If you are a weight-loss seeker or just have vast knowledge about diet and nutrition, you might know about the famous Sirt-food diet. If you don’t, you soon will. Created by two nutritionists working privately in the Uk, the Sirt-food diet has gained international attention. Its popularity boosted when international celebrities adopted and endorsed it. One of the major reasons for its popularity is that it allows wine and chocolate. The wine might not concern you much but the chocolate is likely to lure you in. Today, people follow a celebrity’s advice more sincerely than a professional’s. But this does…
Author: Hiba Batool
Hiba Batool
She is a nutrition graduate from Kinnaird College, Lahore. She is a nutritionist by profession. Her interests lie in medical research and writing. She masters in all topics related to nutrition and health.
Today, more than ever before the world has realized the importance of having a sound immune system. Nothing seems more important than to nourish a healthy immune system, in today’s diseased world. Everyone wishes to have a body strong enough to defeat the disease. People are ready to give it all to save themselves and their loved ones from the prevalent deadly virus. If you belong to the same group of people, this article might give your efforts the right direction. Immunity is defined as the complex system that recognizes the self, to keep it safe. And recognizes the foreign,…
It’s been a week or two since all kids and their parents are hooked to the Tv. Eagerly waiting for the issue regarding the reopening of school to come to a final decision. Now, as the decision has been made, your child must be in a divided mental state of being happy to meet their friends or sad to wake up early again. But there is only one thing that clouds your mind, how will you ensure your child’s healthy return to school. The world took an unforeseen turn in 2020. The sudden change caused chaos in people’s lives and…
I know you miss the buzz of losing weight like money when you initially started your weight loss plan. You want to go back to the early days of shedding pounds like anything. You must be wondering, what has gone wrong that you are not losing weight like before. Need not worry, everyone reaches a weight loss plateau. It even happens to runners and endurance athletes. Weight loss plateau is defined as the time when your weighing scale needle refuses to budge. This often happens after an initial period of drastic weight loss. Usually, your dietary requirements change with your…
“Eat as much as you want to, you are eating for two” and “Eat whatever you like”, are the two common phrases you must be hearing, if you are pregnant. But you must be worried about the pounds you are gaining and looking for ways to manage weight gain during pregnancy. Aren’t you worried about aunties giving you all sorts of fat-filled panjeerees and makayi ki rotiyan. With every bite going into your mouth you see an extra pound going in. The health benefits of our old as time panjeeri are not to be undermined but all such recipes are…
It’s 3 in the morning and your growling stomach is not letting you sleep peacefully? Are you craving sugar, salt, or caffeine again? If yes then you are not alone. Cravings for junk food is not a problem limited to you only. Cravings are a diet’s worst enemy. You are likely to eat a healthy meal for lunch and dinner but snacking on chocolate or chips in between or at night will ruin all your efforts. Before starting a diet curbing your cravings for junk is of paramount concern. Eating a salad for lunch and steamed chicken for dinner will…
Fatty liver also known as hepatic steatosis is the buildup of fat around your liver. Having a small amount of fat in your liver is normal. But if the amount increases, it can damage the liver for good. Fatty liver eventually shows its effects on the whole body’s metabolism. It can be treated and reversed through a special fatty liver diet. Fatty liver is of two types alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The lines between the two, in terms of cause, effects and risks are quite blur. The severity of both can range from simple hepatic steatosis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Your liver…
Are you tired of trying all sorts of diets and still not being able to shed the extra pounds? Well, you are not alone. There a lot of people who are trying to lose weight, still failing miserably. There can be a serious underlying medical cause or simple weight loss mistakes, that might be hampering your efforts. If you are overweight or obese, you should lose weight healthily. When people opt for a healthy diet they often free themselves from all restrictions, they otherwise follow on a fad diet. Healthy eating doesn’t mean eating anything and everything you like with…
“The doctors of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” If you are fed up with the extra pounds you have been carrying or are tired of trying to gain weight. If you have been living an unhealthy life for long or you are just looking for professional advice to sustain your healthy lifestyle. It is time for you to consult the best nutritionists in Islamabad. Prevention is better than cure, is a saying old as time. Our ancestors have always advised us to be mindful of…
The internet today, is flooded with tips that may help you lose weight. The recent obsession with having a zero size body has shifted the focus of health on weight loss only. Little light is shed on ways on how to gain weight. Little do people realize that being underweight is almost as unhealthy as being overweight. If you have a body mass index (BMI) below 18.5, you are classified as underweight and you need to gain weight in order to sustain a healthy body and life. Although BMI alone can never be an indicator of overall health, it can…