High blood pressure is affecting millions of people in India and this number is on an alarming rise. An article published in the “Journal of human hypertension” (1) in Sept 2018 reports that 207 million persons (men 112 million, women 95 million) have hypertension in India and Indian states with greater urbanization, human development and...
Imagesource GABBAR – Tera kya hoga re, Kaliya? KALIYA – Maine to apka namak khaya hai, Sarkar.. GABBAR – Ab.. goli kha… Well, I didn’t really think Gabbar had his medical knowledge so sorted before I heard these dialogues. But he got it right! zyada namak khane se, goli bhi khana padega! Why do we need salt? Our body needs...
Dietary fiber includes the parts of plant foods that body can’t digest or absorb. Instead, it passes relatively intact through stomach, small intestine and colon and out of the body. Fiber is commonly classified as soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber. This type of fiber dissolves in water to form a gel-like material. It can help lower...
Eating is considered as one of the most important parts of our everyday living. Foods we eat are the single source of energy and nutrition. 85% of us often eat out and oily/fried foods, thus making it more difficult to get healthy and balanced diet. But you may be wondering what is healthy food? At times we get confused over what to eat and what...
