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Healthy food, lifestyle can prevent heart disease: Dr Yadvinder

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Loknath DasCan, Disease, Dr, Food., Healthy, Heart, lifestyle, Prevent

STATE TIMES NEWS AMRITSAR: Amandeep Medicity organised an awareness programme on the occasion of World Heart Day here. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Yadvinder Singh, Director and Head, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Amandeep Medicity, said “Due to our wrong habits, we have filled so much stress in our life that diseases have surrounded us all around.” While enumerating the reasons for growth of heart diseases among people, he said that people have reduced physical work, do not exercise, eating outside junk food, fried and oily food, smoking, sedentary lifestyle etc.…

Unhealthy food at work may up risk of lifestyle ailments

May 25, 2019 Loknath Dasailments:, at, Food., lifestyle, May, of, Risk, Unhealthy?, Up, work

Employees who purchase unhealthy food at office may indulge in such diet outside work as well, increasing their risk of lifestyle ailments such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, a study suggests. A recently conducted study demonstrated that employees at a large urban hospital who purchased the least healthy food in its cafeteria were more likely to have an unhealthy diet outside of work, be overweight and obese. They also were more likely to have risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, compared to employees who made healthier purchases. These…

Anthony Bourdain changed the food, travel and media worlds

June 11, 2018 Loknath Dasand, Anthony, Bourdain, changed, Food., Media, The, travel, World's

My wife and I went to Thailand last year on our honeymoon. Had we never known of Anthony Bourdain, we might have just headed for Hawaii (not that there’s anything wrong with that). But Bourdain changed me. And not just me. Bourdain changed the restaurant world. He changed the travel world. And he changed the media world. In no small way, he helped change the world at large. He made it feel simultaneously much smaller and much bigger. He died from an apparent suicide last week, and the world will…

Green Chilli Seed Benefits: Here’s Why You Should Add Spice To Your Food

May 18, 2018 Loknath DasAdd, Benefits, chilli, Food., Green, Here's, Seed, Should, Spice, to, Why, You, Your

Most of us have a habit of eating green chillies with a meal; turns out, it may be a great practice. Green chillies may be fiery, but they have numerous benefits to offer. In fact, more than the thick green skin, it is the seeds that give you a spicy flavour. Chilli seeds should be added to the curries; these tiny wonders may look like they cannot do anything good, but they come packed with many nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin B6, vitamin A, iron, copper, potassium, niacin, dietary fibre,…

Packaging affects how food is absorbed by our bodies, and not in a good way

April 12, 2018 Loknath Dasa, absorbed, Affects, and, bodies, by, Food., Good, How, In, Is, Not, Our, Packaging, Way

Turns out, food packaging could be negatively affecting nutrient absorption in your body. According to a new study conducted by the Binghamton University, food packaging could be negatively affecting the way in which your digestive tract operates. “We found that zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles at doses that are relevant to what you might normally eat in a meal or a day can change the way that your intestine absorbs nutrients or your intestinal cell gene and protein expression,” said researcher Gretchen Mahler. According to Mahler, these ZnO nanoparticles are present…

Why Meal Timings Are As Important As The Food You Take

January 31, 2018 Loknath DasAre, As, Food., important, Meal, Take, The, timings, Why, You

A balanced and nutritious diet in combination of exercise or light physical activity is surely the key to healthy life. But come to think of it, is that all it takes to be perfectly healthy? Think again. There is a factor as important, that you may have been ruling out unknowingly. We’re talking about meal timings. Remember how in school you had a fixed lunch breakand each day the bell would ring at the same time? Turns out that this is the kind of discipline your body asks for, (in addition to good…