"You are what you eat"

This maxim holds true, believe it or not. Clinical nutrition is the study of the relationship between food and a healthy body. The human body needs nutrients to live and grow. Studies show that eating habits play a major role in the development of certain chronic diseases, including heart disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetesA clinical nutritionist or nutritionally oriented doctor analyzes your body needs which may be influenced by many factors, including age, gender, body size, pregnancy, and disease.. Making changes to your diet can help to both prevent and treat these conditions. For instance :

• Sodium can contribute to high blood pressure. So if you have high blood pressure, reducing your sodium intake to no more than 1200 to 1500 mg per day may help control your blood pressure. Sodium just soes not mean the visible salt. Salt hidden in foods such as pickles, sauces, chips, gravies proves to be a bigger risk.
• Heart health & cholesterol are known to all. Lowering certain fats and cholesterol and adding whole grains to the diet can help prevent atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the arteries), which can lead to heart disease or stroke.
• Eating fewer calories will help you lose weight.
• Cutting down on simple sugars (glucose, sucrose, fructose, and lactose) can help prevent diabetes, and diets high in fiber (especially soluble fiber) can help control diabetes.
• For good bone health, Calcium is a must. Average adults, including pregnant women, need at least 1000mg of calcium daily, while post-menopausal women need up to
• a day. Calcium is mostly found in milk and other dairy products such as cheese and yogurt. Also calcium-fortified foods,, orange juice, cereal bars can provide for your daily calcium intake.
• Dieting does not mean "starving". A right diet would include small frequent meals, which include just about adequate nutritional needs for your body. To fight obesity and lose weight it is important to eat right.
• Women with PCOS would do well on a diet which has low-glycemic carbohydrates. A low-glycemic carbohydrate is one that causes only a small rise in blood sugar, thus avoiding a problem with insulin, which is the hormone that lowers blood sugar.
• Some common foods known to trigger a Migraine attack are cheese, vinegar, nuts, beans, chocolates, MSG, aspartame, etc.
• Hairfall promptly responds to a diet rich in minerals & vitamins. Including oats, fresh fruits & vegetables, nuts like almonds, walnuts, pistachios in your diet keeps your hair beautiful & healthy.
• Eye health depends upon anti-oxidant vitamins A,C & E. Include oranges, kiwis, grapefruit, dried apricots, tomatoes, peppers, raw carrots, green leafy vegetables, green peas, brussel sprouts etc.

Food affects every aspect of our being: mood, energy levels, food cravings, thinking capacity, sex drive, sleeping habits and general health. If you feed your body junk, it’ll simply lay down fat, lower your energy, even your brain power. At Urjaa Homoeopathic Centre, we integrate Clinical Nutrition with Homoeopathic therapeutics to ensure a healthy and blissful life for you. Our aim is to help you determine what type of diet is best for you, as per your medical condition.