Obesity is the main headache of modern age. People that suffered with obesity expense a lot from their pocket for weight loss treatment. Ayurvedic home remedies provide you natural way to lose weight without spending a lot of money.
A regular exercise and a healthy balanced diet are very necessary in weight loss treatment. There are many weight loss success stories that people share online. If you have no time for exercise in your busy life schedule then you can use ayurvedic home remedies for weight loss to get a flat stomach.
Traditional Ayurveda recommends usage of certain herbs in treating obesity. The most common herbs and their benefits are described below :
Guggul (Commiphora mukul) : Ayurvedic experts recommend this popular herb for weight control as well as for lowering high cholesterol levels in blood. Apart from being an agent that helps in burning fat, it also controls obesity. Being a natural herb, it is found to be a much superior and safer product.
Garcinia Cambogia : Garcinia helps in controlling obesity by slowing down the mechanism of fat production within body cells. Hydroxy-citric-acid which is an active ingredient in Garcinia, converts blood sugar to glycogen instead of fat, and also reduces appetite by keeping the blood sugar levels under control.
Triphala (Emblica Officinalis) : It is very effective in increasing hemoglobin level, reduces fat content in the body and helps in weight reduction. It reduces the water content in the body, which is one of the main causes of obesity and is also found to be a good antioxidant.
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) : Licorice root, being sweet in taste, balances blood sugar levels and help reduce craving for sweets.
Warm Water And Honey : In the morning daily empty stomach drink warm water by mixing natural honey. This is first of all best ayurvedic remedy for weight loss.
Lemon Juice : For fast weight loss treatment, drink lemon juice every morning empty stomach with warm water. So for taste you can add black salt into lemon water.
Vegetable Salad : Use salad of tomato and onion daily with meal. Mix salt and Squeeze lemon extract on the salad also for better results.
Tinaspora (Tinaspora Cordifolia) & Triphala : Prepare a decoction of Tinaspora (Tinaspora Cordifolia) and Triphala (Mixture of equal amount of Indian Gooseberry, Baheda (Terminalia Bellirica) and Myrobalan). Drink this decoction with one spoonful natural honey to lose weight.
Triphala, Trikatu & Trimad : Make a decoction of Triphala, Trikatu (Mixture of equal amount of Black Pepper, Long Pepper and Ginger) and Trimad (Combination of Nutgrass, Leadwort and Vidanga). Finally drink this decoction by mixing Guggul (Indian Bedellium) in weight loss treatment.
Castor Oil : Prepare the vegetable dish of leaves of Castor Oil Plant (Ricinus Communis). Eating this dish daily also helps to lose weight.
Reddish or Triphala Powder : Take reddish or Triphala powder and mix in natural honey. Use this same herb mixture to treat obesity diseases.
Vidanga (Emblia Ribes), Dried Ginger, Alkaloid, Barley and Indian Gooseberry : Herbs Powder Prepare the powder of Vidanga (Emblia Ribes), Dried Ginger, Alkaloid, Barley and Indian Gooseberry. Use can also use this powder with natural honey for best effects.
Pineapple Juice : Weight Loss Fruits Pineapple is also used in weight loss treatment. Use daily pineapple juice or slice for good results. Watermelon is also good to lose fat. It is free of fat and also contain a little amount of Calories & cholesterol. Furthermore mix some rock salt in watermelon for more weight loss health benefits.
Water rich fruits : In weight loss success stories, some people recommend strawberry, apples and other water rich fruits in weight loss treatment. These are the some especially relevant Ayurvedic home remedies for weight loss or obesity diseases. The people who want to lose weight have to drink almost 5-6 water litre a day. OR Sour fruits like lemon and other citrus fruits like Kumquats, lime and orange are also good weight loss fruit drinks. Pickles are also good to use in weight loss treatment. Also avoid junk food and avoid Anard Pomegranate, Date Palms like weight gain herbs.
Cucumber : Cucumber for Weight Loss Cucumber is an ayurvedic diet for weight loss and mostly used as Salad. Also cucumber is rich in fiber and contains approximately 95% water that helps to lose weight naturally.
