One of the best-kept secrets in healthcare is that “something as simple as the food on your plate can truly be medicine.” Introduction Over the centuries food has been a central element in many traditional forms of medicine, which treated food as medicine until its role in curative medicine began to decline during the last… Continue reading Food as Medicine: Healthful Eating for Healthy Living
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Say NO to Fad diets
Introduction The world is in the grip of an obesity epidemic; additionally, a “fad diet” industry has arisen. Worldwide obesity has tripled since 1975. It is a chronic and multifactorial disease and one of the most important causes of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. In my post, Is obesity a disease or risk factor for… Continue reading Say NO to Fad diets
Keto Diet – Debunking the Myth
Introduction Obesity continues to be a major worldwide health problem, despite the efforts of the medical community. Intensive lifestyle interventions can achieve weight loss that is sustained over the long-term. Diet is an important component of any lifestyle intervention programme. The dietary plan that restricts energy and fat is the most common strategy and based… Continue reading Keto Diet – Debunking the Myth
Very Low-Calorie Diet – All You Need to Know!
Introduction In my post Diet Plan for Weight Loss – It’s going to be a journey, I had described various options for treatment of obesity. As highlighted there, the core principle of any obesity treatment is that it must shift the balance between energy intake and energy expenditure – treating obesity requires creating a state… Continue reading Very Low-Calorie Diet – All You Need to Know!
Diet Plan for Weight Loss – It’s going to be a journey.
Introduction Before I discuss the diet plan for weight loss, the subject matter of this post, it would be worthwhile to discuss certain salient aspects of obesity. Obesity is a multifactorial disease and is the result of a complex interplay of genetic, environmental, metabolic, physiologic, behavioural and social factors; the underlying mechanism is a sustained… Continue reading Diet Plan for Weight Loss – It’s going to be a journey.