This is an order of Outback’s Aussie cheese fries with ranch dressing. It has received the honor of the #1 position on the list of the 20 worst foods in America. It contains nearly three thousand calories, far more than an adult is supposed to have in a whole day. And this is what you eat before your dinner even arrives. I thought it would be a good idea to check the list to see if I was eating anything that made the top 20. To my dismay, the Quiznos Classic Italian sub came in at #14, winner of the worst sandwich category at 1,370 calories. So good, yet so bad. However, that was for a large, which is enormous. Even the regular size is really big. The Quiznos website lists the large at 1,220 calories, not 1,370 like Men’s Health says. Nearly a third of the calories and more than half the fat come from the red wine vinaigrette dressing. A regular size Italian sub without dressing is 630 calories. But it would be pretty miraculous if an American only had 630 calories for lunch. They’d be more likely to get a large sub with dressing and wonder why they can’t lose weight. Contrast this with Hira Ratan Manek, who has gone for 411 days without food, living on only sunlight and water. However, his site says that “Occasionally, for hospitality and social purposes, he drinks tea, coffee and buttermilk.” Wait a minute! Buttermilk is 100 calories per cup. That’s like saying that Winnie the Pooh has gone for years without food, living on only sunlight and water. Then the fine print says he occasionally has honey for hospitality and social purposes. Just how much buttermilk are we talking about?
Very bad: 20 Worst Foods In America
Teenage Smoking: Huff, puff, blow friends away
Smoking was the way for teenagers to show their parents that they were too old to live by their rules anymore. Teenagers took to smoking by the dozens because it was cool, especially because their favourite Bollywood heroes smoked, both on and off-screen. These were the days when tobacco companies could advertise freely, especially in films, and not many were aware of the ill-effects of tobacco.
A lot has changed after smoking was banned in public places. The government and numerous NGOs have undertaken various campaigns to educate people — especially teenagers — about the ill effects of smoking. Has any of this done anything to change the popular notion among teenagers that it’s cool to smoke? Anul Jain, a TYBA student of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, says, “I think that these days, it is ‘cooler’ to not smoke than to smoke, because there is more awareness about the ill effects of smoking.”
Namrata Gandhi, another TYBA student endorses this view. “Teens have a false idea that they can quit whenever they want to. Also, a lot of college-going students who live in hostels tend to start smoking, mainly because there’s no family around to tell them to stop. Personally, I don’t mind being friends with people who smoke, but I can’t stand it when they smoke around me,” she says.
However, Saumya Vaishnava, a smoker herself, begs to differ. She says, “When teenagers move out of the school atmosphere into the hostile environment of college, it’s very intimidating, especially when you don’t know anyone. Smoking in a group makes it so much easier to socialise, because that is when people let their guard down.” However, soon, the teen becomes addicted, and then, “they have no option but to convince themselves it’s cool, because they themselves are doing it!” says Saumya. “Nobody wants to admit that what they’re doing is stupid, so they say it’s cool!” she adds.
Even though the opinions are divided (as always) between smokers and non-smokers, there is an agreement among teenagers about awareness of the detrimental effects of smoking.
Women Health: Workouts to Stay Young
30-60 Age Women group start obsessing about their workouts to stay young
If you thought being obsessed with your daily fitness routine meant a healthy lifestyle, then you are mistaken. Exercise addiction is a disorder, often working in conjunction with a more familiar eating disorder, such as anorexia or bulimia.
Working out at the gym everyday could lead to exercise addiction, according to a study. The flip side to this is called ‘exercise obsession’. Psychologists feel exercise addiction needs attention too. Running on a treadmill for hours and climbing stairs that lead nowhere, exercise addicts may have lost their physical, emotional and spiritual balance. To the common eye it may appear that these people are committed to good health but the scene is different.
These people have a fear of putting on weight and hence they push themselves too hard and end up injuring themselves.
Women Health: Exercise Addiction is a Disease of the Mind-1
Women Health: Exercise Addiction is a Disease of the Mind-1
Amita Agnihotri, director(Communications) of Fitness One India Ltd, says
“When you exercise your happy hormones get released, so you tend to get addicted to it. More than 30-45 minutes of exercise four to five times a week is not recommended. Body does not respond beyond 45 minutes. Overdoing of weight training leads to muscle pulls and rapture of ligaments.”
Too much exercise and the body can break down. Bones suffer, as do tendons, ligaments, even muscles. People become more susceptible to colds and flu.
Osteoporosis may set in. In extreme cases, the menstrual cycle may cease, feel doctors. “I have seen women whose menstrual cycle has become irregular due to over-exercise.” Says Dr.Ambarish Warty, gynaecologist. “But this is just temporary. Once you lower the empact of exercising, the cycle becomes normal.”
Health for Women: Addiction of Exercise -2
Health for Women: Addiction of Exercise -2
Most fanatics are women aged between 36 to 60, who are afraid of aging in a youth –oriented society. Then they tend to over do their workout regime. “Exercise addiction is an eating disorder like anorexia and bulimia”, says Dr. Anjali Chabria, psychologist. “They aren’t willing to compromise on their workout schedule even if good jobs came to me to say that his wife works out for three to four hours a day and has no time to talk to him. Her fitness schedule is affecting their marital life.” Dr.Chabria also recalled a young girl who got upset with her mother’s fitness obsession. “ Every day when she wakes up in the morning she sees her mother take out all her dresses from the wardrobe, trying to fit into them,” says the psychologist. Deanne Pandey, Fitness expert, admits that exercise addiction is a problem in cities.
“The young crowd is hooked to Bollywood and Hollywood stars and the cities are also flooded with gyms,” says Pandey.
Exercise addiction is a disease of the mind, which needs to be treated.” Pandey says that the best way is to consult a psychologist and your fitness instructor.