With advancements in all aspects of life in this century, incidences of obesity are increasing day by day. Actually who does not want to be in a good shape? But overeating, lack of physical activity, hormonal imbalance or genetic causes will make you out of shape. Gastric bypass surgery or liposuction are the last resorts but case is not that serious always. With following guidelines you can still get in a better shape.
Rather than being ashamed of, have a strong determination that I will reduce my weight. If it is not the case no medicine will work for you. Make sincere efforts to avoid or curb negative feelings like anxiety, fear, hostility, insecurity.
- Have 2 tsf of honey mixed in 1 glass of warm water in the morning.
- Regular use of carrot juice also will help you.
- Eat one tomato in the morning before breakfast.
- Use vegetable oil instead of butter in cooking.
- Eat boiled vegetables rather than fried ones.
- Take at least 3 small meals rather than 2 full meals.
- Drink more water before meal, moderate water during meal and least afterward.
- Drink ginger tea or green tea twice a day.
- Replace curd by buttermilk.
- Drink 8 - 10 glasses of water per day.
- Take 1 tsf Triphala Churna with one glass of warm water before going to bed.
- Avoid excessive sweets, salts, chocolates, ice-creams, ghee, butter, potato, smoking and alcohol.
- Plan regular exercise with consultation of your physician.
- Brisk walking in the morning - 5 to 6 kms in 40 minutes will definitely help you in reducing weight. Swimming and jogging are also better options.
- Learn Yoga: - Sarvangasan, Halasan, Shalabhasan, Dhanurasan prove beneficial.
Though we see that obese persons are more jovial, obesity is frequently associated with hyperlipidimia, coronary artery disease, diabetes, allergies etc. So stay away from it, be in a good shape - active and enjoy health.
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05. Varicose veins - Do not get panic!
Dilated, tortuous, greenish looking veins on the legs is not a situation to become panic. Though it is not a cosmetic problem, it is not a dangerous situation too. It is just because of the inability of veins in the legs to pump the blood back to the heart. Frankly speaking medicines have a very limited role to play in helping you out of this, and Laser treatment
cannot be afforded by everybody.
cannot be afforded by everybody.
So here are few Tips with which you can definitely conquer this problem -
- Do not hide - Accept the fact that this is a disease and you need to do something. Do not mask pains with painkillers as it is not going to help you at all.
- Lift your feet - If you are not a heart patient lift your legs with help of pillows above the hip level. You also can raise foot-end of your bed a few inches while sleeping.
- Support stockings - Have a pair of elastic stockings, wear them upto the knees before getting up from bed in the morning.
- Check your weight - Obese persons often suffer from this problem, reduce your weight by 20% planning sensible diet and exercise and you will see the difference.
- Avoid tight garments - Do not use tight garments especially panty and brief at groin area as they act as a tourniquet and hamper the blood flow.
- Hormonal pills - Hormonal imbalance e.g. contraceptive pills may cause this problem. If you can make out that your problem started after using such pills consult your physician.
- Diet - Avoid excessive sweets, tea, coffee, alcohol and smoking.
Eat high fiber diet which includes fruits, green vegetables, cherries, blackberries etc.
Its good idea to have only fruit diet at least twice a week. Mixture of carrot and spinach juice does help a lot.
Take vitamin C and vitamin E capsules daily.
- Keep walking - Prolonged sitting or standing can be a cause behind varicose veins. Take a break after every two hours and have a walk for 5 to 10 minutes which will strengthen veins in the legs.
- Exercise - Sarvangasan - Lie flat on the ground, elevate your legs, support your hips with both the hands so that your body weight is supported by head and shoulders. Doing it regularly will minimize your problem.
- Massage - Massage the affected area with rosemary oil. This will make you comfortable and will ease your problem.
CAUTION - If affected area becomes very painful, sore and tender or if unfortunately any of veins gets ruptured seek help of your doctor immediately.
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Are you a fair skinned person? Then this is probably a bad news for you. In this hot summer weather you are more likely to get Sunburn compared to dark skinned person. Actually you know all about sunscreens and other protective measures to prevent Sunburn. But eventually if you have missed any of these, then you are going to face a painful problem.
Do not panic! Here are some easy ways -
Soothing Compresses - As skin is red and inflamed cool it with cloth dipped in -
cold water + ice cubes . Repeat every few minutes as cloth gets warm.
Skimmed milk - 1 part of skimmed milk + 4 parts of water + ice cubes. Repeat every two to three hours.
Oatmeal - Wrap dry oatmeal in a gauze, run cold water through it, discard the oatmeal, soak cloth in liquid and apply every 2 to 3 hours.
Do not forget to apply moisturizer after soothing compresses.
Relieve The Pain - Here a cool bath will work wonderfully. You can add one cup of white vinegar or baking soda or few drops of rose water into a tub of cool water. Do not rub the skin after bath, gently pat it to dry.
