Swati Srivastava is an accomplished Dietician B.Sc. in Foods and Nutrition (DELHI UNIVERSITY), PGDAND (Symbiosis centre of Health Care Pune)
She is also an expert in Naturopathy and alternative medicine, having studied the subject in depth from INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION OF NATURAL HEALTH AND YOGA (IFNHY)
Naturopathy or naturopathic medicine is a form of alternative medicine employing a wide array of “natural” treatments, including homeopathy, herbalism, and acupuncture, as well as diet (nutrition) and lifestyle counseling. She capitalizes on the body’s innate ability to heal itself through nutrition, exercise and life-style
She is a veteran in the field of Nutrition with more than a decade of experience. She runs her own Clinic (Health Today) in Noida ,Ghaziabad and Delhi. However her clients are not limited to the jurisdiction of National Capital Region. She serves global clients that include business magnates, top executives in private and public sector, sportsmen, celebrities, bureaucrats, politicians, etc. Most of the clients are long term customers, who keep coming back to her because her treatment is completely safe and delivers the result. She follows a scientific process to cure and prevent diseases by promoting healthy food and healthy lifestyle.
Coronary Heart Diseases are a very common health problem and they are closely linked to a diet that is high in unhealthy fats. Decreasing one’s intake of fatty foods, especially fried food, will go a long way in preventing heart diseases. On the other hand, a healthy diet chart with an adequate amount of high fiber foods is seen to prevent heart diseases.
Diabetic Diet
While genes does play an important role in the onset of diabetes, an unhealthy lifestyle and bad eating habits are also contributing factors. A diabetes diet chart is a diet plan that is high in fibre and low in fat with a minimum amount of saturated fats. The diabetic diet aims to control the amount of food you eat, especially foods that dramatically affect blood sugar, to help manage the disease. The diet is not overly restrictive, but encourages you to make wise food choices from each of the food groups to maximize your nutritional intake. The diet also aims to promote a healthy weight because this improves blood sugar management.
Anemia
Anemia is generally caused by nutritional deficiencies and is most commonly associated with a diet that is low in iron. Iron rich foods such as green leafy vegetables should be included in a diet for anemia.
Pregnancy Diet
While the common Indian advice is to eat for two but we must keep in mind that it is not two grownups we have to eat for ,it is for a baby that is 3-4 kgs in weight.
We here in Health Today focus on nutrition ,rather than the quantity of the food you eat.
A weight gain of 1 to 2 kilogram in the first trimester (month 1 to 3), and 1.5 – 2 kgs per month in the second and third trimester (month 4 to 9) is ideal for Indian mothers. The ideal total weight gain is thus 10 to 14 kgs for the whole pregnancy
Diet For Lactating Mother
Most lactating women will need to consume about 500 additional calories above their normal pre pregnancy food intake, recommended value is 2,700 calories per day for most women
After pregnancy every mother wants to try to lose weight. However, dieting during breastfeeding can be very detrimental to your child’s development. We can help you how you may start to diet sensibly after breastfeeding,.
FAQ
Q.1: Whether I need to do exercises with this kind of diet?
A.1: Exercise is necessary part of losing weight and good for relaxation of your mind , if you don’t do it currently we recommend you before you begin exercise programe start slowly and gradually increase time spent on activity we don’t tell to go for strenuous gyming in the diet programme but its recommended to do physical activity(25-30mins)in any form like walk, swimming , dancing, etc to increase your metabolism.
Q.2: How much I am going to reduce in a month?
A.2: Weight loss depend upon person to person and on different factors like gender ,disease condition ,age etc for eg male lose faster than females and rate of wgtloss is slower with elderly persons.
Q.3: Is there any guarantee of weight loss?
A.3: Weight loss differ for every person so there is no guarantee given.
Q.4. I have to sociallised /travel a lot will I be able to follow this kind of diet?
A.4: Ofcourse yes ,prior information should be given so that lunches and dinners can be planned accordingly by the dieticians.
Q.5: Do you give any kind of food supplement also?
A.5: Our progrmme is based on simple home cooked food,we don’t prescribe any kind of supplementation.
Q.6: Will I be able to lose inches from my thighs and hips?
A.6: With the weight loss ,inch loss will automatically take place which will be from all over the body.
Q.7: I enjoy my alcohol at night every day, will I have to totally avoid that?
A.7: Alcohol can be taken but in restricted quantity and will let you know which drink to go for according to your body type.
Q.8: I don’t have to buy expensive diet food products?
A.8: It’s the simple home cooked food that is healthy and nutritious also.
Q.9: Is eating sweet or chocolate that bad for health?
A.9: A little bit of almost anything is not that bad however some ingredients in chocolates /sweet are harmful for health and sugar supplies just empty calories.
Q.10: After delivery of the baby, from when I can start weight loss programme?
A.10: It takes 3-4 mths for the body to come up to its normal function as lot of hormonal imbalances has been taken place inside.
Q.11: I feel very thirsty so instead of normal Soft Drinks should I opt for diet soft drinks ?how safe are they?
A.11: Its better to avoid diet drinks, as they don’t give any nutritional supplement plus they have aspartame-containing sugar free( which in long run not good for health),you can opt for buttermilk,juices,freshlime,yogurt,coconutwater.
Q.12: What can I do about a weight loss platue?
A.12: Plateaus can occur at different times for different people they normally happen as body is attempting to stabilise on that weight, once its stable it will allow your weight to drop again .if you experience plateau, look for other positive changes like smaller size clothing, weight loss will resume If you continue to follow the programme.
Q.13: Any side effect of diets?
A.13: Most of patients feel energized and better than prior to starting programme, some symptoms (if you are reducing more than 10 kgs) like slight weakness can be experienced temporary.
Q.14: Will I be able to maintain the loss?
A.14 After achieving your target weight, it is very important to be regular with physical activity at least for 25-30 minutes for 5-6 days a week, along with this we will be providing certain tips so that you should be in shape forever.
Q.15 Does starvation helps in reducing weight?
A.15 Not always, coz sometime with the starving diet, you tend to bloat up rather then feeling light, and people who reduce weight with very low cal diet,wont be able maintain that weight for long time, so its always advisable to go in for gradual loss.
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