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Cannot gain weight
Very skinny.. Problem Gaining weight. It took medicines to gain weight but nothing works on my body... Need medicines or diet to gain weight
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See, you will not gain until the cause of underweight is not treated. Secondly, eating more will not help in gaining weight. You need a proper balance weight gain diet.
There are many reason of being underweight
. Improper liver functions
. Endocrine imbalance ( diabetes/ thyroid)
. IBS
. Tuberculosis
. Improper dietary diet
. Vitamins and minerals deficiency
.Eating disorders
. Improper sleep
.Stress
. Medication
Many more
HOW WE TREAT UNDERWEIGHT THRU DIET
. Finding and Curing the cause of underweight
. Treating the deficiency and symptoms cause due to underweight
. Diet to get ideal weight
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Vitals,health parameter, physical activity, family history, occupation, daily routine and any many.so ,if you want to contact ,please contact us thru this link or via Practo
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Dt. Ankita
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Take home cooked meals comprising all nutrients macros and micros. Take good fats, carbs n protein. Limit all processed preserved packaged and outside food completely. Stop hard drinks and smoking if any. Take good water intake of atleast 3-4 lit a day.
Alongwith the dietary changes, lifestyle modifications must be done like Physical activity for atleast 1 hour, time discipline should be fixed for all meals and other activities. Try getting sleep for 6-8 hrs min.
For personalised & detailed guidance, contact directly. For medicine part contact Physician & get your blood profile done.
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Share details of your current food consumption pattern, defeciency status, allergies, lifestyle,height ,weight details based on which a customized diet plan can be prescribed kindly connect online for an instant consult as well
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include variety of high calorie foods in your diet,such as rice,chapathi high protein sources such as Rajm,channa,peanuts, milk,and dairy,pulses,lentils, dry fruits,seeds fats and oils such as butter
eat small meals at frequent intervals
Avoid strezz
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