Cinnamon : Cinnamon for Weight Loss In weight loss home remedies Cinnamon is also used. Boil one spoon Cinnamon powder in almost one cup of water. On cooling mix one honey and drink in morning in breakfast and in the night before sleeping. Finally use this natural remedy to lose weight.
Coconut : Coconut for Weight Loss Coconut contains a very low amount of cholesterol and fat. Peoples who are seeking with obesity problems should be use coconut to reduce consequently lose weight. Use these natural remedies or tips to lose your heavy weight and get a fit, attractive body.
Juice of Aloevera or Vrikshamala : In addition to the said herbs, the juice of aloevera helps in promoting digestion and helps in cleansing the digestive tract. Vrikshamala is another herb which breaks down fatty acids and is also rich in Vitamin C while Vayu Vidanga, a diuretic helps in reducing weight.
Apart from these herbs, Ayurvedic experts suggest consumption of honey (for non-diabetics) by adding it in herbal tea (A decoction of one cup of water plus a teaspoon of the herbal tea powder is prepared by boiling and reducing the contents to about ¾ cup and then filtered. To this warm decoction one tsp. of honey is added and consumed twice daily in empty stomach) which dissolves body fat, thereby helping in weight reduction to a great extent. In addition to all this, regular exercise and an active lifestyle can help prevent obesity to a great extent.
I Tried the Ayurvedic Diet for a Week, and Here’s What Happened
It’s fairly well-established that not every weight loss plan works for everyone. In fact, whether or not you can successfully lose weight depends on many factors, from your gender to your metabolism to your genes. But what if we told you that your body type and your overall mental makeup also play a role?
At least, that’s the core principle behind Ayurveda (pronounced eye-yur-vayda and translated to “science of life”) Medicine, a holistic wellness system of beliefs that originated in ancient India nearly 3,000 years ago. Recently, wellness gurus have been dipping back into Ayurvedic texts to come up with the principles for the Ayurvedic Diet, which ostensibly uses Ayurvedic principles to help you lose weight.
what, exactly, is the Ayurvedic Diet?
Glad you asked. At the root of Ayurveda is the belief that everyone has a set body type and energy that comes along with it. This is called your dosha.
the three doshas are vata, pitta and kapha. Vatas tend to be thin, lean creative types (bizarrely, they often tend to suffer from cold hands and feet). Kaphas tend to have wider bodies and rigidly loyal tendencies, but sometimes suffer from foggy thoughts. In the middle are pittas, who have medium builds and are highly motivated. Each are equipped with specific bodily traits and energies associated with them that supposedly sync with the five elements of nature, including earth, water, fire, space and air.
It’s important to note that Ayurveda lacks a medical or scientific basis, meaning there’s pretty much zero actual proof that any of this, ya know, works at all. But it does encourage being mindful of your daily eating habits, avoiding processed foods, and being conscious of your mental health and wellness, all of which have been linked to weight loss.
What can you eat on the Ayurvedic Diet?
Well, that depends on your dosha. Ayurveda doesn’t place any hardcore restrictions on your diet, but it does stress being more mindful of your choices and eating according to your dosha. Vatas, pittas and kaphas are encouraged to eat fresh, cooked food that is heavily spiced and easily digestable. Vatas are a cold and dry dosha, so they’re encouraged to eat foods that are warmer, heartier, and richer in oils; pittas are encouraged to eat drier, more carb-heavy foods; and kaphas lean towards smaller portions.
What is unique to Ayurveda is that we never make the same dietary recommendations for everyone.
people who follow the Ayurvedic Diet are encouraged to go light on breakfast or skip it altogether, go light on dinner, and make lunch their heaviest meal of the day. This runs counter to most conventional weight loss advice, which encourages people trying to lose weight to get most of their calories in the A.M.; further, there seems to be some debate in the Ayurvedic community on whether or not skipping breakfast is OK. But Marks explained that there are drawbacks to loading up on calories in the evening, which most people tend to do.
