Sinusitis can keep you from functioning normally. All you can think of is that congestion and the headache you carry around from the moment you wake up. As if that’s not bad enough, you feel like your cheeks and the eyes are swollen. Sinusitis is a result of inflammation of the nasal sinuses. What causes sinusitis? Sinusitis is triggered by the following: Allergies to pollen, dust, pets Indoor pollutants like…
The beginning of the new year is the perfect time to reflect on your life and make goals for the next twelve months. This year, I challenge you to make goals that will help you improve your health – both mentally and physically. Popular New Year’s resolutions include improving diets, working out more, and saving more money. One particular resolution you should have for the new year is to practice…
Here’s news for you – your snoring could well be a result of your food choices and dietary habits. Snoring occurs when the soft tissue inside your mouth and throat vibrates because of the passage of air through a constricted airway. Snoring’s common causes are structural flaws in your nose and mouth, nose congestion, excessive mucous inside your throat cavity, excessively long uvula and excess fat deposits on your soft…
Seriously, do you really need an incentive to stay healthy? With lifestyle diseases rapidly on the increase, we owe it to ourselves to do everything we can to ensure that we live healthy. I was diagnosed in Feb 2013 with type 2 diabetes. While diabetes runs in the family, and I was at risk anyway, there have been days when I have secretly felt guilty about helping that risk catch…
I still remember that day when my grandma brought her cousin home from her village. We lived in Mumbai at the time and it took us all to adjust to this new person in our family, since she was from a village in Tamil Nadu. Having lost her husband, she was struggling with depression and my grandma did her best to help her back to the normalcy. From involving her…