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Turning Back the Clock 1 Hour Takes a Serious Toll on Your Mental Health

November 8, 2016 Srijita1, a, Back, Clock, Health, Hour, mental, On, Serious, Takes, The, toll, turning, Your

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Daylight saving time should be a permanent, year-round phenomenon. Rather than turning back our clocks this weekend to extend our pre-election suffering by yet another hour, we should simply leave the hour hand where it is and pledge to never fiddle with it again. The social and public health benefits would be enormous. The fall transition to standard time is linked to an increase in crime that costs the country billions of dollars annually. Transitions into and out of daylight saving…

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…

Delhi chokes on worst Nov smog in many years

November 5, 2016 Srijita'many, Chokes, Delhi, In, Nov, On, Smog, worst, Years

Delhi chokes on worst Nov smog in many years Delhiites woke up to apocalyptic grey skies as a heavy smog hung over the city on Wednesday , reducing visibility to its lowest for the month of November in many years. The air quality was so poor that it was comparable to the post-Diwali spike in pollution. The air quality index for 4pm on November 2 was 432, in the “severe” category , while the index on October 31 (post Diwali) was 445. The Met office said visibility at the IGI…

Peanut Butter Redux: More on Food Allergies

November 4, 2016 Srijita(Peanut), Allergies, Butter, Food., More, On, Redux:

This week, we revisit the enthusiastically debated Oct. 2 column about food allergies in the workplace. To recap: After a peanut-allergic letter writer (LW) asked a colleague to stop bringing peanut butter sandwiches to work, someone deliberately smeared peanut butter on the LW’s desk, causing an allergic reaction. The boss dismissed the LW’s complaint and said the LW shouldn’t be able to dictate what co-workers eat. Many commenters argued that employees with severe food allergies are exclusively responsible for protecting themselves at work. The Americans With Disabilities Act, however, says…

5 Lessons I Taught My Children About the Food on Their Plates

November 2, 2016 Srijita5%;, About, Children, Food., I, Lessons, My, On, Plates, taught?, The, their

Even when your garden is filled with a crop of sprouting grass, as ours is at this point in the season, you can still teach your children some of the basic principles of food production. Hard work, the complementary gifts of soil and water, and the disappointment of seeds that never produce food also yield valuable lessons. As parents, one of the most fundamental opportunities we can pass on to our children is that of experiential learning. Life is best lived hot (the beating noonday sun) or cold (the icy…

Delhi Chokes on Toxic Smog After Diwali

November 2, 2016 SrijitaAfter, Chokes, Delhi, Diwali, On, Smog, Toxic

New Delhi was shrouded in a thick blanket of toxic smog Monday after millions of Indians lit firecrackers to mark the Diwali festival, with authorities reporting record levels of pollution in parts of the capital. The reading for pollutants in the atmosphere breached the 1,000 microgram mark for the first time in one neighbourhood in south Delhi — 10 times the World Health Organization’s recommended level. It came on the same day that another United Nations body reported how some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it…