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Ayurveda for Natural Weight Loss
When trying to understand obesity or overweight from the perspective of Ayurveda, it is important for you to know that you can face these problems even if you do not over eat. Basically, you suffer from weight problems when the food you intake is not digested properly and is not balanced by appropriate metabolism. Ayurveda explains this in relation to your vata, kapha and pitta systems. According to Ayurvedic practitioners, when there is any kind of imbalance in your vata, kapha or pitta systems; you are likely to get prone to disorders like obesity and overweight. Since, Ayurveda identifies the root cause behind your problem; it becomes easier to cure it from the core and achieve everlasting relief. Moreover, natural remedies of Ayurveda have proven to provide you with natural weight loss. What makes Ayurvedic remedies so efficient is the fact that Ayurveda doesn’t provide you with any one universal solution. On the contrary, it tries to understand your body type realistically so that appropriate healing therapies can be offered to nourish your body back to its natural health. Your practitioner will design specific strategies to cure your problem of obesity after a careful analysis of your conditions that include your mind, body and soul. However, even though the strategies may differ, you can be sure that all of them in their own ways let you permanently calm your nervous system, enhance your digestive fires, and regulate the storage of energy and fat so that you loose oodles of weight. However, there are some suggestions that might help you in shedding those extra pounds irrespective of your body type. In general, it is always feasible to take care of the following things• •

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Follow a Daily Lifestyle Regimen and diet for your constitution Increase your intake of foods that enhance your digestive fire. Ginger, Mango, Papaya, Pineapple, Bitter melons, and Dark bitter greens are some foods that prove to be beneficial. Sip hot water throughout the day Fast one day a week on liquids. You may have fruit or vegetable juices, warm skim milk, light soups, teas, etc. Drink ginger tea 2-3 times per day. Chew a thin slice of fresh ginger root a few minutes before meals. Or grate a little ginger, mix with some lemon juice and salt, and eat a pinch or two. Use herbs and spices that are primarily pungent (spicy), bitter, or astringent. Common useful spices include: cumin, ginger, mustard seed, cayenne, and black pepper. Use them generously in your cooking. Use Ayurvedic herbs such as gotu kola, amalaki, and shilajit in powder or capsule form. Exercise regularly according to your body type. Reconnect with your inner self and your present life

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Eliminate ama through herbs like Turmeric, Barberry, trikatu, tripbala etc Relax and meditate To stimulate weight loss, Ayurvedic physicians generally prescribe a light diet, fasting, spicy herbs to stimulate digestion, mild laxatives, and tonic herbs such as guggul.

Undoubtedly, ayurvedic remedies have evolved as one of the best ways to lose weight naturally. It has helped millions of people to lead a healthy and normal life.

Eat Right to Fight Obesity
Having the right diet is necessary for people to keep those extra pounds at bay. Diet therapy can work wonders for those who want to control weight and be in great shape. This line of defense against weight gain does not involve starvation or eating less. However, one needs to watch what they eat and in what quantity one eats. Obesity can be controlled by following the right diet plan. Different people have different approaches to dieting. There are a number of ways in which one can control their intake of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and fat. Eating the right kind of foods and having the right quantity is necessary to control body weight. Having a balanced diet is crucial to ensure that one gets all the essential nutrients, including minerals, complex carbohydrates, proteins, fat and vitamins. The metabolic rate of the body can be increased by as much as 30% with the intake of proteins. Moreover, inclusion of protein is necessary as it can balance the release of insulin by aiding in the secretion of the pancreatic hormone glucagons, which in turn, helps in mobilizing fats from body tissues, thereby leading to weight loss. Having balanced diet is also vital to have steady blood sugar levels and also to enhance the ability to burn the calories for losing good amount of body weight.

Food Guidelines
Following are some of the food guidelines, which if followed, can give good results to help people cut down their flab and regain good body shape.
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It is important to include foods with high-fiber content and have good level of complex carbohydrates. Given that these foods make the body feel full sooner and it takes time to digest them, it is better to incorporate such foods in the diet for watching weight gain.

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Most nutritionists’ recommend higher intake of raw or lightly cooked vegetables as they are good in providing vital nutrients without adding any fat. When including proteins in the diet, it is good to check the protein content in the foods you take. Incorporate proteins with lower amounts of saturated fat, including beans and dry peas.

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Avoid having heavy meal at night. In stead have small meals in the middle of the day since food taken during that time can be easily digested or absorbed. Burning calories can become easy when taken during the day time. Drink plenty of water to prevent your body from getting dehydrated. Increase the intake of juices, milk and other beneficial beverages to get the required water content.

