Emotional eating is a tendency to uplift negative mood conditions by unhealthy food intake. It is like a coping mechanism to regulate emotions. In such a condition, food is not consumed to satiate hunger but is used as a means to manage a stressful emotional state and to uplift the mood.…
Mental Health & Fitness : A perspective
It is a long-accepted paradigm that exercise not only results in better physical health but also positively impacts our mental health. Regular physical exercise has been known to be almost therapeutic and has been linked to help with psychological disorders like depression & anxiety and certain psychiatric illnesses as well.…
The Paleo Diet

The Paleo Diet is also known as the Paleolithic diet, caveman diet, Stone Age diet, as well as the hunter-gatherer diet. Now, you might wonder why does this diet sound so “periodic”? Well, that’s because its dietary plan is largely based on foods that might have been eaten around the Paleolithic era.…
How to Start a Healthy Lifestyle and Stick to It?

A balanced diet is your key to leading a healthy life. Not only will it help you in attaining your ideal weight and that perfect body, but it will also leave you feeling energized.…
Fitness Coaching and Psychology
A common conception among people is that Fitness and Psychology are subject matters that have little or no relation to each other. Though there are discussions around the psychological benefits of exercise, there is not enough said in mainstream media and academia about how the basic application of psychology can benefit the fitness coaching industry.
The Ketogenic Diet

Author: Dr. Akshay Alawani, INFS Faculty Head
The ketogenic diet, fondly known as the ‘Keto diet’, has gained immense popularity in recent
years. Originally used to treat complicated epilepsy cases, now keto diet has established itself as a proven weight-loss tactic.…
INFS Alumni : Against All Odds

From Asthma to improper advice, from failing to achieving, from seeking help to now being of help, Hitesh‘s journey has truly been a battle against the odds. Add to this, the pressure of running a business, he mustered the courage to turn his first unsuccessful attempt to an opportunity to learn and grow.…
ImmunoNutrition Series : Diabetes & Covid19

Author: Dr. Akshay Alawani, INFS Faculty Head
In this series, we so far grasped, who are more susceptible to Covid-19 and why, how a general population should diet; by reviewing the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendations during Covid-19 crisis. We also understood the rationale behind those recommendations.…
Dietician, Nutritionist and a Certified Nutrition Consultant: Differences
In this Internet age, hundreds and thousands of social media influencers and bloggers are seen providing nutrition advice to their followers without ever citing any evidence-based studies or research papers because the advice they provide is mostly made up by themselves or may be derived from a WhatsApp University forward message.