Diabetes.
Kidney related problems.
Hepatitis.
Low libido.
Low energy levels.
Skin problems.
Fistula
Piles.
Filariasis . etc
13. To satisfy basic nutritional needs eat a variety of foods every day. Choose from each of the five
food groups milk, meat, fruit, vegetable and cereals. Balanced food plans encourage making wise
choices about everyday food choices. This type of diet helps to stay at your proper weight for
life.
14. Allow for an occasional treat.
15. Evaluate your eating pattern.
16. Try to cut down on foods high in fats and sugar.
17. Most successful weight loss plans stress on reduction in both calories and the amount of fat
eaten
Physical activity:
1. Determine the type of physical activity that suits your life style.
2. Regular aerobic exercise like brisk walking, jogging or swimming, is a key factor in achieving
permanent weight loss and improving health
3. Health experts recommend exercising 30 minutes or more on all, days of the week for maximum
benefits. The exercises should be moderately vigorous to be most effective but not exhausting.
4. Incorporate few simple measures to burn calories effectively. Like- taking an after dinner walk,
using stairs instead of escalators or elevators, parking the car farther away to have a longer walk
etc.
5. Exercises also improve sense of well being ,decreases stress and decreases appetite in some.
Ayurvedic tips to reduce Obesity
Numerous tips to reduce obesity have been mentioned in ayurveda. The following ayurvedic tips
help you to reduce the obesity.
1. Very good exercises. Exercises like brisk walking, jogging, playing out door games etc help to
reduce weight.
2. Physical and mental exertion. Exerting physically like doing house hold works, walking to
distant places to bring groceries, vegetables etc, walking long distances to bring the child back
from school, walking to working place, climbing stairs etc are types of physical exertion. Exerting
physically as much as you can help to burn more calories. Mental exertion like worrying or
involving in finding solutions to problems also restrict food consumption in some and there by
reduces the intake of calories .
3. Having sex frequently is also a good physical exertion.
4. Consumption of honey. This is advisable for non diabetic patients. Consuming 2 tea spoon of
honey with a glass of herbal tea which includes weight reducing herbs help a lot in weight
reduction. Honey along with these herbs scrapes and dissolves the Kapha and medha (body fat).
5. Sleeping for less hours. Avoiding sleeping in afternoons help to increase the burning of calories.
This avoids slowing of basal metabolic rate.
6. Avoiding the food and beverages which increase kapha and medha. The foods which increase
kapha and medha are sweets, sweetened drinks , large quantities of carbohydrates and oily food.
7. Consuming wheat products than rice products help to reduce obesity.
8. Using Green gram and horse gram help in reduction of kapha and medha.
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