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Benefits of doing a warm up

November 21, 2019 Urbanatural

By Melissa D’costa A well-rounded exercise routine should also include a warm up as an essential component. It allows the body to gradually transit from the resting state to one that demands more. Munmun Ganeriwal, nutritionist and yoga/fitness consultant tells you why you should never skip a warm up. She says, “When you do a warm up, the heart rate, breathing rate and core body temperature gradually increases, preparing the body and system for physical activity. This helps prevent serious injuries.” Benefits of a warm up Prevents any potential injury…

World Laughter Day: Here’s why you should practice Hasyayoga or Laughter Yoga

May 5, 2019 Urbanatural

Hasyayoga is excellent as the same starts as forced laughter, and later, it becomes a real one and is super contagious. As per studies, 15 minutes of laughter on a daily basis will improve your health drastically. Today, i.e. May 5, people across the world will celebrate World Laughter Day. For the unversed, every year, the very first Sunday of the month of May is celebrated as the Laughter Day and the first celebration was done way back in 1998 in Mumbai. And same was started off by Dr.…

Breathe and Let Go

February 8, 2019 Urbanatural

by P Vaidyanathan From the very beginning of life, till its end, one activity we do unceasingly, is breathing. In fact, life starts with taking our first breath, and ends with letting out our last. Breathing, as we know, brings in the vital oxygen needed to sustain the life of our cells and body, and throws out a lot of waste products created during our body metabolism. To breathe, is to be alive. Anything that impairs proper breathing will affect the quality of our lives. Breathing and breathing exercises have always…

9 Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds

September 19, 2018 Urbanatural

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…

Healing

August 13, 2018 Urbanatural

by Meena Om Healing means that a person does not have energy to cope with his problems and he keeps sinking into them, second, his mind is not into contemplation or meditation or dhyan that he can find solution to his problems, third, he is set to grow, set for change that is why problems or diseases have come to him. So I often say, toxins in the body, undesirable thoughts in the mind, burden on your soul all create diseases. Why they come so that we can learn from…

How to Beat Fatigue

August 12, 2018August 12, 2018 Urbanatural

We have a good check fatigue to guide us. It works as a safety value as a limit to exercise. We can gauge the amount of exercise we should take for best results. Beyond that we begin getting fatigued. When we run or do exercises the breath becomes deeper. There is frequent bringing in of more oxygen into the lungs, which gets absorbed in the blood. Carbon dioxide form the blood gets eliminated in to the air while we breathe out. This increase in breath is called “second wind”. If…

Oxygen-Rich Air

November 11, 2017 Urbanatural

We cannot live without air even for 3 minutes. Each person needs 550 litres of oxygen every day. Increasing cars have reduced oxygen levels in city leading to feeling of suffocation. In homes with ACs, oxygen levels fall to dangerous levels. It’s urgent to take care of this issue. Source: sehatvan.in Disclaimer: Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your treating doctor. The views and nutritional advice expressed are not intended to be a substitute for conventional medical service. If you…

World Stroke Day: Effects and causes

October 29, 2017October 28, 2017 Urbanatural

World Stroke Day is observed on the October 29, each year. Stroke, the most commonly heard reason of mortality in India after road accidents, is a condition where the brain does not receive enough oxygen or nutrients, causing brain cells to die. Researches show that India will report almost 1.6 million cases of stroke annually by 2020 out of which one third would be disabled. A stroke, also known as a cerebrovascular accident or CVA, occurs when part of the brain loses its blood supply and stops working. This causes the part of the…

Nature Cure for Anaemia

August 16, 2017 Urbanatural

Anaemia, which means ” lacking in blood “, is among the most common diseases affecting human beings. It denotes a shortage of rich red blood cells and colouring matter and usually results from consumption of refined foods. The blood flowing in our veins and arteries is really living tissue. Nearly half of it consists of red blood cells which carry oxygen to the tissues. Approximately one trillion ( 10,000 million ) new blood cells are formed in the bone marrow daily. The raw materials required in the production of these…

Sitting is the New Smoking!

June 27, 2017 Urbanatural

You may have heard the statement “Sitting is the New Smoking!” When I first heard this saying, I thought it was crazy. Sitting is NOT like smoking. But recently, I looked more into it, and it completely changed my outlook on one aspect of health that most people neglect. Here’s the problem: we sit an average of 9 to 10 hours a day. So we sit more than we sleep. We sit more than we stand or do any activity. We sit in our cars. We sit to eat breakfast,…