Srijita, Author at Pinfaves

How to Shield Your Children From Air Pollution

November 6, 2016 SrijitaAir, Children, From, How, Pollution, Shield, to, Your

Numbers don’t affect us. World Health Organisation conducted a survey a few months back and concluded that Delhi is the most polluted city in the world. Delhi air recorded an annual average of 153 micrograms of the most dangerous small particulates, known as PM 2.5s, per cubic metre. This should have made us sit up and take notice. It didn’t. Recent reports showed that Beijing and Delhi were neck to neck in air pollution levels and an emergency-like situation was declared in Beijing. Back in India, we let that pass…

5 things people with hidden depression may do

November 5, 2016 Srijita5%;, Depression, Do, hidden, May, People, Things, With

5 things people with hidden depression may do If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth, said Abraham Lincoln, who often wrote about his depression. Depression can be one of the hardest and most misunderstood things to deal with. Despite many attempts which have been made to single out an explanation, one outdoes the other. Though generalizing symptoms of a severe condition such as depression is hard, we have penned down a few of these, which…

Canola oil may help reduce belly fat

November 5, 2016 Srijitabelly, Canola, fat, Help, May, Oil, reduce

Canola oil may help reduce belly fat Making canola oil part of your diet may help you burn extra abdominal fat in less than four weeks, finds a new study. “Visceral, or abdominal, fat increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, and is also associated with increased risk for conditions such as metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Monounsaturated fats in canola oil decreases fat that has adverse health effects,” said Penny M. Kris-Etherton, Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, US. For the study, the researchers tested the effect of five different vegetable…

Time to embark on a post-Diwali detox

November 5, 2016 Srijitaa, Detox, embark, On, post-Diwali, Time, to

Have you been bingeing over the last one week of Diwali? Now that it’s all over, do you find yourself feeling nauseous just thinking of food? These are signs that it’s time to take a break from fried snacks and sweets, especially since there was no room for fruits or vegetables in your diet. You need to flush out all those toxins from your digestive system and get your body back on track. You can do this by making a few lifestyle changes for the better. Says dietician and sports…

What’s your walking personality?

November 5, 2016 Srijitapersonality, walking, What's, Your

(Pic: Thinkstock) It’s time to change the adage from ‘what you wear says a lot about you’ to ‘how you walk says a lot about you’. That’s right. Researchers from the UK have found that people make judgments about an individual’s personality based on his walk. Remember James Bond’s suave stride or John Wayne’s iconic swagger? Theories say that Wayne’s walk may not have been so much about confidence and being macho, but his need to control his lanky body better. If you use the Monday slouch on most days,…

Don’t expect relief from smog before Nov 7

November 5, 2016 Srijita7, Before, Don't, expect, From, Nov, Relief, Smog

Don’t expect relief from smog before Nov 7 Delhi airport sources said that Wednesday witnessed the worst smog episode in the past few years. Before this, November 2012 saw similar conditions. According to the sources, during the day , when smog or fog usually shows improvement, general visibility at the IGI Airport was in the range of 300-500m, on a par with the dense fog days of December and January . By 9pm, the visibility had dropped to 250m. While the Met department has predicted a slight improvement in smog…