“When we eat our largest meal at dinner, we’re sending two competing signals to our body,” says Marks, who has followed the Ayurvedic lifestyle for more than 35 years. “We’re telling it, ‘When I go to bed, I want to settle as deeply as possible and get as much rest as possible, but I also want to digest food.’ So people who eat a really large dinner don’t get as deep of sleep.”
Regardless of whether the Ayurvedic Diet works in general, this particular takeaway is actually (kind of) supported by science: eating too much too late has been linked to lower-quality sleep, and a number of studies have found that people who pack in the calories at night are more prone to metabolic issues, which can lead to weight gain.
I also admittedly had a deeper reason for trying the diet. My late, great mom, who was born and raised in Mumbai, India, always used spices like turmeric and ginger in her own cooking. When she passed last summer, I took it upon myself to dabble with some of those spices in my own cooking. Sometimes when I cook, I feel like my mom is guiding my hands through. It’s a special connection, and the fact that Ayurveda originated in India made this diet/lifestyle resonate with me that much more. With all of this info in mind, I decided to try the Ayurvedic Diet for myself. Here’s what happened.
Sunday : To start the week, I took the online quiz on the Ayurveda Experience to ID my dosha. I’ve always been on the skinny side (in fact, my problem has always been trying to gain weight, not to lose it), plus I’m definitely a creative, so I was immediately pegged for a vata, which meant I was encouraged to use spices such as turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon when cooking.
These spices have some well-established health benefits: turmeric, which is often used in Indian cooking, has notable anti-inflammatory properties, and ginger is often used to treat nausea. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a light breakfast or a heavy lunch, so this day was kind of a write-off. I vowed to start the diet in earnest tomorrow.
Monday : I wanted to keep the start of the work week simple and clean. So I started the day by enjoying my typical breakfast, steel-cut oatmeal with blueberries, which felt light enough. For lunch, the heaviest meal of the day, I went with oven-roasted chicken thighs and some garlic sautéed spinach; for dinner, I made pan-seared tilapia. Nothing fancy, but it was definitely a vibe for me. I had Alexa playing old-school Nas while I was cooking, so I definitely felt like I was in the zone.
Tuesday : As a freelance writer, my life can get pretty unpredictable, so when I had to head out the door to cover an event, the “mindfulness” aspect of the Ayurvedic Diet crumbled. I grabbed a strawberry pastry from a bakery in Queens on my way to the subway that morning and treated myself to a lobster roll in Manhattan that evening. Those were the only things I ate that day, so that was not good.
Wednesday : On Wednesday, I wasn’t hungry, so I skipped breakfast. For lunch, I ordered Pad See Ew Thai noodles, which came with spring rolls and a salad; for dinner, per Marks’s advice, I grilled a cod fillet. It was simple, light, and delicious.
Thursday : I’m lucky to have grown up on what I consider some of the best Indian food ever (thanks, mom). But since she passed, I haven’t eaten much Indian food, just because it’s not the same as mama’s. Still, with this experiment, I got a little bit nostalgic. So per O’Donnell’s book, which contains a recipe for lentils daal, I called a local Indian spot to pick up a dinner plate of lasooni daal, a.k.a. yellow lentils covered in a garlic sauce and served over a plate of fragrant, savory Basmati rice. Per the guidelines for the diet, it was actually pretty light for dinner — at least, lighter than the chicken slice of pizza I took down for lunch.
Friday : I had a big bowl of oatmeal with blueberries for lunch, just to see how that would sustain me as a midday meal in lieu of breakfast. I also had a mango lassi (a delicious, creamy yogurt Indian drink, pictured above). For dinner, I went lighter with tilapia, which is one of my favorites. To my surprise, even though this was my third straight day of skipping breakfast, I felt totally fine. So much for breakfast being the most important meal of the day.
Saturday : Although I was out with my daughter all day Saturday, I still managed to somewhat adhere to the flow of the Ayurvedic diet. I once again skipped breakfast and made lunch my biggest meal of the day (although, to be fair, my lunch was a burger, which is not the healthiest option). For dinner, I made us pan-seared cod with buttery garlic sauce … which she loved.
