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How To Eat Rice And Lose Weight Oooh yeah, my South Indian friends would be extremely happy to read this post   My North Indian friends, please don’t be miffed :), we also like to hog on Basmati rice equally Let me ask you a question – Do you think you can Eat Rice Lose Weight ? Have you ever heard someone saying that he/she has lost weight on a rice diet? I am sure not many would say a Yes! You are going to hear now – I had once been on a rice diet for 3 weeks and was losing weight too! When my dietician asked me to stop wheat, I was like “Whatttt”? My expressions were as if I had gone bankrupt Its a SIN to ask a North Indian to give up on Paranthas or rotis but people, I did ! I did give up Wheat ! Phew, its seems like ages Ok, coming to the point now. Yes, you can eat rice and lose weight Rules to follow… One – Half a small bowl or one fist rice is what 1 person needs. Portion control is extremely important. We measure rotis by count, do you measure rice that you e...

Better-for-You Cocktail Week continues with this Low-Sugar Paloma. A refreshing mix of grapefruit and lime juices with just enough tequila to shake things up, and it’s beautiful blushing pink color. This has quickly become one of our favorite drinks this summer.  Pucker up! At the end of a long week—or in the middle of a … Read More The post Low-Sugar Paloma appeared first on The Real Food Dietitians.

Looking for a perfectly creamy vinaigrette that goes with just about anything? Your search ends here with this Creamy Zesty Lemon Shallot Dressing! We’re big fans of eating our green her at NS, and big salads are a daily meal staple. As you can imagine, we go through ALOT of salad dressing. Nothing against store-bought salad dressings, we finally had enough with the extra cost and plastic bottles. With this in mind, we set out to make a salad dressing at home to help kick the store-bought dressing habit, and we haven’t looked back. We quickly fell in love with this recipe, and Creamy Zesty Lemon Shallot Dressing has become our new favorite go-to condiment to keep on hand. The fresh ingredients create complexity and flavor that store-bought dressings just can’t match. Healthy Hack We love pairing this Creamy Zesty Lemon Shallot Dressing with peppery arugula, dark kale, or romaine. This salad dressing can also be used as a dipping sauce for roasted veggies, raw veggies, tossed on qui...

7 Days Weight Loss Plan   If you are a regular reader of health and weight loss articles then you must have had seen various diet meal plans making rounds on internet. Keeping in view the difficult and inbound Covid-19 times, people have gained a lot of weight, so everyone is all the more looking for quick and easy weight loss meal plans. Here we plan to make things easy for those who are interested in some healthy yet quick weight loss. But before that I just wish to convey a small message that 7 Day Weight Loss Plan or Cabbage Soup Diet are different names of GM diet. You can read about GM diet in detail here. I won’t comment on how good or fad the diet is, since the result it gives are extremely subjective. Now coming to the 7 Days Weight Loss Plan , we have tried to control calorie intake keeping in view the low level of outdoor activity these days. Breakfast- It is the best to start your day with one cup of low-fat milk with 2 tablespoon oats or cornflakes with a ta...

Ice cream is sandwiched between two Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies and rolled in crushed pretzels and chocolate chips to make these irresistible Sweet & Salty Ice Cream Sandwiches. They’re the perfect summer indulgent and make for a special treat on a hot day. You can make them dairy-free and/or gluten-free if you wish. … Read More The post Sweet & Salty Ice Cream Sandwiches appeared first on The Real Food Dietitians.

How an ill fitting footwear can harm your feet… The most important yet the least cared for part of human body is Feet. While our feet carry our weight all throughout the day,but it’s our shoes that protect them. Shoes protect our feet from cuts, bug bites, extreme temperatures, and burns. Unfortunately, ill-fitting shoes can actually do more harm than good. Here we talk about how an ill fitting footwear can harm our feet. Ingrown Toe Nails Most commonly observed when the skin on one or each side of a toenail grows over the nail. It is often painful and should cause infections. Treating Ingrown Nails: Soak the foot in warm water fourfold each day. Consult a doctor for the right treatment. Turf toe It is when you feel pain at the bottom of the large toe. Turf toe can also be a sort of sesamoiditis or a sesamoid fracture. A toe sprain may happen once stub your toe, or don’t we hate that! This causes damage to the tendons of the toe. In case of no fracture, the pai...

