Sugar levels in various packaged foods
This is a question I often get - "How much of sugar is bad?"As I had written in an earlier post, the limit for maximum added sugar is around 5-6 tsp per day. Unless someone gets into the habit of...
View ArticleDigital minimalism journey continues
Continuing from my earlier post, I wanted to share a couple of changes I made with respect to my digital minimalism journey.I took a break from Instagram for the first 10 days of July. During this...
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Book Review: Atomic Habits by James Clear
This book has been on my wishlist for quite some time. I finally got hold of a copy thanks to a nice Kindle deal (currently it is even better - Rs.149. Grab it before it goes away).What a fascinating...
View ArticleDo we want to turn our observations into problems?
There will be some lines in a book that will leave you with a lasting impression even after you have finished reading it. As I was reading "Atomic Habits", this particular line made that impact on...
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Alarming levels of Sodium in packaged foods
Based on FSSAI's draft notification, I had earlier analyzed the sugar levels in various, popular packaged foods. If you haven't seen it, do check it out. This post is all about sodium. As much as we...
View ArticleIs breakfast the important meal of the day?
If I had answered this question a couple of years back, I would have said, "Yes, absolutely....breakfast is the important meal of the day". But now my answer is different - "All meals eaten AFTER you...
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How to plan for Nutritional Variety?
This post has been lying in the draft mode for a year now. Finally, I made the time to complete it, along with a personal reflection.Two incidents triggered me to work on this topic. (1) Last July, I...
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Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate 30% less sugar review
One of my Insta followers had DMed me to share my thoughts on the new Cadbury Dairy Milk with 30% less sugar. My criteria for picking products is quite simple - any brand that uses health-related...
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10 factors that impact our energy levels
Yesterday, I noticed a few popular food bloggers, promoting Protinex Chocolate flavor (that contains 32% sugar). The premise that they were setting (through attractive props and beautiful pics) is that...
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V-Nourish Health Drink Review
Regular readers of my blog would have guessed my top two favorite categories of packaged foods - Breakfast cereals and "health" drinks. I have written about so many brands that belong to these two...
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How I do meal planning
A few days back, I posted a question on my Instagram Stories - "What do you find most challenging about home cooking on a daily basis?"Nearly 90% of the responses were all related to this one important...
View ArticleThe power of taking charge
"Take charge", "Take responsibility", "Be self disciplined" - these phrases have so much power that they make a tremendous difference in our lives, especially when it comes to our health.Whenever my...
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Misleading claim on replacing rice with chapati
I came across this ad of Annapurna Atta with the claim "Replace rice with chapati and lose upto 2 kgs in 3 months." I know many South Indians who have switched to wheat and diligently eat chapathis...
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Book Review: Indistractable by Nir Eyal
2019 - the year where we have seen the release of two books that primarily talk about minimizing distractions. The ability to focus on work or pay attention to relationships without getting distracted...
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Experience of a live AR Rahman concert
I had checked off one of the items from my bucket list in Aug. Such an important thing, yet it has taken me nearly 2 months to record my experience here on my blog. Better late than never!!Long time...
View Article10 more habits to keep PCOD under control
I had shared a personal "10 year health transformation" journey post on Instagram yesterday, primarily focusing on how I'm managing PCOD. I had asked women facing PCOD issues to reach out to me if they...
View ArticlePatriarchy's influence in food choices
A few days back, I heard this statement from a family member - "cucumber vaangaradhu illa, avarakku pidikaadhu. pagarkkai, kovakkai sugar ku nalladhunu solraa, aana avarakku indha kai ellam...
View ArticlePlant based sources of Folic Acid (Folates) for healthy pregnancy
Recently, I was talking to a friend's wife who is a gynecologist. One of the points she told me - "We are seeing quite a number of miscarriages in the past 2-3 years. This percentage has definitely...
View ArticleTime for Holistic Wellbeing
A few days back, I had posted a picture of my lunch plate on Instagram, where there was some A2B ribbon pakoda (deep-fried snack) along with veggies, sambhar and rice. There were a few DMs asking why...
View ArticleHappiness Journal
The video version of this article if you prefer to listen :-) A few days back, I had mentioned that I maintain a happiness journal in one of my posts on Instagram. I got a DM asking me to share more...
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