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8 Things To Do on a Saturday To Lose Weight Through The Week

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As Saturday approaches – we start planning for parties, get-togethers, outings, and all of them revolve around food, but if you’re working on losing weight, be cautious. Weekends, especially Saturdays, can undo your week-long efforts. Instead of turning it into a ‘cheat day,’ use Saturday as a chance to reset, plan, and ensure a smooth week ahead on your weight loss journey. Check out 8 simple tips in our latest post! 1. Have a Nutritious Breakfast: Start your day right by choosing a nutritious breakfast, known as the most important meal. While tempting, sugary options like waffles, packaged juices, and sweet cereals can load you up on empty calories and keep unhealthy cravings lingering. Opt for healthier choices from the Rati Beauty diet to maintain successful weight loss, even on lazy weekends. 2. Plan and Buy Groceries for the Entire Week: Use Saturday to plan and shop for groceries for the entire week. This strategy significantly reduces the likelihood of impulsively selecti...
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7 Best Frozen Foods For Weight Loss

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Protein is a vital ingredient for human body and also for people who are trying to lose weight the healthy way, as this macronutrient not only aids in healthy weight loss, it also helps build muscles and improve health and fitness. Eggs, meat, fish etc are considered good sources of protein; but vegetarians often wonder from where they can get abundant protein. Tofu, cottage cheese, and vegetables like green peas are a rich source of plant protein  . Talking about green peas, it contains eight times the protein of a cup of spinach (5 gm per 100 gm) and also 100 percent of your daily amount of vitamin C in a single cup. That’s not it – green peas also have more than 25% of your days fiber! This delicious veggie also has vitamin A, C, K, folate, manganese, iron, zinc, copper and other essential B vitamins – all of these nutrients contribute in a big way to boost weight loss. And there are absolutely delicious to have green peas, fix them into a mason jar salad or add them to an ...
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12 Healthy Snack Ideas For 4 PM Hunger Pangs

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If you experience that inescapable feeling to grab something to eat towards the evening, whether it’s a slice of pizza or a packet of chips, don’t worry, you are not alone! 4 pm hunger pangs spares no one, strikes everyone with the same intensity and when that happens, instead of reaching out for cakes, cookies, biscuits, and the most popular choice “potato chips” with a high number of empty calories that leave you hungry in less than 2 hours; experts suggest munching on snacks with protein, fiber, and healthy fats that give you instant energy, keep you fuller for longer hours, and can help you lose weight as well. These healthy snacks are easy-to-make, weight loss friendly, and can be packed off to work to alleviate those 4 pm hunger pangs. 1. Apple Slices with Peanut Butter or Almond Butter: Take a medium-sized apple and make it into equal wedges, and dip it in peanut butter to get a delicious weight-loss friendly snack within minutes. You can dip apple wedges in almond bu...
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7 Ways To Increase Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis

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Health experts and researchers unanimously agree that “sitting is indeed the new smoking!” Tight hip flexors, neck pain, lower back pain, bad posture – sitting for long hours can do more damage than these obvious physical aches and discomfort. Leading a sedentary lifestyle can put one in the risk category of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and other metabolic diseases. Just one hour of sweating it out in the gym will not shake off the “sedentary” tag from your lifestyle if you spend the rest of your waking hours before the laptop/computer or on the couch without any physical activity. If you are wondering why you are not losing weight even with daily exercise, spending hours in a sitting position might be one of the major reasons. Wondering what extra you would need to do to get lean – here’s what you need to do – start on a a good calorie-deficit diet ( Rati Beauty diet for example), exercise moderately, and then increase NEAT (non-exercise ...
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Will Excessive Sweating in Summer Burn More Fat?

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A lot of celebs endorse this notion that they can eat whatever they want and “sweat” it all out in the gym the next day! A few trainers also support the theory that more sweating means greater fat burn. That’s why, there’s a big myth flying around that profuse sweating in summers will help burn more fat! Sweating is a natural process through which the body maintains its core temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, and in summers, this process helps the body remain cool. Sweating brings to the skin’s surface water, salt, and electrolytes to dissipate excess heat, and you can lose water weight temporarily through sweating. Unless you are doing exercise or intense physical activity, you are not really burning any significant calories with just sweating. So, spending time in the sun, with profuse sweating, will not drain away calories. Still not convinced? Read on why excessive sweating in summer does not really mean more fat burning. Sweating, is just a natural mechanism through which ...
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Do you Have Belly Fat Even with Daily Exercise?

