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Raising a Healthy Eater

September 11, 2015 by umanigith Leave a Comment

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Humans are habitual creatures.  We start making habits from the day we land on earth and continue living around them until the end.  Like everything, healthy eating is also a habit – rather a good one.  In this post, we see some tips about introducing this habit to our children, so that they cherish it for the rest of their lives. [Read more…]

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Listen to Your Body

September 11, 2015 by umanigith Leave a Comment

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When Ashwin asked me to do a guest post for his month long series on nutrition, I was a little reluctant since I knew I was no expert. But later when I thought about it, I realised that all living beings are experts in nutrition and food.  Here is a short post on listening to your body and understanding what it needs! [Read more…]

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Why are there so many Processed Foods?

September 6, 2015 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

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We live in an era of speed.  Everything including the food is preferred to be made fast.  We make a lot of money and put most of our effort into it, but very less effort goes into making the food we eat.  Let’s talk today about processed foods, which unfortunately plays a major role in our daily diet. [Read more…]

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What is Your Daily Nutrition Requirement?

September 1, 2015 by Ashwin Leave a Comment

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Let’s start our food education series with a question.  What is your Daily Nutrition Requirement?  Most of us know that roughly 2000 Calories (for an adult) and 1 heavy + 2 light meals are needed for a day.  But do you know further?  In this post, we will see the recommended composition of your daily meal. [Read more…]

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