A diet that helps to lose weight:

 Early morning - A glass of warm water mixed with the juice of half a lemon. A teaspoonful
of honey can be added if you like.
 Breakfast - Wheat or Mung (green beans) sprouts and one cup skimmed milk.
 Mid morning- A glass of orange, pineapple or carrot juice.
 Lunch - Salad of raw vegetables such as carrot, beet, cucumber, cabbage, tomatoes. In
case you can not digest raw vegetables, either steam or boil them. Whole grain bread or
whole wheat chapatis (Indian recipe) and a glass of buttermilk. It will be good to add some
roasted cumin seeds, green coriander leaves, a little salt and some grated ginger in the
butter milk.
 Mid afternoon - Coconut water or dry fruits or lemon tea or vegetable soup.
 Dinner - Whole grain bread or chapatis, steamed vegetables and any seasonal fruit except
banana and apple.

Diet and Regimen:

 Avoid cold drinks, fatty fried foods and chocolates.

 Fruits and green vegetables are low calorie foods, so over weight persons should use
these more frequently include the green leafy vegetables, sprouted moong beans in your
salad. Salad is to be taken without any dressing . If you want relish it, take it with lemon
juice and salt. Salad should form a major part of meals
 One should avoid intake of too much salt . Salt may be a factor for increasing the body
weight.
 Milk products like cheese, butter should be avoided because these are rich in fat. Meat and
non-vegetarian foods should also be avoided.
 Vegetables like bitter gourd (Karela), and bitter variety of drumstick are useful for loosing
weight.
 Avoid red meat (lamb/pork/beef) but be on white meat (chicken/fish).
 Avoid Smoking/ drinking alcohol.
 Do not drink water immediately after meals. Drink it after half an hour. Try to drink warm
water.
 'Honey' - Taking honey is an excellent home remedy for obesity. It mobilizes the extra
deposited fat in the body and puts it into circulation which is utilized as energy for normal
functions. One should start with small quantity of about 10 GMs. or a tablespoonful to be
taken with hot water. It is good to take it in early morning. A teaspoonful of fresh lemon
juice may also be added.
 Exercise
Exercise is an important part of weight reduction plan. It helps to use up calories stored in
body as fat. In addition, it also relieves tension and tones up the muscles of the body.
Walking daily for half an hour is the best exercise to begin with and may be followed by
running, swimming and rowing. Increase physical activities in daily life.

Herbs
Herbs like amla (Emblica officinalis), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Bibhitaka (Terminalia
belericia), Guggul are effective.

Some generally used preparation for obesity are as follows :

Triphala Guggulu, Medohar Guggulu, Arogya Vardhini, Chandraprabha vati , Kumbhajatu.

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