Healthy eating

What is the DASH diet? DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or high blood pressure. The DASH Diet can help lower your blood pressure and balance your cholesterol levels, which is good for your heart health. Even if you are not worried about your blood pressure right now, the DASH Diet is worth following as it can help with healthy weight loss. This healthy diet recommends vegetables, fruits…

With the current pandemic outbreak across the world, we’re living in a new normal. And as we get busy with our hectic schedules, we tend to neglect the one thing that should never be sidelined, i.e. nutrition in our daily diet – particularly consuming protein. Protein, the ‘building block of life’, is one of the most important macronutrients, that helps build muscle, repair tissue and performs some of the most…

The whole foods diet involves eating foods that have undergone minimal or no processing. Whole foods are as close to their natural form as possible. The whole foods diet is also referred to as clean eating. Whole foods include fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and legumes rather than depending on supplements for fiber and vitamins. Whole foods are rich in phytochemicals and nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, good fats and…

When you have a health checkup, cholesterol levels are definitely on the list to ensure that your lipid profile is at target levels. High triglyceride levels put you at risk for a number of serious health issues. The lipid profile measures the fat in your blood, and there are three types to check. The LDL or bad cholesterol, the HDL or good cholesterol and triglycerides. Ideally, total cholesterol should be…