Healthy Meal Makeovers We all want our family to be healthy and enjoy nutritious and delicious meals.We all have the best intentions of eating healthier but the realities of life like limited time, picky eaters and tight budgets creates challenges…
Obesity As a Disease
Obesity As a Disease Recently the American Medical Association announced that it was changing the designation of obesity from a ‘disorder’ to a ‘disease.’ While the two labels sound similar, they actually mean very different things to health care providers,…
Vitamin D shortage puts Indians at high blood pressure risk
Vitamin D shortage puts Indians at high blood pressure risk A new study led by an India researcher has confirmed that low levels of vitamin D can trigger hypertension. Some studies say every second Indian is affected, others peg it…
Happy Friendship Day
Happy Friendship Day True Friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Wishing all my dear friends a very happy friendship day…..EAT HEALTHY STAY HEALTHY
Diet essentials of lactating mothers
World Breastfeeding Week 1 – 7 August. Diet essentials of lactating mothers During lactation make sure you get enough nutrients, not just more calories. It can make a difference in the quality of your breast milk and affect how quickly…
Breastfeeding benefits
Breastfeeding benefits Breastfeeding benefits all sectors of society economically, ecologically and socially. Breastfeeding is unique – it causes no pollution and is the best example of how humanity can sustain itself through provision of the first and most complete food…
World Breastfeeding Week 1 – 7 August
World Breastfeeding Week 1 – 7 August Celebrated in more than 170 countries worldwide.This year’s World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme, ‘BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: CLOSE TO MOTHERS’, highlights Breastfeeding Peer Counselling. Even when mothers are able to get off to a…
Spicy Roasted Phool Makhana(Puffed Lotus Seeds) Recipe
Spicy Roasted Phool Makhana(Puffed Lotus Seeds) Recipe We generally use makhana during fasting as it makes for a good vrat or fasting food, its light on the stomach and nutritious too,they are addictive and healthy.Try to replace your good old…
World Hepatitis Day
World Hepatitis Day World Hepatitis Day is observed across the world on 28 July 2013. The theme for the year 2013 is “This is Hepatitis, Know it, Confront it.” The theme has been set with an aim of creating a…
Don’t skip Suhoor (pre-dawn meal)
Don’t skip Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) Suhoor is regarded as a benefit of the blessings in that it allows the person fasting to avoid the crankiness or the weakness caused by the fast. Eat suhoor(sehri) just prior to dawn. Yes,…