Srijita, Author at Pinfaves

Dumped by a boyfriend? Get a revenge body

January 24, 2017 Srijitaa, body, boyfriend?, by, Dumped, Get, revenge

Got dumped? Stop moping and stab the unfaithful one with a sharp bod. Jennifer Anistonand Britney Spears have done it, and now a whole lot of ordinary people are shaping up with some mentoring from Kim Kardashian’s sister Khloé, whose new TV show ‘Revenge Body’ premiered in America last week. The term revenge body, coined by the tabloid press, has been around since about 2010, but Google Trends shows it has only now reached peak popularity. What does it mean? A revenge body is something you strive to obtain after…

‘Young blood’ latest age-fighting fad

January 24, 2017 Srijitaage-fighting, Blood, Fad, Latest, Young

Jesse Karmazin, a 32-year-old Princeton graduate and competitive rower who has an MD but no licence to practise medicine, claims he can reverse ageing with transfusions of a young person’s plasma. He is now launching a clinical trial on the potential of “young blood” through his startup Ambrosia. Karmazin claims most participants see improvements within a month of getting the $8,000 one-time infusion of a two litre bagful of plasma, which is blood with the blood cells removed. But many scientists and clinicians say Karmazin’s trial is so poorly designed…

Yoga or Regular Exercise May Not Treat Sleep Trouble in Menopausal Women

January 24, 2017 Srijitaexercise:, In, May, Menopausal, Not, or, regular:, Sleep, treat, Trouble, Women, Yoga

Yoga and fitness were the buzzwords in 2016. Everyone was talking about it and everyone was trying their hand at it. From unique workouts to ancient yoga asanas, they’ve become quite the rage and for good reason. But it turns out that yoga or regular exercise may not be helpful for everyone and everything. A new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, shows that yoga or exercise may not help in treating hot flashes or improve sleep quality in middle-aged women. Previous studies have shown that both yoga and…

One in Every Three Indian Kids Has Unhealthy BMI: Reveals Survey

January 24, 2017 SrijitaBMI, Every, Has, In, Indian, Kids, One, Reveals, Survey, three, Unhealthy?

Health is a major issue in our country especially when it comes to kids. A new survey has been doing the round in this respect with some alarming results. The nationwide 7th Annual School Health and Fitness Study 2016 released by EduSports, a school sports enterprise, reveals that a large number of school children in India have fitness levels far from satisfactory. The survey is conducted every year and last year’s report covered 1,69,932 students in the age group of 7 – 17 years from 326 schools in 86 cities and 26…

The Anti-Ageing Diet: 5 Tips on How to Slow Down Ageing

January 24, 2017 Srijita5%;, ageing:, Anti-Ageing, Diet:, Down, How, On, slow, The, Tips:, to

It’s obvious that the quality of food we choose on a daily basis influences our health. Yet most of us have absolutely no idea what or how much we are actually eating. Ageing isn’t just the unfolding of a genetic time table. It has a lot to do with the damage you do on the inside through poor food and lifestyle choices. Anti-ageing begins on a cellular level and not on the surface of your skin. So there really aren’t any miracle moisturisers, lotions or potions to turn back the…

Fried Potatoes & Burnt Toast May Cause Cancer: Health Experts Warn

January 24, 2017 Srijita&, Burnt, Cancer, cause, Experts, Fried, Health, May, Potatoes, Toast, Warn

Amongst the growing scare of the risk of cancer, health experts are giving more attention to the kind of we eat and more importantly, the kind we should eat. A few months ago, the research division at the World Health Organisation declared that bacon, sausage and other processed meats cause cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer ruled that “Processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer”. They concluded that each 50 gram portion…