Cancer
Meenu Agarwal

Cancer : How to avoid it nutritionally

What is Cancer? To put it simply and succinctly, it is a state when cells starts growing dangerously rapidly and starts crowding other parts of the body. It’s the name for more than 200 diseases where cells simply begin to grow out of control.
An Article by Meenu Agarwal | Dietitian & Nutritionist | Singapore | Kolkata

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Cardiovascular Diseases
Meenu Agarwal

Limit the consumption of these 4 unhealthy snacks!

Junk food is defined as “any food, which is low in essential nutrients and high in everything else – calories and sodium”. Junk foods contain little or no proteins, vitamins or minerals but are rich in salt, sugar, fats and are high in energy (calories). Junk food is popular because it is tasty; but it is unhealthy. It is low in fiber, high in fat, and sugar in liquid form. Studies have shown that despite being unhealthy, junk food induces gorging that leads to obesity. 

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mango diabetes
Diabetes
Meenu Agarwal

Mango & Diabetes

Over the last 2-3 days I was getting calls from my close relatives who are diabetic that their sugar levels were spiking very high. They had a fairly well managed sugar history.

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Diseases
Meenu Agarwal

Health or Success: What should be the priority?

How many times have you dashed out in the morning missing your breakfast because you were late for a meeting? Or how many times have you let your adolescent kid get away with store-bought junk food instead of a healthy meal because you just didn’t have the time to spend in the kitchen? Can you count the number of cups of coffee you’ve gulped in the office because you were stressed from work?

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PCOS/PCOD
Meenu Agarwal

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

PCOS is a common endocrine system disorder among women of reproductive age. It is a condition in which a woman has enlarged ovaries that contain small fluid-filled cysts — called follicles — located in each ovary.

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