Foods for Underweight | Weight Gain Diet Treatment | How to Gain Weight
Underweight Treatments:
Underweight is a very relative term and this measurement should be properly done by measuring height and weight. As underweight or over weight is defined according to the ration between height and weight.
If you are underweight according to the ration then it can be due to number of dietetic, physical, dietary or imbalance of hormones.
For dietetic problem one should follow the below given regime.
Thinness can be due to lack of proper nutrition or excess bodily activity. Underweight can be due to factors which affect you emotionally, improper habits of eating e.g. late meals or skipping of meal altogether, fasting or taking meals inadequate in quantity for your needs and no exercise or over exertion of the body.
Some times even after eating nutritious food one does not gain weight. This can be because the food which you are eating is not absorbed properly or digestion is faulty due to disturbance in the metabolism e.g. hyperthyroid individuals.
Preventing Underweight Problem:
- Take good amount of rest. Go for a walk in fresh air for 30-60mins and have early morning sunshine. Have lots of water, meals should contain nutritious food and one should be without tension. Overindulgence in sex debilitates the body. The use of tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco eating unhealthy junk and processed food should be completely stopped.
- Do not smoke. Avoid chocolates, soft drinks, caffeine and highly processed foods.
Home Remedies for Underweight:
- Musk melon helps gain weight. The regime has to be followed very correctly. Apart from musk melon nothing else is eaten. For first three days eat 3kg and daily increase the amount till it is sufficient for fill you up. Melons selected should be fresh and sweet.
- Mix together one part of parsley root, one part of alfalfa and half part each of comfrey root, dandelion root, yellow dock root, nettle leaves, burdock root and dulse. Add all these ingredients in a liter of water. This should be simmered for 15mins. After cooling strain the liquid and again keep it for boiling till the amount is reduced to half. To the liquid add 50ml of blackstrap molasses and keep it in cool place. Take a dose of one tablespoon three times daily till you acquire a required weight.
- Figs are very useful home remedy for gaining weight. Figs selected should be dried. Soak 3-4 figs in water for 3-4hrs and figs are consumed two times in a day. Raisins are also good for gaining weight. One should eat 30gms of raisins daily for gaining weight.
October 22, 2009 | Filed Under
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My height is 5.3 inches and my weight is 42. How can I gain weight
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