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It’s one of life’s big fat mystery! Even after working out every single day of the week, doing multiple rounds of sneaky ab exercises without fail, that dreaded belly fat is still there! A majority of people confess that the first place that they want to get rid of excess fat is around from their waist area, and when that does not happen even with intense exercise, it can be extremely disappointing. Belly fat can be of two types – subcutaneous fat (layer beneath the skin) and visceral fat (around the muscles and around abdominal organs). Visceral fat is considered dangerous because it puts a person at the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and other life-threatening disorders. Belly fat is considered extremely stubborn because it hardly budges with intense exercise and dieting. Adding to the woes, spot reduction is a myth and triggering away meltdown of belly fat is not possible doing ab exercises alone. Elaborating the fat-burning process, breakdown of fa...
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12 Natural Weight Loss Drinks To Boost Metabolism

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Everyone talks about the importance of keeping the body hydrated at all times, particularly when trying to lose weight. Plain water aids fat loss in more ways than one – it helps to flush out toxins, kickstarts metabolism, and keeps hunger pangs in check. Since the human body is made up of 60% water (in fact, brain and heart have up to 73% water), we need to hydrate the body well enough so that all bodily functions run smoothly, from digestion to synthesis of various hormones and fat-burning enzymes in the body. For people exercising on a regular basis, adequate water is important for muscle function and repair, and also to boost the fat-burning process. For all the above reasons and more, experts suggest drinking at least 8 glasses of water or 2 liters in a day. We all do understand the importance of water in order to sustain life, but are we drinking enough water? Most of us would confess that the real reason we do not meet up minimum amount of water intake is simply because we f...
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Does Cinnamon Help With Weight Loss?

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When we look at the list of natural fat burners, cinnamon, which is an aromatic spice, used extensively in Indian kitchens, ranks quite high on the list. There’s no iota of doubt that there are no quick fixes or magic key that can unlock the door to stored fat – only being on a nutrient-dense calorie deficit diet and consistent exercise can bring about the transformation and get you to your goal weight. However, natural ingredients like cinnamon are believed to supplement and boost the whole weight loss process, but does cinnamon really deserve the high weightage it gets in the weight loss bazaar? Also, a lot of people are adding copious amounts of cinnamon into their big jar of water in the hope to slim down as fast as they can, but is it worth it; most importantly, is it safe? Let’s find out: Why Cinnamon is Considered a Weight Loss Boosting Ingredient? First of all, there are four types of cinnamon – ceylon, Cassia, Saigon, and Korintje. The most common variety that is extensivel...
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How To Lose Weight Without Cardio

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Even the most dedicated and self-proclaimed gym rats would confess that they absolutely dread cardio sessions and would rather lift or pull weights than pant for breath doing tedious number of burpees. Cardio, also known as aerobic exercises, increases heart rate and uses large muscle groups and can include walking, jogging, cycling, treadmill, running on cross trainer bike, etc. These are the exercises that get your heart rate up, and experts say, the higher your heart rate during exercise, the more calories you burn. But as we have mentioned above, not too many people get gung-ho about doing cardio exercises because they find it boring. But here’s the good news for all cardio haters – it’s not the only way to lose weight, in fact, there are much more better ways to shed extra pounds. Cardio is just a way to create an energy deficit by incinerating calories, and there are other ways to create that deficit in order to burn stored fat. Also, doing cardio alone will not bring about signi...
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Does Drinking Hot Water Help with Weight Loss?

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Irrespective of whether someone wants to lose weight or not, drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day is of supreme importance to prevent dehydration and for the running of all physiological systems in the body smoothly. Dehydration can create a lot of uneasiness in the body including headache, lightheadedness, low blood pressure, but if you didn’t already know, it can send hunger signals and make you eat more! This happens because with dehydration, our body cannot clearly distinguish between hunger and thirst signals, and most often instead of sipping a glass of water, we tend to indulge in unhealthy snacks (increasing the calorie count). Experts say there’s a strong connection between dehydration and weight gain, because lack of water causes tiredness and exhaustion, and in order to quickly replenish energy, we opt to eat something with calories to get a boost of energy. Water is the elixir of life, a zero-calorie drink that boosts metabolism, helps the body flush out toxins, and...
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12 Foods you Can’t Stop Eating But you Should

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There is normal food that we eat everyday to get energy and nutrients to support life and then there are certain other foods that are unnourishing and lack nutrients, but we cannot just stop eating them even when satiety level has been reached. Most of these fall under the category of “hyperpalatable” foods and research says one can develop an addiction of sorts to them. It does takes a monumental amount of will power to stop at just one bag of potato chips! The smell, the flavour, the taste – you can never have too many potato chips, right! Just like chips, there are other “hyperpalatable” food that have ingredients like sugar, sodium, unhealthy fat, and certain synthetic ingredients that trigger the reward center of brain and stimulate the release of “feel-good chemicals” that can put one in a constant state of craving, wanting to have more of such food. Also, since these foods are easily digested, they cause sharp rise in insulin and the subsequent dip causes imbalance in blood...
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8 Gimmicky Weight Loss Gadgets – Don’t Bother Getting Them!