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Avoid going on a crash diets as that might increase your risk of developing eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Food Recommendations
Include lot of vegetables and food items with high content of complex carbohydrates such as plain baked potatoes, lentils, tofu, sesame seeds, beans, brown rice and whole grains. Having low fat protein such as chicken breast, white fish and skinless turkey is also good for health. Incorporate lot of leafy vegetables in your diet such as cabbage, cauliflower, celery, green beans, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, spinach, turnips, radishes, carrots, broccoli and kale. Green vegetables are a good source of proteins, amino acids and minerals like potassium and iron. Consumption of low carbohydrate and juicy fruits such as grapefruit, cantaloupe, strawberries and watermelon can also help people to have healthy skin. Nutritional supplements such as zinc, B vitamins, chromium and vitamin supplements can also help a person to become healthy. Choose foods that increase the metabolism rate and also help in regulating the weight. People who love to have good amount of animal products can include cold-pressed flax oil to maintain the right hormonal balance. Pour a few teaspoons of flax oil every day on your food or take crushed flaxseed to aid in the digestion process. Avoid taking food that are rich in calories like bananas, cherries, corn, figs, grapes, green peas, hominy, pears, pineapple, sweet potatoes, white rice and yams. If you want to

normalize the body weight then you can also take raw goat’s milk. Consumption of celery and carrot sticks, low-fat cheese topped with fresh applesauce and walnuts, rice cakes and unsweetened yoghurt can be taken but not in high quantity. Limit the intake of food products containing essential fatty acids to no more than twice a week. Excessive intake of foods including avocados, olive oil, raw nuts, seeds, corn germ and wheat germ can lead to deposit of fat in the body. Also learn about the products that contain small amounts of essential fatty acids. Avoid greasy foods and alcohol as it only adds more calories and inhibits the burning of calories from fat deposits. Foods containing animal fat or fried stuff should also be avoided to control weight. Exercising daily can keep the body healthy and fine. Keep a track of what you eat and how much you eat each day to effectively devise a treatment program that can prevent you from putting on extra weight.

Starting an Exercise Program to Stay Fit
Most people want to take up a regular exercise regime but the problem is that majority of them are not aware from where to begin. It is important to chalk out a specific exercise program depending on the body type and requirements. When starting an exercise program, one needs to take care of every small and big thing and make it a routine to follow their exercise regimen regularly in order to get into proper shape they desire and remain fit and fine. When taking up exercising, remember not to strain your body and leap on to some vigorous physical activity at the very beginning. Start off with some simpler exercise forms before you take on more heavy ones as it is important for the body to get used to new form of activity.

See your doctor before taking up exercises
If you have not been active for years or you suffer from different diseases such as heart disease or high blood pressure or any other ailment, it is important that you show a doctor before you take up any intense exercising program. Consult physiotherapist in case you have been suffering from arthritis or any kind of leg injury. Go for an exercise regimen only once the doctor gives his approval to ensure that you can exercise without any restrictions.

Start slowly and slow down in between
Before you start an exercise program, warm up your body to get ready for the physical action. Spend a few minutes warming up your body for taking any kind of activity. Shrug your shoulders, swing your arms or tap your toes lightly for warming up. Even before you star walking, it is better to warm up. Remember not to initiate an exercise regimen that

requires vigorous movements. Take breaks in between when exercising or slow down if you have been doing exercises very rapidly. Stretch for a couple of minutes and cool down in order to protect your heart, muscles and to prevent your body from getting strained early on.

Chalk out a definite exercise program
Before you start exercising, do plan out what exercise you will follow and for how much duration will you take up those exercises. You can set out short term as well as long term goals. One short-term goal may be to walk or jog for 15 minutes three days for 2 weeks while a long term goal may be to walk for 30 minutes every day of the week for 5-6 months. Try different kinds of activities rather than sticking to just one and see which ones are giving you the most desired benefits.

Keep a track of results
Simply starting off an exercise regimen is not enough. One also needs to keep a tab on the progress when starting an exercise program. If you started a proper exercise regimen some time back to lose body weight, you may be surprised to find that you have lost a good amount of weight even though you never realized when following an exercise regimen. Keeping a journal of your activity will be good to see whether you are able to meet your short term or long term weight reduction goals.

Look for support from friends or family members
When following an exercise regimen, it will work in your favor if you can get active support from those around you in order to maintain proper discipline. Consider taking several fitness sessions from a qualified personal trainer in order to reach your desired fitness goals.

Moderate activities to perform
You can include some light physical activities even in your daily life besides simple exercises to cut down the extra flab. Washing your car or clothes, bicycling, dancing and even pushing a stroller are some moderate activities that can keep you physically active. Also include some vigorous activities like playing sports, jumping rope, running, weight training and cardiovascular exercises for weight control. Changing lifestyle habits will also bring about a good change in your body shape and keep you fit.

