Boost Your Health in Summer

Boost Your Health in Summer

Tame your Sweet Tooth - Whether it’s the laddoo or the brownie, for people with a sweet tooth, the dessert habit is about the hardest to break. Make sure you control it, but view it in doable chunks of time - Strict lay-offs often result in follow-up bingeing!

Try to go two weeks without sweets, but substitute with fruit - chances are your cravings will dip. In the third week, factor in about 150 Calories thrice a week for your favorite sweet (150 Calories translate to 2-3 squares of chocolate; half a regular slice of cake; I/cup of regular ice cream; or one sandesh. Repeat the process.

Drop Those Beverages
On average, 10-14 percent of your daily calorie intake neither does nor come from solid food at all. Consider an average working woman’s eating schedule: One cafe latte with breakfast; one can of aerated cola at lunch; three cups of tea through the day… enough to blow your daily budget of calories! So make a few clever swaps.

All of April, thrice a week, substitute a fizzy drink with club soda spiked with freshly squeezed or extracted fruit juice for a healthier beverage. (Club soda is zero-calorie and a better option than aerated drinks; and while fruit juices do have calories, they are better options than the colas.)