- Being lean is good, but being very lean and thin and underweight is bad.
- A lot of medical tests are there to find out why a person is underweight.
- To gain weight and be healthy you need to consume more calories than you burn them every day from healthy, protein enriched, and nutritious foods and choose the right types of exercise.
- Exercise a little like mild weightlifting so as to feel hungry, to eat more balanced food and to develop muscle.
- Take tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts. They contain healthy fats like omega-3.
- Take meat, fish, poultry, nuts, and legumes. They contain protein.
- Take fruits, vegetables and whole grains. They contain carbohydrates.
- Take healthy beverages like milk and fruit juices to add calories instead of sweetened aerated sodas.
- Take food supplements after consulting a physician to get all required vitamins and minerals.
Friday, January 16, 2009
How to Increase Weight in a Healthy Manner
Home Treatment for Cracked Feet
- Keep feet clean and dirt free.
- Rub pumice stone on the cracked part of the feet while taking a bath, to remove dead skin.
- Before going to bed wash and dry the feet. Apply olive oil or a mixture of Vaseline and lemon juice on the cracked portion of the feet.
- Do not walk barefooted at your home. Use slippers conveniently.
- Consume a diet rich in calcium, iron, zinc and omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins.
- Milk, cheese, yogurt, goat’s milk, fortified soy milk, cereals and broccoli are excellent sources of calcium.
- Cereals, millets, pulses and green leafy vegetables contain iron.
- Meat, chicken and fish are good sources of iron.
- Oysters, chicken, crab, kidney beans, yogurt, brown rice and spaghetti are Zinc rich foods.
- Tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts are good sources of Omega-3.
- egetable oils, green vegetables, cereals, wheat germ, whole-grain products and nuts are Vitamin Enriched foods.
Tips for Healthy, Strong, Long and Shiny Hair
- Handle your hair gently and carefully while combing and brushing.
- Try using wide teethed combs or own fingers to detangle hair.
- Don’t take a bath in very hot water. It will stress the hair and affect its growth.
- Gently massage the scalp to stimulate the hair follicles and to enhance the growth of hair.
- Trim the hair periodically to eliminate split ends.
- Take adequate rest. It makes the growth of hair fast.
- Remove all the tangles before washing hair.
- Don’t rub hair vigorously using towel to dry.
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Avoid foods that are high in sugar or fat.
- Hair is made up of a kind of protein called keratin. Therefore intake of protein is necessary for the healthy and shiny growth of hair.
- Fish, beans, yoghurt, soybean (soyabean), eggs, red meat and chicken are examples of good source of protein.
- The diet for healthy hair should include beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, B-complex and biotin.
- Beta-carotene, Vitamins C and E are antioxidants that reduce hair loss.
- Vitamins C and E help to keep hair healthy, shiny and lengthy.
- All citrus fruits, tomatoes, cabbage, potato, strawberry are examples of good source of vitamin C.
- Biotin prevents scalp from itches.
- Nuts and most fresh vegetables are good source of Biotin.
- ron, zinc and copper provide nutrients for hair follicles for strong hair growth.
- Enriched cereals, millets, pulses, green leafy vegetables contain iron.
- Omega-3 fatty acid provides luster (lustre) to hair.
- Tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts are good sources of Omega-3.
- Fruits like berry, orange, lemon, grape and melon contain necessary nutrients required for hair.
- Vitamin A is very effective in preventing hair loss and hair thinning. Carrot, milk, butter, dark green vegetables are some good source of vitamin A.
Tips to gain height
Height is determined by genetics and one’s growth is according to heredity.
However, some efforts will help us to grow taller.
Jumping, cycling and swimming, running, pull-ups, skipping or jumping rope and participating in games like volley ball and foot ball are some good exercises to grow taller.
Adequate sound sleep also helps to improve height.
Eating healthy and nutritionally balanced food for the development of muscle and for strong bones is also important to grow tall.
Drinking plenty of water helps in metabolism and flushes out toxins from the body more readily thereby helping to grow tall faster.
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