Diet and Overweight
What is a Diet?
As a human being you have the freedom of choice (hopefully), and that freedom of choice extends itself all the way down to the types of foods you eat. When you consume more food than your body expenses you tend to gain weight, and naturally when you expense more food than you eat - you start losing pounds.
A Diet is not only regulating what you eat, but also what you eat. If you eat the types of foods that are not easily disposed of (and consequently contain lots of fat) you gain weight. It is possible to eat close to the same amounts of healthy foods and still be able to burn off the calories. Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are major risk factors for chronic diseases. Reports of international and national experts and reviews of the current scientific evidence recommend goals for nutrient intake in order to prevent chronic diseases.
For diet, recommendations for populations and individuals should include the following:
1) achieve energy balance and a healthy weight
2) limit energy intake from total fats and shift fat consumption away from saturated fats to unsaturated fats and towards the elimination of trans-fatty acids
3) increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, and legumes, whole grains and nuts
4) limit the intake of free sugars
5) limit salt (sodium) consumption from all sources and ensure that salt is iodized
Overweight and Obesity
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered obese. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered overweight.
Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.
Nutrition
Nutrition is essential for growth and development, health, and well-being. Behaviors to promote health should start early in life with breastfeeding and continue through life with the development of healthful eating habits. Many dietary components are involved in the relationship between nutrition and health. A primary concern is consuming too much saturated fat and too few vegetables, fruits, and grain products that are high in vitamins and minerals, carbohydrates (starch and dietary fiber), and other substances that are important to good health.
The Kerala is known as the “land of Spices”. Even the Kerala cuisine is known for its spicy and hot foods. Kerala cuisine is a combination of Vegetables, meats and seafood flavoured with a variety of spices. Seafood’s are main diet of Coastal Kerala. Whereas Vegetable is the main diet in plains of Kerala and Meat is the main course among tribal and northern Kerala..
Home Stay in Kerala
Welcome to Kerala Home Stay !
Holidaying in a homestay accommodation along with its hosts provide you with an opportunity to touch the soul of Kerala from a different perspective, which cannot be experienced from a normal run-off-the-mill holidaying. You will always receive a warm welcome and experience the local customs, food and hospitality. The friendly people of Kerala will be delighted to show you their beautiful country.
Kerala ,India Home Stay offers peace, privacy and pure relaxation to the guests. Home Stays presents an atmosphere of a home away from your home. There are so many exclusive heritage Home Stays in Kerala. Almost all Home Stays in Kerala are in the midst of coconut palms. Home Stays in Kerala offer a place to relax and dream in with loving care and delicious Kerala food.
Home Stays are perfect destinations for couples and families seeking a private holiday and that’s why we introduce the Home Stays in Kerala. If you wish to taste the oraxis of Kerala nature in a homely atmosphere, reserve your Home Stays with us. We can offer Kerala Home Stays, packages having Kerala Home Stays, a guide line about the major Home Stays in Kerala, Kerala Home Stays destinations etc.
Places of interest to visit near the Homestay: Periyar Tiger Reserve - Thekkady, Pamba Biological Garden - Gavi, Vagamon Hill Station, Spice Gardens, Kurusumala Ashram, Ayurveda Massage Centre, Elephant Safari Junction, Tea and Herb Factory.
Home Stays are perfectly suitable destinations for couples and families looking for a private holiday in the lap of nature. Different types of Home Stays options are available in all parts of Kerala and can be arranged in different locations. You can choose the type of environment you want to stay. According to your choice and preference you can select Backwater Home stays, Beach Home stays, Cochin Home stays, Farm House stays, Munnar (Hill station) stays, Home stays in Estate and Plantation Bungalows, Forest Lodges, Wilderness Getaways or Heritage Villas.
The people of Kerala believe in treating guests like Gods. The age-old phrase that Indians follow which goes “Atithi Devo Bhava” means that a guest is equal to God. You will find a unique type of accommodation in Kerala. People living away from the city, in quieter villages, offer a part of their home for tourists to stay. Home stay in Kerala is quite common and you will get all modern facilities with a traditional touch. In Kerala, homestays are an ideal way to get in touch with the locals and learn more about Kerala and India. You will truly feel relaxed in a home stay accommodation in Kerala.
Ayurveda in Kerala.
Ayurveda India Treatment
AyurvedaGram, as the name suggests, offers various types of Ayurvedic treatment, to both inpatients and outpatients. Apart from regular treatment for routine ailments as well as chronic diseases, AyurvedaGram also offers a host of specialized therapeutic treatments to maintain good health. At AyurvedaGram the ayurvedic therapeutic programs are directed towards curing, not just the symptoms of the disease, but the basic health problems or imbalances.
What if when someone is already ill ? It deals with internal medicine (kayachikitsa), surgery (Shalyachikitsa), Treating eye,ear,nose and throat (shalakyachikitsa), Pediatrics, gynecology and osterics treatment (kaumarabhritya) and mental health (bhutavidya).
Ayurvedic Medicine And Yoga Therapy are founded on the same underlying principles like acceptance of holistic nature, three psychological attributes, five primary elements of nature, three bodies, 24 elements, prana or life force, universality of approach and individuality in practice, holistic lifestyle, balance and harmony of body, mind and soul.
Ayurveda and yoga both share a common foundation in the wisdom of Vedas or Vedic literature. Both of them are extension of the Vedic wisdom. This common foundation is not in tools of ayurvedic medicine or yogic practice but is evident in their basic and underlying principles. Ayurveda and yoga accept the holistic nature and integrity of human body. Though it might appear that they are dealing with outer body part specifically but the actual effect and benefit is experienced as a whole.
Among all the principles and terms of ayurveda and yoga, the most often misunderstood and misrepresented fact is five primary elements of nature - earth, water, fire, air and ether. These are not what we see them. My spiritual mentor, Shri Shri Paramhansa Yogananda, the founder of YSS and SRF has explained it in clear details. These five great elements of nature are vibrations of life energy that are finer than subatomic particles. Any person of true yogic authority can have direct realization of these facts. And both East and West has now and already had many such authorities.