If you’ve ever had a tummy infection, you’ve probably heard of the BRAT diet. It is a bland diet recommended for recovering from a stomach/gastrointestinal infection. It gives the gut a chance to rest and reduces the amount of stool produced. What is the BRAT diet? BRAT is an acronym for: B -Bananas R -Rice A -Applesauce T -Toast Why is it recommended? The BRAT diet helps with recovery from…
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Why I Recommend the Fast Food Diet #HealthyLiving
by Vidya Sury April 6, 2019I love the fast food diet–more so because I have diabetes–and I am about to tell you why you should switch to it, too, and right away! The word diet always conjures up visions of banned foods—as if you can’t eat the foods you enjoy. Diet seems synonymous with starvation. The problem with most diets is, they do have restrictions of what you can eat and cannot eat. To me,…
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Diabetes Diet Myths and Facts #DiabetesAwareness
by Vidya Sury April 5, 2019In spite of diabetes being a common condition among a significant part of the population, there are several misconceptions about what you can eat with diabetes. And as always, there are more diabetes diet myths than we can count! Let’s bust 10 diabetes diet myths right away! 1. Consuming too much sugar causes diabetes This is a myth. The truth is diabetes develops when our body starts losing its ability…
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You’ve grown up hearing that you should eat your fruits and vegetables. Your Mom probably repeated it a zillion times. Then your teachers, at school. And of course you know you should eat your fruits and veggies. But question is: are you? Have you been listening to that gold-plated advice? Before you just wave this post away, I urge you to spend a minute to read WHY fruits and veg…
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Could juice fasting be better than traditional fasting?
by Vidya Sury April 1, 2018With all the buzz about juice fasting, more and more people are realizing that one of the best ways to supercharge your health is intermittent juice fasting. In fact, it is being touted as an essential part of any vegan diet. Since there are plenty of delicious recipes around, juice fasting itself is not boring. Juice Fasting Or Traditional Fasting? The problem with traditional fasting is that your body tends…