Namita Nayyar:
Can you highlight the role of Ayurveda food in reducing belly fat in women, especially in ’40s & late ’50s
Munmun Ganeriwal:
The 3 foods that I would like to highlight would be that Ayurveda emphasis as well, first would be Millets, which also our Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentions as “Shridhan”.
Firstly it is Prebiotic in nature which means they act as food for microbes in the gut, and if they are fed well they take care of us, besides that they have various benefits like they are really good for insulin sensitivity and diabetes. Also, they are good for high blood pressure and other metabolic diseases which can be taken care of without having to compromise on a good Indian meal that has carbohydrates, generally, women in this age group avoid carbs but if you eat the right amount of it in your diet you can have a balanced meal.
Also, it takes care of mensuration problems in women along with hormonal problems. Secondly, it would be buttermilk it really helps in improving digestion and aiding in weight loss. In Ayurveda people who are targeting weight loss are promoted in having buttermilk also it improves the metabolism which helps in weight loss and has a high in calcium content.
Namita Nayyar:
How can one identify the signs of inflammation in one’s body? Secondly, how can a woman go about managing it?
Munmun Ganeriwal:
The inflammation can be checked by the blood test to measure C-reactive protein or ESR, these parameters help know if they have inflammation in the body. But what happens is generally people suffer through low-grade inflammation generally informs of irregular sleep patterns, weight gain, and lethargy and this may be a sign of inflammation.
The way to manage is to not through a particular diet but to incorporate an anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle, which is based on four pillars that is diet, a movement that helps in detoxifying the lymphatic system and it is a natural system of cleansing our body, then what is important to have a proper sleep schedule and that should include staying away from gadgets at least an hour before sleeping, having a timely dinner and last one is to know how to manage stress be it mediation, yoga incorporating these lifestyle changes in your routine can do a major change in your wellbeing
Namita Nayyar:
How do you manage your daily routine? 5 Foods you must eat & foods to keep to a minimum?
Munmun Ganeriwal:
The food that you should keep to a minimum number one is alcohol. So alcohol is something that is very disruptive for your gut microbiome, for the gut barrier, which is the gut lining, which can result in leaky gut, which can result in SIBO, small intestinal bowel overgrowth, and many of the other diseases, because anything that can disrupt the gut microbiome simply means that it can disrupt any of your physical body function or even mental health. So alcohol ideally should not be consumed if you really want to live a very healthy and, good life. But if at all you do want to consume, you should take care to keep it to a bare minimum.
It could be once a week, once in 15 days, or once in a month. But yes, it should be kept to a minimum. Number two is red meat. So if you are a meat eater, a non-vegetarian, then just try to keep red meat to the bare minimum again once a week or once in 15 days, or once a month. And if at all you do want to have it, then cook it with a lot of spices like the ajwain, the cumin, which is jeera, and the coriander. Because all of these then help, to some extent nullify the ill effects of the red meat.
It helps in the digestion process once you’ve consumed it. Red meat has been shown time and again by research that it is pro-inflammatory in nature. So if you have signs of inflammation, which has been discussed in the earlier question, then do ensure that you eat a minimum of it or better not eat it at all.
The number three is not a food but worth mentioning and it is antibiotics. So antibiotics unfortunately are being overprescribed by doctors. When it’s not really needed and unfortunately it is also self-prescribed by most people. They just take it by themselves if they feel feverish or if they have any viral throat infection or any such thing.
So antibiotics, firstly, can be helpful only if you have a bacterial infection common cold fever, flu, or even diarrhea. Most of the time these are all viral in nature and antibiotics do nothing to resolve a viral infection. So what you are taking antibiotics is basically of zero use, but what it does is that it kills away all the good bugs in your intestines. So all the good microbes, the helpful friendly microbes that we have, antibiotics come into your system and they kill it, making your colon, your intestine very barren. And that is how a lot of people put on weight after eating antibiotics.
Many people have many health issues that come up because they have had multiple courses of antibiotics in the recent past. So be very mindful of consuming and popping them. And the fourth thing would be raw food. So please stay away from raw foods. I mean, the health industry in the name of health has really advocated and promoted raw food there are people who feel that just eating salads or any kind of veggies and green leaves and everything raw is going to give them great health. But, um, you know, raw food is something very hard to digest. Cooking is an art. It’s a science, it’s
