BLISSFUL 100 YEARS / HEALTHY NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE

5 THINGS TO KNOW FOR A SMARTER                                                  BRAIN Dear friends, our brain is doing so much of work for us. Day and night it is helping us to breathe, digest food, learn and memorize new things. It is so powerful that it can help us to do many wonderful things. But only strong and powerful brain can only provide us powerful results. Recently it has been proved by many researches that diet and mood has close link. What we put into our mouth has direct effect on our thinking and learning capabilities.  Food can immediately affect how alert or dull we are, and if we are prone to any diseases of the brain like Alzheimer, dementia, depression or any nervous d...

   4 THINGS WHICH CAN ERADICATE                        ALLERGIES FROM YOUR LIFE Dear friends, these days so many people are suffering from allergies. Allergy is the response of body to different type of substances to which our body is sensitive. These substances are harmless to other people.  Allergic person’s tissues are more sensitive to allergens. It can come into contact through direct contact with the skin or can enter into the body to reach mucous membrane. We can be allergic to dust, pollen, medicines, animal fur, cosmetics, food etc. Some people confuse allergies with food intolerances. Actually allergy involves our immune system but food intolerances are related to changes in our digestion and absorption. It has been found out by so many researches that so many people are allergic mainly due to hereditary reasons. If both the parents are all...

3 THINGS TO KNOW TO ERADICATE ANEMIA 1 WHAT IS ANEMIA Dear friends, let us discuss about the deficiency which is so common these days i.e. Anemia. About 50% of women in India are suffering from anemia. Anemia can be caused due to many reasons.  Red blood cells mainly consist of a pigment called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is mainly made up of iron and protein. Thus anemia may be due to deficiency of iron and protein. Loss of iron due to injury, surgery, bleeding piles, menstruation, or in some cancers can also lead to anemia. Chronic dieters, athlete woman or strict vegetarian may also have anemia. There are two other vitamins which assist in the formation of red blood cells. These are vitamin B12 and folic acid. Deficiency of vitamin B12 results in Megaloblastic or pernicious anemia. Vitamin B12 requires enough of acid in the stomach to get digested from the protein. It then joins with intrinsic factor to...