Tips to Put On Weight

Putting on weight is as difficult as losing those extra pounds. Even putting on a few pounds for a chronically frail and fragile person can be quite a task.

Thinness can be due to many causes, like, illness, surgery, or in some cases hereditary.
Discuss your lifestyle and medical details with a qualified expert. Meanwhile, to seriously work on your weight, follow these general tips;

Eat Right:

• Make natural, wholesome foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and sprouts your staple diet. Fill up your day wit fruits, salads, and fresh fruit juices. Avoid processed foods, as they as low on nutrition.

• Nuts, sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds contain vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids. Nuts and seeds provide calories and protect the body from damage due to wear and tear and pollution.

• Avoid cereals such as rice, wheat, millet, jowar, bajra and ragi in large quantities. As cereals are difficult to digest, in an effort to extract calories from cereals, all other nutrients in the body get used up. This depletes the body’s resources. Cereals are also acid-forming. A high acid count upsets the body’s hormonal balance, thus impacting the smooth functioning of the body system.

Lifestyle changes:

• Develop the right eating habits. Patience and caution in selecting foods results n a beautiful and healthy body.

• Exercise is vital as it helps expel body waste.

• Try swimming, it’s a complete body workout and tones the figure.

• Relax; a peaceful mind moulds a beautiful body. Over-anxious people are generally thin.

• Try deep breathing and yoga.

• Always remain positive and feel good about yourself.


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