Helen’s Diet Blog

A large number of people in America suffer from a common eating disorder- unhealthy eating, which causes many unwanted health problems ranging from diabetes, obesity, and heart ailments. However, it is not difficult to adopt a healthy dietary schedule provided you know what is right and what is wrong for you and your family.
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Obesity is largely inherited. But, there are many other factors too, such as age and gender that can also cause a fat stomach. While men tend to become apple-shaped by storing fat around their stomach, women store fat around their pelvic region, mostly around their butts and thighs, and assume the shape of a pear. [...]

Obesity leads to many health problems in an individual. However, a person with abdominal obesity faces a greater health risk. The person with abdominal obesity has excessive fat around his or her abdomen, and is thus more prone to develop various health problems. Abdominal obesity is also one of the primary causes of heart diseases [...]

While pregnancy is a joy, which makes a woman’s life complete, losing weight after pregnancy comes as a challenge. However, there are certain tricks and techniques that can help you lose weight after pregnancy.
1) Have at least 10-12 glasses of water everyday. Minimize your dependence on high calorie beverages including juices and sodas. Instead, try [...]

Garlic is considered as one of the healthiest foods. Garlic can cure any disease, from simple cold to any major ailment. By adding garlic in daily diet, which has many medicinal values, can avoid infection and contaminated diseases. Garlic helps in many ways to improve health. Garlic is said to be more effective when crushed [...]

Turmeric is an essential spice that has been used as a natural healer in India for more than 2500 years. It has medicinal values and it forms an indispensable part in Indian cuisine. The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin, which is known for its anti-oxidant, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory properties. Some researches have shown [...]

The health benefits of consuming tomatoes are recognized by people all over the world. Tomatoes are rich sources of Vitamin C and they provide 40% of the daily value. They also contain Vitamin A, iron and potassium. Consuming more servings of tomatoes can fulfill 7% of the recommended dietary allowance of iron in women.
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Honey, used as a natural sweetener, has many medicinal values. Honey is the correct substitute for sugar in drinks, sweets and food. Honey contains glucose and fructose that make it sweet. It has many minerals, such as sulphuris, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium chloride and phosphate that are essential for our good health. Honey also [...]

Detoxification is very essential for the body to have a healthy growth. By detoxifying your body you can get rid of toxic elements that have accumulated in your body. Following a detox diet with right information is very important. You should not restrict yourself with foods that consist of only vegetables and fruits. The following [...]

In the modern world, you need to fight with polluted air, harmful effects of food, drinks and smoking. Your body encounters lots of toxins and it seems more difficult to cleanse your system. It is possible to detoxify your body with lemon. Lemon has been used as a great detoxifier for centuries.
Lemon is a [...]