Paste of Cornstarch, Slices of raw cucumber or potato, yogurt, onion juice - all can help in relieving pain.
Just break off Aloe vera leaf, take out the juice and apply on burnt area to get instant relief.
Rehydrate yourself - Drink plenty of water to counteract drying effect of sunburn. Eat lots of juicy fruits like watermelon, oranges, sweet lime.
If you have got blisters do not drain them hesitantly. It is better to consult Doctor.
After a Sunburn extra care is needed for next 6 months as this is the time required to return your skin to normal. Follow these Tips -
After a Sunburn extra care is needed for next 6 months as this is the time required to return your skin to normal. Follow these Tips -
- Use sunscreen at least half hour before going into sun
- Protect lips, hands and ears.
- Use hat and good quality goggles.
- Take extra care between 10 am to 3 pm.
See if you are photosensitive, if yes consult the doctor and follow his advice so that you will not have to repent or just kick yourself.
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With the onset of May, Mercury is touching higher and higher markers on thermometer especially in South Asian Countries. Students already enjoying summer vacations are definitely demanding summer delicacies like Ice-creams and Cold drinks. Now you as a parent cannot say them no.
Sun draining out every trace of water from our body, re hydration is the basic Mantra. It's astonishing how nature creates so many juicy fruits in this absolutely dry weather! You can enjoy them with an open mind to keep yourself fit and fine. Here are some Tips - 
- Mango - Much coveted and favorite delicacy of summer. Before extracting its juice, dip the mangoes for two three hours in water, add two to three teaspoon of ghee in the juice and then have it. It not only alleviates dryness but also increases Hemoglobin and refreshes Mind.
- Grapes - Blessing of Summer. Fully ripe sweet grapes satisfy the thirst, counteract sunstroke, relieves acidity, generalized weakness and burning urination. But before having them dip them in a water and add pinch of salt in it.
- Coconut - Have it regularly. Coconut water is sweet and nutritious. It easily get absorbed in body, fulfills thirst, relieves burning urination and calms down restless Mind. It is a better option for tea and coffee in this season.
- Lemon - Though available throughout the year it is especially useful now. It is good for decreased appetite, deranged digestion, diarrhoea due to increased acidity. Regular use of lemon juice with sugar, salt and cumin seeds added in it is one of the best household medicine.
- Pomegranate - Sweet pomegranate relieves acidity, headache, nausea, satisfies thirst and prevents frequency of urination.
- Watermelon - With heat becoming even worse in the noon, watermelon juice with pinch of black salt will make you comfortable. It is sweet and nutritious. It is also good for diarrhoea and acidity.
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02. Key To Health - Sound Body and Sound Mind
Is there any difference between muscular body and strong body? A person with good economic condition but little knowledge of dietics is likely to eat so called nutritious food which probably makes him muscular but not strong enough.
Besides balanced diet Yoga and Exercise are the two basic things which makes a strong and thereby healthy. But we people even after understanding importance of exercise, always give excuses of not having time, stress and strain at work, at house, festivals etc. But if we look at those persons who daily make fixed time for minimum exercise, then a question arises whether they were not having these problems? So to keep equilibrium among Mind, Body and Soul there cannot be excuses, all we need is a very strong determination.
It's a myth and absolutely false conception that, to make body strong we have to go to gym and spend thousands of bucks. There are ample of options available regarding exercise, right from Suryanamaskar upto Pranayam which will not cost you a single penny. Only thing is that, there should be consistency in whatever you do. Brisk walking is one such option and can be tried by everybody.
As exercise is superior to diet, so the mind is to body. We should provide appropriate exercises to our mind and cultivate rich values like selflessness, honesty and optimism. Being social, having good friend circle, participating in festivals do nurture our mind. Music, Dance and Sports do help a lot. Meditation and Introspection are really good exercises for mind.
A person with sound body and sound mind will not only be healthy but also successful in life. Society needs such people who will also make the nation strong.
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Health is Wealth - a very popular saying! But how serious we are in maintaining and increasing this wealth? In today's era of rat race pure healthy life has become a rarity; from coryza to cancer and from anxiety to depression, problems are increasing day by day.Every now and then we are running from post to pillars, from doctor to doctors in search of the perfect solution for our disease. We get examination and investigations done, diagnosis of our disease, prescription in our hand and wallet in doctor's, assuming that now I will be cured.
You will wonder in olden days it was moral and legal responsibility of doctor to keep everybody in his vicinity in good health and he was supposed to pay if anything wrong happened. That is doctor was only being paid till people used to be healthy, not when they get diseased!
With fading concept of family doctor today and our insistence to visit specialist for every little problem, probably we have forgotten the basic - PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE!Here with our wide clinical experience in medical profession and health research, I along with my better half hope to provide you better yet simpler ways to prevent sickness. Even if they occur how to regain your health with natural and easier techniques. We are sure if followed these advices you definitely can enjoy being healthy!
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