Do you really eat healthy and fit?
At Fitho, we help you live a healthier life and get fit - whether that is losing weight, toning up your body. We talk to many people on a daily basis who we help get fit. Most of them believe that overall they already eat a healthy diet but they are still gaining weight or unable to lose weight. Many of these people even exercise without much results.
Do you face the same problem. Read on to know where you might be going wrong and a simple solution to fix it …
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Milk in Tea- Reduces health benefits
We’ve told you how drinking green tea is good for weight loss and health benefits of milk. So, does it make sense to mix these two, and have milk in your tea, to get the benefits of both? New research shows that adding milk in your tea, negates the health benefits of tea! Read on to know more…
Tea Cup Health Benefits
Tea is loaded with antioxidants called catechins, whether its black tea, green tea, etc. Previous research showed that drinking tea improves blood Read more
Apple a day, to be healthy & fit
Looks like there might be some truth to the old adage: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Recently Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease stated that eating apples and drinking apple juice, along with a balanced diet can protect the brain from oxidative stress or age-related memory loss. Apart from being brain healthy, apples are delicious source of fiber (both soluble and insoluble), protect against diseases and improve daily functioning. Want more reasons to add an apple to your daily diet? Read on..
Apples- Health Benefits- Weight Loss & more
Weight Loss: One medium-sized apple provides 5 grams of fiber, Read more
Coconut- High fat calories & healthy?
Coconut is commonly used in many Indian cuisines. Did you know that coconut contains more saturated fat than butter itself (by weight comparison). 1 cup of coconut contains 27 gm of fat of which 24 gm are saturated fat. Each cup accounts for almost 300 calories. In fact one cup of coconut contains more saturated fat that your daily recommendation. Considering the amount of fat that it contains and the resulting calories, you would think its unhealthy, and will clog your arteries.
But is it really. We don’t think so. Read on to find out.
Coconut & flowers (vickikendall@flickr)
Even though coconut is packed with saturated fat, it appears to have Read more
Fat burning foods for 6 pack abs
To build a well muscled, low fat body with a nice six pack, besides the exercise, you need to eat right- meaning, eat the right fat burning foods. And there are some basic foods that can help you get there, by providing you with the right nutrition and help you gain muscle & reduce fat.
Photo- Whey Protein Shake (captmouffette@flickr)
Note that the list is mostly vegetarian foods. Its important to know that you can even grow muscle with vegetarian foods. Here’s our list of the top 5 fat burning foods: Read more
Is Chaat healthy? How many calories?
Catching up friends over some chaat, and trying to watch your diet? Not sure about which chat is the best for you to indulge in. Well, At Fitho, we’ve done the research for you, to know which chat is healthy, which chat is unhealthy, and suggestions on how to make your chats healthier!
Photo: Bhel Puri Chat (mbasu1@flickr)
Below is a list of some popular North Indian chats: Read more
Hot dog- Fatty, Unhealthy, Cancerous & more?
Do you like hot dogs? Well, we have bad news for you. Not one, but two pieces of bad news for hot dog eaters, who care about either their health or fitness.
Hot Dog bun with mustard (busybrain@flickr)
Let’s first talk about how hot dogs are bad for your fitness. Hot dogs are basically processed meat, that is loaded with saturated fat. A regular hot dog has about Read more
Special K Diet Challenge: Does it work?
You’ve probably seen the Special K cereal advertisement for the Kellogg’s Special K Diet Challenge: 2 meals, 2 weeks, and lose upto 2.5 kg of weight!
What is the Special K diet challenge? Does the Special K diet really help you lose weight? If it does, is the Special K diet challenge really good for your health? And will the weight loss stay off?
Kelloggs Special K Cereal Diet (kelloggsuk@flickr)
We did the research, so read on.. Read more
