Most women give up dieting after an average of five weeks, two days and 43 minutes, according to a new UK research. ...
05:44 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Behind the light-hearted frivolity and sleigh-of-hand posturing, however, these bon mots betray a strong sense of apprehension, concern, distress, nervousness, worry and tension. ...
11:01 AM, Jan 29, 2013
London: Nearly 50 per cent people cannot stick to a diet for more than a month, according to a new survey conducted in the UK. Around 28 per cent of young people embark on a new diet each month and 45 per cent of them give up their new eating habits after a week. That compares to 48.9 per cent of all dieters giving up after a month, The Mirror...
11:58 AM, Nov 05, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blames dieting for the growing cases of dengue in the state. ...
08:40 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday advised the youth to avoid going on a controlled diet as it lowers the immunity system and leads to ailments like dengue. "I appeal to all of you, my young friends, not to go on diet, especially during the current season. Because, when you go on diet, your immunity system goes down, and you may be struck by diseases like dengue,"...
06:56 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Windsor: Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze of Germany won gold in the women's 500-meter K-2 at Dorney Lake on Thursday, denying their Hungarian rivals a third straight Olympic title in the event. The Germans led from start to finish to win in 1 minute, 42.213 seconds. Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Douchev-Janics of Hungary took silver and Karolina Naja and Beata Mikolajczyk of Poland won bronze. Weber and Dietze were part...
06:12 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Madurai: Obesity has become a jumbo problem now. Its not just humans alone whose waistlines are bulging due to sedentary lifestyles, but elephants too. Administrators of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai have begun to chant the fitness mantra for Parvathi, a 15-year old female elephant, and are said to have put her on a diet from Wednesday. On the prescription of a veterinarian, Parvathi is fed four kg boiled...
01:19 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Los Angeles: Some of Oliver Stone's best-known and most-celebrated films - including Platoon, Wall Street, and Born on the Fourth of July - focus on complicated men. But his latest, the violent drug thriller Savages, has a couple of formidable females at its centre: Salma Hayek as the stylish, ruthless leader of a Mexican drug cartel and Blake Lively as an Orange County princess who must find a resourcefulness she...
08:28 PM, Jul 04, 2012
A lack of sleep or adequate rest can, despite a healthy diet and regular exercise, cause your body to become unwell and flabby. ...
07:47 PM, Jun 23, 2012
According to latest reports, all the warnings about too much salt leading to hypertension or heart diseases be wrong. ...
10:16 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Buffalo: An airline pilot was arrested on Friday morning at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after security screeners discovered a loaded revolver in his baggage. Brett Dieter, 52, of Barbersville, Virginia, arrived at the upstate New York airport on Friday to pilot a flight to New York City's LaGuardia International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, a passenger airline that subcontracts under US Airways. While at a security checkpoint, a scan of Dieter's...
07:24 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: With summers in full swing and the mercury heading north, doctors advise that apart from drinking lots of water, a special summer diet consisting of light and healthy food would ensure a cool mind and body. Ritika Samadar, chief dietician at Max Hospital, said fluids with electrolytes like coconut water and lemonade should be consumed and oily foods have to be avoided. "In summer, light food should be...
05:27 PM, May 17, 2012
If you swear by your 'tadka' and 'chhauka' then here's something interesting for you. I learnt how to make a complete main course dish without ...
01:10 PM, May 17, 2012
Weight, inches, flab... these are words bound to be in a girl-to-girl conversation. I can hear them even now. "What's she doing? How did she ...
06:13 PM, May 03, 2012
London: A 22-year-old American woman's decomposed body has been found 30 feet from the ground on a tree in Australia, a media report in London said on Tuesday. The body was found by a Sydney council worker on January 12 after residents in Randwick area of eastern Sydney reported foul smell coming from the large oak tree, Sky News reported. US citizen Melissa Joy Dietzel has finally been identified after...
08:41 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Sao Paulo: Corinthians are keeping former Brazil star Adriano at the team's hotel and are ordering him to go on a strict diet to try to get the striker back in shape. The team said on Wednesday that Adriano will have to stay inside the hotel at the team's headquarters at least through the weekend, eating only what doctors give him and practicing three times a day. Corinthians physical trainer...
02:16 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: An extreme cold wave across Europe over the past few days has left 160 people dead in its wake. The mercury plunged to record lows throughout the continent, with Bulgaria recording its lowest temperature in over a century. Meanwhile, Poland, Romania and Latvia are dealing with temperatures as low as minus 32 degrees celcius. In Ukraine, health officials claim that 63 people died after literally freezing on the...
06:39 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: In an age where people tend to be judged for their looks and weight as well, how hard is it to be fat in India? How hard is to come back from what media professional Kalli Purie calls the dark zone? At the first glance, it's hard to register that Kalli Purie, a mother of two, really has to worry about her weight. She says she has written...
10:01 AM, Jan 09, 2012
