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Alcohol: Is it only empty calories?
Drinking culture has been developing globally given that we have a lot of opportunities to binge be it festivals, get together, networking or celebrations. However if you want to lead a healthy & fit lifestyle, build muscles or lose fat, reducing the incidence of diseases associated with alcohol consumption, reducing intake of alcohol is necessary
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All about Glutes
We generally hear that running strength mainly comes from quads at the front of the leg. However, the real power is derived from glutes- your butt muscles! Activating your glutes just before your running( as a part of your injury prevention strategy), you will witness performance gains in the long run. When you are running,
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How to wake up & boost your energy naturally?
As a parent & working professional, some days become really tiring & exhausting. Some mornings you wake up & feel like you could sleep for years. In such situations, caffeine is the best friend when you make it throughout the day with little sleep. The question arises is the best strategy to carry out your
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Whole grain diet: A healthy alternative
Lot of us may not know that whole grains are basically seeds that include foods such as quinoa, oats, barley, rice, wheat & rye. We have discussed about wheat in our earlier blog Unlike refined grains, whole grains contain three parts each with unique health properties: Bran: This is fibre rich outer layer consisting of
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How Smartphones are impacting our sleep?
Smartphones are an essential part of our daily life. We are able to leverage technology through smartphones to perform various trivial as well as important tasks. However, does using smartphones have a negative impact on our sleep? Let us find out. We are living in a world surrounded by electronic gadgets such as laptops, tablets,
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Nutrition for mental health
In today’s work-dominated world, we seldom get time to take care of the most important aspect – health & fitness. Unwanted work pressure has pushed back our health needs to the bottom of our priorities. Given the current pandemic scenario, we thought of sharing some important aspects that will help you manage your time well,
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Truth about BCAA
Branched chain amino acids also known as BCAA is a group of three essential amino acids-leucine, isoleucine & valine. We have discussed basics about BCAA in our earlier blog. Briefly, BCAA are the building block of proteins. Our body uses 21 amino acids & our body makes a lot of them itself. However 9 of
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Does drinking harm your exercise performance?
A lot of people have a usual habit of drinking after (instead of before) the workout! A number of studies have been conducted in the past to evaluate the pattern of alcohol consumption. However, only few studies can be found that have evaluated the impact of consuming alcohol before a workout. The impact of alcohol
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How Sleep impacts your training & nutrition?
Everyone wants to stay in shape & maintain that healthy physique. There has been a lot of information floating around about how to maintain & build a fit body & the advice on this narrows down to quantified nutrition coupled with strength/resistance training. It sounds simple, right? However, it is not so – such advice
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Does your genetic makeup determine the incidence of chronic diseases?
This is the right time to assess your overall lifestyle habits and evaluate how they influence your choices in good workout, sleep, stress management & social influence. Knowing answers to all these questions can help take appropriate decisions & take better care of your health & fitness. This will enable you to prevent occurrence of
