Does exercise control cellulite - as opposed to skin creams, cellophane wraps (yes, the same thing that they use to keep chicken breasts fresh) and liposuction... what do you think? Like most problems related to health and fitness, and more so for superficial or cosmetic problems related to health and fitness, myths and misconceptions abound and therefore, quick fixes and too-good-to-be-true cures abound. And like all health and fitness related problems, the solution is simple but requires a lot of...
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The health benefits of dark chocolate are legendary. Studies show that dark chocolate lowers blood pressure, lowers risk for heart disease, reduces high cholesterol and has also been shown to reduce free radicals making it a shoo-in to add to your diet, albeit in small amounts given its high calorie value. But are you buying healthy dark chocolate or you buying regular chocolate that is made to look like dark chocolate? Are you buying coloured chocolate wrapped in a very...
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Mainstream media love miracle health studies. "Pizza cures depression" or "Eat-Anything-Diet actually works" or the ones that are to do with weight loss being controlled by ONE food... "Warm lemon juice in the morning helps weight loss." It really seems as if there are way too many scientists and researchers in the world with way too much time on their hands and way too much funding. But, as with everything else in the world, there is no smoke without a...
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The numbers are startling: 20-25% of urban middle and upper class school children in India are overweight or obese. Delhi's school children lead the race with 25% of school children being either overweight or obese. If you look only at school children studying in Delhi private schools, it goes up to 33%. And the problem with childhood obesity in Delhi (as with around the country), is that is starts very early - 10% of 5 year olds are already overweight...
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Dalda is a brand that sells "vanaspati" - partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, which is the only artificial source of transfats. In other words, the brand is manufacturing and selling transfats - for a profit. Still does in fact. But two years ago, they realised that some people are waking up to this thing called "healthy" and like every good brand, they decided they need to jump on the bandwagon. So they decided to go in for an image makeover. They...
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Have you noticed that the number of studies that look to answer the question: Is coffee bad for you? And the next day we have another study that says coffee isn't bad for you and drinking 5 cups of coffee a day prevents brain cancer. On some days, studies show that coffee’s preventing every kind of cancer and reducing the chance of stroke and heart disease and on other days, as recently as yesterday in fact, coffee was called a powerful...
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