Obesity
Obesity is state in which a person accumulates excess body fat. Bodyweight of an obese person is generally more than 20% that of normal person and it is calculated on the basis of Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is based on the comparison of height and weight of an individual.
The BMI value of a person is calculated by dividing the weight in kilogram by square of height in meters. Here, person having BMI value less than 18.5 is ‘Underweight’, more than 18.5 and less than 25 is ‘Normal’ weighing person, if it is more than 25 and less than 30 then the person is considered as ‘Overweight’ and person having BMI more than 30 is considered as ‘Obese’.
Obesity Causes:
Genes – Obesity is sometimes genetic; person having obese parents is three times as
Obesity – Causes, Home & Herbal Remedies
likely to be obese.
Lifestyle – Nowadays one’s lifestyle can cause obesity. No exercise, being lazy, zero body movement and techno addiction can result in obesity.
Eating Habits – Eating Fast food, Junk food, High calorie diet can helps to put on weight. Overeating is another cause of obesity.
Medical Conditions – Use of certain medicines and few medical conditions can lead to weight gain. Some medicines like steroids, diabetes medication, antidepressants can causes obesity.
Pregnancy – Women gain weight during pregnancy as it is necessary for healthy baby but then it gets difficult to lose weight after baby birth.
Alcohol – Drinking alcohol in excess results in weight gain as few of the liquor contains high calories.
Weight Loss Tips:
1. Healthy Diet
It is good to eat home cooked food, drink minimum 10 glasses of water daily and better to include healthy fruits and vegetables in diet.
2. Eating Habits
Eating habits are also need to be taken into account like, eating slowly, no fried food, no junk food, avoid food with high fat and carbohydrates.
3. Exercise
Exercise is the best way to keep your body fit as it is very helpful in losing and burning excess fat. Exercise like walking daily after meals and in the morning is very helpful. Yoga is another good option to keep your body fit and slim.
4. Live stress free, keep smiling and be healthy.
5. Have adequate sleep.
Herbal Remedies for Obesity/Weight Loss:
1. Fruit Salads & Juice
Having fruits, fruit juices will provide the nutrition’s and fiber required by the human body so one need not worry about fats and calories.
2. Green Tea
Green tea is really helpful to increase the rate of metabolism, speed up the digestion, restricts the blood sugar level, remove toxins and burn the deposited fat.
3. Aloe Vera Juice
Due to its anti-bacterial properties, Aloe Vera Juice is very useful in the process of digestion, improves nutrient absorption as a result enhances the metabolism process and causes fat loss.
4. Lemon & Honey
The mixture of lemon juice and honey along with moderately worm water is the best home remedy to lose weight.
5. Shuddha Guggulu
Shuddha Guggulu is a herbal remedy for the weight management as it regulates the lipid metabolism and supports normal body fat level which helps to control the weight.
6. Triphala
As Triphala is very effective in digestion as it regulates, normalize and detoxifies the digestive system that tends to weight loss.
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