and vegetables should be an important part of your daily diet. They are naturally good and contain vitamins and minerals that can help to keep you healthy. They can also help protect against many diseases.  Interestingly, a method called "juicing" has become increasingly popular in recent years.  This involves extracting the nutritious juices from fresh fruits and vegetables. Many people do this in order to " detox " or add more nutrients to their diets.  Some claims that juicing can improve nutrient absorption, while others say it strips away important nutrients like   fiber .  This is a detailed review of juicing and its health effects, both good and bad. Juicing can actually lose a lot of the good things we find in our fruits and veggies such as antioxidants and phytochemicals which are found in the skin of these foods that aren’t included in the juicing process. The effects of fiber found in these fruits and vegetables are lost as well. Fiber is cr