Frequent infections have become synonymous with modern day living. Everybody knows someone who has “come down with something” or has gone through a terrible bout of illness. Be it the ever alarming presence of dengue, chikungunya, H1N1, or other virals, […]
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Omega 3 is on everybody’s lips…or at least should be! It is one of the most important “essential fats” that our body cannot make on its own and must be supplied in the diet. Omega 3 is an anti-inflammatory food […]
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Feeling the all too familiar blues? An occasional low is a part and parcel of life’s ebb and flow, but chronic depression is now on the rise in India. Researchers believe one in five women, and one in ten men […]
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Tired all the time, increased hair fall, irregular menstruation cycle…? Time to test your iron levels. The disturbing truth is iron deficiency aka anaemia is still a major health problem in women in India, and what’s more alarming is that […]
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Plagued with constant fatigue, hair loss and unexplained weight gain? The culprit could be your thyroid! Thyroid gland, situated in the neck, is the grandmaster of metabolism. It controls many activities in the body including how fast you burn calories […]
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Ah – the all too familiar scorched feeling in the chest after the huge buffet spread! Or the burping and burning after food…acidity is an all too common ailment in the modern days. It is believed that close to 20 […]
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The longstanding love affair between sugar and the Indian palate is well known, and indeed with disastrous consequences! The sugar coated ugly truth, of course, is that sugar can be bad…in many ways. Sugar is usually , at least for […]
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Your life depends on your liver! Is life worth living? It all depends on your liver, said William James, an American philosopher. Indeed, what can be more important to life than keeping the liver happy. Just consider these facts: […]
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Weight loss: Strategies that work! Theories galore abound the weight loss phenomenon. Nothing invites as much discussion, debate, controversies and opinions as the burning question “how to lose weight” and lose it fast! From diet plans to weight loss […]
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Once a dreaded disease with fatal outcomes, TB or tuberculosis is now much better understood and treated. It is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When a person with TB coughs or sneezes, the air gets contaminated […]
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