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The month of June every year is observed as the Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness month is known. The main objective behind this is to increase awareness about Alzheimer’s disease or AD and dementia etc and encourage brain health foods among people. What is Alzheimer’s...

How many of us are aware of the fact that blood pressure or BP needs to be kept in control or managed well for our heart health to be normal? In the hot and scorching summers, maintaining a healthy blood pressure is very essential as our bodies would be under more...

Those persons who are suffering from lack of sleep or insomnia have now got a reason to rejoice!! From being used as salad toppings to toast companions, avocados have now become a snack for sound sleep. Surprised right!! It was brought to light by a new study...

Have you ever felt bloated? Have you seen your grandmother take Triphala before bedtime? Sometimes, there would be excess gas present inside the digestive tract and due to this our stomach would feel full and tight. This would make us feel uncomfortable. Mostly...

Belonging to the family Rutaceae, calamansi is a citrus hybrid (between kumquat and mandarin orange) found especially in the Philippines plus in places like Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia etc. Calamansi is used as an ingredient in many cuisines plus also used in various...

Have you been associating osteoporosis only with women, here is a shocker for you!! The fact is that men are also equally prone for osteoporosis issues in their later stages of their lives. Men who are more than the age of 50 are at risk of this bone based issue in...

Loss of fluids from the body is termed as dehydration. Especially in the hot summer season, dehydration can be harmful for us. It is noteworthy that in the summer season heat as well as humidity would cause us to lose fluids at rapid rates from the body. We could get...

If you have thought that heart attack is a disease that can attack only men, then you are wrong!! It is worth mentioning that in recent times heart attacks have increased in women too. Those women who are in the age group 45 to 55 are more at risk of getting heart...

How will you feel if you come to know that carbohydrates that you consume in excess could cause havoc on the body? Shocked right!! It is true that carbohydrates form about 40 percent to 60 percent of energy intake. Not many of us would know that excess intake of...

The bodies of teens (age 11 to age 19) are in an important stage of growth and development and they must try to avoid having irregular eating patterns. It must be noted that irregular eating patterns disrupt physical, emotional and mental well being. When a teen eats...