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Diet plan to shed weight for Indian moms

Few days back I got this message. Hi Kiran: I love your blog, website and all the videos you have. It is very inspiring! I am a mom of two kids - struggling with weight. I am not obese per say, but I have so much flab on my ab - it really depresses me. I have been working out a lot and have been seeing promising results. It will be helpful if you can write a blog post on what not to eat if you your diet is primarily Indian. There are so many books on western foods, but hardly any documentation on Indian foods. Maybe they exist - I just don't know about them. Some things are obvious - don't eat puris, samosas, sweets etc - but what kind of eating plan do you give to people whom you train. Will wait to hear from you. Best of Luck with your son's exams. Sorry to hear about the tutor - what a shame! Ragini Diet plan has to be balanced, wholesome and nutritious. The importance of Proteins can never be underestimated. I would even recommend an added protein shake. All the fruits,...

Diet plan of people suffering with Cardiac problems

Diet plan of people suffering with Cardiac problems is essential part of the cardiac treatment. Few key factors ➢ Low sodium/salt intake ➢ Add fish to your diet, specially tuna ➢ Reduce tea/coffee ➢ Less than seven per cent of the calories should be contributed by saturated fats. Fats are solids and saturated. Hence, go in for oils, which are liquids at room temperature. Vegetable oils, such as olive oil, groundnut oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, soya bean oil, flax seed oil are heart friendly. Trans fats and saturated fats, such as butter, hydrogenated fats, clarified butter and margarine are completely avoided. Foods rich in trans fats are fried fish, bakery products, french fries, bread and margarine sticks. 
 ➢ Liberal intake of fibrous foods, which are cardiac friendly and aid in digestion and reduce constipation and thus, also passively decrease the chance of heart diseases. It also reduces cholesterol. Cardiac diet thus should be comprised of high fiber count and low fat con...