Lauki juice for many benefits

Bottle gourd or lauki is a humble vegetable with many medicinal properties. The gourd is washed well with warm water and diced and crushed along with the skin to extract the juice. Drinking one cup of this juice sets right the stomach problems and helps a person reduce weight. A small amount of Pudina leaves can also be added.

Dwijakrikasan

Practicing Dwijakrikasana for around 15 minutes a day, definitely helps a person to reduce weight. It also increases the digestive power of a person and helps in eliminating constipation. This asana should be performed under the supervision of an expert.

Tulsi for weight problems

Drinking a glass of buttermilk with 2 leaves of Tulsi  helps in reducing weight and makes a person thinner and feel energetic all day long.

A tip to reduce belly fat

image released into the public domain by author Madhavi Madhurakavi

Take equal quantities of :
sont (dry ginger)
long pepper (pippalu,pippali,java pepper)
black pepper corns(miriyalu,kali mirch,mizhagu)
thymol seeds(vaamu,omam,ajwain)
cumin seeds(jeera,jeeragam,jeelakarra)
rock salt
Powder the ingredients.Store in a dry glass jar.
A big pinch of this powder is mixed in a glass of cow's buttermilk.Drinking this twice a day will reduce the tummy.

Surya Namaskar

Surya Namaskar  ( Salutation to the Sun god) is a set of exercises performed in continuum in a particular sequence.
   It is generally performed in the mornings on an empty stomach.It can be elaborated and enhanced by chanting mantras followed by some specific asanas and meditation.
  Practicing the Surya Namaskar has huge benefits.It is beneficial for a wide spectrum of physical ailments and also  has a huge positive impact on the emotional psyche.
       It also increases the energy level in a person and very useful for people who have very busy schedules .
      It is best to learn the techniques, the mantras and the dos and don'ts from a yoga teacher to practice it correctly.

A good tip for belly fat

Mix :
 Juice of 25-30 Holy Basil leaves (Tulsi)
and
Lemon juice
in a glass of lukewarm water.
Drinking this thrice a week controls obesity,strengthens the heart, improves digestion and detoxifies the body and most importantly reduces the fat in the stomach area.

This is a link to the Hindi video of the same tip by Asaramji Bapu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBH4WtqKlw

Hunger Vs thirst

Hunger and thirst send the same type of signals from the brain so it is easy to get confused. A good way of knowing whether it is really hunger and not thirst is to drink a glass of water and wait for 15 minutes.If it was hunger - the pangs are back again.If it was thirst - the body feels satisfied and the pangs disappear.
  This simple observation has many benefits.It helps in weight loss , helps the body to work better and the body feels lighter.

Horse gram soup for losing weight

Horse gram -image released into the public domain by Madhavi Madhurakavi.

Latin name : Macrotyloma uniflorum
Telugu : Ulavalu
Tamil : Kollu
Hindi-Kulath
Malayalam : Muthira

This is mainly used as fodder for cattle but recently it's in the limelight for its health benefits and medicinal value.

30 gm of presoaked  horse gram is boiled in 500 ml of water till the beans soften. The beans are mashed well .The mixture is filtered and the soup is spiced  with a pinch of cumin  (jeera ) powder ,rock salt and pepper powder.
It is ideal to drink this soup / stock in the winters as it is 'heat producing' .In the summers the quantity should be reduced.Beginners can start with 15 gm of the beans as they may not stomach it well and then gradually increase the quantity to 50 gm.
This is a good aid in reducing weight fast.
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Wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New year.

On the same note, here's a tip to lose weight naturally.
Mix:
30 gm of  Triphala powder
10 gm of Sont powder(dried ginger powder-sonti,chukku)
10 gm of peppercorn powder --Kala mirch ,miriyalu, milagu.
10 gm of rock salt (kala namak-Saindhavalavanam)
10 gm of  long pepper powder-aka  Pippali , Pipallu .For the image see the link
http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-pepper-for-stomach-problems.html

The Sont and black peppercorns should be dry roasted before grinding them to a smooth powder.

Mix all the powders and store in a glass jar.
Half a spoon of this weight reducing churan is mixed with a little Sesame seed oil and taken twice a day.
Sesame seed oil is used in various other lehyams and available in all supermarkets-aka -nuvvula nooni in Telugu-til ka tel in Hindi and Nallenai in Tamil.

The dosage period is around six months and this will help a person in their weight reducing efforts and  to attain a slimmer figure.