Overweight people who have extra rolls of fat around their neck should revitalize their neck muscles with the following movements :
Nod your head forward, bringing your chin to the chest. Hold it for three seconds; then chin up as high it will go, and hold it again. Repeat several times.
Aroma means fragrance. The aromatherapy is a science which involves the use of certain essential oils obtained from, different parts of plants such as roots, stalk, leaves, flowers, resins. There are a number of ways in which essential oils are obtained, the most common being distillation. The essential oils have medicinal value.
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The key to a well-run slimming centre or a weight loss clinic ( centre ) should be ‘proper supervision both medically and nutritionally’.
This is how a slimming centre or a weight loss clinic (centre) should work :
All patients desirous of fat and inch loss must be examined by a qualified doctor. The doctor after a detailed conversation with the patient should note his personal and family history. On the basis of history and medical examination, a diagnosis must be made as to the underlying cause of obesity. In cases where the doctor finds it necessary, appropriate blood tests must be carried out.
Once accepted, the patient should continue to eat exactly as always for one week. He should keep a detailed diary of food he eats, the amount, the method of cooking and at what time of the day . This applies to any food whatsoever eaten at any time during the one week period. At the end of one week, on the second visit, the doctor and a nutritionist must evaluate the patient’s food noted in his diary, taking into account the amount of food eaten, kind of food and time of eating.
Once the evaluation has been made, the patient should meet the doctor who treats him for his underlying cause of obesity and makes corrections in his food habits towards sensible, practical and tailor-made easy to follow nutritionally balanced eating, depending on his individual need and life style. Certain cardinal rules should be laid down :
No meals may be skipped;
No crash diets;
No diet pills;
No strenuous exercises;
No substitution in the diet, unless ordered by his own family physician, or a specialist (salt- free, low cholesterol, etc.) Once the desired weight loss is achieved, the patient should be told to visit the doctor at least once in two to three months, for a follow-up of the weight record.
A few simple rules should be followed by each patient. In order to carry out the weight loss programme, he must attend the centre once a week ( or fortnight, as the case may be) for atleast three months. At each weekly session, the patient’s food diary must be checked to ensure his co-operation towards sensible eating. He must be weighed and his body measurements must be noted and his treatment for obesity continued.
The doctor should give a short pep talk, together with a discussion on nutrition, health problems of overweight and obesity, dangers of poor nutrition, crash diets and discussions on various forms of quackery.
The doctor should emphasize that there is no magic formula and that common sense of sensible and good eating habits are the real key to success in losing weight. At no time should a patient be made to feel guilty or a failure when he does not adhere to sensible eating or fails to lose weight during the week. He should not be scolded but rather an attempt should be made to find out what caused the back sliding.
Once the desired weight loss is achieved, the patient should be told to visit the doctor at least once in two to three months, for a follow-up of the weight record.
In essence, the goals of the slimming centre or weight-loss clinic, should be to help the patients to rind the cause of their overweight problems, to show them through diagrams and charts, why people get fat, and how being fat affects the body, the mind and behaviour.
Each patient’s problem should be treated sympathetically and individually.
What has made slimming centres or weight-loss centres boom recently in our country ?
A boom of slimming centres in our country in recent times may well be attributed in one way to the ‘heath awareness ‘ created by health magazines, fitness guides, fitness programmes, easily available on video cassettes etc. and on the other hand to the fashion magazines and western outfits creating, a cosmetic ‘thin is in vogue.’
Protein is a word of Greek origin, meaning “primal life substance.” Your body is a collection of millions of microscopic cells and each cell contains chemicals, which must have protein, raw materials upon which its life and therefore yours, depends.
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Yes of course. It is absolutely necessary to know about the foods you eat to maintain good health.
Food is the most important single factor in connection with attainment and maintenance of health. Every drop of blood in the body is conditioned by the food we eat and it is blood that every tissue, every organ, every gland, and indeed every function of the body fundamentally depends on.
Strictly speaking, fibre is not a food element. Fibre is generally divided into two categories : the less digestible bran fibre from grains and the more digestible ‘cellulose’, fibre from fruits and vegetables. Cellulose forms the framework of fibres of plant and the walls of vegetable cells. The cellulose or food fibre in fruits and vegetables can be broken down to release nutrients, especially in the case of cooked vegetables. The bran fibre supplied by the whole grains, passes undigested through the intestinal tract in the form of silk fibres.
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Vitamins are substances of relatively simple chemical structure, no more mysterious than an Aspirin tablet or a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate. The chemist can draw a very accurate picture of a vitamin molecule. Yet experts have great difficulty in defining vitamins as a group.
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After protein needs have been supplied, our next thought must be to meet our energy needs.
Fats are an essential part of the diet and a good source of energy. They insulate the body and are the carriers of fat soluble vitamins such as A, D, K, E and essential fatty-acids. Animal – fats such as butter and ghee as also vegetable fats like vanaspati, coconut and palm oils are high in saturated fatty acids which are implicated in heart disease. Therefore, their intake should be minimized. Vegetable oils like sunflower, safflower, soyabean, corn and groundnut have a higher amount of unsaturated fatty acids and are preferable to saturated fats. The average urban diet is high in fat and steps must be taken to reduce the fat intake.
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One of the first questions patients at my clinic ask is “Will I get enough to eat?” I’m happy to report that on The Balanced-Nutrient Diet you’ll be able to eat heartily while reducing excess body fat. One of the secrets of the success of The Balanced-Nutrient Diet is the high fibre and water content of the delicious natural foods you’ll be allowed to eat. Natural foods brimming with essential nutrients are wonderfully tasty, and their fibre content so high that they are completely satisfying. Furthermore the great variety of flavours found in foods supplied by nature will make eating refreshing as well as delightfully pleasurable.
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