Tag Archives: Losers Are Winners/Sigrid

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The Vicious Weight Gain Cycle

Last Year’s Clothes Don’t Fit? Are you worried about a gradual increase of body weight? Read on: Excessive calorie intake → Weight gain (see 1) Feeling lazy, lethargic, less active due to 1 & 2 Spending less calories due to reduced physical activity, check 1, 2, 3 → Continuous body fat increase (1, 2, 3, […]

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TUMMY FAT / BELLY FAT

ABDOMINAL, TRUNCAL OBESITY Belly fat is of great health concern since it plays a significant role in the development of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, PCOS, sub-fertility and various other health issues ranging from backache to gastric reflux.

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Fasting vs. Dieting

Religious Fasting/Ramadan vs. Dieting to Lose Weight “I am quite overweight and will be starting my Fasting Month of Ramadan in a few days. I feel that this may also be a good time to reduce some weight. I am interested in a weight-loss diet for the period of Fasting.”

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TRYING TO CONCEIVE

Sub-Fertility, PCO (and Excessive Body-Fat) I have been married for over 4 years and not been able to conceive. My gyneacologist has diagnosed Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) as the cause for my sub-fertility. I was asked to reduce at least 15 kg of weight to improve this condition. What is PCOS, and what has […]

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Extreme Diets

Fad Diets are Injurious to Health! The currently observed trend of extreme diets, such as the now commercialized ‘Keto Diet’ (previously only known as a severely restricted ketogenic diet, difficult to prepare and adhere to, a clinical diet to treat serious juvenile epileptic fits, since the ketogenic diet may reduce multiple, daily episodes possibly due to […]

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