World Diabetes Day 2018: Nuts And Seeds To Snack On To Avoid Blood Sugar Spikes

World Diabetes Day 2018: Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable with the help of a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. Here is why diabetics may want to include nuts and seeds in their diet. World Diabetes Day 2018 is celebrated on November 14, 2018 around the world. According to the official website of the International Diabetes Federation, the theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 is ‘The Family and Diabetes’. The website further says that currently, 425 million people suffer from diabetes, among which most of the cases are that…

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Dental Care: How to Treat Dental Pain?

Pain producing causes may be as simple as toothache nitiated by a deep carious tooth or a loose tooth. On the other hand pain may be complicated requiring further investigations. Pain is defined as an unpleasant stimulus which is perceived by the conscious mind. The perception of pain begins upon a process of electro-chemical conductivity from the painful area to the brain. Reaction to pain involves a complex mechanism which is based on age, sex, fatigue, emotional status and the past experiences. Toothache A toothache may be mild, moderate or…

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Metabolism and Weight

QUESTION OF THE DAY Q: What is meant by basal metabolic rate? It depends on which factors? What is it’s effect on our weight? A: Basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy expressed in calories that a person needs to keep the body functioning at rest. Some of those processes are breathing, blood circulation, controlling body temperature, cell growth, brain and nerve function, and contraction of muscles. Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex biochemical process, calories…

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Diabetes: 8 Important Diet Tips To Manage Blood Sugar Levels and Control Diabetes

Diabetes: We enlist some important diet tips that you should keep in mind in order to keep your blood sugar levels in check We all know, diabetes is an incurable disease; however, one can manage it well through eating healthy diet, engaging in exercises and leading a physically active lifestyle. Ideally, in order to manage blood sugar levels, you must avoid high carb foods and include more protein- and fibre- rich foods that will help control diabetes and keep your blood glucose levels in check. Moreover, if you are a diabetic,…

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9 Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds

By: Shilpa Arora India’s love affair with fennel needs no introduction. The seed spice dominates a variety of our preparations. Did you know that India happens to be the largest exporter of fennel seeds, widely known as saunf. A common practice in most Indian households is to have few fennel seeds or saunf at the end of every meal. This practice you might think is to freshen the mouth, but think again. A concentrated source of minerals like Copper, Potassium, Calcium, Zinc, Manganese, Vitamin C, Iron, Selenium and Magnesium, the age…

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Do you know why we fall sick during monsoons?

Cold, flu, throat infection, viral fever and what not; A number of diseases tag along monsoons. Do you know why? Monsoons in India aren’t a cakewalk. It is followed by a myriad of problems including water-logged streets, frequent power cuts and not to forget, frequent breakouts. But apart from this, there’s one negative aspect of monsoons we cannot ignore. Have you observed the pattern that people often fall sick during monsoons? Look around yourself, you will find everyone either struggling with their runny nose or calling sick due to viral…

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Health Alert: Common toothpaste ingredient linked to colon cancer

As part of the experiment, the researchers team fed mice with food containing various concentrations of triclosan for three weeks Using triclosan, an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in hand soaps and toothpastes among other consumer products, can potentially cause colon inflammation and cancer, found a study on mice. The study, reported in Science Translational Medicine, suggests that short-time treatment with low-dose triclosan caused low-grade colonic inflammation, and exaggerated disease development of colitis and colitis-associated colon cancer in mice. “These results, for the first time, suggest that triclosan could have…

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When to and When Not to Exercise

Age and Exercise Many people believe that exercise should be done only in childhood. The life process benefits all ages, though the type of exercise may differ. For children, games are the best, because they are interesting and every child likes to play. Children who get involved in studies and neglect games, should be encouraged to play games. If it is not possible then they should be coaxed to doing exercises. If the child plays a game where only legs are exercised then he should be taught exercises for upper…

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How to Exercise

Bending upto a certain point is easy, beyond this point you feel tension in your muscles and if you still go further you will feel pain. Do you exercises upto the point of tension. If you keep on doing exercises the mobility of the joints goes on increasing. The point of pain becomes the point of tension in a few days and gradually you can still go beyond this point without pain. This principle has been used in exercising the patients with stiff joints passively. Movement and pain are indirectly…

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Vitamin D could help treat diabetes: study

Studies have suggested a correlation between high vitamin D concentrations in the blood and a lower risk of diabetes Vitamin D can help treat damaged beta cells in pancreas that produce, store and release the hormone insulin, paving they way for a new approach to treat diabetes, scientists say. When beta cells become dysfunctional, the body can not make insulin to control blood sugar and levels of glucose can rise to dangerous levels. Researchers from Salk Institute in the US accomplished their goal by using an unexpected source: vitamin D. Vitamin D…

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