Know your body fat: Body Composition report

Measuring your weight seems to be the easiest way to measure your fitness or body fat content. But is really isn’t. What you really need to know is how much fat & muscle your body has. Read this to know why you should focus on losing fat, not weight. So, knowing how much body fat content you have is important, since it gives you an accurate idea of how much fat is really stored in your body.

And Fitho is making it easy for you to know your body fat.. read on to find out

Indians are genetically prone to belly fat, and belly fat is the most harmful fat in the body. Indians have a 3 times higher risk of diabetes and heart disease as Europeans or Americans. Recent studies have shown that urban Indians between the age of 20-40, have higher body fat content than their western counterparts. A higher body fat content, combined higher risk of health disorders makes it even more important to know our body fat content.

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To help you know your body fat content, at Fitho, we have designed a Body Composition Analysis report. Using the latest body composition analysis equipment and our expertise, we analyze a number of different factors in your body (detailed below). To make it even better, for an introductory period, we are providing this report for FREE, through our fitness center, near Kailash Colony, New Delhi.

All you need to do to get FREE Body Composition Report, is set up your appointment:
- Call Fitho
- or sms ‘FITHO WT’ to 56070
- or email fitness@fitho.in

Do it soon, and get the real picture of what’s inside your body!

Below are all the details that we provide in our BCA Report: Read more

Apple a day, to be healthy & fit

Looks like there might be some truth to the old adage: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Recently Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease stated that eating apples and drinking apple juice, along with a balanced diet can protect the brain from oxidative stress or age-related memory loss. Apart from being brain healthy, apples are delicious source of fiber (both soluble and insoluble), protect against diseases and improve daily functioning. Want more reasons to add an apple to your daily diet? Read on..

Weight Loss: One medium-sized apple provides 5 grams of fiber, Read more

Hypothyroidism- Diet tips to lose weight

Hypothyroidism is a condition where your body produces less of thyroid hormones. The butterfly shaped thyroid gland is responsible for maintaining normal metabolism and hence the under-active gland leads to body’s processes to slow down. As the process slows with hypothyroidism, you may notice that you feel colder, feel tired faster, experience drier skin, forgetfulness & other side effects. In hypothyroidism, body’s metabolic rate is much lower than the appetite level set by your brain. As a result in hypothyroidism, you consume more calories than you burn, leading to weight gain. Along with this, hypothyroid condition also lowers serotonin levels which further decrease the ‘feeling of fullness’.  So, it becomes essential to try to  the hypothyroidism diet for weight loss.

One study indicated 25% more prevalence of thyroid in Read more

Coconut- High fat calories & healthy?

Coconut is commonly used in many Indian cuisines. Did you know that coconut contains more saturated fat than butter itself (by weight comparison). 1 cup of coconut contains 27 gm of fat of which 24 gm are saturated fat. Each cup accounts for almost 300 calories. In fact one cup of coconut contains more saturated fat that your daily recommendation. Considering the amount of fat that it contains and the resulting calories, you would think its unhealthy, and will clog your arteries.

But is it really. We don’t think so. Read on to find out.

Even though coconut is packed with saturated fat, it appears to have Read more

PCOS Symptoms, Diet & Weight Loss

Are you a woman or someone you know- gained significant weight despite a diligent diet and exercise routine? Do you find it difficult to lose the extra weight around your waist? Have you heard of PCOS?

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) also known as PCOD, is a health problem that affects Read more

How to gain muscle

Its easy to gain muscle if you know how to. Without the right know how, you could take forever to build muscle. Here are some tips that are essential to help you gain muscle fast:

Sleep: Yes, sleep is essential for Read more

Does Cardiovascular exercise make you smarter

There’s plenty of research to suggest the cardiovascular exercise, like running, or any other cardio activity, improves your heart health, help you manage your blood pressure and lots of other health benefits. But in the past few years, research has taken benefits of cardio exercise to the next level. It suggests that performing cardiovascular exercise might actually make you smarter.

Read on to know more .. Read more

Why lose weight- 5 reasons

Most people start a weight loss plan for aesthetic reasons to look good. But beyond that, excess weight is literally a menace to your health. Besides making you fat, large amounts of fatty deposits can cause havoc on your body’s internal systems.

By Indian government obesity guidelines, People who are Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater are clinically termed obese & have a much higher risk for many major illnesses. This is due to a genetic Indian risk of diabetes & heart disease. For most of us, obesity sounds like something foreign, but to be over a BMI of 25, is for example, anyone with a height of 5 feet and weighing over 58.2 kg, 5 feet 6 inches & weighing over 70.5 kg, or 6 feet tall and weighing over 83.6 kg.

Check the table below to see if you fall into the obese category. The height is in inches, the weight is in lbs.

Surprisingly, many people fall into the high risk category. Here are few reasons why you definitely have to lose weight: Read more

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