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If you have been keeping abreast with the latest trends in the diet and nutrition world, then you must be aware of the alkaline diet for weight loss. A number of global and national celebrities have claimed that following an alkaline diet is better for staying in shape as well as for overall health. The diet is based on the fact that the foods we eat can affect the acidity of our body, which means that it can effectively bring about a change in the levels of pH of our body. It is said that an alkaline pH is good for the immunity and may help prevent the onset of illnesses. It is also said to detoxify the body and prevent acidity and other digestive troubles. The diet involves eating a number of healthy foods, including raw foods, plant-based proteins, and fresh fruits and vegetables. Tweeter facebook Reddit The diet doesn't allow the consumption of alcohol and caffeinated drinks, and also bans processed cereals, sodium-rich foods, processed meats, as well as unh...

Shilpa Shetty Kundra is undeniably one of the biggest fitness icons that Bollywood has given us. The 43-year-old spunky diva is always inspiring her fans and followers to eat healthy, while also enjoying their lives. The former actor has always promoted the occasional binges once a week, but she also stresses on the importance of moderation and keeping one's sugar intake under control. Her Sunday binge videos, where she tries out various different types of desserts and high-calorie treats, are wildly popular on Instagram. But her page is also popular for giving us dietary inspiration and giving us ideas about how to make our meals healthy, low-calorie and more nutritious. She often posts pictures of her healthy breakfast and lunch meals on her Instagram stories, empowering any weight watchers out there to eat healthy, while not having to compromise on the taste. Shilpa Shetty  posted a picture of her on-set salad meal, which inspired us yet again. The diva's very seasonal sa...

A new year has started and with it many of us have started motivating ourselves to get active and achieve those body goals that have been eluding us for so long. A number of people start on their fitness and healthy diet routine with the advent of the New Year, but only a small percentage are actually able to realize their fit-body dreams. That is because we tend to get disheartened when we don't see results after dieting and exercising, and somewhere in the middle of the year, we give up on fitness altogether. It's important to realise that health and fitness need to be turned into lifestyles, in order to reach your body goals. Moreover, just taking a gym subscription and not keeping a control over your cravings will not get you anywhere closer to reaching your goal. This is why you need to create a calorie deficit in your daily meals, in order to burn more than you consume. There are several different ways of creating a calorie deficit in your meals, in order to lose weigh...

Holidays are here and you're lying if you say your thoughts aren't completely occupied with food and revelry. Christmas and New Year's is the time when even the strictest of health freaks indulge themselves and put thoughts of guilt and diet at the back of their minds. We all have been in a situation where we have completely demolished a festive feast and then dealt with the guilt by hiding our sins under layers and layers of fabulous winter clothing. Health freaks get a little too obsessed with their diets around the holidays. They talk of running to the gym and burning off calories right after holiday goodies and desserts successfully lure them into binges. But Bollywood actor Preity Zinta says that she has the perfect  diet tip  to avoid all the guilt and multiple extra trips to the gym during the holidays and it's truly hilarious.  Preity Zinta , who often shares a number of workout and fitness videos on her Instagram page, recently shared a cheeky video, telling a...

A well-balanced outlook to nutrition has far reaching benefits for a long and healthy life. Eating right is important for all of us throughout our lives, but ladies who are planning to become moms or are pregnant need to pay attention to their dietary needs a little bit more. The extras are needed for foetal growth, maternal tissue expansion during pregnancy and for milk secretion during lactation.  Eating healthy helps the baby develop and grow healthy. Research has confirmed that the health of an individual is determined by the health of a mother even before conception and that eating patterns have a direct effect on the long term health of a child - from womb to grave. Getting it right during this phase in a woman's life is not all that tough. Nature provides us with enough and more foods loaded with nutrients and health benefits. The density of crucial nutrients may vary in different foods, but it's all easily available around us. So, all that you need to do during pregnan...

