India, Sept. 7 -- The health of an individual depends more on their everyday habits than on occasional efforts. Thus, the things that one keeps at home have a greater role to play in their metabolic health than many may realise.

Taking to Instagram on September 2, Dr Saurabh Sethi, a California-based gastroenterologist trained at AIIMS, Harvard, and Stanford Universities, listed eight things that he keeps out of his home which have the potential to negatively affect his health. They are presented as follows.

The idea behind not letting sugary soft drinks enter the home is to eliminate the chance of drinking such beverages becoming an unhealthy habit.

"In a large study of women, each additional sugary drink per day was linked to a 16 pe...