A 6 step guide for how you can liven food when it tastes bland! There’s nothing worse than taking the time to prepare a meal only to end up hating it and ordering takeout anyway. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there at least once before. But how do you liven food when it tastes bad? Fortunately, we have a few tricks up our sleeves. The next time you’re cooking at home and things seem to go south real fast, we’ve got you covered. We’re teaching you how to turn things around by using seasonings, spices, tips, and tricks to liven your food when it just tastes too bland to enjoy. How To Liven A Bland Dish We’ve all had that moment where we just can’t seem to get a dish right. Next time, instead of just giving up, we want you to know exactly how to make adjustments and turn things around all on your own. We’re breaking this down step by step so the next time you’re left with a boring, seemingly tasteless dish, you’ll know exactly what to do! Step 1: What Is The Texture Like? First t...

Alternate treatments to prevent coronavirus With the ongoing controversy regarding Patanjali Ayurveda’s claim to treat CoronaVirus through Coronil, the question that is there a cure or vaccine for it is being asked all the more. The medical researchers as well as medical practitioners are trying to experiment with different drugs and medicines. In order to check if there is any possible cure for the problem called CoronaVirus, alternative medicine forms, like Homeopathy and Ayurveda are also being studied. One such among them is homeopathy, which is being currently taken very seriously as a way of treatment by the common Indians. Camphora 1M Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Auto is a serious yoga as well as Homeopathic practioner along with his consultant Dr. Rajan Sankaran, a famous homeopathic doctor recommended Camphora 1M, a Homeopathic medicine to fight Corona virus. Rajiv Bajaj had been instrumental in making Maharashtra police and Bajaj Auto employees, use this homeopathic medicin...

Tuna melts are a staple in our homes when we want a quick yet hearty meal on a busy weeknight or a lazy weekend day so naturally we’d want to share one here. But this is no ordinary tuna melt, it’s fun and fresh and loaded with melty cheese and creamy avocado. We topped these … Read More The post Tuna Melt Quesadillas appeared first on The Real Food Dietitians.

Clear Mental, Physical And Spiritual Space For Energetic Detox Hello All!!! Do you know about energetic detox? Detoxing the energy of the mind, spirit and body can do way more than clearing up some heavy vibes. It changes the way you see your life, your experiences and relationships. Ways to clear mental space Before you begin your day, take just a few moments to connect to your mental and emotional energy. Here are some tools that will be helpful: 1) Essential oils Smell a few drops of orange essential oil or peppermint essential oil in order to cleanse and open the mind as soon as you wake up or when you have the midday slump. 2) Energetic movements It is great if you already are doing yoga or following a fitness routine. However, there are other ways also to move energy during the day by just rotating your arms sideways in circles or doing lunges to get your blood circulating. 3) Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Those who have not tried a hand at emotional freedom techn...

A Few Easy Lifestyle Changes To Manage PCOS Hello All!!! PCOS or Polycystic ovarian syndrome is quite common these days among women of child bearing age. Those suffering from PCOS have an estrogen and progesterone imbalance. Due to this imbalance there is a growth of cysts in the ovaries that leads to issues with the menstrual cycle, the women’s fertility , looks and also cardiac function. So many women worldwide suffer from PCOS. According to medical professionals, women have higher chances of developing the condition if their mother and sister too have suffered from it. It is of prime importance to consult your doctor but there are some diet and lifestyle changes that can help in bringing down the severity of PCOS symptoms. Changes To Manage PCOS 1) Balance protein and carb intake Excess production of the hormone androgen is a contributing factor to PCOS. This affects the development and release of eggs when a woman ovulates. Too much of insulin is linked to the above norm...

