Dr. Vikram .R. Lotwala

by Greg Shealey Scheduling exercise into a busy lifestyle can be a challenge, and planning meals and snacks around the exercise is another. Eating too much food, or the wrong food before exercise, can hamper your performance or cause indigestion, sluggishness, nausea and vomiting. On the other hand, if you haven't eaten in six hours and try to work out, you may feel weak and unmotivated. The type and time of meal is important. A large breakfast may be troublesome if you are going for a morning run, but it is fine for a jog before lunch. In terms of food, your goal should be to have fuel in your body from nutritious food that is no longer present in your stomach at the time of your workout. The pre-exercise food prevents hunger during exercise. Carbohydrates are easily digested, but foods high in protein and fat may linger in the stomach for some time, depending on how much you ate. Large meals can take up to six hours to empty from the stomach. Snacks, depending on their cont...

  By Mansi Kohli   Losing sleep over losing weight? Can’t seem to stick to your diet plan? Health Me Up tell you how to lose weight without dieting. To most of us, the term ‘diet’ conjures up images of starvation and hunger. But is this really necessary? Will starving yourself really help you achieve that ultimate weight loss target? Today we're breaking all the 'diet to lose weight' myths, and exploring the concept of ‘enlightened eating’. Enlightened eating essentially involves focusing on long-term weight control and learning new eating habits which are devoid of deprivation and extremes. Sounds exciting? Read on! 1. Say yes to the veggies ! Research suggests that when offered with a variety of foods for a meal, we tend to eat more. Therefore, replace some high-fat dishes on your menu with more vegetables. Make two varieties of green ve...

The catalog of medical oddities, miraculous recoveries, open questions and unsolved mysteries is so complex and fascinating, that millions of books and articles have been written. While oddities are not particularly desirable, miracles make us happy and strengthen our faith. Unfortunately, many medical mysteries remain unsolved. They are similar to an intriguing puzzle, but with most of the pieces missing. They make us realize how much we still need to learn about something we thought we knew so well: the human body. Here is my Top 10 list of medical shocking stories that are both captivating and unbelievable. 10. Polish Railroad Worker Wakes Up From 19-Year Coma During the 1980’s, Poland was still run by a Communist regime. It was a terrible period of despair, great poverty and confusion.Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski, suffered a severe head injury while attaching two train carriages. He was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors had even more devastating news for ...

This is a article from one of my favrouite movivational speaker, Robin Sharma. The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today. But this time is also a great time, for the astonishing few who are ready to show leadership. Leaders are at their absolute best during messy cycles versus during the easy ones. And messy cycles bring with them gorgeous opportunities. As I sit quietly on this airplane at 40,000 feet, away from the rallying cries of a wired world filled with endless interruptions, I’ve distilled what I’ve been sharing in my presentations to clients across the planet over the past months, from Kuwait and Dubai to Paris, London and Dusseldorf. Here are 50 powerful rules to amp up your game so this business cycle is one of your best business cycles yet. The 50 New Rules of Work You are not just paid t...

One of the reasons why people who have the desire to lose weight are unable to stick to a diet program is because they also have a psychological resistance to losing weight. That resistance can be expressed in terms of three fears related to change in general and one fear related specifically to losing weight: Fear of the unknown . We don’t know what might happen in the future if things change. We don’t know how we might react. We’re not comfortable with uncertainties. We like things to be predictable. We fear we might get hurt. So we resist taking that leap into the unknown and we stick with what we’ve got, even if it’s making us miserable.What we need to tell ourselves is that, regardless of what comes down and regardless of how well-equipped we are to handle it, we’d much rather deal with it than never give ourselves the chance to create the life we desire. Fear of failure . We fear that if we fail, it will be very humiliating and shaming. Rather than risk the possibility of fail...

By Kelly Goldsmith and Marshall Goldsmith I’ve spent a lot of time studying what makes people happy, successful leaders. But some of the best suggestions I can think of came out of a study of a bunch of elderly retirees, who, as far as I know, never had been CEOs.  A friend of mine had interviewed this group about what advice they’d give to younger people. What, they were asked, is the key to having a great life? Their answers were both simple and wise so I’ll summarize here. Then I will explain what applicability I think they have to your careers. 1. Be happy now.  Not next week, not next month, not next year. Now. The great Western disease we are spreading around the world is “I’ll be happy when.” When I get that BMW, when I get that new house, when I get that status. Americans are among the luckiest people in the history of the world. Don’t get so wrapped up looking at what you don’t have that you miss that, what you do have. 2. Appreciate your friends and family....

Obese women are twice as likely to lose their baby in the womb or in their first year of life than those with normal weight, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the Newcastle University who examined over 40,000 pregnancies at maternity units in the U.K. found that the risk of baby death was double among obese women. They found that those with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 were 1.6 per cent more like to lose their baby compared to 0.9 per cent in women who have normal weight, or a BMI between 18.5 and 24.5, the Daily Mail reported. This means infant mortality rates for babies born to obese women were on average 16 in 1,000 babies, while it’s nine per 1,000 for mothers of a healthy weight, said the researchers. The findings suggested that it was important for women to achieve a healthy weight before getting pregnant to give their babies the best chance, they stressed but warned against dieting during pregnancy. Dr Ruth Bell, who led the three year study, sai...