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Your Love for Sugary Beverages May Cause Prediabetes

November 13, 2016 Srijitabeverages:, cause, for, love, May, Prediabetes, Sugary, Your

Individuals who regularly consume sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, colas and other carbonated beverages, and non-carbonated fruit drinks such as lemonade and fruit punch, may be at an higher risk of developing prediabetes, new research has revealed. Prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar is high, but not high enough to be Type 2 diabetes. If diagnosed early, it is reversible through lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise. “Our results suggest that high sugar-sweetened beverage intake increases the chances of developing early warning signs for Type 2 diabetes,”…

7 Acupressure Points for Your Feet to Remove Stress, Headaches and More

November 11, 2016 Srijita7, Acupressure, and, feet, for, headaches, More, Points, Remove, Stress, to, Your

Acupressure is a technique where practitioners use their fingers, palms, elbows or feet, or special devices to apply pressure to various essential points of our body. Sometimes, acupressure also involves stretching or massaging, as well as other methods. According to American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, the goal of acupressure or other types of Asian bodywork is to restore healthfitness and stability to the body’s channels of energy and to regulate opposing forces of yin (negative energy) and yang (positive energy). Some proponents claim acupressure not only treats the energy fields…

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…

Delhi Air Pollution: How to Shield Your Children Delhi Smog

November 8, 2016 SrijitaAir, Children, Delhi, How, Pollution, Shield, Smog, to, Your

Numbers don’t affect us. World Health Organisation conducted a survey a few months back and concluded that Delhi is the most polluted city in the world. Delhi air recorded alarming levels of the most dangerous small particulates, known as PM 2.5s, per cubic metre. This should have made us sit up and take notice. It didn’t. Recent reports showed that Beijing and Delhi were neck to neck in air pollution levels and an emergency-like situation was declared in Beijing. Back in India, we let that pass too. The Delhi Government…

Delhi today, your city tomorrow

November 7, 2016 Srijitacity, Delhi, Today, tomorrow, Your

Delhi today, your city tomorrow (PTI photo) There’s something the hillside retreat of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh has in common with the industrial town of Korba in Chhattisgarh–both have consistently recorded higher than acceptable particulate matter (PM) levels. Since 2011, at least 94 Indian cities have not met national air quality standards. Many of these cities have been on the list from the 1990s, say officials of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).Neither the Centre nor the states have put in place a plan to ensure that cities get taken…

Flaunt your cellulite!

November 7, 2016 Srijitacellulite!, Flaunt, Your

Move over #SexySaturday and #SaturdayShenanigans. The weekend hashtag that has caught the fancy of social media is #CelluliteSaturday and it’s all for a good reason. Women, irrespective of their age and size, are posting pictures online, showing off their cellulite, in a bid to send out a strong body positive message. The movement was started by 26-year-old Kenzie Brenna, who is recovering from body dysmorphic disorder, a condition where an individual believes that an aspect of his/her appearance is severely flawed and goes to extremes to either hide it or…