It happens to us all. You set all of these great intentions and habits and then when the moment comes to follow through, you somehow manage to find a really great excuse for why you can’t do it.  Raise your hand if that sounds like something you’ve done!  Well, we’re human and making changes, even positive changes, makes our minds want to resist. I get asked all of the time, “McKel, how do you have so much motivation to stick with your routines?!”  I don’t — I’m not a unicorn — I definitely experience that same feeling of lack of motivation and all of the excuses you do, but I have a little trick for navigating them.  So I’m sharing with you a super simple practice that you can do in the moment when an excuse arises to realign your actions.  Ok so this happened to me a couple weeks ago. I woke up and I was so cozy in bed. I was cuddling with Luna and Jesse and it was rainy and gloomy.  Easy to say, I did not want to get up and go workout. ...

Sweet and salty ingredients come together to make these scrumptious Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies. A better-for-you cookie recipe made with less sugar, rolled oats, and natural peanut butter (as well as gluten-free and dairy-free ingredient options). Get ready to sink your teeth into the most delicious, soft, warm, peanut buttery cookie! The addition … Read More The post Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies appeared first on The Real Food Dietitians.

Giloy Swaras during Covid-19 We are surviving bad times and that gives us all the more reason to try everything that can help us physically as well as mentally. With the increasing numbers of coronavirus cases, researchers are leaving no stone unturned to look for an effective COVID-19 treatment. Multiple clinical trials are taking place all around the world and there are many herbs that are being considered a possible treatment for the Corona virus. Most common among them is Giloy. Reading all about it, I decided to buy a bottle of Patanjali Giloy Swaras during Covid-19 hoping that I might be saved from this dreaded Virus. Well not only Corona Virus, but there are a few more reasons that made me decide in favour of Patanjali Giloy Swaras. Let me discuss that in brief. Giloy, also known as ‘Amrita’ in Sanskrit or ‘the root of immortality’. In Ayurveda it is being used since ages for making medicines to treat various diseases. The best way to have it is either in the powdered or Kad...

We all can benefit from strengthening the connection to our food, where they were grown, and how they end up on our plates. Learn about the easiest vegetables to grow at home. One of the golden standards for deepening this connection to our food is to grow it ourselves! Gardening comes in so many forms, large scale gardens taking up acres of land to having a small windowsill garden in your kitchen. And yet, both beneficial and supporting your health no matter how big or small you can garden. If you’ve been following my personal journey for the past year, you know that my husband and I are changing our lifestyles and moving out in the forest of TN so live more sustainably and homestead. This process is a dream come true and one that includes gardening! Through this journey, I’ve learned so many tips, tricks, and basic skills to make gardening and growing your own food incredibly joyful and easy. Here are what I’m deeming as the top easiest vegetables to grow. Why You Should Try Grow...

Keto/ Paleo Diet: Chicken Kheema recipe Keto and Paleo are like siblings, pretty alike yet so different. Lol… what a start… hahaha. But frankly speaking these are two ways of eating to lose weight real quick. This is also a fact that both these diets are more effective in giving results to non vegetarian food eaters. As we all know that meat and eggs have the lowest amount of carbohydrates and highest amount of proteins. That is what is needed to lose weight on a Keto or Paleo diet along with fat. We keep sharing recipes to make things easy for dieters and here we are back with another Low Carb recipe. Low carb recipes are the basis of Keto as well as Paleo diet. This time it is Chicken Kheema. Kheema/Keema is one such dish which can be prepared in various ways. Chicken Kheema recipe Ingredients: 500gms Chicken kheema Ginger garlic paste: 1tbsp Jeera: 1tsp Cardomom pods : 2nos Cinnamon: 2 small sticks Onions: 2 large onions chopped finely Tomato: 1medium sized chopped finely...