HOW TO APPLY BREAK ON AGING TO LIVE LONG?

By: Vinod Nigam The goal of my diet – style is eating for optimal health and longevity. What greater benefit could there be than living healthfully and actively into old age with no dependence on medications and almost no risk of heart disease, diabetes and dementia. —— Joel Fuhrman The power of positive thinking is vital for maintaining happiness, good health and longevity. —— Eraldo Banovac People live longer when they decide to become passionately involved in something beyond themselves. —— Richard Forth Someone whose heart is at peace is…

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DON’T have that nighttime snack! Eating out of sync with your biological clock puts you at risk for heart disease and diabetes, a new study shows

By Natalie Rahhal The body is less able to process triglycerides when we eat at the wrong time, the study found  Triglyceride build-up in the blood increases our risk of developing heart disease and diabetes The researchers found that when they took out the part of the brains of rats that regulates the biological clock, when they ate made no difference to triglyceride buildup in their bloodstreams Night and rotating-shift workers are particularly at risk because their eating schedules are inevitably out of sync with their biological clocks Eating late…

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How sleeping less could severely damage your brain

New study finds people not sleeping the required amount could suffer terrible health effects and may not even know it Are you getting less that six hours a sleep a night? Then you need to be aware of how this habit can cause alcohol abuse like damaging effects, according to a new study. Sleep deprivation is known to cause depression, heart attacks, strokes and obesity. Now, researchers from Quebec-based digital health company Medisys have found it can severely damage the brain, the Daily Mail reported. Being awake for 18 hours straight can be…

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Eating early dinner may help you lose weight

New York: Struggling to shed those extra kilos? Worry not, as a new study suggests eating dinner early by mid-afternoon and following it by an 18-hour daily fast or until breakfast the next morning may help with losing weight. The new research revealed that eating a very early dinner, or even skipping dinner, may reduce swings in hunger, alter fat and carbohydrate burning patterns, which may help in losing weight. “The study found that eating between 8.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. followed by an 18-hour daily fast kept appetite levels…

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हृदय की देखभाल

हार्ट स्पेशलिस्ट देवी शेट्टी से साक्षात्कार के अंश (चिकित्सा संसार ट्रस्ट द्वारा जनहित में जारी) एक चर्चा (डाॅ. देवी शेट्टी से जो कि नारायणा हृदयालया बैंगलोर में  हार्ट स्पेशलिस्ट हैं,) से विप्रो द्वारा की गई, जिसके प्रमुख अंश नीचे दिये जा है (हिंदी रूपांतरण)   प्रश्न 1- एक आम आदमी के लिये अपने हृदय की सुरक्षा के नियम क्या है? उत्तर – इन बातों पर ध्यान देवे । भोजन – जिसमें कार्बोहाईड्रेट की मात्रा कम हो, प्रोटीन की मात्रा अधिक हो और उसमें तेल की मात्रा भी कम हो। व्यायाम…

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