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Even if it’s as clear as a daylight that the only effective and foolproof way to lose weight is by putting the body into a calorie deficit mode through diet control and exercise, we often do fall for tall claims made by gimmicky products, with little evidence to back their claims. Companies tend to cash in on the vulnerability and desperation of people who are scared of dieting or too intimidated by the idea of exercising, and want to try easy ways to get lean. Experts say that you can spend your money on these gadgets, but none of them can get you the kind of results you would see by following a calorie-deficit diet (for example Rati Beauty diet ) coupled with physical activity of any form. No doubt fitness tracking apps, fitness bands, step counters, weighing scale would help you in weight loss journey, but we are not talking about any of them in this post. Since obesity has become a pandemic of sorts and considered a precursor to diseases like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, o...
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How Certain Colors Can Trigger your Hunger and Appetite

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There’s a popular saying which is a fact as well – “you eat with your eyes first.” It’s true that the aesthetics of food presentation is important, but there’s more to what meets the eye (pun intended!). Notice how you have strong urge to grab something to eat while scrolling through food photos on instagram or even while watching cooking shows? But most importantly, there are certain colors that instantly make us hungry and food companies tend to cash in on this color psychology and the associated human reaction that it elicits. For example, when you drive past restaurants with big bold signs primarily in the shades of yellow, orange, red, you need a mountain of will power from not pulling over and order that yummy pizza, or grab just a burger, or just a few of those crispy French fries. Also, have you noticed Burger King, Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza, KFC use red, yellow, orange colors prominently in their logos and menu cards? There’s a popular theory titled “Ketchup and Mustard theory...
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11 Ways To Get Flat Tummy Without Exercise

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Here’s a secret that we would like to tell anyone who wants to get rid of belly fat and get abs – “abs are made in the kitchen, you get them defined in the gym” since what you eat today will determine whether you would have abs tomorrow. More than doing intense ab exercises, you need to be mindful of your diet because certain foods continue to contribute layers of fat around the belly even if you’re exercising 3-5 times a week. It’s a fact that spot reduction of belly fat is a myth, and if you can’t lose overall body fat, the extra layers would just sit there unmoved over the ab muscles. Nutrition and calories play a larger role in melting away excess fat than exercise and gymming. Do you know, without adequate protein and whole grains, the body composition will hardly change and the muscles will hardly take shape. That’s why it’s important to be on a nutrient-dense diet like Rati Beauty which gives importance to nutrition with adequate protein, vitamins, minerals, that are e...
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How To Use Tomatoes For Glowing Skin

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During summers, skin tan is a common issue and we tend to look for all sorts of creams, face pack, and treatments to get rid of the tan, but tend to ignore one of the most effective ingredients available in every Indian kitchen – tomatoes! Tomatoes  are a rich source of vitamin A, C, B, K that helps to detan, control sebum production, control acne, stimulate collagen production, and the list goes on. Since vitamin C is also a powerful antioxidant, found abundantly in tomatoes, they help fade away blemishes, brighten skin tone as well. Additionally, tomatoes contain “lycopene,” which provides protection against sun. Since it’s not difficult to find this inexpensive ingredient, it would be prudent to explore different ways to clear all your skincare woes, especially to get glowing skin. 1. As a Cleanser: Extract juice out of one tomato and mix it with 1 tbsp of milk. After washing your face with plain water, apply the mixture on your face and leave for around 10 to 15 min...
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7 Hidden Reasons your Diet Isn’t Working

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So, you took a gym membership at the beginning of the year in the hopes of melting away excess fat because “losing weight’ was on top of your New Year’s resolution list, but then you have rarely stepped into the gym, so  obviously, the extra pounds are still there. With the new wisdom that has dawned upon you that gym is not your cup of tea and not the place to slim down, the other option available is dieting. Now, you scour through Google and various social media channels in order to find a diet that would help cut down the excess flab – you have tried them all and none of them have fetched results. Just because some celeb recommended juice diet hasn’t worked for you, doesn’t mean you should give up on the dieting to lose weight, in fact, it’s the most viable option to lose weight, and on the right kind of diet, losing weight is effortless. But when you are not sure why your diet isn’t working despite sincere efforts, there might be hidden reasons which are easily overlooked by mo...
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