Fitness Secrets - Diet and Health

Even though summer comes every year, it's hard not to complain about it. What with its innumerable consequences of sweat grime and the constant skin issues. Staying fresh and beautiful seems like the hardest thing, how do these celebrities look like the sun never touched them? The beautiful Amrita Rao reveals her summer mantras just for you. Scruffy hair: The most common complaint of summer time weather is the dull and lifeless hair it gives us. Though keeping your scalp clean is the way to go, if greasy hair is your problem, then maybe some baby powder to do the trick or like Amrita Rao says, "Carry a trendy hairband or a bandana with which you can quickly tie your hair". Tanned skin and blemishes: Summertime leads to that god awful tan, something that refuses to go away, no wonder then the trick is to keep either the sun away or to simply use protection against it. A good sunscreen with high SPF is just the trick but understand not all sunscreens may be good for you, Am...

Aamir Khan has planned an online health club on his blog [ http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog ] and facebook page [ http://www.facebook.com/aamirkhan.com ] where he would keep one and all updated about his health and fitness regimen while he answers questions about films and gives diet suggestions. Well it was regular facebook page but turned into "let's get fit" one thanks to Aamir's fans and his own need to get into shape. This is what Aamir Khan Says: First things first. Let me share with you what I learnt in the last few years in the process of building a physique, losing weight etc. 3 things are most important, and in that order: 1. A healthy and balanced diet. 2. Exercise. 3. Rest. Actually exercise and rest are equally important, but the most important is a healthy and balanced diet. 1. A balanced and healthy diet. The average person uses/spends around 1800 to 2000 calories per day. In order to lose weight you simply need to take in LESS than you spend. So consume l...

Little Ghajini Ronak Vitha wants a body like his idol Aamir Khan. One of Aamir Khan's biggest fans, four-and-a-half year old Ronak Vitha, is planning to enter the India Book of Records by performing maximum pushups in a limited amount of time. Trainer Satyajit Chaurasia, who gave Aamir his spectacular body for Ghajini, is preparing the boy for this feat. Early start: Satyajit Chaurasia with Ronak Vitha At it from two Satya (as he is fondly called by his star clients) relates, "When Ronak's parents came to me four months ago, he could manage to do 600 pushups or dips but now he can do 1,500 push ups in 49 minutes. He said he was inspired by Aamir in Ghajini and started doing pushups since he was two. Ronak told me that he wanted to train under me as I had trained Aamir. I was impressed and signed him on. He is my youngest pupil." The young boy doesn't just to have a body like Aamir, but also wants be the strongest child in the world. Satya adds, "Ronak wants t...

Being fit is the in thing these days. But one is left confused about its definition. Is the new age Size Zero the way to go or being curvaceous is the hottest trend? Amrita Rao, who has been into health and fitness as a way of life presses on the need to be healthy and revel in that as she says, "Good health is celebration in itself ". She goes on reveal her fitness fundas and who her fitness icon in Bollywood is Says Amrita, "Fitness is about building this stamina, this basic strength in itself that gives you the energy and that impetus to go out there and win the world and feel good about yourself." Clearly she isn't someone who is talking about just getting a bikini body or stressing on the need to constantly count calories, instead she stresses on the kind of health that gives you an edge. So what keeps Amrita so svelte and lovely all the time? Revealing her fitness routine she says, "My fitness routine is working out, we do some weight training which i...

Drink lots of water and eat fruits and vegetables to have a glowing skin, says "Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto who says she is not fond of cosmetics. "I always wash my face before bed. I can't sleep with make-up on, even just a little bit. I like my skin clean. I wear sunscreen every day, that's my cardinal rule," contactmusic.com quoted Freida, 25, as saying. "I don't have too many beauty tips and secrets because I am not fond of wearing too much make-up but the first would be to drink a lot of water because water really cleanses your system and it keeps you fresh and your eyes looking fresh. I also recommend adding a lot of fruit and vegetables to your diet and not making it too meat centric," she said.