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Fitness Secrets (Part 2)

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Let's continue asking ourself a few more fitness questions, and in case our Answer is negative, we can definitely take efforts to turn the minuses into pluses. 4. Do I eat fruits and vegetables during the entire day? Fruits and vegetables (F&V) should form an important part of your daily foods. They give you all the important vitamins and minerals which actually contribute to your over all health. This is why vitamins and minerals are known as functional foods. They perform specific functions in the body and keep you away from small and big disorders and diseases. It would become too much if I start to mention all the functions of all the vitamins and minerals and so I would keep that for future blogs. However, you may find traces of these functions in my earlier blogs. 5. Do I have different colors on my plate?? Each color in the food world represents a special micro nutrient, maybe an anti oxidant, a phytonutrient, or a special plant pigment which performs a speci

Fitness Secrets (Part 1)

Fitness is a word which is commonly mistaken with the word exercising.. " If I gym (do vigorous exercise), I am fit." No, you are not fit unless you have coupled your exercise regime with your Diet. " Diet " is not starving yourself to death, killing your taste buds and losing weight. Diet  typically means the food you eat. But just adding the word HEALTHY to it. Healthy food when coupled with exercise, makes you fit.  Fitness is your power to carry out your everyday activities with full energy and vigour, without being fatigued. Fitness is the power to think positive, behave positive and spread a wave of joy around you.  but do we know if we are fit or not?  Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself to know how fit you are..... And what you need to do to become fitter! 1. Do you have a stomach full of Breakfast?  Yes, breakfast is the most important meal of your day, that should give you 1/3rd of your daily nutritional requirements