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Soft muscles and unable to gain weight
Hi,
I have been unable to gain weight since past two years. Apart from that i my muscles have softened, my arms, my legs muscles around chest and stomach as well.
I practice yoga since past two years but however exercise i do my body doesnot harden up.
I have also had digestion issue like gastric problems, constipation problem. I used to smoke and drink but have quit now.
Please let me know the issue.
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Hello user
See, you will not gain until the cause of underweight is not treated.
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
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. Finding and Curing the cause of underweight
. Treating the deficiency and symptoms cause due to underweight
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Hlo sir, need your daily routine and basic information. So that I can help you in better way with proper diet plan according to your daily routine.
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avoid high flavoured ingredients in food.
take plenty of water
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Hello, Sir.
As you’ve mentioned, you had gastric problems and constipation. I would very firstly like to know, what all is your schedule for the day, your eating habits, your likes-dislikes, any type of food allergies. Another thing, that muscle loss could be the side effect of quoting smocking and drinking (which will be recovered, but, obviously will take time).
I’ll surely help you out, as the best I can.
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Increase your protein intake. Medium your carbs and fat. Drink Plenty of water. Avoid citrus. Rest you can contact me directly through Practo. I’ll give you a customised diet plan according to your schedule and priorities. Thanks.
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Ms. Vidhi Chawla
Dietitian/Nutritionist
13 yrs exp
Delhi
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To gain weight you need to follow high calorie high protein diet As its rightly said its 70% Diet and 30% activity for maintaining the Ideal body weight. And I can surely help you providing a diet for weight gain but not over here without a discussion of yours time schedule, diet schedule and medical history.
So I would recommend you to have a one to one counseling session with me so that I can plan your diet personalized way according to your likes and dislikes.
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Ms. Gayatri Sabarad
Dietitian/Nutritionist
5 yrs exp
Mumbai
Hello. Gaining weight has become as difficult as loosing weight. One must try to slowly increase their food intake and appetite in order to increase their body weight. It is also important to note that the increase in body weight should not be through fat gain, but muscle gain. To increase muscle mass, one must consume healthy food rich in complete proteins, coming from low fat milk and milk products, lean cuts of chicken, blend of cereals and pulses. With proteins, complex Carbohydrates is also essential that is sourced from whole grain cereals and pulses. Lastly fats, that should be in limited amounts, coming majorly from invisible sources like nuts and oil seeds that are rich in MUFA and PUFA.
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As far as exercise is concerned, yoga will help an individual to be fit, if you specifically want to strengthen your muscles, try to engage your muscles doing power yoga, muscle training, core strengthening, etc. This would help you achieve weight gain with muscle strength.
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Ms. Anjali kanphade
Dietitian/Nutritionist
7 yrs exp
Nagpur
Please take direct consultantion
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