Are You Too Skinny? Try These Home Remedies to Gain Weight

Are You Too Skinny? Try These Home Remedies to Gain Weight

12-10-2017   |   Posted By: Chhavi   |   3451 View(s)

Being skinny is not admired by all. Nobody likes to hear comments like, ‘Do you ever eat?’, ‘You look like a walking skeleton’, and so on. Let’s accept it; everybody wants to maintain their ideal body weight. Some are dealing with obesity issues, and then there are others who genuinely want to gain a few pounds. So, today we are going to tell some solutions to get rid of this issue. Here are some home remedies to gain weight and get the figure of your dreams.

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Top 10 Home Remedies to Gain Weight

1. Raisins

Raisins are packed with essential fatty acids that promote weight gain. Furthermore, raisins are enriched with nutrients that help in keeping the body fit and healthy.

How to Use?

• Eat a 1/5th cup of dried raisins throughout the day for 30 days to gain pounds.
• Another option is to soak a one-fifth cup of raisins and 5 to 6 dried figs in water. Leave overnight and eat them in two portions the next day. Do this for a month to gain weight.

2. Potatoes

I know you must have heard at least once in your lifetime that, ‘Eating potatoes makes you gain weight.’ And they sure do help us put on a little weight. Wonder how? Well, potatoes are packed with carbohydrates and complex sugars which aid weight gain.

Potatoes Juice

How to Use?

• Eat one serving of baked or grilled potato on a daily basis for one to two months.
• Alternatively, eat potato chips made in a healthy oil like olive oil twice a week for one to two months.
• You can also prepare a potato salad. Simply, peel and slice potatoes and boil them. Then, mix them with calorie-rich foods such as mayonnaise, veggies and buttermilk.

3. Eggs

Eggs comprise of calories, fat and protein; all of which are essential for weight gain. Eggs are also rich in protein which helps in building muscle and fat provides energy to the body. If you want to gain weight, you must eat more of the egg white than the egg yolk. This is one of the best remedies to gain weight.

Egg Mask

How to Use?

• This is one of the simplest home remedies to gain weight. You just need to eat the white part of three eggs on a daily basis for a month to gain weight.
• Another option is to eat scrambled egg whites or egg-white omelettes for breakfast on a daily basis for at least one month to get a fitter body.

4. Bananas

Being rich in calories, banana is one of the healthiest fruits for weight gain. Also, bananas help in giving you instant energy and keep many health diseases at bay.

Banana Mask

How to Use?

•    Simply eat one to two ripe bananas for breakfast. Then, drink one glass of warm milk mixed with one teaspoon of clarified butter and a little sugar. Follow this breakfast routine for at least a month.

5. Yoghurt

Yoghurt is one of the most effective home remedies to gain weight. Yoghurt is a high-protein food and helps in increasing body weight. So, you must add yoghurt to your diet to gain weight.

How to Use?

• Simply, eat a bowl of yoghurt daily to gain pounds.
• You can also prepare a delicious yoghurt smoothie. To make this smoothie for weight gain, you will need two large bananas, 4 to 5 walnuts, 4 to 5 cashews, One-half cup Milk, One-half cup Yoghurt, one scoop of Whey Protein Powder and three to four ice cubes. Place ice cubes, walnuts and cashews into the blender and blend. Then, place all the other ingredients into your blender and blend until you get a smoothie. Serve it immediately.

Cucumber and Yogurt Salad

6. Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter is high in calories and carbohydrates, which makes it one of the excellent choices for weight gain. If you want to gain weight healthily, you can add peanut butter to many foods.

How to Use?

• You can just spread a spoonful of peanut butter on whole-wheat bread, fruits or vegetables.
• You can also have peanut butter smoothie to gain weight. To prepare peanut butter smoothie, you will need One cup Strawberry, Two tablespoons Peanut Butter, One-half cup Milk, One Scoop of Whey Protein powder and three to four ice cubes. Put all the ingredients into your blender and blend until it is smooth. Enjoy chilled.

7. Beans

Beans are loaded with calories and are one of the best foods for weight gain. Apart from that, they are packed with carbohydrates, fibre and protein. So, you must have this healthy food to stay healthy and put on weight.

How to Use?

• You can have a variety of beans like red beans, lima beans, soybeans, lentils, black beans and kidney beans any time of the day- breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• You can also prepare bean salad and bean soup and enjoy it as a snack for one to two months to gain weight.

8. Avocado

Avocado is a delicious fruit packed with healthy fats, folic acid, vitamin E, calories and potassium. This fruit helps in promoting weight gain, and so, you must add it to your diet.

How to Use?

• Add avocado to your salads and enjoy.
• Alternatively, you can also prepare an avocado smoothie for weight gain. Simply, take ¼ cup milk, ¾ cup plain or vanilla yoghurt, one banana, one-half cup frozen strawberries, ¼ avocado and put all of these ingredients into your blender. Blend until smooth. Enjoy chilled.

9. Almonds

Almonds are calorie-dense food and are packed with polyunsaturated fats, which helps in promoting weight gain. This is one of the best home remedies to gain weight.

Almonds

How to Use?

• Add three almonds, two dates and two dried figs to a glass of milk and boil it. Let it cool and strain the milk. Drink this warm milk and eat the boiled figs, dates and almonds. Follow this process daily for one or two months.
• Another option is to prepare a protein-rich almond smoothie. For this, you will need eight almonds, two tablespoons oats, one tablespoon pumpkin seeds, one tablespoon sunflower seeds, one banana, one kiwi fruit, three tablespoons yoghurt and 250 ml rice milk or almond milk. Start tossing all of these ingredients into the blender one by one and blend until you get a smoothie. Enjoy!

10. Mango and Milk

Mangoes are rich in minerals and vitamins and are not so high in cholesterol, fat and sodium. The fructose your body gets from the mango is stored in the body as energy and fat, which helps you gain weight. However, you cannot gain weight by eating mangoes alone. This delicious fruit is to be consumed along with milk in order to promote weight gain. This is one of the most effective home remedies to gain weight.

How to Use?

• Drink a mango milkshake two times a day for at least a month.
• Another option is to eat 1 ripe mango followed by a glass of milk. Do this twice to thrice a day for a month to see a noticeable difference in your weight.

Try these home remedies religiously until you reach your desired weight. Also, hit the gym if you want to put on weight faster.

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