DON’T FRET ABOUT CALORIES

Old diet rule: COUNT CALORIES

New diet rule: COUNT CARBS AND PROTEIN

Ditch calorie counting in favour of calculating the protein, carbohydrate, fibre and fat content of food. For example, a marshmallow has zero fat in it, but it’s packed with sugar which converts to fat once you’ve eaten it — plus sugary food causes your body to store fat and disrupts your blood sugar levels, which leads to increased hunger.

An avocado has a high fat content, but it’s the heart-healthy type (polyunsaturated) and is also full of essential fatty acids. These help your body burn fat, especially around your waist and stomach.
You should balance each meal so it contains a good mixture of protein, carbs, fibre and fat. For example, go for a chicken and avocado salad – there’s protein in the chicken, good fat in the avocado, and fibre and carbs in the salad and vegetables.

Don’t eat an all-carb meal such as a bowl of pasta – the sugar in the carbs will just convert straight to fat in your body.

New ways to fitness : Junk those old beliefs and rev up your health with these new fundas on exercise and diet

SIT-UPS ARE A WASTE OF TIME! Old diet rule = DO SIT-UPS New diet rule = DO PUSH-UPS

A recent study, by Youngstown State University in Ohio, has found that sit-ups are a waste of time. Sit-ups alone won’t flatten your stomach. In fact, when you do hundreds of situps or crunches, your abdominal muscles can overdevelop and you can get a pot belly. A better exercise for keeping your stomach flat is a push-up. It works your abdominals, arms, legs and back.

The Manthra!

f there is no strength in body and mind, the Atman cannot be realized. First you have to build the body by good nutritious food—then only will the mind be strong

_Swami Vivekananda