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How Does Your Business Compare With Others?

August 27, 2017 Loknath Dasbusiness, Compare, Does, How, Others, With, Your

Is your dental practice as profitable as the next one? Are you generating from your landscaping business as much money as the firm across town is? Business owners are busy; the latest U.S. Survey of Entrepreneurs from the Census Bureau found that nearly 1 in 5 owners of businesses with employees worked more than 60 hours a week. In addition to handling a crush of everyday operational challenges, owners are often obsessing over how to generate sales, build customer relationships or improve their product or service. At the same time, however, business…

Do your kids skip breakfast? Here’s how doing so puts their health at great risk

August 25, 2017 Loknath Dasat, Breakfast, Do, doing, Great, Health, Here's, How, Kids, puts, Risk, Skip, So, their, Your

Is it “too early” to eat? Is there no time before school? Your children may be putting themselves at risk of malnutrition by skipping breakfast. A study by the King’s College London found that children who skip breakfast regularly may not be consuming the recommended daily amounts of key nutrients required for growth and development. Children who ate breakfast every day were deemed to have overall superior nutritional profiles compared to those who didn’t. While the study was unable to identify a causal link, these children were found to have…

This monsoon, don’t fall ill from food poisoning. Here’s how

August 21, 2017 Loknath DasDon't, Fall:, Food., From, Here's, How, ill, monsoon, poisoning., This

Nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain — with symptoms like these, it is easy to confuse food poisoning with a stomach bug. While some cases are caused by eating out, others come from cooking at home, and even more come from contact with someone already infected due to foodborne illnesses being highly contagious. “Most cases are self-limited and will resolve over the course of days,” reassures Dr Brian McAllister, a gastroenterologist at Hershey Medical Center, who advises patients to stay well-hydrated and follow a bland, low-fat diet for a…

Watch out for the signs: Learn how suicides can be averted

August 16, 2017 Loknath Dasaverted, be, Can, for, How, Learn, Out, signs, suicides, The, watch

On July 20, it was declared that Chester Bennington, frontman of the popular band Linkin Park, committed suicide. On July 31, 14-year-old Mumbaiite Manpreet Singh committed suicide as part of an online game. In both cases — like most suicides — no one saw it coming. However, experts are of the opinion that raising awareness about depression, which leads to suicidal tendencies, can go a long way in preventing such cases. “Bennington was 41 and the teenager was only 14. These examples prove that the tendency to commit suicide can…

How to Make a Perfect Panini Sandwich at Home: Handy Tips

August 7, 2017 Loknath Dasa, at, handy, Home, How, Make, Panini, perfect:, Sandwich, Tips:, to

Nothing can beat the joy of taking a bite into your favourite sandwich after a long and tiring day. It’s easy to prepare and makes for a light and healthy snack. There are different kinds of sandwiches one could relish, and one such is Panini. An Italian grilled sandwich, Panini or panino literally refers to bread roll. This sandwich uses soft breads without the crusts, which is then loaded with delectable fillings like chicken, ham, seasonal vegetables and a range of seasonings and sauces. Ideally, a Panini is made on a Panini sandwich…

Express Recipes: How to make homemade Honey Bread French Toast

August 5, 2017 Loknath DasBread, Express, French, Homemade, honey, How, Make, Recipes, to, Toast

As a kid I always liked to savour french toast. It’s amazing how the original sweet french toast gets modified at 180º, with sugar being replaced with salt, chillies and other spices! The first time I had a sweet french toast was at a dinner and that’s when I realised what I had been missing. Given my weakness for all things sweet, I now just stick with sweet version. Love the sprinkled sugar and the dripping maple syrup. Add to it some bananas and strawberries, and we have a complete…