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Surprising Reasons Why You Are Not Losing Weight

Many people complain that they are eating less but not losing weight. A few others say they are exercising but not losing weight on scales and if you are one of them then you need to take a closer look at it and find the reasons. The possible reasons why you are not losing weight . * Diet lacks a healthy mix: Weight loss diet must be a mix of all essential nutrients while limiting calorie rich foods. * Binge eating: Depriving of food and then overindulging in unhealthy foods can disturb the hormone balance. * Eating more after a workout: After exercising, some feel hungrier and end up consuming more calories than losing. * Hypothyroidism: People who have sluggish thyroid or hypothyroidism do not lose weight * PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease): Due to hormonal imbalance, the body increases in weight and it becomes difficult to lose weight * Stress: People who are stressed find it difficult to lose weight due to the increased secretion of stress hormone cortisol and stres...

Boost Your Mental Health With Diet and Exercise

What you eat can guide your moods Feeling blue? Curled up into a ball? Bingeing on a bar of chocolate?   Get up and move around, because chocolate won’t solve your problems! You  can, however, use healthy food and exercise to keep your stress & anxiety levels in check and boost your mental health.   Nearly 5% of India’s population suffers from common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, and 1-2% are battling severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a report by the  National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 2005 . Although most discussions about wellness revolve around the impact exercise and a balanced diet have on physical health, there’s a growing awareness about the role they play in improving emotional well-being as well. Our brain requires a constant supply of fuel, which comes from the food we eat. So it stands to reason that what we eat directly affects the structure and function of our ...

Doctors should counsel healthy people on diet, exercise

Lifestyle counseling could help protect the long-term heart health of adults who aren’t yet at high risk for heart attack and stroke, a panel of medical experts says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force last week reaffirmed its 2012 recommendation that doctors consider extra counseling on diet and exercise even among their low-risk patients. “The task force encourages primary care clinicians to talk to their patients about eating healthy and physical activity,” said task force vice chair Susan Curry. If patients are interested and motivated to make lifestyle changes, doctors should offer to refer them to counseling, she said. Obese people and those who have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels, diabetes, or problems maintaining normal blood sugar levels are at higher risk for heart disease. The task force already advised doctors to offer their high-risk patients intensive behavioral counseling to help prevent heart attack, stroke and other heart-related proble...

Frequent Power cuts:Buzz from twitter

Working on your important project work and suddenly the power cuts-off and you take it very lightly as you have become used to it.Be it a metropolitan like Delhi,Bangalore,kolkata or the smaller cities like Patna,Madurai,Hubli,Kota,Jaipur,Vizag or any major urban gatherings,these power-cuts are affecting our daily lifestyles in one way or another. Power failures are particularly critical at sites where the environment and public safety are at risk. Institutions such as hospitals, sewage treatment plants, mines, etc., will usually have backup power sources, such as standby generators, which will automatically start up when electrical power is lost.But such a huge amount of power outages are making bad examples of the the so called "efficient Power Management" in a developing country like INDIA. In 2008, the Indian government pledged to provide “power for all” by 2012. It’s already near mid 2011 and these power cuts remain to be a big problem.There can be no denials of th...

Voting in elections through your Mobile(mvoting)

Mobile communication systems of today provide increased availability, miniaturization and enhanced data rates. This emergence is expected to enhance the deployment of mobile systems in many services. One area of activity is mobile Election (one of the first areas of transaction using mobile devices). With long lines expected at polling for any elections, many young and less young voters may be wondering today “why couldn't I vote with my mobile phone”? Wouldn’t that be easier than taking time-off and fighting the crowd? After all, the younger generation is already used to shopping mobile, paying mobile and even voting via SMS for many entertainment series or opinion surveys… so why not mobile voting ensure a fair election? In a country(India) where over 800 million people are eligible to vote and more than half that number have mobile phones (600 million according TRAI data). In this regard Mobile technology-IVR can be used for election polling. A Person will need to call a...