Consumption of walnuts may help suppress growth and survival of breast cancer, a study claims. The study, published in the journal Nutrition Research, found that consumption of two ounces of walnuts a day for about two weeks significantly changed gene expression in confirmed breast cancers. “Consumption of walnuts has slowed breast cancer growth and reduced the risk of mammary cancer in mice,” said W Elaine Hardman, from Marshall University in the US. “Building on this research, our team hypothesised that walnut consumption would alter gene expression in pathologically-confirmed breast cancers…
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Manifesting Good Health
by Arogyadham Maa Yoga Ashram What is a good health? The person who is able to dance like a child, who is able to jump like a child, who has no burden in his mind, a person who stands instantly as a child and sits instantly like a frog. How active is he? He is definitely a healthy person from which the energy is bursting every day. When we come to the point of health, everyone is definitely concerned with the healing of body organs, mental and physical affairs. “Natural…
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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…
Read MoreSelected Exercises that Can Be Done in Twenty Minutes
Selected exercises which could be done in twenty minutes with small rest periods are listed: Toe Touching Stand erect, feet together arm at side. Take a deep breathe. Raise head, breathe in deeply breathe out slowly as you go down. Touch the floor out side left foot, come up little and down again to touch floor between feet, and touch between feet once more. Come up and touch out side right foot. If you can not touch just move in that direction. Hold your breathe when you come up to…
Read MoreWorld Milk Day 2018: 7 Reasons Why You Should Drink Milk Everyday
The world commemorates World Milk Day on 1st June every year. This day was founded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), which celebrates the important contributions of the dairy sector to sustainability, economic development, livelihoods and nutrition. Every year, global citizens unite to celebrate #WorldMilkDay and this year too, we are looking to commemorate the special day by knowing what role does dairy play in our lives. Here’s everything you must know about milk being your best friend from the kitchen! Our childhoods have this…
Read MoreWater Therapy: What is Water Therapy?
For several centuries water has been an integral part of treatment of several diseases among the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Persians and Hindus. The Chinese used water as a remedy several centuries before Christ, the Japanese used cold water for treatment of several diseases almost eight hundred years ago. Hippocrates, father of modern medicine, also used hot and cold water successfully for management of diseases such as fever, ulcers, bleeding, inside or outside the body, etc. How is the water regulated? Whenever there is water shortage in your house, you…
Read MorePSYCHOLOGY OF POSITIVE THINKING
TIPS FOR FULFILLED LIFE 1. Don’t complicate life. We won’t be here forever. Once this day is over, it’s gone forever. Your time is too valuable to waste on nonsense. 2. No matter what knocks you down in life, get up and keep going. NEVER GIVE UP. Great blessings come as a result of great perseverance. 3. Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys. 4. Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the…
Read MoreFracture Prone Bones? You May be Consuming Less Than 400 mg Calcium Daily
World Osteoporosis Day is observed on 20th October every year with an aim to spread awareness about the condition. World Osteoporosis Day is observed on 20th October every year with an aim to spread awareness about the condition and educate people on ways to prevent it effectively. Osteoporosis literally means porous bones, a condition wherein our bones begin to lose density and strength. In osteoporosis, the rate of bone-degeneration outpaces bone growth and repair. While a host of factors may influence the development of the condition, persistent low levels of…
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