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Dr Mishkat Shehata explains how managing your stress can be as important as calorie counting for your slimming goals. From an evolutionary point of view, stress is a biological response to threats. The system responsible for activating stress is called the sympathetic nervous system or ‘fight or flight’. Hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol kick into action because our brain has detected a threat, prompting our body to react by increasing our breathing and heart rate and shifting the blood supply from organs such as the liver and kidneys. ‘Rest and digest’ is the system that keeps our vital organs …

Anyone who has ever carried extra weight will know how hard it is to lose it. You have to set up your training program and decide which diet to follow. That’s when you turn to the people around you. This furthers your confusion as everyone has different advice. Your friend tells you she lost weight through Banting, while your colleague swears by juice fasting, and your brother advocates a high-protein diet as the only way to shed fat. The truth is that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to getting lean. However, there are some general nutrition and training guidelines that …

With the general increase in obesity rates, modulating the appetite through one’s own diet can be a great ally for weight loss and an alternative to the use of medications. Some foods generate a feeling of prolonged satiety and thus favor the control of appetite. “Generally, fibers and grains, if used properly, can help moderate appetite,” says Denise Boia, a nutritionist at the Morbid Obesity Treatment Center at Badim Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here is a list of three types of foods that can help you with the feeling of fullness and weight loss, that we elaborate with …