Home Remedies for Treating Obesity

Posted by sanjay on Monday 30 Mar 2009

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Having body fat in excess to the point of putting your health in danger, is the simplest way to define obesity. It is a disease with increasing number of patients, partcularly in western countries and affluent people of developing countries like India.

Obesity measured in terms of BMI, an abbbreviation for body mass index, is a ratio of your weight and height. Because of the height factor, the desired index varies from country to country. For instance, an Asian with a BMI of 27.5 is not considered healthy while in other parts of the world an index of 30 is considered unhealthy.

Obesity is considered as a serious hazard because the excess of stored fat in your body causes a vast pressure on vital organs like heart, kidney and liver. That makes overweight people prone to diseases of the heart, and disorders connected with the functioning of liver and kidneys. Being overwight certainly puts more strain on weight bearing parts of your body like knees, ankles and hips.

The main cause of obesity is the consumption of more calories than required. You get calories from what you eat. Now, what you do with those calories is the issue here. In case you are able to burn those calories, it’s fine, else these extra calories get accumulated in your system and cause many disorders, of which obesity is one.

The simplest form of home made remedy for obesity is a diet that comprises of water, natural honey and lemon. Here is the recipe. In a glassful of lukewarm water add the juice of half a lemon and a spoonful of honey. This concoction should be taken as often during the day as is possible.

Another effective treatment, though long and tedious, goes like this.

First day of the treatment you are not to eat or drink anything except plain water. The following day restrict yourself to a diet of juice of three lemons mixed with an equal amount of water. Then onwards, keep increasing the number of lemons by one per day till you reach twelve lemons per day. Then start the cycle in the reverse order by reducing one lemon per day, thus completing the cycle in twenty days.

During the course of this diet the patient is likely to feel hungry for the first two days, but will begin to get used to the programme. However, in case of any complication don’t hesitate to consullt a physician.