To understand the art of controlling breath, let us study a couple of contrasting scenarios.

Meet Steve.  He just came to know that he lost his job. He is breathing fast, sweating and can feel his heart pounding. He is worried whether he can support his family, or pay his mortgage. He is in no mood to eat, or talk to anyone. 

Around 500 years back, Europeans began a practice of breaking a fast in the morning , as a morning meal. There is no recorded history of “breakfast” prior to that.

Fat digestion

Fats are not water-soluble and they need to be emulsified to make them available for enzymes to act. The first step of fat digestion begins in the mouth.

When we think  of relaxation -various things come to mind - Lying on the bed watching your favourite show, relaxing on the beach or being in a spa or getting a massage. 

Ringing in the New Year with a gift to a loved one gives us immense pleasure.

But the point is that what you should gift to a loved one or even yourself?

So after knowing about the process of digestion and metabolism of the three macronutrients, it is clear that fats and proteins can also be converted to glucose and can contribute to the blood glucose levels.

Sympathetic system and Parasympathetic system  are commonly known as fight or flight and rest or digest. Sympathetic system is the fight or flight or bungee jump as the case may be.

This is the most common question we are asked. I am doing everything, yet not losing weight.

“I am going to go to grocery store to get coffee powder” declared my father-in law. A coffee connoisseur, he was not happy with the coffee powder in the neighbourhood supermarket.