HEALTHIER EVERYDAY

There are many different guidelines for good health or for healthy lifestyle. Lets learn about these guidelines. 1. Maintain Regularity In Your Routine Our body can adapt to changes, but it has its own biological clock which is adapted to our daily routine and also changes with seasons. Once you have conditioned your body to a certain routine, it is necessary to maintain it.  Regularity in maintaining your routine presents certain advantages in determining regular sleeping habits, elimination habits and at least two proper meals. 2. Eat Fresh, Natural Foods Natural foods are more nutritious than preserved food. A glass of lime juice contains more vitamin C than lemon squash flavored artificially. All natural food with the exception of fruits and some salads. have to processed. Cooking is the process which destroy microorganism, soften food, easy to digest.  In artificial food preservatives and artificial flavor are added to enhance the quality of products and can preserve it f...

Introduction Potassium is necessary for the human body mainly in all tissue cells. It is found in the extracellular fluid. Potassium also helps muscles to contract and support normal blood pressure. Source of Potassium Potassium is easily available in foods.  Good sources of potassium are: Meat Poultry  Fish Milk Curd Rich source of potassium are: Whole-grain cereals Pulses Banana Potatoes Tomatoes Carrot Celery Orange Grapes Chiku Custard apple Function of Potassium Our body contains approximately 2.6 gm of potassium per kg of our body weight, and perform the following functions: 1. Potassium is an obligatory component of all cells, hence, the greater the number of cells, the more is the increase in potassium. 2. Potassium is required for the maintenance of osmotic pressure and fluid balance within the cell. Sodium is found to perform the same function in extracellular fluid. 3. Potassium is required for enzymatic reactions which take place within the cell. Some potassium i...

What are superfoods? There is no food which can offer all the nourishment needed by the body to impart good health. The concept of a balanced diet is based on the inclusion of a variety of foods to provide all the nutrients.  A proper balance of grains and millet, pulses and legumes, nuts and oilseeds, a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, dairy products and meals flavored with spices, fats and oils. So a good dietary pattern combining healthy choices from all the food group should be the basic diet pattern. There are few foods which provides important nutrients hence they can be called a "superfood".  1. Berries All berries, such as strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, mulberry are naturally sweet, high in fiber, contain vitamin C, rich in colors, high in antioxidants and impart immunity. They can be eaten plain or made into variety of snacks and desserts. 2. Fish They are a source of good quality protein as well as omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, trout and...

 What is Sore Throat? The dry, painful and itchy feeling in your throat is known as sore throat.  It is very common during winters and caused by infection like common cold, flu, step throat and by any environment factor. We can treat sore throat at home by using ingredients present in our kitchen. And we can feel better within a week.  In this blog we will learn about some methods to treat sore throat. Ginger Ginger contain many bioactive compound that are beneficial for our overall health. Anti-inflammatory property of ginger help us to treat the pain of sore throat give us relax feeling. You can have ginger by adding it in your tea or in warm soup. Chicken Soup Chicken soup is the healthy and tasty remedy to treat sore throat. It helps to inhibit the movement of white blood cell and boost your immune system to fight against infection. And it also keeps you hydrated. Yogurt Yogurt is a good option to treat sore throat. It helps to treat irritation in throat. The probioti...

Introduction Our life is full of goals, success, achievement, competition, win and lose. Automatically stress and anxiety 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. There are many activities that helps to overcome stress and makes you feel relax and calm. In this blog we will learn how to overcome stress and anxiety. Be Yourself Everyone wants to be perfect in every field and in race of becoming perfect you  loss yourself. That leads in anxiety and stress. The first thing we have to understand is no one is perfect in this world. And there is no need to hide you real personality be yourself. Live your life stress free. Swimming Swimming for half an hour daily release endorphins hormone in brain that send good signals and makes you feel happy. It also reduce cortisol and stress ...

 Introduction The food that we prepare should be palatable as well as nutritive. Neither of these qualities can be sacrificed at the cost of the other. However, to accomplish a correct balance is not an easy task. There are certain facts we must keep in mind, and certain general rules that we must follow to come as close to a perfect balance of nutritional quality and palatability as we can. Preventing Nutrients Losses Some of the vitamins-the water soluble ones are easy to loose. They get lost in the water we use for preparing or cooking, by exposure to sunlight and air, and by prolonged heating. Some of the rules to observe in processing and cooking food so that there is minimum loss, if any at all nutrients in our foods are as follows:- 1. Wash vegetables before cutting. 2. Cook vegetable on low flames with as far as possible no water and keep them covered while cooking. 3. Do not overcook. 4. Cook rice just as much water as it needs to cook. Do not use extra water which needs t...

What is food? The term food refers to anything which nourishes the body. It would obviously include solids, semi-solids and liquids which can be consumed and which help to sustain the body and keep it healthy. We all know that food is our basic necessity. Have you ever wondered why? Food is essential because it contains substance which performs function in our body. These essential substances contributed by our food are called nutrients. If these nutrients are not present in our food in sufficient amount, the result is ill health. Functions of food We are now familiar with the fact that food consist in part of various nutrients. There are over forty essential nutrients which are supplied by the food we eat. These nutrients can be classified into five major categories. 1. Proteins 2. Carbohydrates 3. Fats 4. Vitamins 5. Minerals Water is important as a nutrients as well as a food. Physiological Function The physiological function performed by food are the energy-giving, body-building, p...

 Introduction Balance diet is one which contains different type of foods in such quantities and proportion that the need for calories, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients is adequately met and a small provision is made for extra nutrients to withstand short durations of leanness. A balanced should consist of . consists of different types of food items, . meets the need for nutrients and . provides for periods of leanness when the diet may possibly not supply adequate amounts of all nutrients. In this blog we will learn about the planning of balance diet Planning Balance Diet Planning of balanced diet includes  The selection of the right kind of foods, and The inclusion of suitable amounts of these foods so as to meet nutrient needs. Use of food groups in planning balanced diet What is food group? Food group consist of a number of food items sharing common characteristics. These characteristics may be: . the source or  . the physiological function performed Let us now e...

 Introduction In simple words we can say nutrition is the study of what happens to food once it enters the mouth and thereafter. In detailed we can say about nutrition is the science of food, the nutrients and other substances therein; their action, interaction and balance in relationship to health and disease; the process by which the organism ingests, digest, absorb, transport and utilizes nutrients and disposes of their end products. In addition, nutrition must be concerned with the social, economic, cultural and psychological implications of food and eating. In this blog we will learn about more detail about nutrition and its aspects. 1. Nutrients: Action, Interaction and Balance Food, as you know, contains nutrients as well as  substances which are non nutrients. The body needs each nutrient in specific amount.  Action and Interaction Some are needed in large amount macronutrients and some are needed in small amount micronutrients. But they are equally essential f...