I have been feeling acidity most of the time. I'm 78 kg at the age of 47. To loose weight and avoiding acidity can I skip breakfast? My BMI is 26.

Hello Sasitharan,

Breakfast be the most important meal of the day as our body goes into starvation for a long time we should have breakfast but the ideal way of breakfast is going raw with the diet to reap the most benefits and avoid acidity. 

Weight loss becomes difficult when we do not follow the right method, in some cases, there are also underlying diseases like thyroid but in case you are not having any symptoms then the first thing in losing weight is following discipline. Discipline will help you lose weight in a healthy manner.

Protein is the first thing which will help in increasing or decreasing weight and the first thing we need to concentrate on. Getting a toned body with losing weight should be helpful. It should be about everything, food, meditation, sleep, and exercise which amalgamate for good health.

Here are some tips for your weight loss as well as avoiding acidity.

Eat:

The first thing in the morning is to start your day with something light in nature. Easy to digest is what your breakfast should be because they are the kind of nutrients that get absorbed easily.

• Even the early morning ritual should include consumption of two-three glasses of warm water with one teaspoon of methi seeds, which will help in flushing out all the toxins and this will accelerate weight loss.
• Have a bowl of sprouts with a glass of bottle guard juice and an inch of ginger.
• After two hours, one fruit, especially seasonal fruit like oranges, papaya, guava.
• Lunch should have one buckwheat flour roti with any oil-free vegetable.
• Snack in the evening should have almonds and walnuts, apricots.
• Dinner should be done by 7 with soup, a bowl full of raw vegetable salad.

This will help a lot, continue for a month to see results.

​​Exercise:

• Pranayam helps in detoxifying the body. Practicing it early morning in an area that has good sunlight will help in improving blood circulation.
• Suryanamaskar, daily 12 sets will help in increasing the blood circulation of your body.
• Pull-ups, pushups are all helping in order to increase muscle mass and loss weight. Exercises like swimming, jogging, and running helps a lot.

Meditation:

In any kind of disease, stress comes complementary to it. But with our assurance and positive attitude, we can treat anything. The best thing to start with is breathing mindfully before sleeping with the help of music to stay positive. In a room take a bowl of water and add two-three drops of orange or lavender essential oil. This will help in soothing you and the aroma will relax you and keep you away from any kind of disease.

Use a 15-minute relaxation technique before sleep by hearing a piece of soothing music and deep breathing will help in relaxing your mind.

A positive attitude will help you to deal with everything in life.

Sleep:

Sleeping for at least 7-8 hours is really helpful in dealing with any problem. Sleep is our body's natural response and helps the body to heal. Sleep relaxes the muscles and strengthens our body. During sleep, our body goes into a repair mechanism where it heals itself.

Hopefully, these suggestions will help you.

Thank you.

Hello Sasitharan,

For losing weight, a change in the lifestyle along with some changes in eating habits is needed. 
On the other hand, acidity is a problem which results mainly due to the kind of food, the quantity of food and the timing of eating meals.
Skipping breakfast is not good in both the conditions. In fact, skipping breakfast an unhealthy step for your overall health. Breakfast is the nutritious food with which we start our day to be energetic until our lunchtime and also to support our metabolism. 
Instead of skipping breakfast, the following tips will be helpful.

Diet

• Start the day with 3 to 4 glasses of warm water on an empty stomach. This will help to flush the toxins out of the body. 
• Drink green tea twice a day, one in the morning on an empty stomach and the other at night before sleeping. 
• Eat sprouts in your breakfast as they are light in nature and are rich in nutrients also.
• Drink freshly prepared homemade fruit juices. 
• Have fresh, seasonal, and locally available fruits and vegetables. 
• Don't use refined oils for cooking. Instead, use cold-pressed oil for cooking.
• Have Vitamin C rich diet like include lemon, oranges, amla, blueberries, etc in your diet.
• Drink plenty of water throughout the day. 

Exercise 

Physical activities are also essential for good digestion as it improves the blood circulation in the body and also the metabolism of the body. 

• Start the day with a brisk morning walk of at least 30min. 
• Do plank for 5min. 
• Perform yoga asanas like bhujanga asana, trikona asana, paschimottan asana and padahasta asana. 
• Do pranayam regularly for 15-20min, specially anulom-vilom and bhastrika pranayam. 

Sleep

Good quality of sleep is also needed for good metabolism. Sometimes lack of sleep or bad quality sleep also leads to digestive issues like acidity, anorexia, etc. So, proper sleep is required. 

Take proper sleep of at least 7-8hours daily. Sleep early at night and also wake up early in the morning. 

Avoid using electronic gadgets like mobiles, tv, computers, laptops, etc at least 1hour before sleeping for an improved quality of sleep. 

Thank you

Dear Sasitharan,

Thanks for sharing your concern with us! We would like to share with you the Nature Cure perspective -

The human body works towards maintaining its pH or acid-alkaline balance. It functions optimally when the pH of the blood is slightly alkaline (around 7.36-7.42). Acidity occurs because of an increase in the acid levels in the bloodstream. Acidic residues get built up because of wrong food habits as well as non-food elements. Stressful situations and negative emotions may be acid-producing in the body. By becoming mindful and taking corrective action to get our body back in-sync with nature – food, sleep, rest, react, etc. the balance is automatically restored and we can prevent and heal our health issues. We would thereby encourage you to adopt a natural lifestyle to deal with your condition. This will help you cleanse your body from within and weight loss comes as a pleasant side-effect of this process. You can explore our Natural Health Coaching Program that helps you in making the transition, step by step.

Hope with the above explanation you would now appreciate that you need to consider a holistic approach instead of choosing to skip breakfast to manage your health issues! 

Here are a few resources that you may find useful:

1. Health Journeys of people made lifestyle changes and lost weight and of those who managed their acidity problem 

2. Body Wisdom blogs:

   • Understand your acidity and help yourself naturally - Part 1/2

   • Say goodbye to acidity forever, simply and naturally - Part 2/2

Wishing you all the best!

Team Wellcure

नमस्ते

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ऐसा करने से हाज़मा कभी ख़राब नहीं होगा।जानवरों से उपलब्ध होने वाले भोजन वर्जित हैं।तेल, मसाला, और गेहूँ से परहेज़ करेंगे तो अच्छा होगा।

धन्यवाद।

रूबी, 

प्राकृतिक जीवनशैली प्रशिक्षिका व मार्गदर्शिका (Nature Cure Guide & Educator)

No dear eat more fruits and take amla juice in the morning. For gas issue take ajwain kadha after lunch.. It will help. Both for weight loss and gastritis. 

Hi Sasitharan. A weight loss program is starting soon on wellcure. You can know more about it here - https://www.wellcure.com/body-wisdom/502/lose-weight-sustain-it-naturally-the-truly-holistic-weight-loss-program-by-wellness-coach-ruchi.