Safety tips to follow before starting an exercise program


Do not exercise if you experience pain in the chest or left chest, heart, shoulders, joint, ankles or legs. Stop exercising if you are down with fever or break out in cold

sweats or feel dizzy, A person having muscle cramps is also advised to stop exercise.


By stretching unnecessarily for more than the required time allotted for exercise, you might hurt yourself Keep your body hydrated after exercise and therefore drink plenty of water before, during and after workouts in order to make up for the loss of water from your body in the form of sweats. Try and not exercise for 2 hours after a heavy meal. Wear proper clothes and shoes that are comfortable and allows you to weightbearing activities without any problem.



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Try and stick to the scheduled fitness regimen when starting an exercise program as accountability and motivation are crucial for getting the desired success in achieving your fitness goals.

5 Healthy Weight Loss Tips from Ayurveda
Posted in Ayurveda,Diet & Weight Loss by Anmol Mehta
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Email Share Excerpt: Ayurveda approaches weight loss and fat reduction by providing guidelines for all dimensions of your being. This article details Ayurveda’s recommendations for your Physical Dimension in order to fight obesity and get fit.
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5 Healthy Weight Loss Tips from Ayurveda
In the article Healthy Ayurveda Diet to Lose Weight & Burn Fat, we discussed what constitutes a healthy weight loss diet based on Ayurveda’s model of Vata, Pitta & Kapha body types. In that article we indicated that the Kapha Dosha (humour) is primarily responsible for fat and adipose tissue and by reducing Kapha we reduce fat and excess weight. To get a quick overview of Ayurveda and the 3 doshas please read the following article: Introducing Ayurveda – Alternative Medicine for Self Healing. Continuing on the war path against excess weight, Ayurveda proposes the following weight loss tips to help reduce Kapha Dosha and thus battle obesity and being overweight. Of the 4 dimensions of our being, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, in this article I will cover the Physical Dimension which is most important for the reduction of Kapha and the correlating reduction in weight. In future articles I will cover the other dimensions.

Weight Loss Tips from Ayurveda for The Physical Dimension: 1. Ayurvedic Diet for Weight Loss:
The Healthy Ayurveda Diet article already detailed this most important food aspect for reducing Kapha and burning fat so I wont repeat that here, but, please note that diet is a very key aspect in this battle against being overweight.

2. Exercise for Weight Loss:
The following Ayurvedic guidelines should be followed for proper exercise with regard to weight loss:




More Exercise the Better: Kapha’s qualities of fixed, dull, heavy, soft and cold are all negated via exercise. In other words, the more exercise you do the more you reduce Kapha and therefore fat in your body. Exercise Without Excessive Strain: According to Ayurveda, Kapha individuals need the most vigorous exercise, but at the same time, the exercise should never be extreme. Find a good balance between doing too little and over doing it. Breaking a nice sweat is good, but being totally breathless is probably too much.







Be Consistent: A Kapha body type has a propensity towards weight gain so you need to make exercise a daily part of you life. The hardest part will be to get the exercise program underway. Once this is done Kapha people tend to be very determined and steady, so they will be able to adhere to it long term. Getting started though is another matter for Kapha types and usually requires shock treatment. In the spirit of shock treatment, understand that by NOT exercising and NOT losing the weight you are putting your longevity and quality of life at risk. Enough said, start today! Yoga for Weight Loss: In the article Online Yoga Exercises for Healthy Weigh Loss I have provided a potent yoga set to help you burn fat and lose weight. Feel free to incorporate that into your exercise regiment. Post Exercise Diet: After exercises do not drink cold liquids. This period is key as you are trying to increase the metabolic fire in your cells so they burn more calories and drinking cold liquids at this time will negate this important benefit which exercise bestows.

3. Hard Physical Work to Burn Calories:
According to Ayurveda reduction of Kapha is promoted by living a physical, active lifestyle. In today’s age of technology, computers, TVs, TiVO, internet, etc. manual labor is getting more rare for people to do. So you need to consciously incorporate physical work into your life. Whether that be mowing the lawn, tending to the garden or shoveling snow, it is important to not live a sedentary live of watching TV and eating twinkies.

4. Massage Therapy to Reduce Fat:
There are many treatment modalities in Ayurveda of which massage is highly recommended. In the context of weight loss and reducing Kapha, strong massage with light oils such as mustard or flaxseed is helpful.

5. Sleep Guidelines for Weight Loss:
No napping or going to bed early. Yes, a recommendation from a Meditation and Yoga website to actually not retire to bed early :-). If you want to reduce Kapha and weight remember you burn more calories when you are awake and being active, than when you are happily snuggled under the blanket.

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