Weight is an important factor in our health. Overweight or underweight, little bit deviation from normal is acceptable. But gross deviation is not acceptable.
Overweight is due to the excessive amount of fat stored in the body. Calculating BMI is one way to measure our physique. Bmi chart gives a rough idea about your physique. If you sense that you are really obese, then you can try to shed some weight.
Lot of" medicines" are available in the market to shed weight. Most of them have many side effects. Instead of using medicines, you can shed weight just by following a healthy diet.
It is simple. Usually, we eat thrice daily. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. From now you eat breakfast and dinner as usual. But for lunch, follow a healthy diet.
Means, eat just vegetables and fruits. Cooked or raw vegetables, whichever you like. Eat stomach full. No restriction of the quantity of veggies and fruits. But don't eat the usual meals. Don't eat rice, wheat or whichever has more carbohydrates.
If you feel hunger during evening snacks time, again have fruits. As I said before, follow the usual diet for breakfast and dinner.
In this way you can shed at least 2 to 3kgs per month, that is around 15kgs in 6 months! in a healthy way. Without medicines.
A gift to someone or oneself, chocolate always brings a smile to the face, it is also well associated with cravings, enjoyment, pleasure, and feelings of nostalgia from childhood.
Chocolate comes in different flavors but to indulge in the right kind, is the decision one has to make to get the health benefits. Chocolate with a high concentration of cocoa makes the chocolate darker helps gain health benefits.
Incorporating a piece of dark chocolate in one’s lifestyle gives various nutrimental benefits in iron, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and zinc. Dark chocolate is also known for its health benefits for improving metabolism and reducing stress, lowering the risk of developing heart disease, improving blood flow and lower blood pressure. Studies have now found a link between dark chocolate consumption and improving depression.
A recent research study has found eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and help relieve depression symptoms. Depression is a very common mental health issue affecting more than 300 million population worldwide according to statistics by the World Health Organisation.
Depression encompasses the following symptoms:
1. Depressed mood
2. Diminished of interest/pleasure
3. Weight gain/weight loss
4. Fatigue/loss of energy
5. Feelings of worthlessness, excessive guilt
6. Trouble concentrating
7. Recurrent thoughts of death
8. Reduced physical movements
Dark chocolate is a powerful source of antioxidant in the body helping improve inflammatory properties, which have been shown to play a role in the onset of depression. How dark chocolate helps lessen depression can be seen in its psychoactive ingredients like phenylethylamine and theobromine-stimulants, creating a feeling of euphoria and help reduce symptoms of fatigue and low energy in depression.
Tryptophan in dark chocolate produces serotonin, the happy hormone of the body. Cocoa which makes the chocolate darker contains flavanol, helping to regulate the mood and even depression. Consumption of a small amount of dark chocolate daily helps improve memory and attention, reducing trouble concentrating in depression. Dark chocolate is also seen to soothe cramps and mood swings while on periods in women.
Indulging in a good quality of concentrated dark chocolate helps reduce depression, it should definitely be included in one’s diet to help uplift the mood. While dark chocolate helps reduce depression it cannot abolish the need for therapy, to say the least