Let’s start with a quiz. All of us know that cola is very high in sugar. It has 27 teaspoons of sugar in every litre. And for the last 20 years, we have been told that cornflakes are a super healthy breakfast item. So, let’s play a simple quiz: Which food amongst cola and cornflakes […]
Category Archives: Disease
Our philosophy is “What you focus on expands”. Hence, we focus on health. If we focus on creating health, rather than just treating disease, the disease often takes care of itself. Disease reversal is a side effect of getting healthy. We, at Possible (earlier Truweight) have worked for years to develop the right nutrition advice […]
Diet is a funny topic. It’s surprising to see no two dietitians ever agree on what you should eat. Diet is like a religion. Every religion is trying to convince you to convert to his or her religion. And follow the religion to the T. And completely change your life. But what dieticians don’t realise […]
“The longer your waistline, the shorter your lifeline”. A study published in Diabetes Care noted that when diabetic individuals lost around 9-13 kgs, they witnessed a significant increase in their life-span, with an average of 25% reduced mortality. This number is big. About 80-85% of people with Type 2 diabetes are overweight. Research shows that […]
“Medicine might be winning the battle of glucose control, but is losing the war against diabetes.”: says Lancet medical journal, the most reputed medical journal in the world. It calls diabetes a “public health humiliation”, as diabetes has reached such epidemic proportions, despite the fact that it’s a preventable disease. Only Right nutrition can attack […]
What does reversal mean? Diabetes.co.uk defines “Reversing diabetes is a term that usually refers to a significant long-term improvement in insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes.” It’s a very controversial question. But now, even the World Health Organisation (WHO) is talking about it. Their global report on diabetes treatment has a section on […]
How much sugar do you think is present in human blood? The Answer is having human blood has only 5 gms of sugar. That’s just 1 teaspoon. To put some numbers in perspective, a mango has 44 grams of sugar, an apple around 20 gms. Even the healthy rotis have around 30 gms of carb […]
Medically reviewed by Dr. Shunmukha Priya, Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition Drinking alcohol more often, has numerous disadvantages over your health; and the major damage is caused to your liver. Fatty liver disease occurs when your liver gets filled up with too much fat and it is majorly caused by frequent consumption of alcohol. This may […]
Medically reviewed by Dr. Shunmukha Priya, Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition An inflammatory disease, rheumatoid arthritis occurs when your immune system mistakes your healthy cells to be invaders and starts destroying them. During this time, the affected part swells; Rheumatoid arthritis is believed to occur mainly in the joints. What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid Arthritis is […]
COVID-19 is a severe infectious disease caused by coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). It is a virus present in animals that are rarely transmitted from animals to humans and then spread person to person. A person infected with the COVID-19 virus, experiences mild to moderate respiratory problems and sometimes recovers without requiring any special treatment. Older generations and […]