Indian summer vegetable – PUMPKIN (KADDU) Pumpkin is a storehouse of many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E and also has flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants like leutin, xanthins and carotenes. Research shows that people who eat a diet rich…
Indian summer vegetable – SNAKE GOURD (CHICHINDA, PADVAL) The snake gourd (chichinda, padval), also known as Chinese cucumber. . Snake gourd is a natural antibiotic, expectorant, and laxative. It can disperse phlegm, remove pus, expel toxic matter and is anti-inflammatory.…
Indian summer vegetable – RIDGED GOURD (TORI, TURAI) Ridged gourd- It is also known by other names such as loofah, luffa, turai, turiya, tori etc. It helps in purifying blood, lower the sugar level of the blood and it is…
Indian summer vegetable – BITTER GOURD (KARELA) Children might pull a long face at the mention of bitter gourd or karela, but as one grows older, ones cultivates a taste for the bitter. Karela’s bitter taste is generally attributed to…
Indian summer vegetable – ASH GOURD Ash gourd also known as white gourd, white pumpkin, wax gourd or petha . It keeps your body cool and healthy. Contains almost 96% water It protects you from heat stroke. Ash-gourd is loaded…
Indian summer vegetable Dudhi (bottle gourd) As bottle gourd is mostly made of water, it prevents you from heat and is also beneficial for the stomach problems like acidity, which mostly occurs in summer. It is very beneficial for diabetics…
All about Indian summer vegetables Indian summer vegetables includes those vegetables that are traditionaly available between the months of April and June. Though, sceintific prgress has made it possible to grow these vegetables all year through, they are at their…
#foodstopreventsunstroke Lemon Extremely great for the summer, it is worth squeezing a lemon to make a fresh-fruit drink because lemon ranks high as a health food. It contains very few calories and provides a little bit of vitamin C. You…
#foodstopreventsunstroke Onions and sunstroke Have you heard of farmers keeping an onion with them while working in blazing hot sun………n also eating lot of onions do u know the reason behind this? Onions due to its high sulphur content prevents…
Coconut water – the fluid of life Tender coconut water is the natural isotonic beverage with almost the same level of electrolyte balance as we have in our blood. Here is how it is excellent for the summer: Oral rehydration…