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Sugar has been a part of our life for centuries. We use sugar in every kind of food and beverages. But nowadays the amount of sugar intake has increased a lot, which is becoming a part of the reason for the increase in obesity and resulting in an increase in weight reduction surgery . Read on to find out why or how sugar is a reason for the increase in obesity.  High in Calories Sugary food and drinks are high in calories. Added sugars are mostly used to improve the taste. These types of sugars include fructose, corn syrup, cane sugar, and agave. They are said to be empty calories as there are no nutrient values in them. All these empty calories, when eaten, tend to get deposited as fat only, thereby increasing a person’s weight. Negative Impact On Blood Sugar Everyone knows that sugary foods significantly increases your blood sugar levels. Daily consumption of added sugar will chronically elevate your blood sugar leading to hyperglycemia. This will inevitably lea...

We do so many things from exercises to various kinds of diets to maintain or lose weight. But did you know that water plays a huge role in maintaining or losing our weight? So many people are going for obesity surgery in Kolkata to lose excess weight, but if you follow the below-mentioned points you might not have to. . Drink Before You Eat Drinking water before meals can make you feel fuller as it is an appetite suppressant. This helps reduce the amount of food you eat. If you drink water before any meal it can reduce the intake of food up to 75 calories per meal. If you drink water even before only one meal per day, you would be able to ingest 27,000 fewer calories per year.  Replace Calorie-Filled Drinks With Water Drink water instead of sodas and juices to lose weight. Add a slice of lemon to add a bit of flavour to your boring water. As the pectin in lemons helps reduce food cravings, you can add a glass of water with lemon to your daily diet regimen. You wil...

People who suffer from obesity go through a lot of difficulties in daily life. Right from performing routine activities such as running to executing challenging tasks, people with obesity have their life limited in many ways. A common solution that is suggested by many is to undergo weight reduction surgery in Kolkata . However, is this the only option? The term weight reduction surgery implies a surgical procedure whereby the patient is operated with an objective to limit his/her food intake. This happens by placing a band in the stomach that shrinks the size of the stomach. As a result, the overall food intake is reduced, and the patient starts losing weight.  Things are always easier said, then done. The above-mentioned is just the perception that a common man will have. The truth is that weight reduction surgery in Kolkata is not meant for all. Surgery is only suggested when the case is extreme and poses a life threat to the patient. Like most of the medical co...

“Nothing Tastes As Good As Being Thin Feels” - Unknown Have you ever felt this? This is possibly true for those, who are thinking of losing weight. But, how? There is the trick, people can’t get rid off from their favourite junkies (food) and want to lose weight immediately. In the end, nothing happens, they keep gaining weight and decide to go for weight reduction surgery . However, this is not very hard to stay in shape if you maintain a healthy lifestyle. Summer has already started and it is the time to be more conscious about your health. Randomly taking junk food can affect your health and body. We listed down some healthy foods you must include in your summer diet to stay healthy and in shape. 1. Curd: Curd is delicious and healthy for everyone in all season. Especially in summer, it keeps our body cool. Curd bacteria (lactobacillus) kill the harmful bacteria in our body. you can make various recipes with curd. Such as curd smoothie with seasonal fruit...

Extra body weight is a problem for every individual. Not only it causes limitation of physical mobility, but also makes the individual suffer in many other ways. It also brings many obesity-associated complications such as sleep apnea, diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, high sugar and high cholesterol along with many others. However, almost every patient seeking weight reduction surgery admits being discriminated for being obese, at some point in time, in their lives. Indeed, body-shaming is a very common issue faced by most obese patients. Let’s understand what is body-shaming and how it affects the patients psychologically.  For those who understand very little about this aspect, body-shaming is a practice of criticism, exhibited against an individual who is either too fat or too thin, but about 9 out of 10 people facing this discrimination are obese individuals. Usually, body-shaming is done over and over and often in the presence of the obese individual itself, p...

Image source :Google Constipation is a condition where bowel movements get difficult and cause pain. It is a very common problem and can happen for many reasons. It is generally defined if a person has less than three bowel movements in a week. If that is the case, that person highly constipated. In more severe cases, a digestive surgery is required. The symptoms of this problem are, bloating, gas or pain while passing bowel movements which may also accompany constipation. There are many foods that will help prevent your constipation, while there are foods that can actually make your constipation worse. 1. Unripe Bananas: Ripe bananas can help ease constipation, while unripe ones have the opposite impact. Unripe bananas have resistant starch, which is not suitable for the body to digest. While the fruit is ripened, the starch turns into normal sugars, which is often easier to digest than its counterpart. It is good that people usually eat bananas when it is rip...