A diet rich in vegetables and fruits can help regulate blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, prevent colon cancer, lower risk of eye and digestive problems, regulate diabetes and can help keep appetite in check, suggests Dr Eileen Canday.
'You have the home-cooked food. But on top of that you are having the sugary drinks, the junk food, the mithais and whatever else....' 'People should not be frying in this sunflower oil, corn oil or eating any foods fried in this stuff.' 'They should cook in butter or ghee or olive oil. That is much healthier.'
A quick checklist for you for this season.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides the right answer.
Avoid oily foods, processed foods and artificial sugars, suggests nutritionist Anju Katara.
Mangalore-based Rediff reader Charulata Rao sent us this healthy dessert recipe.
'We have no time for meals. We don't sleep on time or have family or community interactions.' 'All this stress has made us pressure cookers without valves.' 'No wonder then we are bursting out with heart attacks,' points out Dr Udgeath Dhir, director, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram.
The weakness in the stock was because of inspections by the American drug regulator at its Halol plant in Gujarat which resulted in eight observations, as well as a downward revision of speciality drug payoffs.
Enjoy this healthy dal with steamed rice, jeera rice, naans or tandoori rotis.
Here's how you can enjoy your favourite snack and keep bad cholesterol under control too.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides the right answer.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.
The firm, however, said the anti-cholesterol tablets meant for the US market will be produced at its Mohali SEZ plant in Punjab and not at the three units banned by the US health regulator.
A new study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University Medical Center suggests a low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans has twice the cholesterol-lowering power of a conventional low-fat diet.
Ganguly, who endorses Fortune Rice Bran Cooking Oil, felt discomfort on January 2 while performing physical exercise in the home gymnasium at around 11 am. Following this, he underwent an angioplasty at the Woodlands Hospital.
PPD Inc has acquired exclusive worldwide license to develop, manufacture and market Ranbaxy's cholesterol lowering novel statin.
Instead of regular tea or coffee with milk and sugar, how about a steaming hot cup of green tea.
To avoid binge eating, you need to control your mind and focus on your goal, says Komal Jethmalani.
The DASH diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy foods
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma tells you how you can use natural methods to improve your health.
The launch came after final approval from the US health regulator to manufacture the generic version of Lipitor at Ranbaxy's wholly owned Ohm Laboratories facility in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as well as market the product.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides the answers.
Celebrity nutritionists Niti Desai will be available to provide diet tips for a healthy heart Wednesday October 8, 2014, between 3 pm and 4 pm.
Having 60 gm almonds a day helps maintain blood sugar levels and prevents cardio vascular diseases.
'Having refined carbohydrates -- such as maida -- in excess is not really healthy.'
US-based Abbott Laboratories has sued Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories in courts there for challenging the patents of its cholesterol-lowering drugs, Niaspan and TriCor, respectively, in separate infringement suits.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides the answers.
'Excess calories at dinner will get converted to fat and will result in weight gain,' warns Komal Jethmalani.
'When I give advice to my Indian relatives they are shocked.' 'I tell them to eat butter again and eggs and all that stuff.' And eat only so much rice.' 'Instead of having three chapattis, have one.' A must-read interview!
Chapati in addition provides fibre from whole grain cereal whereas rice is a refined cereal, without fibre content, says Komal Jethmalani.
Here are some simple and important ways to control your blood sugar and live healthier.
Drinking milk and dairy consumption may lower your risk of high blood pressure, scientists say.
Have you heard of the 'chillow' that can cool your pillow? Or the 'bedroom plant'?
Superfoods like low-carb veggies and fatty fish will help diabetics keep their sugar under check.
The recall is the latest in a series of problems to hit Ranbaxy, which has had all its India factories stopped from sending drugs and ingredients to the United States.
Did you know that mushrooms can help control your sugar level?
Eating poorly may make you feel exhausted after a workout.
Plant foods are rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, which provide many essential nutrients including fibre, says nutritionist Komal Jethmalani.
You might be unintentionally harming yourself.
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