The festival of lights is just a few days away and the fervour surrounding this amazing festival is slowly building up, and will reach a feverish pitch in a few days. As we all know, during Indian festivals, feasting and food are inseparable with mandatory exchange of sweets, savouries, and sweet boxes. Certain studies have proven that even the scent of food can trigger an insulin response, so imagine when all those delicious but high-calorie sweets enter the system, they can send the fat-storage hormone “insulin” into a tizzy, signalling the body to store all the extra calories as fat around the waistline area. So, it’s kind of taken for granted that weight gain around the Diwali season is imminent, but letting your guards down during these festivities might undo weeks and months of dieting and exercise. You obviously do not want to end the festivities on a bad note by gaining weight! It would be a nightmare right" So, how do you celebrate this amazing festival steering clear of high-calorie food all around. Now, with the imminent weight gain just a few days away, can we actually prevent weight gain and subsequent buildup of belly fat. The answer is yes, so let’s take a look at 14 Tips to avoid during Diwali to prevent Belly Fat.
1. Make Diwali Sweets without Refined Sugar: If you want to indulge in a bit of Indian sweets without actually piling up a lot of calories, completely avoid white sugar while making sweets. Make traditional sweets wit...