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DECCAN HERALD
Thursday METRO
March 12, 2020 LIFE

A guide to intermittent fasting

It involves splitting the day into DO’SANDDON’TS
eating and fasting periods, and is one Keep these pointers in mind if you are starting intermittent fasting

of the most popular health trends Do

z Keep yourself ready
Don’ts
z Do not hide anything. Meet the doctor if you have
globally now both physically and
emotionally.
symptoms of low sugar or headache or abdominal
pain.
z Stay hydrated; z Do not eat a heavy meal while breaking the fast.
RAJITHA MENON regular, healthy diet.
TEAM METROLIFE drink enough water z Don’t eat junk food or sugary beverages or salty or
Time-restricted eating to keep those processed food during non fasting period. Avoid

I
One sets fasting and eating windows in hunger pangs away. outside or packaged food.
t was the most popular weight loss this method. For example, if you follow z Eat small frequent z Don’t drink alcohol on empty stomach. Otherwise
search term in 2019 and traces its the 16/8 method, you fast for 16 hours in meals when you also it should be restricted in quantity.
roots back to an ancient ritual. Inter- betw
tween meals and can eat for only eight are on non fasting Soumita Biswas, chief nutritionist,
mittent fasting is seeing a resurgence hours of the day. You also skip breakfast
in its popularity
ty and is now one of the in this one. Similarly, there is also a 14/10 period. Aster RV Hospital
most effective methods of weight loss method.
and improving one’s health. Since most people already fast while
they sleep, this method is popular. “I did not go to the gym or go for walks to him.
WHAT IS INTERMITTENT but the results were amazing. And I felt “I have breakfast during 8 – 8. 30
FASTING? 24-hour fasting a change as far as my energy levels were am and dinner during the same time
It is a pattern of eating where you Also called the ‘eat, stop, eat method’, it concerned too. I did not feel the need to period at night. During the 12 hours in
alternate betw tween periods of eating and involves fasting completely for a full 24 sleep in the afternoon, could get up betw
tween, I could have tw
two to three cups
fasting. It is not to be confused with a hours. Often times, it’s only done once or It’s crucial to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet during your non-fasting period also. earlier in the morning, had a lot more of black tea or coffee without sugar. Or
diet, since it doesn’t specify
fy which foods tw
twice a week. energy and even ran a marathon for the I can have a banana or an apple or one
to eat but rather when to eat them. metabolic pathways in the liver. Rosemary Dean started IF ttw wo years first time, a year after I started IF.” pomegranate. If I still feel hungry, I can
Three methods of intermittent fasting BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT “Intermittent fasting (IF) is currently back, after her son, who was a “Normally, I’m not somebody have dried fruits like 5-6 almonds and
are alternate-day fasting, periodic fast- FASTING one of the world’s most popular fitness health buff, became quite lean who’s keen on breakfast so cashews,” he says.
ing, and daily time-restricted feeding. There is nothing new about the benefits trends. If done correctly, people using and built muscle through I usually start my meal He has just started this and says that it
These are some popular methods of of fasting, which has been practised it lose weight, improve overall health the process. only by one o’clock, takes some time to get used to, especially
doing this: throughout human history. However, (including the brain) and simplify fy their “The most appealing which is my lunch and for someone like him who is used to
this habit was disregarded because of its lifesty
tyles. Common IF involves 16-hour part of this to me is that then around 5-6 pm, I having three full meals a day.
The twice-a-week method – 5:2 religious connections. fasting daily or a 24-hour fasting twtwice I don’t have to skip any would eat another meal When asked what can one drink dur-
You cap your calories at 500-600 for ttwwo Now many people are now re-dis- weekly. Various studies have proven kind of food group which and that would be it. ing the fasting window, Rosemary says
non-consecutive days a week. During the covering this dietary intervention and that this method of fasting helps in the I’m completely against. I So fasting for eight hours one can’t have juice but lime water with
other five days of the week, you maintain have reported benefits like weight prevention of certain diseases such like my rice and ghee and Rosemary Dean was very easy for me,” salt is a good option.
a healthy and normal diet. loss, lowering insulin, increasing growth as ty
type 2 diabetes, reduces cardiac bacon and I didn’t have to fasts regularly. she adds. “Drink as much water as you want.
hormone levels and cellular repair, all of diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, give up any of those, unlike Caleb David, managing Some people say it is okay to have butter-
Alternate day fasting which have been backed by studies and and even cancers,” says Dr S Manohar, in a normal diet,” says the house- director, Davlekha Perez milk but the actual process doesn’t call
Involves modified fasting every research. director, internal medicine, Sakra World wife, who is also a Thyroid patient. Advisory India Pvt vt Ltd, started inter- for that. And you can have as much black
other day. For example, limit your Recently, researchers from the Hospital. Rosemary says she lost 10 kg within mittent fasting to kickstart his weight coffee, tea and green tea as you want as
calories on fasting days to 500 (or lesser) University
ty of Sydney also discovered three months, without doing any extra loss journey and reduce his blood sugar. long as you don’t add the honey or sugar
and on non-fasting days, opt for your how intermittent fasting inflfluences key LOST WEIGHT exercise other than housework. His friend, who is a trainer, suggested IF to it,” she explains.

