Health Care Tips
Vegetables are a healthy part of any diet. Whether you're interested in sculpting your body, or just want to tone it that extra bit, vegetables help in improving your overall health by maximizing your weight loss efforts. It is said that just eating 8-9 servings of vegetables in a day, you can improve your body’s immunity against diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart ailments. But which vegetables are better disease-fighters than others?
Weight Loss Tip
1 : Decide how much weight you need to lose - Most people start their weight loss journey by claiming to be xyz kilos overweight. This isn't a healthy way to project or aim for weight loss. Calculate your desired weight against your height by using reliable methods like the BMI, and set a healthy weight loss target. This is often half the battle won.
2 : Time management - This is quite often overlooked. Decide which part of your day will be dedicated to exercise, when in the week you will stock up on groceries, and when you will do the cooking - all within your current work and home life routine. If you don't do this now, your days will be rushed and unplanned, and you won't be able to sustain your weight loss efforts.
3 : Stock your kitchen - Keep your house well-stocked with fruits, vegetables, healthy meats, grains, cereals, spices, and flavourers. Follow our tricks to healthy cooking, cooking vegetables for the week, and low-fat cooking posts to understand how best you can stock your kitchen with healthy and delicious ingredients. All of this will go into helping the next step - cooking healthy meals at home.
4 : Eat healthy homecooked meals - Whether it's you who's cooking, a family member, or house help, ensure that every one practises healthy cooking methods, and ingredients. Ask any person who's lost weight the healthy way, and you will always hear about how healthy homecooked meals were a big reason behind it. Use less oil, low salt, fresh produce, and you'll start seeing results in no time.
5 : Drink plenty of water - You've known that your body relies heavily on water for all important bodily functions, and yet you skimp on drinking adequate quantities of water every day. Well, it's time to stop that. Check out some exciting ways to make water interesting and you'll be packing it away in no time. Do not forget to carry a water bottle to your workout, and take a few sips after every 2-3 minutes of exercise.
Dental Care
Your teeth not only help you to talk and chew, they also change the way you look. The dental market today is flooded with teeth whitening procedures and expensive teeth treatments that promise you perfect pearly whites but we give you some tips to help your smile to sparkle naturally.
11 Tips for White Teeth :
* Stay away from mouthwash, coffee and sodas
* Brush at least twice a day
* Eat fruits
* Flossing
* Eat Dairy products, cheese and yogurt
* Using a straw can prevent you from getting stains on the teeth.
* To get white teeth, regularly brush your teeth with lemon and salt mixture.
* Use new brush every two months
* Maintain your calcium intake
* Use strong minty toothpaste
* Avoid high dosage of antibiotics
Summer Health Care Tips
Summer brings with it a plethora of problems – skin, hair and health problems like sunstroke, and heat boils. Summer also calls for a change in diet and other healthy living tips. We chalk out the 10 best summer health care tips to practice this summer season.
Tips #1
Heat Stroke : Heat stroke, a severe form of hyperthermia, occurs when the human body absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. This is a serious condition and needs immediate medical attention.
Remedy : It is important to lower the temperature of the body, hence immerse yourself in ice if you have too or take a cold shower. You can prevent heat stroke by wearing loose and light clothes, drink water and do not exert yourself during summer.
Tips #2
Heat Cramps Symptoms : Muscle pains or spasms usually occur in the abdomen, arms or legs. Spasms usually occur in coordination with strenuous physical activity.
Home remedies : Rest in a cool place. Drink clear juice or electrolyte-enriched drinks. Do not go back to strenuous activity even after cramps subside since it may lead to heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
Tips #3
Heat Exhaustion Symptoms : Heavy sweating, weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea, fainting, muscle cramps, fainting.
Home remedies : Rest. Have cool non-alcoholic beverages, a cool shower, bath or sponge bath. Use light clothing.
Tips #4
Dehydration Symptoms : Dry mouth and eyes, dry skin, a condition where sweating nearly stops, muscle cramps, nausea, heart palpitations and light headedness.
Prevention : Re-hydration with water, clear broths, and any other water replacements that contain electrolytes, like Gatorade.
Home remedies : Fluid replacement and control through diet and medication. Fever medication.
Tips #5
Skin care : Rosacea - Rosacea symptom is your skin will turn red due to over exposure to the sun and the heat. The redness appears as the excess heat causes the blood vessels to dilate.
Remedy : Avoid direct sunlight. Always use a good sunscreen with SPF 30+
Tips #6
Skin care : Sunburn - The ultra violent radiation burns the skin when you spend long hours under direct sun. Sunburn symptoms are patches of darkened skin peeling away.
Remedy : For Indians it is recommended to stay indoors during 10am to 4pm when the sun light is at it peak.
Home remedies : Mix together the juice of six peeled cucumbers, two cups powdered milk and two teaspoons dried lavender flowers. Apply the above paste directly on the affected areas of the skin. One cup of the mixture added to lukewarm water can be used as a skin smoothening balm
Tips #7
Skin care : Sun tan - Sun tan makes your skin darker which is a taboo for Indians.
Remedy : Avoid sun block to be repeated every two to three hours. Skin lightening treatment and therapies like rehydration helps.
Tips #8
Skin care : Prickly heat - Prickly heat affects everyone; it is a result of sweat and humidity that causes bacterial infection on the skin.
Remedy : Having cold showers, wearing loose clothes, putting talcum powder after a bath, applying calamine lotion on the rashes. Apply medicated talcum powder. Keep the area dry and clean.
Tips #9
Skin care : Foot Infection - Sweating and humidity can increase your chances of foot infection during summer.
Remedy : There are several anti-bacterial powders available in medical stores. And scrub your feet and the toes thoroughly to wash off the bacteria. But for dire skin ailment consult a dermatologist.
Tips #10
Summer diet : One must eat cold foods such as watermelon, yogurt, berries and the likes. Such foods are low in calories and additionally require very little energy for digestion. Usually such foods taste better when chilled and are therefore traditionally eaten that way. Naturally, eating such chilled low calorie foods feels good in the summer months.
Summer diet : Importance of including a variety of foods in your diet. All essential nutrients are required in the summer months, particularly the minerals that are lost in the sweat. It is possible to replenish these micro- nutrients only if the diet includes varied food groups such as fruits, vegetables, milk, cereals, meat, pulse and fats.