Indeed! Chickpeas are good for you. Chickpeas have been around for seven thousand years and are the healthiest food you can eat. Be it falafel, hummus, sattu flour, or roasted chickpea snack, the buzz around chickpea is not unaccounted for. They are extremely nutritious and bestow several health benefits. What are Chickpeas? The tiny round beige-colored beans which we know as Kabuli chana are the super nutritious chickpea. They are a type of pulses belonging to the legume family. The most common type is the round and beige colored Kabuli type; other varieties include the red, green, and the desi...
Quarantine Fatigue – Is It Real And How To Cope With It?
If you are feeling sleepy and lethargic throughout the day or experience sudden mood swings then what you have is quarantine fatigue. Many people have reported being extremely drained out by the end of the day. The first few weeks of #quarantinelife were manageable. We were like, let’s get comfy in our pajamas, have some fam time and binge on Netflix; Just a matter of a few days. But as we enter Lockdown 4.0, our morale has hit rock bottom. While some people can be finally out of quarantine others are still stuck at home. Lockdown 4.0 is slack and...
Lose Weight During The Lockdown 3.0
Lockdown has been extended for two more weeks. Why not use this time to do one thing we always wanted to do-Lose weight. Lack of time, busy schedules, and professional responsibilities were some excuses we gave ourselves for not being able to lose weight. But as the COVID-19 pandemic is at its peak and lockdown is in full swing, time is not an excuse anymore. We have ample of time, our schedules are relaxed and slack and work is not a priority. Several jokes and memes are trending on Social media about how lockdown will be a reason for people...
Organic Foods: Are They Worth The Cost?
If you are concerned about pesticide residues in foods today, you can turn to organic products –but don’t expect them to be nutritionally superior. Only a few years ago, organic foods were found solely in health-food stores or at farmer’s markets. Today, many supermarkets, stores, and even our around the corner Sabzi wala’s stock organic fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, cereals, cookies, snack items, frozen foods- along with their conventionally produced counterparts. The organic industry is growing at a fast pace every year and consumers are willing to spend more money on organic foods, which have improved in quality and...
Metabolism and Weight Loss- Things You Should Know
Metabolism always comes up when talking about weight loss. It is not surprising as weight loss is all about burning calories and metabolism is the process that makes it possible. Metabolism and its role in weight loss are under debate. The Internet is flooded with pills, miracle teas, and powders claiming to speed up your metabolism and help you lose weight quickly and effortlessly. Whether they work or not is an entirely different topic of debate. In this blog, we will see what is metabolism and the role it plays in weight loss. What is metabolism? Metabolism is a...
Go Healthy This 2020- 10 Ways to Stick To Your Health Goals
Staying healthy and fit is a resolution that many of us make as we enter a new year. However, very few stick to it. As the responsibilities of work and family start to overpower, our resolutions towards ourselves weaken and eventually lost. When it comes to staying healthy and fit, the majority of time people rush into doing everything all at once, as a result, they either get burnt or over-worked. So, if staying healthy and fit is on your resolution list, then this blog is something you definitely should read.
Healthy Snacking: Your Way To A Healthy Life
People are skeptical when advised to eat healthy snacks during the diet. The problem is that we healthy snacking as taking in more calories and not as a way to nourish your body. So, often it happens you indulge in a snack anytime between your meals and end up feeling guilty afterward. There is no need to feel guilty because when done correctly, snacking has its perks. This being said, we are talking about snacks that are healthy for you and not the unhealthy junk like chips, corn puffs or cookies which are laden with refined flour (Maida), sugar and...
