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Once the Goblins are Gone, Don’t Gobble Up Every Piece of Your Halloween Harvest

November 2, 2016 SrijitaAre, Don't, Every, Gobble, Goblins, Gone, Halloween, Harvest, of, once, Piece, The, Up, Your

What’s scarier: running into your dentist on Halloween – and being reminded of the horrors you’re visiting on your teeth – or being a dentist? It can’t be much of a treat to decide that professional responsibility requires you to drop toothbrushes into the maws of sugar-seeking ghosts and pumpkins. “But have some compassion,” Rachel Tepper Paley writes on Bon Appétit’s website. “It’s not like Halloween, a holiday devoted to society-sanctioned cavity worship, makes life easy for a person whose life work is oral hygiene.” Paley talked to a few…

Breathe at Your Peril: Delhi Sees Month’s Worst Air Quality

October 29, 2016 SrijitaAir, at, Breathe, Delhi, Months, Peril:, quality, Sees, worst, Your

With continuous deterioration in its air quality, Delhi on Thursday breathed the most polluted air of the month as the Air Quality Index (AQI) dipped to the season’s threshold at 355 — labelled ‘very poor’. Unlike other two days, Ozone was for the first time in October found a decisive element in the worsening air quality. Beside Delhi, other cities that share the same air-shed or similar climate zone, including Agra, Kanpur and Faridabad, also inhaled an equally bad air quality or even worse. In Kanpur the AQI was 451,…

Eating dark chocolates may improve your heart health

October 16, 2016 Srijitachocolates, Dark, Eating, Health, Heart, Improve, May, Your

Eating dark chocolates may improve your heart health Now you need not be guilty of indulging in dark chocolates, as compounds found in cocoa may be good for your heart, a study has found. The findings showed that consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa products was associated with improvements in specific circulating biomarkers of cardiometabolic health. “We found that cocoa flavanol intake may reduce dyslipidemia (elevated triglycerides), insulin resistance and systemic inflammation, which are all major subclinical risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases,” said Simin Liu, Professor at Brown University in Rhode Islands,…

Triphala Churna: A Fuss-Free Way to Get Rid of Your Digestive Issues

October 14, 2016 Srijitaa, Churna:, Digestive, Fuss-Free, Get, Issues, of, rid, to, Triphala, Way, Your

Ayurveda is a goldmine of remedies that promise a cure for some of our everyday health woes. The age-old science comes studded with the discovery and exploration of rare and potent ingredients and herbs. These are often teamed with many commonly available items to create healing, health-benefitting concoctions. Triphala churna has existed in the Ayurvedic repertoire for centuries now. The churna is a mix of amla (Indian gooseberry) powder with two other fruits that are dried and powdered. Ayurveda recommends taking equal quantities of amla powder, bibhitaki – alternatively…

Excessive Calcium May Damage Your Heart: Study

October 14, 2016 SrijitaCalcium, damage, excessive, Heart, May, Study, Your

Taking calcium in the form of supplements may raise the risk of plaque buildup in arteries and heart damage, although a diet high in calcium-rich foods appears to be protective, scientists have found. After analysing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2,700 people, researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US, said the results add to growing scientific concerns about the potential harms of supplement. “Our study adds to the body of evidence that excess calcium in the form of supplements may harm the heart…

Don’t Let Stress Derail Your Weight Goals

October 14, 2016 SrijitaDerail, Don't, Goals, Let, Stress, Weight, Your

Wake up before sunrise to go running. Purposefully avoid breakfast or a snack in the hope of saving calories. Assume that “more intense” is always better, whether it be in a workout or an eating plan. All this effort and often no results. Many of us are struggling and frustrated that our bodies are not doing what we want. We’re working hard at eating right and exercising, and we don’t know why the number on the scale doesn’t reflect our efforts. Why is that? The answer could be stress. What…