Monday, 18 Nov, 2024

Lifestyle

The Fruit That Really Does Keep the Doctor Away

Crisp, comforting and delicious, apples have remarkable health benefits, fighting everything from dental problems to diabetes, heart disease, at least 8 types of cancer, and possibly even Alzheimer’s. One of the latest discoveries is that eating at least 2 servings a week of whole

11 Signs He Will Be a Great Dad  

11 Signs He Will Be a Great Dad   1. He helps around the house. Sure, he might not know how to properly load a dishwasher, but if he’s more than happy to throw a few chickens on the Foreman for dinner and put away his own boxer briefs, he’ll be a hands-on dad who’s down for

How to Keep Love Alive in a Relationship

Knowing how to keep love alive in a relationship can seem easy, but it’s actually more difficult that most lovers imagine. You have to remember you’re not always going to be the same teenager who fell in love with your teenage lover. You will evolve and so will your partner.

Bottle gourd- Guard against diseases

Lauki, dudhi or bottle gourd holds pride of place in the Indian Ayurvedic medical system. Here is why our ancestors included it in their regular diet, and why it still makes sense to do so. Lauki is 96.1% water, so is light on the stomach and aids digestion. A 100 gm serving of lauki

People brush their teeth in wrong way?

Though most people brush their teeth regularly, only one in ten does it in a way that effectively prevents tooth decay, according to a study in Sweden. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg say almost all Swedes regularly brush their teeth with fluoride

Sleep more than 8 hours to stay slim

Adding a few hours sleep to your night may prevent you from gaining weight. A new study has found that sleeping more than nine hours a night appears to suppress genetic factors that lead to weight gain. In contrast, getting too little sleep seems to have the opposite effect. Previous

This Hormone May Be Your Secret To Aging Well

Getting older is often considered a disease, rather than a normal physiological process in the body. It's true that the levels of hormones, enzymes, and other substances in the body decline with age, and that these can lead to a host of health issues poor vision, reduced hearing,

A Reason For Hope In The Fight Against Climate Change

A tall order, indeed, but failure will mean weather events that make California’s unprecedented drought look commonplace. Imagine sea levels rising by feet instead of inches, global average temperatures increasing by many degrees instead of just fractions and an increase in other

9 Tips to Boost Your Happiness

They're surprisingly easy, and you won’t need to ask your doctor if any of them are right for you. 1. Eat foods rich in tryptophan. Tryptophan is a precursor to serotonin, and foods rich in it include foods like chicken, eggs, fish, nuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and

Why eating less helps brain to stay young

Many studies suggest that obesity is bad for our brain, slows it down, causes early brain aging, making it susceptible to diseases typical of older people as the Alzheimer`s and Parkinson`s. In contrast, caloric restriction keeps the brain young. A team of Italian researchers at the

Weight loss tips for software engineers

I have had several queries from desperate IT professionals, struggling to manage their weight issues while working most of the daytime and into the nights too, spent sitting at their cubicles with hardly any physical movements. I sympathise and understand as my daughter is an IT engineer.

Which is the best diet in the world?

On our earth, different people eat different foods and in varying combinations of fats, carbohydrates and proteins. From the Inuits who eat a diet very high in fat and protein but little carbohydrate to the Okinawans of Japan who eat a lot of high fibre carbohydrates and minimal oil or to

Fine hair: 5 tips for boosting volume

Does your hair lack volume, lose its bounce easily and look wispy? Don’t despair! Experts Jérôme Guezou and André Delahaigue bring us their top tips for getting a gorgeous silky mane. Get the right cut Fine hair is prone to looking flat and lifeless: “It’s naturally lacking

Fine hair: 5 tips for boosting volume

Does your hair lack volume, lose its bounce easily and look wispy? Don’t despair! Experts Jérôme Guezou and André Delahaigue bring us their top tips for getting a gorgeous silky mane. Get the right cut Fine hair is prone to looking flat and lifeless: “It’s naturally lacking

Summer Essentials for Your Work Wardrobe

Dressing for work is always a chore, especially for the uber stylish girls we are. You want to stay trendy and yet be taken seriously. Well, it’s all about hitting that midpoint where you’re stylish enough to satisfy your fashion whims, as well as to ensure your company knows you mean

Choose the Right Emotions for a Better Life

Close your eyes, take a conscious breath, count while you inhale and then allow yourself to exhale slower. Take more counts to exhale as you did to inhale. Imagine silence; what would sound like if there was absolute silence around you right now? Notice your thoughts and your feelings;

5 Tips for Giving Pocket Money to Kids

For children, financial literacy begins at home. The first step is doling out pocket money, which not only gives them financial independence, but also offers parents the chance to educate them about the value of money. Ashna Ambre lists the things you should keep in mind before you use

Have you heard about tight lining yet

For all those women who wake up in the morning wondering how to make their eyes look larger, a new make-up procedure that has been doing the rounds on the Internet and has been touted to be a trend for 2016, is tightlining. Sometimes, when you draw a line on your eyelids and think it has

Hate saying sorry Science reveals 6 steps to get it right

Using the reactions from the participants, the researchers were able to pinpoint six 'components' that helped it hit the mark. Apologies really do work, but you should make sure you hit as many of the six key components as possible, explained Roy Lewicki, the lead author of the

Fruits you should eat for glowing skin

Ageing is a natural process. With age, skin starts to thin out and lose its elasticity. But what if your face is losing its sheen before age If this is the case, instead of stocking up on expensive creams and lotions, it's better to go au naturel! Yes, the fruits that you stack in