Come summer and our appetite goes for a toss. All we do is drink copious amounts of water and other liquids. But what if you stop drinking an adequate amount of water? Have you wondered how that will affect your body? Dehydration in adults or children is the very situation where the human body gets […]
Ocimum tenuiflorum is an integral part of our lives. Wondering what it is? It is our very own tulsi, truly an ‘incomparable plant’. Before you get any ideas; no, this is not basil or Ocimum Basillicum. It is holy basil. Basically, there are two kinds of Rama Tulsi which have green leaves, and the one […]
Are you eating GMO Foods? Well, even if you are, don’t worry, you are not alone, as despite the constant petitions and pleas against genetically modified foods, nothing has been done yet to label the foods. So, now even if you eat GMO foods, you won’t know, as they are not labelled. Is that a […]
Diabetes is a killer disease, and India is the diabetes capital of the world. The WHO has some scary facts to share; in India, there are as many as 50 million people suffering from this metabolic disorder. But yes, you don’t have to rave and rant in despair as soon as you get diagnosed with […]
Apple cider vinegar has been around for ages, hailed as the natural solution for most common ailments. But what caught our eye were the startling studies which came up with facts that your humble apple cider vinegar can be used for weight loss and help you drop the excess pounds. Now out of the millions […]
Our grandmothers never thought of cooking their food in refined vegetable oils. But we chose to turn up our noses on the ghee and the full fat butter that they generously used to smear our rot is with! What ghee? Butter? That’s harmful for our hearts! But the truth is, they stayed healthy until the […]
“Instead of medicine, fast for a day!” Plutarch had said once famously, and suddenly now after all these years, we have woken up to the fact with surprising alacrity. Fasting is not starvation, there are many people who turn up their nose on fasting just because they think fasting equates to starvation. Fasting has incredible […]