Over Weight-2

 I don’t still lose weight, what else can I do?
Liver is the organ which balances the metabolism in the body. The fat deposition and everything is controlled by liver. Sometimes if liver is cleansed it will help to lose weight. Hence a castor oil cleanse in recommended once a month or once in two months. This is also good for detoxifying the body. . This will cause weight loss especially tummies go away. See details of this in castor oil cleansing section.
Remember you are not only reducing weight with all these Pancha Bhoota techniques, but also keeping you healthy.

Do I have make changes in diet?
        The nature of the fat, carbohydrate and protein that you eat contribute to weight gain. Eating more fiber rich food will change the speed of absorption of fat and sugars. This influences  insulin secretion in the body and also mode of fat conversion by liver.

         Liver is the manager of the body giving instructions about fat storage in the body. Water therapy cleanses liver every day to some extent and whole foods does the remaining part. So keeping the liver healthy is a way to reduce fat in the body.

        Eating natural sugars instead of white sugar also has great influence on body fat. Avoid white sugar instead use brown sugar, jaggery , palm jaggery, dates, raisins etc. These sweet sources supply nutrients, minerals and vitamins in addition to sweetness.

Journal of Food Science  (2009), published  that Fiber-rich unripe Banana powder contains resistant starch, a type of fiber that may aid in managing weight and type 2 diabetes. “As consumers are unlikely to eat sufficient amounts of vegetables and other fiber-rich foods directly, the supplementation of pasta with unripe banana flour can play an important role in achieving health benefits,”.

Banana flour when added to starchy food like pasta, it lowdered the glycemic index.  Low glycemic responses are thought to be favorable to health because of possible prevention of heart disease and metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and also for over weight.
Look again how our ancestors were highly intelligent in using banana powder to infants, patients and old people.  Children are weaned with this banana powder. Traditionally unripe special banana called "Nenthrampazham" (called as cooking bananas in USA, Mexico) was cut into pieces and sun dried  and store in a clean bottle. It could be powdered and stored also for convenience.  To prepare, pour one teaspoon of ghee to a pan and add two tablespoons of the powder and just briefly fry for 20 seconds. Add water and stir continuously for 5 minutes to cook without forming lumps. Add sugar or   palm jaggery  for taste. This is an instant natural safe healthy traditional baby food.   This is now scientifically proven that  Banana powder is good because of its high anti-oxidant power and also rich in nutrients.

Whole grains and lots of vegetables  - the best solution

            In our personal experience to reduce weight (2007) found that eating every day different whole grains  rich in high fiber  helps tremendously in reducing weight.

We recommend using fiber rich whole grains like brown rice (remember to soak in water and cook), whole rye flakes (33% fiber compared to 20% fiber in oats), whole wheat flakes (28%), barley flakes (26%). Millets like Ragi rich in fiber. In all ancient traditions, people ate different types of grains and millets  many of the readers might be unaware of the names.  These millets give different nourishment that help prevent many diseases like cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer etc.  millet, kodo-millet.

          The best part is in eating more leafy vegetables (less vegies like  potato) and fiber rich vegetables and decreasing the rice and wheat part in the diet. Eating different vegetables instead of routine vegetables is the key in reducing weight in a healthy way.

         By eating more vegetables and reducing the amount of grains in diet we found amazing results in reducing weight.

        "Elacchavanukku Ellu , Koluthavanukku Kollu" is a popular Tamil saying which means that, for a slim person black sesame is good and for an obese horse-gram or brown lentil is good. Brown lentil is rich in fiber and before serving one tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice should be added. Eating every day horse gram or lentils will cut down the weight of the body without causing exhaustion.

This popular ancient saying is now proved by modern science. Read this article which says Obesity: Lentils Better Than White Bread For Dieting.

      We found through experience that eating everyday more steamed vegetables as such or in form of soups without adding any artificial flavors or soup powders is a good way to burn extra fat. Try using more black pepper than red or green chili powder. Similarly adding less salt especially at the time of taking food reduces the salt intake and water retention in the body.

Still if I don’t lose weight what should I do?
Next Is doing a juice fasting, once a day in a week. Juice fasting once a week ( week end is better). Avoid solid foods and drink only fresh fruit and vegetable juices. This will burn fat in the body and also supply you good nourishments from these juices. If you feel little sick in the evening, its because of detoxification process then drink half a cup of mild coffee. Click here to see details about juice fasting
 

Walking is the best exercise to reduce calories

From ancient times walking at least 2 hours is suggested as the most effective way to reduce weight.

2. Do every day Pancha Bhoota Walking (Breath conscious walking). Read Fire therapy page and over-weight for for more information.

3. Do Surya Namaskar everyday. When you do it be aware of the breathing and while you do the bending exercises be aware of the body being light and free. This exercise gives tremendous results.

Mind plays a major role in weight and general health of the body. Cravings can be overcome by practicing some mind exercises.

Please read these two links

1. Yogic Eating  

2.Overcome addiction  

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