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Contrary to mass belief that diet sodas help you consume less calories than regular colas, the truth is they cause fat accumulation and weight gain. The artificial sweetener, aspartame, used in diet sodas, dehydrates you and increases your risk of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Revitalize yourself with herbal teas, fruit juices, smoothies, and iced lemon soda water.

Calorie-free energy drinks only provide stimulants, not energy. Less than 6 gm protein doesn't make a good protein bar. Super food bites and fruit snacks are most likely just sugar bites. Vegetable straws cannot replace vegetables. Diet soda is just artificial sweeteners. Pumpkin Latte may not have any pumpkin. Green is often the last ingredient in green smoothies.

Baking soda or sodium bicarbonate can help your skin in many ways. Adding a little bit to your bath water can help you deal with scaly skin and soothe itchy skin. A baking soda solution can also be used to exfoliate skin, soften calluses, and clean inflamed skin. And it may help brighten dull and darkened skin when used with lemon juice. Baking soda also works as a natural alternative to antiperspirants.

Stop multitasking during meals, it reduces your body's absorption power. Consume a juice of ginger, lemon and salt before meals to trigger digestive fire (Agni). Avoid cold drinks and food, they cause stomach bloating and discomfort. Lassi helps get rid of gas and cramps and Triphala boosts detoxification and improves nutrient absorption.

Artificial sweeteners in diet soda trigger the satiety hormone leptin and stimulate receptors in the tongue and brain. This increases sweet cravings, increases your threshold to sugar as artificial sweeteners are 600 times sweeter than sugar and also reduces the sugar satiety level. It also deprives your body of vital bone minerals and acidifies the body.

Replace fizzy drinks with water. Have 5 small meals a day, equal time gaps and smaller amounts. Don't skip breakfast. Replace coffee with green tea. Include supplements to stay energetic. Find a workout buddy. Keep a food diary, note down calorie intake. Don't panic or stress out. Don't obsess over your weight. Cook your own food and keep rotating your exercises.

Lemon juice and baking soda can kill cancer cells. Cancer patients are advised to have 2 tsps of organic lemon juice with 1/2 tsp of baking soda on an empty stomach. Lemon is a proven anti-carcinogen, anti-depressant, works against cysts, tumors and internal parasites. Where as baking soda helps normalize body pH level, which prevents cancer from spreading.

Add 1 cup baking soda to a mixing bowl and break up any clumps. Add 1/4 cup citric acid to this. In a small glass, mix 1/2 tsp vinegar and 1tbsp hydrogen peroxide. Now slowing add this to the baking soda mix as mixing it all in once will cause a mess. You can add a few drops of your favorite essential oils. Scoop them on a parchment paper, let dry and use them.

Lunching habits play a vital role in deciding which way your weight loss plan swings. 1. Eating at your desk can divert your focus on eating and can lead to poor digestion. 2. Buying your lunch regularly is dangerous; a gateway for several hidden calories. 3. Don’t Delay lunch, will make you hungrier and you may consume more than required. 4. Avoid fizzy drinks, they have artificial sweeteners, tons of calories and promote bloating. 5. Lastly, never avoid lunch, it will do more bad than good to your metabolism.

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