MD Sneha: Health Master at your finger tips

   The festival time is arriving.  Plans of making and ordering sweets have started.  It has already lead to dreaming and drooling of the most awaited sweets and savories. Are'nt you too excited? But is something holding you back? If I'm not wrong, its the fear of weight gain, Right? You don't need to worry about that. Just follow the tips given below. 1. Get up early. It gives a festive feeling too.       Go for a morning walk everyday from the week of diwali or if possible before that.      Spend 30mins brisk walking and if you jog for 10mins out of it,nothing like it. 2. Have the sweets and namkeens for breakfast. Do not eat it as an add on to the existing breakfast. It will be an overload.      Avoid eating sweets along with a meal. You can have it as a mid meal snack. 3. Walk for about 10 mins after every meal. 4. Drink atleast 2 1/2 to 3litres of water everyday. It will improve your skin too. 5. Add a bowl of salad and a glass of buttermilk to your mea

You all must be aware of the saying, ‘ The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach ’. But I have a slightly different version, “ The way to a man’s health is through nutritious food” .         Cooking tasty food is not enough. The heart (of men, women and children)   in today’s day is vulnerable to various diseases. It is in need of   balanced and nutritious food .     So if you want your loved ones to live a healthy life, go through the tips and practice them   in your kitchen. 1.Use only 1/2 litre oil+ghee per person in the family per month.  For eg. If there are 4 persons in the family , they should together consume  2litres of oil + ghee .  Get  different types of oils for  getting the nutritional benefits of all of them. *Make dosas without oil. *Most of the times, shallow fry food items instead of deep frying. *Try using the appam patra for making wadas , manchurian etc. It will need very small quantity of oil. *Cook chicken, mutton in the cooker , it requires l