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How to Eat Dragon Fruit: 5 Delicious Ways to Try it

July 18, 2016 Srijita5%;, delicious:, Dragon, Eat, Fruit, How, It, to, Try, Ways

A popular fruit throughout Southeast Asia, in India, however, dragon fruit garners very less attention. Often seen in the exotic fruit section of the supermarkets, the bright pink and scaly fruit could be a little intimidating at first sight. It belongs to the cactus family, and its reference to dragons is probably due to its scaly outer skin. But get past your inhibitions and you will discover that it is a delicious fruit that can be enjoyed in a number of ways. It is also commonly known as Pitaya. Dragon…

How to do the Bridge Pose: Steps and Benefits of Setu Bandhasana

July 15, 2016 Srijitaand, Bandhasana, Benefits, Bridge, Do, How, of, Pose:, Setu, Steps, The, to

“Setu Bandhasana, when practiced in tandem with Pawanmuktasana works magic for spinal issues,” – Yogacharya Anoop, Chaitanya Foundation.A modern lifestyle, in most cases, is sedentary. We tend to get so caught up with our office work that physical activity often takes a backseat. Medical evidence time and again shows the ill effects of prolonged sitting to our health and well-being. While we try and incorporate little changes like taking the stairs or eating healthier, it almost always gets back to square one the minute we lose motivation. Waking up for…

How a Healthy Gut Could Stop Obesity: Your Guide to Understanding Gut Bacteria

July 15, 2016 Srijitaa, Bacteria, Could, guide, Gut, Healthy, How, Obesity, Stop, to, Understanding, Your

Images via iStock Recent studies suggest that Americans are working out more than ever but aren’t losing weight. Brits, on the other hand, spend billions each year to get into shape. Every two in three adults in the UK are now overweight or obese and one in five children aged 10-11 is clinically obese. It is common knowledge that daily nutrition plays an important part. What we eat is much more important than our total calorie count. However, choosing what to eat to be healthy is far from easy. We…

How to get a flat tummy?

July 13, 2016 Srijitaa, Flat, Get, How, to, Tummy

Do you feel bloated all the time? Do you buy clothes to camouflage your bulging tummy? And do you fear that your flat tummy days are way behind you? Well, let’s accept it; a lot of us obsess over flat tummy, the biggest reason being that it is the most notorious part to shed weight. And it is also the part which unabashedly displays any amount of weight gain. What if we told you that you could have a flat tummy in the next 7 days if you follow the…

How to get a flat stomach?

July 13, 2016 Srijitaa, Flat, Get, How, stomach, to

If you have been fighting flab since years because you hate going to the gym, then your life just got simpler. Well, dreaming of getting a flat tummy at home without hitting the gym just got easier because we have come up with a list of five exercises which can be very well done at home to achieve that envious flat tummy! Here are the five exercises that you can do at the comfort of your home to get a flat tummy. Crunches/Sit ups Perhaps the easiest of them all…

How pure is the honey you consume?

July 12, 2016 Srijitaconsume, honey, How, Is, pure, The, You

If you have no idea, the tests conducted at the regional analytical laboratory in Kakkanad showed that the product available in the market had colouring agents and additives. The presence of four colouring additives -tartrazine, sunset yellow, carmozine and ponceau 4R -were found in the sample that were collected by food safety officials from different shops in the city. “The tests were conducted following complaints regarding the widespread use of colouring additives in honey . The adulteration was found in ATK Food Product with its address in Manickamanga lam in…