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All you need to know about Glucagon
Glucagon is produced to maintain glucose levels when you’re fasting & to raise low glucose levels. In short, it is the opposite of what insulin does. Glucagon is produced in alpha cells found in the islets of Langerhens in the pancreas from where it is released into the bloodstream. The glucagon secreting alpha cells surround
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Cortisol: The Body’s Alarm System
Think of Cortisol as nature’s in-built alarm system. It is your body’s main stress hormones & coordinates with some parts of the brain to impact your mood, motivation & fear. Cortisol is formed in your adrenal glands at the top of Kidneys. It aids in fueling the body’s fight or flight instinct at the time
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All about hormones
Hormones play a very important role in various body processes. So what are hormones? Hormones are chemical substances that pass messages & coordinate between different parts of your body & control various functions of your body- be it metabolism, growth, fertility, sexual function, . If you feel energetic, it is the hormone that passes on
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What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Have you ever faced a situation when you are having some symptoms but there has been no cause. Even after visiting the doctor & going through a medical examination, you were told that everything is fine. However you know that something is not right! So you must be wondering what is wrong with your body.
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Cleansing your Liver
Your health & wellbeing is a function of how quickly your body removes/flushes toxins. With our current lifestyle, most of us are exposed to environmental toxins & consume a lot of processed foods. We need to detox our body everyday. Liver detox is the best way to flush all aligns from our body. Liver, the
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Soluble vs Insoluble dietary fiber
Following our webinar on “how to boost immunity” where we discussed fiber & what role it plays in boosting immunity, today we are going to discuss in detail about types of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is part of plant based food that passes through your digestive system without being digested. There are two types of
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Connection between Depression & Inflammation
We all live under the assumption that depression & other mental conditions are caused by chemical imbalances in our brain. This has been perpetuated by big pharma companies to make sure that sale of antidepressant drugs is skyrocketed. The Antidepressant market in the US alone is $ 10 billion. So is depression a disease in
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How does Paleo diet fare up in these struggling times of COVID-19?
We all are facing uncertain & challenging times due to havoc created by the spread & outbreak of COVID-19. It is not clear what will be impact & how long this crisis will last but social distancing is a good strategy to protect ourselves against COVID-19. However, folks who follow the ancestral paleo diet are
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You want to bulk? Include these food items in your diet
You have been working out with heavy weights, 2 hours every day! But you are still skinny. You are missing the most important element in your fitness schedule- diet that justifies the calories you are burning through weight/resistance training either at the gym or using calisthenics. If bulking is your fitness objective, you should be
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Staying fit doesn’t necessarily requires gym
So how do we maintain our fitness? What common resources do we have at our disposal? Gyms, Health clubs, other forms of fitness classes- Zumba, Yoga, Kickboxing etc.! We live in a dream world assuming that in order to train muscles & do resistance training- either for lean build, bulking, cutting or fat loss, we
