You might be one of those who do not gain weight. Family and friends may envy you for this. Where as on the other hand you might be struggling to gain weight. If you not gaining weight this doesn’t mean you will keep hogging on junk just because it won’t make you fat.
If you are looking for a healthy weight gain rather than only adding body weight. You are to exclude junk completely from your diet plan. Increasing your intake of junk foods and greasy foods is not a good way to gain weight. They contain unhealthy trans fats or saturated fats.

Few tips that will help you gain weight:

• You should eat all the three meals in the day. You can even increase the meals from 3-5 but remember to eat a balanced meal. Wake up on time so that you can have both breakfast and lunch. Try not to skip your meals.

• You should not drink non-caloric beverages like diet soda, and plain coffee or tea. You want calories so drink healthy.

• You should add more and more foods rich in calories in your diet.

• Frits and vegetables should form a major part in your diet.

• Exercise regularly to help your body gain muscles and not unwanted fat. Thirty minutes of daily activity is enough to keep you active and fit.

• Have your meals with the right balance of proteins, carbohydrates, and the right kinds of fat.

• You need to sleep well at least eight hours.

• A high-quality multivitamin and mineral supplement is a good idea to make sure you are getting all of the vitamins and minerals you need.

• You should drink mixed juices instead of one fruit juice for a higher calorie intake.

• You can have snacks in between meals like nuts, dried fruits, and yogurt. Remember to eat snacks which are nutritious. You can even have a snack before bedtime, may be a peanut butter sandwich.

• You can get away with extra carbohydrates if you want a weight gain.

The main thing about putting on weight is that you do it sensibly and that you put on the right kind of weight: muscle rather than fat. The above mentioned tips will help you put on weight sensibly. While following a weight gain regime you need to keep your bones strong and body toned.

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Cutting the popular belief of diet habits, the scientists in US has come forward with an argument that when the brain doesn’t sense enough gratification from food, people will hog more over the food.
According to Dr Eric Stice, a senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute, who led the study, the more blunted the response will be, the more are the chances of chances of gain weight. It is the healthy diet and the exercise that decide whether someone is overweight. But scientists have put forward an argument that genes too have a role in deciding obesity. Dopamine, the brain chemical that’s key to sensing pleasure also has a role in deciding the weight of a particular person.

Eating does boost dopamine levels temporarily. The studies have revealed that obese have fewer dopamine receptors in their brains than lean people. A particular gene version, called Taq1A1, is linked to fewer dopamine receptors.

As per the words of Dr. Nora Volkow of the National Institutes of Health, a dopamine specialist who has long studied the obesity link, the functioning of the brain do have a big role in deciding the food and causing obesity. The study by Stice’s team has figured out the immediate reactions of the brain to food.

Brain scanning showed that a key region called the dorsal striatum which is a dopamine-rich pleasure centre becomes active while tasting the milkshake, but not when the comparison liquid mimicked saliva is tasted. The study says that the brain region in overweight people is far less active than in lean people, and in those who carry that A1 gene variant.

This study shows that dopamine is not just about pleasure, but it also plays a role in conditioning and in the ability to control impulses. Now next time, when you are out to buy yummy food, remember, you are going to put weight.

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