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Saturday, February 28, 2009

and the story continues ...

So the last post I had narrated a story of this lady who went ahead without checking with anyone with somebody else's diet plan. I have now counselled her and am on a verge of planning her diet. Metabolism as I had mentioned earlier varies from individual to individual, influencing the body fat percentage and likewise the lean body mass. Your stamina and strength all depend on what fat percentage does your body hold and the lean body mass as well. Trust me looks are decieving. How? Well for starters a thin looking person need not be actually thin on the contrary can be categorized as a fat person based on the fat percentage. I have witnessed many people in my career who appear to be lean but are bulky and fat in reality. This particular tendency is far more hazarous than the one where you look overweight. So people who don't bother to workout just because they appear to be in shape....have I got a bad news for you?

So how is this tendency more hazardous ? let me explain. Its all comes down to human psychology, you wouldn't take pain of working out if you already look good enough but on the other hand you wouldn't mind stretching yourself to a breaking limit if you carried excess baggage and had to look a desired way. In other words when you unaware of a problem why will you rush for a solution, instead you'd make merry and have a party. Hidden fat is dangerous on levels of inadequate stamina, muscular strength, bone strength, flexibility, immunity, stress levels, also to some extent sleep cycles. Considering that each criteria of health in our body is influential to the next criteria it becomes into a domino effect ulimately.

More body fat and less lean mass leads to insufficient breathing cells in the body, which means less oxygen utilization and therfore less aerobic (normal oxygen usage) activity, leading to either lack of activity or anaerobic (in the absence of oxygen) breakdown of energy source leading to acidity in the blood or muscles in totality the body. Carrying excess dead weight is no good news whether you appear to be in shape or you don't. So henceforth when you look yourself in a mirror don't judge blindly check out if you are thin or not by getting a body composition check up done before you start a fitness or health regime. More on body fat and lean mass in detail for later till then watch this blog and log in tommorow to find out more.

Wish you Wellness.

Regards,
Neha Wasnik

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Yours is not Mine...

I was heading back home today waiting to write about some great myth busters about health and lifestyle, but a funny thing happened today that changed my topic. Early this month I had prescribed a gentleman a diet plan and exercise plan suiting his lifestyle and objectives layed out for his body. Now word of mouth can be such a boon in disguise I would soon know when a lady who had heard about his benefits decided to try it out herself. She then came up to me today and asked if that gentleman's diet would suite her too.

Often I have seen and heard of people trying out somebody else's diet just because it has worked like a miracle for them. Why would anybody treat food as a mere mode or gateway to shortcuts as per their convenience I could never understand ? How can one body type react to the diet of another body type? Mi casa may be tu casa but Mi diet cannot be tu diet.

Metabolism for everyone is unique and it is this metabolism that people fail to understand. Well never mind I would never suggest nor recommend you to commit this blunder ever. Imagine a lady in her 40's following a meal plan etched out for a man in his 40's ohhhh what a disaster her body and mind would go through inside. Firstly everyone's (man or woman ) metabolism changes as per age group, in your teens your metabolic rate is higher so is in your early twenties, by the mid - twenties to late twenties there is an insignificant change, in the thirties for a woman the metabolic rate dips slowly and steadily. Metabolic Rate - what is this jargon ? It is the rate at which your body burns calories or produces energy. It is also the rate at which your body fat is burnt and stored and your lean body developed. In a gist its how fast your body gets rid of the extra calories you have consumed.
Always first find out what your metabolic rate is or your BMI or fat percentage through a professional consultant, then the next step would be to assess your current lifestyle and then rectify whatever is wrong by means of planning a menu plan and exercise schedule as per your current metabolism. Let me leave you with this thought in mind to ponder over and do let me know if there is anything I need to address for your knowledge or querries.

Wish you wellness.
Regards,
Neha Wasnik
R.D
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wellness And I

Welcome one and all to Wellness and I. Here I write about, well obviously wellness and my experience as a consulting dietitian to help you get the solutions to your common querries about health.
Now there have been many a write ups you have read through in magazines and newspapers, trying to figure out whats that one formula that would keep your health demons away. Wait! Stop right there. Incase you're drawing conclusions that my blog is one of them then you have got it all wrong. Don't worry I am not interested in boring you either. i will be sharing something that has not only worked for my health but also something that would be situational therapy as per our current lifestyles.
If you have any querries / doubts about your own or your friends and family's wellness you could log on and mail me and I shall update you with the practical solution the very next day.
Till then, its been wonderfull writing to you.
Wish you Wellness.

Regards,
Neha Wasnik
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