*** The post is about how one can lose weight easily by undertaking the Dabur Honey diet instead of resorting to crash diets. I would like to thank Dabur Honey for having given me the opportunity to write about it. More can be found about them here ***
Everyone wishes to have a slim and toned body. People feel better about themselves when their body weight is normal and they are in proper shape. However not everyone gets successful in having a lean body. when someone is over-weight, she would be more likely to have depression and low self-esteem. Because over-weight people are often looked down upon. She would thus be low in confidence as well, while interacting with others. What follows is stress, sadness, and anxiety. But it's not just about psychological problems. Being over-weight can also can increase the risk of serious health problems like heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure etc.
So it's natural for one to lose the excess body weight. Nothing wrong in that, but most people nowadays want a quick-fix solution - they want to lose weight fast and so they do crazy and desperate things. Instead of trying to lose weight gradually and steadily by following a healthy dietary plan and a suitable exercise regimen or more physical activity, they often subject themselves to crash diets or intense exercise regimens. They almost go on fasts or deprive themselves of a proper diet. As a result, they unwittingly end up harming their own health.
I too had tried crash dieting - a liquid only diet - for a short period of time on the advice of my friends. I would eat nothing but only vegetable soup and fruit juice, all day long. They did help me in losing about 7 kilos in one week! But I also felt very weak, so weak that I wasn't even able to do my daily chores properly. Thank God, I eventually went back to sensible eating.
Crash dieting may give one quick results but it isn't good on a long-term basis. In fact it can be dangerous if one continues to crash diet for too long. It can harm your heart and increases the risk of heart attacks. Such dietary plans which result in rapid weight loss only result in slowing down one's metabolism and so also deprives her body of essential nutrients. They also weaken one's immune system and puts a lot of stress on the liver. As metabolism slows down, the body starts storing fat instead of burning them off and thus instead of losing weight, one starts gaining it. One also feels very weak and often gets shortness of breath when she follows such radical crash diets.
One can instead go for Honey diet if she wants to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight on a long term basis. Usually it's sugar who is the main culprit causing one to gain unwanted weight. It only adds empty calories whereas to digest sugar, many essential vitamins and minerals stored in the body get used up, which would have otherwise helped in dissolving fats and cholesterol. If one substitutes sugar with honey, it will help one lose weight more effectively as it helps in improving the metabolism. Honey also contains sugar but it also contains many beneficial vitamins and minerals like Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, riboflavin, protein, iron, sodium, potassium, zinc, calcium and also fiber. It also provides energy.
Drinking about one spoonful of honey mixed with warm water stimulates the growth of good cholesterol in the body and so one feels very active and it also stops the cravings for food. Honey can also be taken with warm water and lemon juice on an empty stomach first thing in the morning to lose weight. Some people also consume honey (1 tbsp) mixed with 1 tsp of cinnamon powder and a cup of warm water that would have been boiled and cooled down a bit. These solutions help one immensely in losing weight because honey contains 22 amino acids and many vitamins and minerals which improve the body’s metabolism. As a result, food gets digested properly and fat gets converted into usable energy. So not only does one feel energized but also succeeds in burning off the excess fat.
Everyone wishes to have a slim and toned body. People feel better about themselves when their body weight is normal and they are in proper shape. However not everyone gets successful in having a lean body. when someone is over-weight, she would be more likely to have depression and low self-esteem. Because over-weight people are often looked down upon. She would thus be low in confidence as well, while interacting with others. What follows is stress, sadness, and anxiety. But it's not just about psychological problems. Being over-weight can also can increase the risk of serious health problems like heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure etc.
So it's natural for one to lose the excess body weight. Nothing wrong in that, but most people nowadays want a quick-fix solution - they want to lose weight fast and so they do crazy and desperate things. Instead of trying to lose weight gradually and steadily by following a healthy dietary plan and a suitable exercise regimen or more physical activity, they often subject themselves to crash diets or intense exercise regimens. They almost go on fasts or deprive themselves of a proper diet. As a result, they unwittingly end up harming their own health.
I too had tried crash dieting - a liquid only diet - for a short period of time on the advice of my friends. I would eat nothing but only vegetable soup and fruit juice, all day long. They did help me in losing about 7 kilos in one week! But I also felt very weak, so weak that I wasn't even able to do my daily chores properly. Thank God, I eventually went back to sensible eating.
Crash dieting may give one quick results but it isn't good on a long-term basis. In fact it can be dangerous if one continues to crash diet for too long. It can harm your heart and increases the risk of heart attacks. Such dietary plans which result in rapid weight loss only result in slowing down one's metabolism and so also deprives her body of essential nutrients. They also weaken one's immune system and puts a lot of stress on the liver. As metabolism slows down, the body starts storing fat instead of burning them off and thus instead of losing weight, one starts gaining it. One also feels very weak and often gets shortness of breath when she follows such radical crash diets.
One can instead go for Honey diet if she wants to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight on a long term basis. Usually it's sugar who is the main culprit causing one to gain unwanted weight. It only adds empty calories whereas to digest sugar, many essential vitamins and minerals stored in the body get used up, which would have otherwise helped in dissolving fats and cholesterol. If one substitutes sugar with honey, it will help one lose weight more effectively as it helps in improving the metabolism. Honey also contains sugar but it also contains many beneficial vitamins and minerals like Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, riboflavin, protein, iron, sodium, potassium, zinc, calcium and also fiber. It also provides energy.
Drinking about one spoonful of honey mixed with warm water stimulates the growth of good cholesterol in the body and so one feels very active and it also stops the cravings for food. Honey can also be taken with warm water and lemon juice on an empty stomach first thing in the morning to lose weight. Some people also consume honey (1 tbsp) mixed with 1 tsp of cinnamon powder and a cup of warm water that would have been boiled and cooled down a bit. These solutions help one immensely in losing weight because honey contains 22 amino acids and many vitamins and minerals which improve the body’s metabolism. As a result, food gets digested properly and fat gets converted into usable energy. So not only does one feel energized but also succeeds in burning off the excess fat.
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