Ravi Mantha's Blog, page 2

The tale of the poison-filled cupboard

My dear aunt Sunita e-mailed me recently.  “Ravi, I have been following the Ravionhealth diet and lifestyle religiously, but I haven’t lost much weight!”.  I was intrigued, because I now have over a hundred people following my diet, and the only person who has not shown results is a friend with a thyroid problem.  It [...]

Diabetes Part 3 – What happens to the food we eat, and why drinking orange juice can lead to diabetes

Before I address the link between orange juice and diabetes, I want you to explore with me a more basic question. How do humans eat?  Let us explore this in a logical way, because if you know what happens to the food we eat, you can take simple measures that will help you lose excess [...]

Why you should never drink low fat milk

Here is some information, followed by a simple question. Full fat milk has 145 calories in a cup, and fat free milk has 85 calories per cup.  The amount of sugar carbs they have are identical, at 12gm a cup. What kind of milk should you choose, if you want to lose weight and be [...]

Diabetes Part 2 – Stop the sugar madness.

Let me explain in simple terms what Type 2 Diabetes is, and how to prevent it and reverse it. Diabetes is a metabolic illness, meaning that it is caused by your own body and not a disease-agent.  In normal people, blood sugar is controlled by a hormone called insulin.  In diabetic people, insulin no longer [...]

Diabetes Part 1 : There is no genetic case for Diabetes

Did you know that Type 2 Diabetes is a 100% preventable, 100% reversible lifestyle disease? It should be simply renamed for what it is, Preventable Obesity Disease (POD). It is a lifestyle disease because it is a purely voluntary illness that no-one needs to get if they don’t want to.  If it weren’t such a [...]

Why you are wasting time in the gym

I have tried many different exercise routines in the past, but nothing beats strength training for the speed and quality of results, if done correctly. Of course, in my experience 95% of people don’t really know how to work out; they are merely going to the gym and doing ineffective bicep curls, leg machine raises and [...]

A cure for bedwetting in children, and a cure for premature ejaculation (PME) in adults.

William of Ockham (1288-1348) Ockham’s razor : is the law of parsimony, economy or succinctness. It is a principle urging one to select from among competing hypotheses that which makes the fewest assumptions. Here is a simple truth that you will not have heard from your doctor.  Each and every voluntary muscle in your body needs [...]

Lessons from Confucius, our common ancestor, on your genes and your health.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. –  Confucius In 2005, there was an article in Harper’s magazine by Jack Hitt, titled “Mighty White of You”.  In this article, Hitt talks about the pride of [...]