Virus
fear grips
Bengaluru
As Covid-19 tightens its hold
on the globe, governments
and people are going all out to
step up preventive and curative
measures. The ripples are visible
in Bengaluru too, where face
masks are all too common on
A scene from Nava
the streets, hand sanitisers are
out of stock, and awareness A scene from Malleswaram. DH PHOTO BY JANARDHAN B K
programmes are being conducted

‘Nava’ bringsninine tr
trans
regularly.

stories to the mainstr

tream
A Kannada play
about the lives
of nine urban
transwomen Covid-19 awareness messages seen at Staff
ff from Trauma and Emergency Care Centre attached to BMC
will be staged on Krantivira Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna in association to Parivarthanum Trust create awareness about
Railway Station. DH PHOTO BY PUSHKAR V Covid-19 at Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Railway
March 15 Station. DH PHOTO BY PUSHKAR V

NINA C GEORGE
TEAM METROLIFE

W
hat will be evident
at ‘Nava’, a Kan-
nada play, that
will be staged in the cityty on
March 15, is the courage and
resilience of the members of
the transgender community
It tells the stories of nine
urban transwomen through
the nine ‘rasas’. Directed
by Sharanya Ramprakash
and staged by Dramanon,
Bengaluru in collaboration
with Aravani Art Project, the
performers use song, dance
and music to provoke the au-
dience to think beyond what
is shown on stage. In a quick
chat with Metrolife, Sharanya
talks about how she got nine
transgenders to tell their
stories and the effort behind
pulling off such a large
ty.
The cast and crew of Nava. Sharanya (sitting, second from left) is the director of the play.
get them to understand the
concept and perform?
The transwomen have not
performed on a mainstream
theatre stage before. Trans
people, especially transwom-
en understand performance
in diverse intimate ways be-
cause they use performance
in many ways in their daily
lives. ‘Nava’ is an attempt to
expand our understanding of
performance by inviting trans
bodies, voices and stories on
CATCHTHEPLAY
Directed by Sharanya
Ramprakash, ‘Nava’ will
be staged on March 15,
3:30 pm and 7.30 pm at
Ranga Shankara. Tickets
are priced at Rs 150 and
are available on www.
bookmyshow.com. For
details, call 9945281772
through a workshop collabo-
ration. It involves in different
parts clowning, realism and Doctors at Srirampura BBMP Maternity Hospital create awareness on Covid-19 in Bengaluru on Saturday. The
fantasy. Singing and dance doctors at this maternity hospital explain how to contain the virus. DH PHO
OTO
O/ PU
USHKAR V
are a big part of the play too.
What kind of songs have
been used? Could you talk
about who has written the
songs and what form of
music has been chosen?
Makeup Nani award for B M Ramachandra
We use songs that resonate TEAM METROLIFE
with the communityty, from
Rajkumar songs in Kannada
KAILASAMREPRISE

collaboration.
How did you come across
these stories? Are they
inspired by real life?
Nava is a devised theatre per-
formance, in which the nine
actors are co-creators as well
as performers. The stories are
also theirs. Some are deeply
personal, others are inspired
from real life and some others
are fictional.
Do these transwomen have
prior experience perform-
ing on stage? How did you
the mainstream stage.
What kind of training has
gone into making the actors
ready for stage?
The play had a 10-month
workshop collaboration,
where we invited directors,
audience, trans people to
participate and help us evolve
the performance. Theatre
requires rigor for which our
nine performers were slowly
ready to embrace. The work-
shopping, open, collaborative
environment was vital to
enable this.
Why do you think it is im-
portant to get these stories
out to the public?
Dominant mainstream
gender normative hetero-
sexual patriarchal narratives
still dominate not just the
stage but our lives as well. It is
important to hear alternative
stories because the world is a
diverse place. No one gender
or ideology can define it.
What form of theatre has
been used in this play?
This performance is devised
T
to Tamil dance numbers
and folk music. The songs
and music come from the
performers but the overall
design, construction and
execution have been done by
Pardafash, a musician who
works with alternative music
and EDM. She plays live
through the play along with
the performers.
What is the best part about
working with transgenders?
Their uninhibited sense of
fun, everyday courage and
resilience.
he Makeup Nani
Award will be present-
ed to B M Ramachan-
dra on Saturday.
Instituted by theatre group
Antharanga, the award is be-
ing presented since 2005 in
memory of make-up wizard
Nani.
The award ceremony
begins at 6.30 pm at C Ash-
wath Kalabhavan, opposite
bus stand, N R Colony,
Bengaluru.
Senior theatre and film
personalities B V Rajaram,
Babu Hirannaiah and Sudha
As part of the awards ceremony, scenes from Kailasam’s
Home Rule will be staged by Antharanga, followed
by Sridhar Edravi’s one-man show Kannadokkobbane
Kailasam.
and earned appreciation for birthday, Ramachandra
his creative work. As guest recreated 75 costumes worn
lecturer, he has taught make- by characters played by
up skills and costume design the great actor. That won
B M Ramachandra at Rangayana, Mysuru. He him much appreciation,
launched Sri Rajeshwari according to a note from
Belawadi are the chief guests. Costumes Co in 1980, and Antharanga.
Ramachandra has worked has designed costumes for With 45 years in the art,
with such big names as B V ythological, historical,
myt Ramachandra has received
Karanth, Hamsalekha, T S folk and social plays staged several awards, including
Naghabharana, Prasanna, throughout Karnataka. one presented by the Karna-
CGK, and Mandya Ramesh For Dr Rajkumar’s 75th taka Nataka Academy.