Dieting for Weight Loss

People should go for a healthy way for dieting to lose weight.

There are many people having diet for the purpose of weight loss. They want to have a prefect slimming and good looking body to increase their confidence while working in the society. Other people may want to have a healthy body because they are over weight. Whatever the reason it is, this will be a good motivator for the people to look for dieting to weight loss.  

People always complain that they feel hungry during the process of dieting. So they are a few strategies implemented to deal with the feeling of hungry. One of the strategies is having more fiber foods during the dieting. Fiber foods like whole grains, apples, pears and lima beans will help to fill up the stomach. People will not feel hungry so easily and avoid the unpleasant feeling of hungry. However, it is advised that people should spread the fiber intake throughout the day instead of having it at once.

Another strategy is to drink more water during dieting. Water is a good mineral for our body. It helps to deliver the nutrients throughout our body and improve our metabolism. So it is very important to have more water during dieting. Besides, water will enhance our skin elasticity and helps our skin to replace back once the serious weight loss happened on us.

People should learn how to control the food portion. Restaurant always will serve the food more than enough for us. After having appetizers, salads and soups, you should feel a little bit enough. After a main dish and a dessert, it will be more than enough for people who wan to diet. So always remember to control your food portion before over taking the calorie. People should take more vegetables instead of large portion of rich fried foods in order to meet the dieting purpose.

During dieting, people should not go overboard until cutting the meals all in once. There are limits in our body and the minds that we can handle. People should cut the meal a little at a time to let our body use to that limit. So the changes during your dieting will not lead to the risk of your healthy body. Otherwise it may cause the failure of your diet program.

It is advised that people should take the diet step by step and incorporate extra physical activity to ensure the best result. Sometimes, doing some household chaos will help us to burn the calorie. A simple walking to a short distance garden or grocery shop will also help to burn the calorie and meet the weight loss purpose.

In conclusion, dieting does not necessary need to sacrifice something to meet the purpose of weight loss. The important thing is to have a regular exercise and control the food portion during everyday meals. Your daily lifestyle still the same, but you just need to put more effort on loosing weight. It may take a long time to go, so be patient and you will meet the purpose in a healthy way.

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Appeared in The Times of India (Delhi Edition) on 13th June, 2009 (Saturday)

Alcohol And Exercise

Think before you have the alcohol. Exercise will not help to recover the healthy body if you consuming too much of alcohol.

After working for a whole day, you probably will think to have some drinks to relax your mind, especially on Friday night. Sometimes, people know that having alcohol is not good for health. However, they may think that they deserve to have some drinks with friends because they have worked so hard everyday to earn their living costs.


People may think that since they are having exercise on a regular basis, some alcohol will not really affect their health. Before you think to go out to have some alcohol with your friends, you should consider the following important points.


A research has proved that a small amount of alcohol will increase muscular endurance and the output of strength. This may be a benefit for some people but it is just a short term. After 20 minutes of consuming the alcohol, some problems will begin to surface. The negative side effects after consuming the alcohol will outweigh the benefits of having it. Alcohol is a poison that will hurt the body. People should aware of it to maintain the body health.


The negative side effect of consuming alcohol is it will reduce the strength endurance, aerobic capability, recovery time, ability to metabolize fat and the muscle growth. It even will affect the nervous system and the brain. Long term of consuming alcohol will cause severe deterioration of the central nervous system.


After having alcohol, the alcohol will reach the blood cell and may damage them. The inflammation of the muscle cells is quite common for the people who having the alcohol for the long time period.  The bloods cell which is affected because of alcohol will slowly die. It will cause the less functional of muscle contractions. Having too much alcohol will also cause soreness of the muscle after exercise. People may need more time to recuperate after exercise.


Alcohol will also affect the heart and circulatory system of the body. After having alcohol, there is a reduction in the endurance capabilities. The heat loss will increase because the alcohol simulating the blood vessels to dilate. The heat loss will affect the muscle to become cold, slower and weaker on muscle contractions.


Having alcohol will cause the digestive and nutrition problem too. Alcohol will release of insulin which increase the metabolism of glycogen. It will make the loss of weight very hard and spare the fat in the body. Alcohol will also affect the absorption of some important nutrients of the body. As a result of less nutrition, people may become anemic and deficient with vitamins B.


Liver is an important organ in the body to detoxify the alcohol. Over consuming the alcohol will affect the liver function. Once the liver is over loaded with the alcohol, it will destroy the liver cells and damage the liver.


Alcohol is diuretic. Having lots of alcohol will affect the kidneys too. During diuretic, the hormones are secreted. It will lead to heightened water retention and damage the kidneys.


People who love to drink alcohol should have it in moderation. People are advised that do not drink the alcohol before exercise. It is because alcohol will affect the balance, coordination and the judgment of a person. Even more exercises will not bring back a healthy body if you take too much of alcohol. Think carefully and concern of your health before you have the alcohol.

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Ladies Must Check -- Pap Smear

What is a Pap Smear Test?

It is a simple test during which cells are removed from the neck of the womb or cervix. These cells are examined under a microscope to check for changes or abnormalities which could lead to cancer.

How is a Pap Smear done? Does it hurt?

Your doctor will use an instrument called speculum to help open your vagina and show the cervix so that a sample of cells can be collected with a small spatula or brush. The procedure may cause discomfort and sometimes pain but it should be if you are not tensed.

Why should women do Pap Smear?

Pap Smear helps to detect cervical cancer, even long before it has developed. Cervical cancer can spread to other organ and cause death, but when found early in the precancerous stage, complete cure is the rule.

Risk factors for cervical cancer

1)   Multiple sexual partners

2)   First sexual intercourse before age of 18

3)   Genital Warts (HPV) or other venereal diseases

4)   Sexual partner with genital Warts

5)   Smoking

6)   History of abnormal Pap Smear

How reliable is the test?

It is about 70% sensitive, which means it may miss abnormal cells 30% of the time. Therefore regular Pap Smears are very important to allow more chances to detect abnormality. Even though not 100% sensitive, regular Pap Smear is still an effective screening test and been proven to reduce cervical cancer death.

When should women start doing Pap Smear?

The test should be done following the onset of sexual activity continuing for the rest of a woman’s life. Usually, Pap Smear are done once a year until three consecutive normal results are obtained. After this, the frequency of the test depends on recommendation from your doctor.

What is the preparation before going for Pap Smear?

Avoid using vaginal medications, creams or douches for at least 72 hours, and abstain from sex for 24 to 48 hours before the examination. Schedule the test at about 2 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual period.