Tech '&' Nutrition

If you are an individual who is seeking to loose some weight, then I’m sure that you have come across at least one person who has advised you to use a ‘Fat burner’. First of all, there is no such thing as Fat burner available in the market. The supplements that are available claims that they help you burn fat, but the fact says the entirely different story. When you use fat burners, they not only help you burn fat, but they will also burn off the muscles. You can’t really preserve your muscles completely when you are trying to loose weight or fat (if you doing it naturally). The key ingredient present in most of the fat burner is Caffeine. Caffeine is the world’s most consumed psychoactive drug. Psychoactive active drugs are those substances that are proven to change your brain’s functionality and can cause mood swings, consciousness and depression. Some of the examples of psychoactive drugs are cocaine, LSD, cannabis, ephedrine and to top it all, Caffeine (in terms of consumption...

If you are living in India, then I am sure that you must know at least one person who is suffering from Diabetes. Yeah it’s that common in our country. This is the reason why India is also known as the “Diabetes capital of the world”. But according to some recent studies, there are approximately 422 million diabetic patients in the world and India ranks third in that list. Surprised? Wondering who are the other countries? They are China and the United States of America. According to the reports, about 50 per cent of the total patients suffering from Diabetes are from China, USA, India and Brazil alone. That means about 211 million patients are just from the four countries of the world and remaining are from the rest. These numbers are insane! What are the reasons behind these numbers? Apparently, there are end number of reasons behind these numbers like bad lifestyle, lack of education, no regular health monitoring, genetics and the most important of all, the food an...

White Rice. The most "controversial" form of rice known for it's bad nutritional value. If you are a beginner to weight training and looking to gain muscle, I'm sure the first thing your trainer or nutritionist has advised you is to give up White rice. They might be right because they don't know how to utilise the carbohydrates you get from the White rice for your benefit.  In some cases, I have seen coaches advising White rice but their client end up gaining fat instead of muscles. There is always a strategy when you are dealing with something so complex in nature and simple in carbs . Here are some tips and benefits of using White rice, but before we get there let us have a look at its nutritional value. White Rice- Nutrition Facts Looking to pack-on some muscles, try White Rice :   White rice can help you gain muscle faster, but only if you use it properly. The white rice consists of only simple carbohydrate which is the reason why peop...

“Dude! Why are you consuming Whey Protein? It will lead to hair loss and you’ll end up with Kidney problems”.  “Hey Girl! What are you drinking? OMG! Whey Protein?! This will jack you up and make your body look like a muscular man”. STOP IT!! If you are a beginner to lifting or a fitness enthusiast, I’m sure that you must have heard people around you saying such stuff. If you are in India, then this is very common for you to hear and not just people, but even your parents ask you to not take Whey Protein. Not only Indian parents consider Whey Protein as bad, but they also consider it as Steroid!  The only reason behind people considering it as a Steroid is “ Lack of Education ”. For those who don’t know, Whey Protein is extracted from the water (or Whey), which is left out after you extract Paneer (or cottage cheese) from Milk and it has all the Amino Acids present in it. It is not a Steroid, on the contrary, it is 100% Natural. There are huge refineries to extract...