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Jun 13, 20113 min read

Emotional Eating – How to Stop it!

Do you turn to food when you fight with your boss, eat a few extra rotis after an uncomfortable situation with your mother-in-law, or...

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Rita Date

May 31, 20114 min read

The Real Life Workout

Many clients complain to me that they exercise vigorously with a trainer for an hour, do not indulge in sweets or fried foods and are...

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May 15, 20114 min read

Belly Fat

Love handles, muffin tops, extra tires – all synonyms for the same dreaded condition of fat around the waist, better known as belly fat. ...

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May 8, 20114 min read

Happy Mother’s Day

Amma(my mom), tells me I shouldn’t spend any money on her for Mother’s Day. She says, every day is mother’s day. Ironically, since I...

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Rita Date

May 1, 20114 min read

Mango Mania

When I was a kid I used to eat them for breakfast and then one or two after lunch, and a couple after dinner, and if I was hungry in...

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Rita Date

Apr 26, 20114 min read

Proceed to Protein

Protein has received undue publicity in health literature in the past few years. “Some protein” is necessary at every meal and snack, eat...

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The Number One Reason for Not Losing Weight-Portion Distortion

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Apr 19, 20115 min read

The Number One Reason for Not Losing Weight-Portion Distortion

You exercise, eat the healthy foods, and yet the kilos on the scale remain the same. You eat the well balanced Indian meal of roti,...

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Rita Date

Apr 16, 20114 min read

Temples and Treks in Gokarna

Gokarna was a always a stop on the way back to Mumbai from my grandparents’s home in nearby Kumta. While we made our yearly pilgrimage to...

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Rita Date

Apr 12, 20113 min read

Lean Holidays

It’s that time of year – the holidays are around the corner and you are frantically making rail, airline and hotel bookings. Excited, you...

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Apr 4, 20113 min read

3 Bites

Pattiseries, Boulangeries and Fromageries – pastries, bakeries and cheese shops. An abundance of them line nearly every street in France,...

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Mar 28, 20113 min read

Hunger vs. Appetite

You enter home and the smell of batata wada is permeating in the air — you suddenly feel a pang in your stomach. But wait, is it really...

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Mar 21, 20113 min read

Stop Worrying About Your Health

Did you take your vitamins today, get eight hours of sleep and eat 5 servings of veggies? Are you taking care of your diet, eating less...

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Mar 14, 20113 min read

The Real Deal – Indian Thai

Will “Indian Thai” be the new “Indian Chinese?” It appears that authentic is what people are looking for when they eat Thai food and...

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Mar 7, 20113 min read

Food Jargon 101

Nutritional science is a relatively new science. To find which vitamin or mineral relates to the body or which element in food...

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Rita Date

Mar 1, 20111 min read

Bustling Beijing

Here is the VegNews “tree free” edition. Turn to page 54 for my article. Published in VegNews, March 2011

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Rita Date

Mar 1, 20114 min read

Pune’s Food Streets

Jangli Maharaj Road (JM Rd.), North Main Road, East Street and Fergusson College Road(FC Rd.) – all familiar streets to Puneites who...

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Rita Date

Feb 28, 20115 min read

One and Only

Cooking for One Have you gotten in the take-out rut or do you wait for invites from friends for a home cooked meal? The idea of cooking...

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Feb 2, 20114 min read

A Dash of Sweetness

It is called kakwi in Marathi, liquid gur in Hindi and molasses in English. Not as common in Indian cooking as its solid counterpart,...

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Jan 3, 20113 min read

Antioxidant Basics

Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in our foods which can slow down the oxidative damage to our body. Oxidative damage (oxidants)...

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Dec 29, 20102 min read

Attorney Advice

Shashiprabha Daté, 70, Pune I am not one to fight or raise my voice in a court room but through my 33 years in family law, I have seen...

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