Indian international cricketer Yuvraj Singh is celebrating his 37th birthday today and wishes for the sportsman have been flooding the internet. Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, VVS Laxman and others have tweeted their wishes to Yuvraj Singh, the real 'fighter' of the Indian cricket team. Meanwhile, Singh kick-started his birthday celebrations by cutting a midnight cake with his wife Hazel Keech and his friends, which included his colleague  Zaheer Khan and his wife Sagarika Ghatge . Ghatge posted a number of pictures of the birthday celebrations on her Instagram page. Ghatge captioned the post as, "Happy birthday, Yuvraj. Wishing you the best of the best always. Love". The pictures show the cricketer cutting a beautifully decorated birthday cake, while his wife Keech showers love on him. Yuvraj Singh had married Hazel Keech in 2016, in a Sikh ceremony that took place in Chandigarh, followed by a Hindu ceremony in Goa. The couple also celebrated their second wedding...

You may remember chlorophyll from your high school biology class. Yes, it's that same pigment that we all studied about and that makes plants appear green and helps them derive energy from sunlight. When we studied chlorophyll and its functions all those years ago, we didn't know that there would come a time when people would be consuming it, due to its many touted health benefits. Technically, we all eat chlorophyll every time we eat whole fruits and vegetables. But nowadays, chlorophyll is also sold in the form of supplements that can be consumed in order to reap its purported benefits for the skin and body. Chlorophyll water is the fancy new drink that is being sold in juice bars around the world. The drink is prepared by infusing chlorophyll supplements in water and is said to be rich in micronutrients and antioxidants. Drinking chlorophyll water is a health trend that looks like it's here to stay. Let's look at some of the claimed health benefits of chlorophyll ...

Herbal teas have a lot of takers nowadays, as more and more people come to know about the potential side effects of caffeinated drinks like regular tea and coffee. A number of herbal teas have made their mark on tea lovers across the world, including those made from flowers like chamomile and blue pea. While chamomile is very well-known for its mild and soothing flavour that acts as a stress buster, tea made from blue pea flowers is not that well known. Dried blue pea flowers yield a brew that is stunning in colour and that can be enjoyed cold or hot. Blue tea, made from blue pea flowers, also has a number of health benefits. Some people even use blue tea for  weight loss , other than its antioxidant properties and its ability to fight stress. Blue Tea - All You Need To Know Blue tea, or butterfly pea flower tea, is a caffeine-free herbal concoction, made by seeping dried or fresh leaves of the Clitoria ternatea plant. The butterfly-pea is also known as blue pea or pigeonwings...

Bollywood actor Yami Gautam turns 30 today and the beauty is celebrating her special day by revealing some facts about herself on Instagram. Gautam, who is going to be seen opposite Vicky Kaushal in the upcoming film Uri, is a self-confessed chai lover, as is mentioned in her Instagram bio as well. Today she shared with her Instagram followers that she is a foodie as well. Yami is often seen sharing pictures of herself indulging in delicious treats on her Instagram page. She is also quite a big fan of travelling around the world and her sister Surilie is most often seen as her travel companion. So then how does the incredibly fit Yami Gautam maintain her toned physique? That is possible through a rigorous fitness and diet routine, of course, and Yami Gautam makes sure she follows both sincerely. After all, you don't just end up with as svelte a figure as Gautam, without doing anything! Yami Gautam Diet As mentioned earlier,  Yami Gautam  loves to travel and like most Boll...

Former Bollywood actor and beauty queen Sushmita Sen has quite an active presence on social media. The super fit actor is celebrating her 43rd birthday today and let's just admit it- Sushmita Sen doesn't look a day older than 30! The former Miss Universe kick-started her birthday by spending some quality time with her family and rumoured boyfriend Rohman Shawl. Sen posted pictures of herself celebrating her special day with Shawl, her daughters Renee and Alisah, her brother Rajeev Sen and her mother. The Instagram post showed that the actor was feeling particularly loved on her birthday. She even cut a delicious-looking dessert, which, from the looks of it, is a cheesecake of some kind. The family appeared to have gone on an outing and the pictures suggested it was a high-end dining place or a hotel. Either way, it's clear that Sushmita Sen is having the time of her life, looking as lovely and youthful as ever. It's obvious that you don't just end up looking as f...