India has 100m+ diabetics!

How the hell did we land up here?

How can you keep yourself at a distance from this disorder?

— A Thread — Firstly, this thread is not just for Indians.

In fact it is for everyone as T2 Diabetes is one of the fastest growing lifestyle disorders in the world.

But if you want to stay away from it, then start focusing on two things

Diet
Lifestyle

But more on this later.

Young Indians and heart attacks have lately been a point of discussion.

Here is all you need to know about the reasons of early cardiac arrest.

-- A Thread -- The country recently lost celebs like

- KK at 53
- Puneet Rajkumar at 46
- Siddharth Shukla at 40

Here is the thing:

You could be looking perfectly fine from outside

but what goes inside can only be found out through deeper intervention.

I lost 12 Kgs of fat in the last 6 months.

You can do it too.

Sharing with you one of the greatest hacks to burn fat the right way.

— Thread 🧵 — Back story:

I was always fit back in my school and college years.

Participated in sports like cross country running & boxing and went on to play at the state levels.

But after I started my MSc., I lost touch with it all.

WHAT IS TESTOSTERONE?

Here is all you need to know about it.

-- Thread 🧵 -- Testosterone is a male sex hormone.

But even women need it, but in smaller quantities.

It is associated with wellbeing, vitality, energy, etc.

It's World Health Day.

Today, I am going to burst 7 nutrition myths.

Read on while I strike at the very core of various debates

from the world of nutrition.

-- Thread 🧵 -- 1. High protein diet causes kidney damage

This is a huge debate as a lot of people say that high protein diet leads to glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a marker for waste filtration in kidneys.

It was said that increased GFR was a sign that undue stress was put on kidneys,...

High blood pressure is a serious disease.

About 1.28 billion people around the world have it,

but around 46% people are completely unaware of it.

This is why it's also called a silent killer.

Here's what you can do to reverse high blood pressure with lifestyle.

- A Thread - Firstly, what is high blood pressure?

Hypertension or high blood pressure is when the heart has to pump harder than normal to get the blood through the arteries and vessels.

India has become the Diabetes capital of the world.

How did this happen?

How can you keep yourself at a distance from this disorder?

— A Thread — Firstly, this thread is not just for Indians.

In fact it is for everyone as T2 Diabetes is one of the fastest growing lifestyle disorders in the world.

But if you want to stay away from it, then start focusing on two things

Diet
Lifestyle

But more on this later.

5 Foods You Must Eat For A Healthy Gut

-- A Thread -- 🧵 80% of your immunity depends on a healthy gut.

A healthy gut is also responsible for good brain health and proper management of your weight.

The health of your gut depends mainly on two things:

- Probiotics
- Prebiotics

3 Easy Ways To Transform Your Health In 7 Days

-- Thread -- 🧵 Living a healthy life is not difficult.

You really have to do simple things to to lead a happy life.

All it takes is a little effort and you can transform your health in just 7 days.

Enough restorative sleep is one of the most important pillars of good health.

Here is the science behind its importance and how you can achieve it naturally?

— Thread — 🧵 But before we begin, let’s understand why sleep is so important.

Our brain is responsible for all the functions of our body like

Speaking
Breathing
Memorising
Coordinating
Self monitoring
Problem solving
Visual perception

These are just a few important functions of the brain.

With the help of these 4 verses from the Bhagavad Gita,

I will show you how Sri Krishna’s wisdom is full of the

most important ideas on nutrition & lifestyle medicine.

Here is my humble attempt to marry the ancient Indian

wisdom with modern lifestyle medicine.

Thread 🧵 Before we begin, let me share with you the 4 pillars of

lifestyle medicine, namely:

- A plant-based predominant diet
- Emotional wellbeing
- Restorative sleep
- Regular exercise

One by one, I am going to talk about each of these.

Let’s go!

Hack your Hormones for your Wellbeing

-- A Thread -- 🧵 Hormones are chemical messengers that have an impact on pretty much every function of our body.

They are released by specialised glands called the endocrine glands.

In total there are more than 200 hormones that control functions like:

Different names of sugar:

Dextrose
Fructose
Galactose
Glucose
Lactose
Maltose
Sucrose
Beet sugar
Brown sugar
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Castor sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner's sugar (aka, powdered sugar)
Corn syrup solids
Crystalline fructose
Date sugar
Demerara sugar Ethyl maltol
Florida crystals
Golden sugar
Glucose syrup solids
Grape sugar
Icing sugar
Maltodextrin
Muscovado sugar
Panela sugar
Raw sugar
Sugar (granulated or table)
Sucanat
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
Agave Nectar/Syrup
Barley malt
Blackstrap molasses
Brown rice syrup

Let’s talk about PCOD

What is it and how is it caused?

PCOD means - Poly Cystic Ovarian Disorder

In this disorder, the ovaries enlarge and develop cysts on them.

-- Thread -- 🧵🧵 It is basically a lifestyle disorder.

Stress and fast-paced lifestyle leading to imbalance in hormones is at the root cause of it.

Here are some of its symptoms:

Excessive bleeding
Increased weight
Thinning of scalp
Irregular periods
Weight gain
Facial hair
Hair fall
Acne

If you are interested in Ayurveda but have always been confused about

- Vatta
- Pitta
- Kapha

Then here is a thread that will tell you what exactly they are and what to make of these terms the next time you read an Ayurvedic text.

Thread 🧵🧵 Let's begin from the very basics.

Ayurveda talks about 3 doshas - Vatta, Pitta and Kapha.

The proportion and the pre-dominance of one of the doshas decide our personality type, nature and behaviour.

⭐️Weight Loss Thread⭐️

Weight gain is an issue that haunts many.

You name it & they have tried all the trendy diets that the weight loss industry has promoted leading to another disappointment.

The fact of the matter is that weight loss is an outcome of healthy lifestyle. Lifestyle plays a huge role in keeping you healthy.

A sedentary lifestyle with unhealthy eating habits play a big role in weight gain & lifestyle issues.

With proper attention to the following things, you can avoid the extra weight & keep off long list of lifestyle diseases:

Let's talk about the biggest menace of our times - Porn!

And how to get rid of this horrible addiction?

-- A thread -- First things first, there are many people who are addicted to watching porn.

So, if you are addicted to it then don't panic because you aren't the only one.

Let's look at the ill effects of porn and how it destroys your life.

Today I turned 30.

Here are 7 things I wish I knew about life at 20.

Here you go! Spirituality:

1. Find a spiritual master

There is nothing that grace of Guru can't do. It can make a

- Illiterate person become a scholar
- Disable person climb a mountain
- Show direction to a lost soul

Are you pooping right?

Why Indian toilets are much better than western toilets and what can you do to fix it?

-- A thread -- There are two types of toilets.

The western toilet where you sit and poop and the Indian toilet where you squat and poop.

Fatty acids are very important for the body. They

- keep skin healthy
- prevent early ageing
- Help maintain organs & tissues
- Clean arteries by clearing cholesterol
- Can be used as energy by all types of cells.
- Move oxygen through bloodstream to all parts of body But make sure you are eating them right.

You must have seen all kinds of fatty acids with complicated names on the nutrition labels of food products.

So, how do you know what is good for your health?

This is all you need to know 👇

Intermittent fasting can make you gain weight.

🧵👇 I am not saying that intermittent fasting is bad or doesn't work.

No!

It works great for a lot of people and helps them achieve their health goals as it gives them an 8 hours window to eat their food, giving their eating habits a solid structure.