HEALTHIER EVERYDAY

 INTRODUCTION  Skin is the very first part of our body that fight against various conditions like germs, hot and cold weather, sunlight radiation, wind, infection, microorganism, chemicals, etc.   Our skin also reflects how healthy we look. It is our duty to take care of our skin and eat healthy food to make it more protective and glowy. Person with glowy skin feels more confident as compare to person with dead and dry skin.  There are various food items that helps to make our skin more healthy and protective. Lets learn some of them. CHIA SEED Having chia seeds shows very good impact to our skin. Omega-3 fatty acid present in chia seeds helps in lumi skin i.e. make our glow.  Chia seeds hydrates oily skin. Fibre present in it absorbs large amount of water and works as hydrating element. Chia seed have anti-inflammatory property so helps against inflammation and make our skin healthy. Daily consumption of chia seeds gives relax from anxiety as it have ...

 INTRODUCTION  Enhancement in nutrition By using special methods to improve the nutritive value of food to make it more enrich and full of nutrition. As we all are aware of increasing population of world and limited resources of food it is important to get maximum nutritional value in every meal you have. Need to enhance nutritive value of food 1. It will help us to meet all requirement of body. 2. It will help us to prevent from nutrient deficiency disease. 3. It will helps to develop good food habits. 4. It will helps to meet variety of food 5. It will helps in proper balance diet. There are four methods that can help in enhancing nutritive value of food. 1. Sprouting 2. Combination 3. Fermentation 4. Fortification SPROUTING Grains and dry grains do not contains vitamin C , but when they are allowed to sprout or  germinate vitamin C is formed in grains and forming sprout. Sprouting also increase the content of vitamin B. Soak the grain and pulse in water for 24 hours an...

INTRODUCTION What is iodine? Iodine is a trace element. Trace elements are those which is needed in small amount for our body. But our body cannot produce itself. We take it in the form of dietic food or supplements. Human body needs approximately one spoon of iodine in whole life but we can not preserve it in our body so regular intake of iodine in small amount is needed. FUNCTION OF IODINE Iodine is needed in production of thyroxine hormone produce by thyroid gland . Thyroid gland is located in our throat. Thyroxine regulates the rate of oxidation in cells. If this regulation does not take place both physical and mental growth will be affected. Iodine also helps in functioning of nerve and muscle tissue. FOOD SOURCES Mainly good amount of iodine is present in sea food and dairy products. Amount of iodine is also depends on the nature of soil. Coastal soil contains more iodine as compare to hilly soil so vegetables cultivated in coastal area contains more soil as compare to hilly...

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT VEGAN DIET ? A person who follow the diet which do not contain any animal product even not milk and butter to show their concern towards animals and environment is known as vegan.  Clothes or any other products which are made from animal are also avoided by vegan. And the whole practice is known as Veganism . From research it have been noted that about 3% of American follows vegan diet. There is difference between veganism and vegetarian. Vegetarian : A person who do not eat only animal meat or sometimes eggs but do not avoid milk, cheese, butter, and other milk products is known as vegetarian. Veganism : A  person who do not eat any animal product and avoid even animal based clothing is known as vegan and practice is known as veganism. Food items that can be eat in vegan diet Legumes like pea, lentils and beans Fruits and vegetables Wheat and rice Seeds and nuts Vegetable oils Coconut milk, soymilk and almond milk There are some alternatives of vegan diet ...

INTRODUCTION All of us wants healthy life but at the same time we don't take a single step to make our life healthy. Not only by going gym for hours loosing lot of kgs in  weeks or a month having zero carbs diet and costly protein shake can give you a healthy life. There are many small steps that can lead to healthier life. Lets learn about some of them. HAVE PROPER SLEEP Having a proper sleep is very important for our health as like a balance diet. Proper sleep improves our concentration . Helps in better immune system. Improves muscular power and muscular endurance. For good mental health proper sleep is most important part. A CUP OF GREEN TEA We start our day with a cup of coffee or a cup of tea but we can replace it with a green tea for better health. A  cup of green tea have many health benefits it boost our immunity, it helps in loosing weight and improves our mental health.  AVOID SMOKING People have a myth that smoking can give you a relax feeling may be it can gi...

 INTRODUCTION  Indian cuisine is incomplete without spices. Spices that are present in our kitchen not just gives taste, color, flavour and texture to our food. They also contains many health benefits too. They helps in digestion of food. They have anti-inflammation property. They have anti-cancerous property. They helps in diabetes. They helps your skin to look glowy and many more. There are many spices but today in this blog we will only learn about those spices which start from letter C. CINNAMON Cinnamon contains antimicrobial properties Cinnamon have antimicrobial properties it fight against fungus, bacteria and virus from food. In sweets and savory food cinnamon helps food from spoilage. Cinnamon helps reduce cholesterol Cinnamaldehyde that is found in cinnamon is identified to lower the cholesterol level. Cinnamon helps manage blood sugar Cinnamon is known for manage blood sugar as it manage the blood sugar managing hormone insulin. It also helps in lowering the blood s...

WHAT DO MEAN BY MEAL PLANNING? Person who take cares of meal and decide about.   What to serve in meal ?   How much to spend in meal?   How to prepare meal? All decision about planning of meal. Meal planning refers planning of food with adequate nutrition. Besides all these some more thing should be in mind meal should be tasty, it should be attractive look good to eyes. With practice skills of meal planning improves. WHAT ARE AIM OF MEAL PLANNING? The aims of meal planning are: . Plans meals with income of family by making plan in its best possible ways. . Proper purchasing, preparation and service of food. . Nutritional needs of member of family. . Economize with labour and fuel. . Plan meal in such a way that all three group of food should involve in diet. . Nutritious food should be preference. . Proper selection of food items like color, flavour and texture. WHAT FACTOR SHOULD BE CONSIDER IN MEAL PLANNING? The factors that should be consider in planning of meal are: ...

WHAT IS STRESS? Our life is full of goals, success, achievement, competition, win and lose. Automatically stress come along with all these. Stress have adverse effect on our health. . Release of stress hormone adrenaline and cortisol from adrenal gland.   . It increases blood sugar level in our body. . Increase in blood pressure. . Increase heart beat rate. HOW DIET HELPS TO FIGHT AGAINST STRESS? Having a balanced and healthy diet we can overcome our stress. A good diet manage physiological changes in our body that are caused by stress. Adrenal gland is influenced by blood sugar the first aim of diet is to control or stabilize the sugar level in blood.  Instead of junk food we should have healthy food to nourish our body and relief from stress.  There are many food item that help you to overcome your stress let see some of them. DARK CHOCOLATE Adding a dark chocolate in your diet can help you to fight against stress in two ways by its chemical impact and its emotional imp...

 INTRODUCTION What is whey?   The translucent liquid separated from the cow's milk in the production of cheese is known as whey. Whey protein powder is used as nutrition supplement and can be add to your meal it have lots of  health benefits. Whey is a complete protein contains all nine  essential amino acids and include the three branded chain amino acids (BCAA). Essential amino acids are those which our body cannot make by itself. There is a need to take these amino acids in diet in the form of proteins.  The best about whey protein is can be digest quickly by our body. TYPES OF WHEY PROTEIN 1. Isolate Whey:  It contains 90% protein. It have lactose and have less fat. 2. Hydrolysate Whey: It is digested faster than other type of whey. That is why it is pre-digested. 3. Concentrate Whey:  It contains 70-80% protein. And most delicious of all whey protein.  BENEFITS OF WHEY PROTEIN Helps in muscles growth Whey protein helps in releasing of anabol...