As a part of HCG diet when HCG hormone is taken either through injection or as oral supplement, it works as an appetite suppressant and as a result individuals on HCG hormone supplement can maintain a low card diet of as low as 500 calories a day without experiencing hunger. In simple language, they can eat very less food and still not feel hungry.

HCG side effects

Of late, there has been a lot of attention towards HCG side effects. Here’s what we found as most common side effects after researching into this topic further.

• Frequent headaches
• Feeling of discomfort or uneasiness
• Depression
• Swelling of feet and hands
• Abdominal pain and swelling
• Nausea after eating (common in pregnant women)

Fruits: Eat a lot of fruits such as apples, bananas, pears, oranges, grapefruit, raisins, pineapple, mango, kiwi fruit, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, peaches, melons and star fruit.

You can have the fruit in any form – fresh, frozen, dried, canned, or natural fruit juice. You can have either homemade fruit juices or smoothies and remember to have sugar less juices.

Beans and lentils: Eat dried or canned beans including red, green or brown lentils. Vegetable soups are suggested.

The other items include oats, potatoes, brown rice, noodles, rice cakes, unsalted nuts, and unsalted seeds. Further, you can have natural yoghurt, garlic, ginger, fresh herbs and black pepper.

Follow this detox diet for a week. It will result in weight loss and simultaneously you will not be deprived of essential nutrients.

Introduction to yoga exercises

Yoga is a natural way of exercising. Yoga is practiced by over 20 million Americans daily for relaxing their mind and body. Yoga is a best method for reducing stress and boosts physical strength.

Yoga includes a lot of asanas, sun salutations, pranayama, and a healthy diet containing vegetarian and raw food.

Yoga and weight loss

Most of the yoga practitioners consider yoga as a best method for weight loss. It considers all aspects of obesity including mental, physical and emotional strength.

In contrast, other weight loss promoters believe that yoga itself is not sufficient for weight loss. Weight loss requires shedding out lot of calories from your body. While yoga helps in coordinating your mind and body, it doesn’t burn much calories. So, supplement your yoga program with additional weight loss techniques such as exercising, aerobics, walking, jogging and so on.

New research shows that eating a high-carbohydrate and high-protein breakfast will reduce your waistline. The lunch and dinner must be low-carbohydrate and low-fat in this case.

Yes. You can do small exercises at your workplace itself. Here are some tips.

Desk Exercises

You can perform some wrist stretches, back twist, leg extension, hip flexing, inner thigh exercises and so on right at your desk. Or, you can perform some standing exercises in your cabin itself. These include leg lifting and flexing the hip while standing.

Use the water bottle

You can use the filled water bottle as a weight and lift it with your hands. First lift the bottle with your right hand and then with the left hand. Repeat it for five times. Or, you can curl the bottle towards your shoulder. Repeat this alternately with both the hands.

Exercise in the lunch break

You can choose a variety of exercises during your lunch break. Going to the office gym or going out for a walk are the options during the lunch break. Walk for half an hour in the lunch break so that you can bun some more calories. This will add to your weight loss plan too!

Take frequent breaks

Researches suggest that exercise at office improves productivity! So, try to fit in exercise in between your meetings and sessions. For every one hour take a short walk to any other department or the coffee machine or to the loo. Remember that even a slight move will burn calories. Use every opportunity to burn calories even at your workplace.

Weight loss surgeries

Many consider weight loss surgery is the easiest and effective method. Most of the obese population are opting for weight loss surgeries. Weight loss surgeries result in a considerable weight reduction. But, they too have significant side effects in the long term.

Researchers have zeroed in on a nerve that communicates between brain and gut. The vagus nerve sends a signal from gut to the brain to trigger the feeling of hunger, to digest the food and to produce insulin.

The surgical procedure

The surgery can be done in two ways. The first method is known as vagotomy and the second method is ‘vagal nerve blocking’. Both the procedures are done with laparoscopic method.

In the first method, vagotomy, the vagal nerve is cut from the body. This involves cutting the entire vagus nerve and some of your stomach muscles. It results in losing a significant weight loss. But, this surgery cannot be restored. Even after you achieve normal weight, you won’t feel the hunger. Further, this surgery results in side effects such as diarrhoea, vomiting, dizziness and so on.

The second method, vagal nerve blocking, is an alternative to vagotomy. This method achieves the same results, at the same time, keeps the vagus nerve intact. In this method, an electronic device is inserted into the system that blocks the nerve and thereby, the communication between the brain and the gut. Thus, your appetite and digestion can be controlled without disrupting the vagus nerve. Once the patient achieves the targeted weight loss, the device can be removed.

Way ahead

Both the methods need FDA approval. Currently, these tests are conducted on a sample population. It may take four to five years to actually implement these surgical procedures on majority people. Let’s hope for the best in the coming years for easy weight loss.

Tips to lose weight easily

It’s quite easy to lose weight. Here are few tips that will help you lose weight easily. These tips will even let you do away with those weight loss diet regimes to an extent.

Watch what you eat

Don’t just grab anything that you want to. Eat only when you are hungry. Occasional stomach fillers can sometimes be full of calories that you don’t need.

Find ways to burn the calories

There are many simple ways to burn calories. Some are – Use stairs instead of lift!, walk to a store that’s near to your house instead of taking out your car, take your dog for a walk everyday, walk to your workplace and so on.

Avoid high-calorie diet

Say no coke, alcohol, sweets, whole milk and the like. Even if you are forced to, have in little quantities. Count the calories before you start eating anything. Reduce the calorie intake to less than what you normally eat.

Have a balanced and timely diet

Don’t skip your meals. That will result only in additional strain to your digestive system. Have a balanced diet with proper proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals, fat, and of course fiber. Have them in right quantities. Don’t overdo any of the items.

Exercise daily

Begin with simple ones, that may be the ones you have learnt in your primary school. Start with five minutes a day. Slowly increase the time to upto half an hour.

Sleep well

One of the best ways to lose weight is to sleep well. Eight hours of sleep wil help in reducing the weight. Maintain the regular timings. Avoid working late nights. Get early to bed and get early from bed is the best practice since ages.

Monitor your daily food intake and regular activities. That’s all you need to shed-off that extra weight.