I am overweight. What is the best way to lose weight?
The optimal way to lose weight is to follow a well balanced low calorie diet and to incorporate daily physical activity into your lifestyle.

How much weight do I need to lose to gain health benefits?
Losing even 5% of body weight in a healthful manner can improve blood pressure, cholesterol levels, fasting blood sugar, and blood triglycerides.

Can diet pills or gastric bypass surgery help me lose weight?
Diet pills have many side effects, and for people who need to lose only a few kilos the risks may outweigh the benefits.
The bariatric surgery has the potential for life-threatening complications. And if it is not accompanied by lifelong changes in eating habits, the lost weight can be regained just as easily.

Is sleep important to weight loss?
Sleep deprivation can interfere with weight loss. Sleeping for at least seven hours every night makes hormones function properly and help you stay energetic, helping you lose weight.

How can vegan diet help control high cholesterol?
A vegan diet is free of all animal products, hence free of cholesterol. By not ingesting any cholesterol, you can help control your blood levels of it. Our bodies make all the cholesterol we need.

What health benefits are there to being a Vegetarian compared to being a non vegetarian?
Lower cholesterol, blood pressure, risks of cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and many more...

Is it better to eat Raw or Cooked food?
Raw foods supply us with high nutrient levels and are generally low in calories too. Eating lots of raw foods is a key feature of an anti-cancer diet style and a long life. But mild cooking increases the digestibility and absorption of many nutritious compounds.

Why should I include omega 3 fatty acids in my diet?
Omega-3 fatty acids are associated with many health benefits, including protection against heart disease and possibly stroke, to treat depression, to prevent cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and other autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

How much water do I need to drink each day?
Men and women need to drink at least 10 - 15 glasses of water or other beverages each day, but may need more in warm weather when you perspire more.

I like eating pulses like rajmah, but avoid them because of gas
Soaking all pulses overnight and rinsing thoroughly before cooking may help to avoid gas and bloating.

Is it better to get vitamins and minerals from food or from supplements?
Food first is always the best approach because food not only contains vitamins and minerals but also nutrients, phytochemicals, antioxidants, calories, and fiber - all important for your body.

Can I eat dairy foods even if I am sensitive to milk?
Some people suffer from lactose intolerance and need to strictly avoid all foods containing lactose such as milk, kheer and other milk products. They can tolerate small amounts of lactose as in curd, buttermilk, paneer and cheese.

Should I drink alcohol, since alcohol is both a risk for cancer and liver diseases and beneficial for heart disease?
It is always better to avoid alcohol. There are a number of ways other than drinking wine to decrease your risk of heart disease, such as regular physical activity, not smoking or quitting smoking if you currently smoke, eating a healthy diet and maintaining a healthy weight.

Is coffee good for me?
Drinking too much coffee (caffeine) increases the risk of cardiac disease and breast cancer, promotes premature aging, worsens problems like endometriosis, breast pain and menstrual disorders and prevents weight loss in the overweight people.

Besides eating healthy foods, what else can I do to keep my heart healthy?
To reduce your risk of heart disease, you can quit smoking, exercise regularly, maintain healthy body weight and check your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar regularly.

Do children need to eat meat?
Children can get all the protein, calcium, carbohydrates, vitamins, and other nutrients from lacto-vegetarian diet.

Why should children eat whole grain meals, fruits and vegetables?
Eating the right nutrient-dense foods has a significant impact on children’s resistance to dangerous infections, asthma, and allergies, their intelligence, and success in school.