Rujuta Diwekar

It’s comforting for kids to grow up around adults who view food as nurturing, as an extension of their sense of community and belonging. The act of sharing meals and eating with others brings joy and a sense of security and well-being. It’s sanctity must be protected from the noise around diets and weight loss. From my column in @timesofindia on parenting, answering the question - I am quitting carbs and sugar on my weight loss journey, will it impact my kids in any way? Link in story. #kids #parents #health #wellbeing

On your journey to good health, you must collect more data points than just weight loss, to rate the effectiveness of the diet and exercise plan. A short clip from my talk at the Mysuru lit fest. #weightloss #health #data

From food we learn to dispel all that is dark and move towards light. Anna = poorna bramha. #GuruPurnima wishes to all.

What can you do? Reduce consumption of packaged and processed foods, with or without sugar substitutes, and eat more home cooked food. Note - Sugar substitutes are a 18 billion dollars business.

The good life is not about money, business class tickets and foreign locales. It’s about food that celebrates every season and for every reason. Kyuki zindagi ka mazaa aur nasha, dheere, dheere, roz maza ke lamhon mein hi aata hai. #kalawatanausal #sabudanawada Pic 1 - kalawatana usal and wade Pic 2 - sabudana wada, chutney and dahi #overandout #khaiyeaurkhilaiye #fresh #food #local #seasonal #traditional #culture #climate #cuisine #festival

A good way to know if you are over exercising is to check if you are looking forward to the next session. If you routinely postpone the next session to "evening", "tomorrow", "next Monday", etc, then you are doing more than your ability to recover. You are either doing too much or eating too little or sleeping too little. #exercise #health

The latest on - Exercise From the research presented at the International sport + exercise nutrition conference, Manchester UK, Dec 2022. Main points - - More fatigue is not a measure of better efficiency of an exercise. We have to ensure we are adequately tired so that our biomechanics are protected. - Dysfunctional exercise; exercise not done for joy, better performance or health but as a compulsion/ exercising a lot. Leads to more injuries, illnesses, etc. - How active you are during childhood and adolescence has a bigger impact on your skeletal health post 50. Increased PA during childhood directly correlated with increased bone health. - The older you get, the more you have to work at staying active/ exercise, as muscle loss is faster. Older adults lose MM 3 times faster than younger adults. - Low muscle mass = poor clinical outcomes; hospitalization, length of stay, etc. Influences outcome in diseases like cancer also. - energy restriction (fad diets, long meal gaps, etc) leads to loss of muscle mass. - 10:1 female to male ratio of eating disorders. - more “carb fear” in female athletes. - female athletes more likely to be under-fuelled for the task; more importance to looking a certain way than performance (social media influence). Part 5 of the “latest on…” series. #exercise #muscle #carbfear #fatigue #kids #active #olderadults #fitness #health

Everyone must wake up atleast once in their lifetime like this, feel the wet grass under their feet, sniff the chill in the air only to bathe in the warmth of the rising sun and spot that streak of the rainbow. #trekking #himalaya #connectwithhimalaya

The latest on - Exercise. Exercise is non-negotiable, both exercise and activity are important, food influences exercise outcomes or results, too much or too little exercise both not ok, watch out for the strong social media influence on how we look vs how we perform. Part 5 of the “latest on” series. #exercise #muscle #carbfear #fatigue #kids #active #olderadults #fitness #health

If you think fasting for weight loss has always been part of our culture. #fasting #intermittentfasting #weightloss #upavas #traditional #culture #culturalappropriation #health #community

The latest on - Intermittent Fasting Diets don't work because they are not sustainable, are restrictive in nature, don't take into account the food systems of your region or daily practicalities of life, etc. Focus on developing good habits for good health and sustainable weight loss. Keep it simple and common sensical with food. From the research (mostly conducted on athletes) presented at the International sport + exercise nutrition conference, Manchester UK, Dec 2022. #fasting #if #diet #fad #health #commonsense #isenc

3 asana to end your day with - good for your legs, gut and brain. Start from a few seconds, build it up slowly. Forward bends - - help relax the body - relieve aches and pains - help cool the body down so recommended in the summer. #yoga #everyday #internationalyogaday