Green tea has been touted as almost a super food and everywhere I look, the list of health benefits of green tea are ever-increasing with research to support it, making it even easier to enjoy your refreshing morning or evening cuppa. In fact, a number of products also list one of their ingredients as green tea as it is believed to have the ability to fight cancer. It is rich…
Weight loss – that Holy Grail! Sometimes no matter how hard you try, those extra pounds just won’t disappear. You are probably eating healthy and lead an active lifestyle. What are you missing? How to cut calories for weight loss? Here’s the secret. One of the main tricks of eating healthy is calorie counting and portion control. While portion control can be relatively easy – you go by visual measures,…
The coconut doubles up as food plus medicine, besides being an auspicious and compulsory part of every religious event in Indian culture. Rightfully called the “Tree of Life” the coconut is a powerhouse of nutrition with its juice, its milk, oil and kernel. Here is a common sight in street corners – the tender coconut water vendor. Relished and respected, the coconut is rich in fiber, vitamin and minerals. But…
That almost sounds like “do you have the time” or “do you have change for ten bucks”, doesn’t it? Except Type 2 Diabetes is not at all funny. I am stunned to learn that more than 62 million in India are diabetic and 1 in 2 of them don’t know they have it. By 2025 this number is expected to escalate to 80 million when India will be crowned Diabetes…
Breathing is an essential part of living. Right? D’uh. It follows that lung health is critical if we want to breathe easy. Our respiratory system, which includes our nose, throat, windpipe and lungs, helps us bring air into our body when we breathe. The oxygen from the air from each breath we take is transferred into the blood stream and distributed to each cell in the body giving them the…