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HealthyLife is a part of www.WeRIndia.com, an all India – centric website (https://healthylife.werindia.com) and is solely owned and operated by WeRIndia.com. It is a Indian nutritional portal providing educational articles.This nutritional port was launched on February 5th, 2015.

The most dependable source for up-to-date, accurate nutrition data is a registered dietitian because:

  • an RD has a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition from an accredited university
  • an RD has completed an extensive internship under expert supervision
  • an RD must comply with tough continuing education
  • all of the above

The answer is: All of the above

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: February 1, 2018
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The study of how disease rates vary among different population groups defines:

  • infectious disease
  • case-control study
  • epidemiology
  • hypothesis

The answer is: Epidemiology

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 31, 2018
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Betel nut Supari chewing benefits

Betel nut Supari chewing benefits

Areca or betel nut also known as supari has a long history in many Asian countries.

It has important cultural and social tradition in India and neighbouring countries. In India it is one of the most popular after food item.

Many people chew betel nut to relax and boost mood. Reason for this is the content of betel nut which is nothing but alkaloids.

These alkaloids release adrenaline in system and a feeling of euphoria and well being arises after eating betel nut.

Betel nut has many traditional medicinal properties and used for home remedies.

  1. It is a psychoactive and stimulant. Eating betel nut helps in boosting energy and mind.
  2. Chewing betel nut helps in reducing dry mouth symptoms. It produces more amount of saliva. A
  3. Chewing little amount of betel nut helps in improving speech.
  4. It is good for bladder control and helps in strengthening muscle
  5. To reduce anemia in pregnant women betel nut is preferred traditional medicine. It helps to bring back iron content and reduces blood sugar level.
  6. Betel nut helps those people who suffer from brain injury related speech inhibition and muscle control.
  7. Eating betel nuts after meal helps in digestion and increases metabolism. Betel leaf and betel nuts with mouth freshener is called paan.
  8. Chewing betel nut helps in reducing cavities in mouth.
  9. Chewing betel nut strengthens gums
  10. It helps in controlling stomach worms -In addition to chewing, one can boil betel nuts with java ginger (Temulawak) and drink the liquid.
  11. In addition, chewing betel nut also reduces dysentery.
  12. During travel, chewing betel nut helps in controlling travel sickness like nausea and vomiting.

Instead of eating supari alone (it can be bitter), people add various ingredients and make it more interesting to eat.

  • In some parts, natural herbal colors are added making it somewhat black – purple giving a bit different taste than original supari.
  • Thin slices of raw supari boiled in milk, sugar and cardamom and dried in sun light is liked by many.
  • A mixture of pieces of supari, sugar and flavoring agents –is common form of supari available in India.
  • Slices of raw supari roasted in clarified butter (ghee) and sugar added tastes good. Instead of sugar one can add salt.
  • Thin slices of raw supari cooked in sugar and cardamom syrup and sun dried is another way to make supari tasty.
  • Another traditional way to eat supari is with betel leaf, sugar, gulkan and other mouth fresheners.

How much betel nut is too much?  Eating betel nut too many times a day can cause dry throat, cough and taste bud change. People who suffer from cough should reduce or should not eat betel nut. Eating little (1/2 tsp to 1 tsp) of cut betel nut per day is recommended. Many reports say that eating betel nut can cause cancer of different forms – mouth, throat, stomach etc. People can be addicted to betel nut with long-term usage.

Grandma’s remedies – Healthylife.werindia.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 29, 2018
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Spiced honey citrus salad

Spiced honey citrus salad

Honey and citrus fruit combination always works miracle. Honey is known for its antimicrobial property and it is a natural preservative. It is incorporated in our traditional medicines because of unique properties.

Citrus fruits are immune boosters as they contain Vitamin C and helps in cold, cough and brings back energy to body. Citrus fruits are good for digestive system and helps in removing toxins from body.

Together honey and citrus fruits bring all good qualities. Add little spice to honey to make it tastier and sprinkle it on citrus fruits with pomegranate seeds – you will have delicious spiced honey citrus salad and will get all health benefits.

Ingredients:

  1. Black peppercorns – 1 tsp
  2. Crushed red pepper – ¼ tsp
  3. Cloves – 4
  4. Cinnamon stick – 3 inches
  5. Bay leaf -1
  6. Medium size oranges – 3
  7. Mandarin oranges – 3
  8. Ruby red grapefruits – 2
  9. Limes – 2
  10. Pomegranate seeds – From 1 fruit
  11. Honey – ½ cup

Toppings: Extra virgin olive oil, fresh mint leaves and sea salt

 Method:

  • Add black peppercorns, crushed red pepper, cloves, bay leaf, honey and cinnamon. On medium heat bring the contents to boil. Remove it from heat and allow it to stand for half an hour.
  • Peel oranges, grapefruit, lime and remove bitter white pith. Cut each fruit into think round shapes.
  • Arrange cut fruits in a platter and sprinkle pomegranate seeds.
  • Now, pour desired amount of spiced honey mixture on fruit platter through a fine wire mesh strainer. Discard solids form the liquid.
  • Top with olive oil, few mint leaves and sea salt.

Recipe reference: Wegman’s

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Paneer burji recipe

Paneer burji recipe

Paneer burji is a good lunch item for kids and office going people who would like to carry lunch from home.  And, it is a replacement for egg. One will get enough protein and it is tasty too. It goes well with roti, chapati, bread, puri etc.

Paneer is Indian style cheese. It can be prepared at home easily. It is soft cheese and as popular as regular cheese.

Many states from North India use paneer as one of the main ingredient in their dishes. It supplies lot of protein as it is prepared from milk. It does not melt easily and holds its texture.

It can be marinated and grilled easily. It is somewhat like tofu. It mixes well with vegetables and spices.

100 gram of paneer provides about 18.3 grams of protein. It also contains carbohydrate and fat.

Try paneer burji for a change in place of egg burji.

Ingredients:

  1. Paneer – 1 cup
  2. Fresh peas – ½ cup
  3. Bell pepper (green or red) – 1 cup
  4. Tomato – ½ cup
  5. Coriander and jeera powder – 1.5 tsp
  6. Green chilli – 2 or 3
  7. Salt as required
  8. Cumin – 1 tsp
  9. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  10. Cilantro/coriander chopped – 2 Tbsp
  11. Oil or ghee – 1 Tbsp

Method:

  1. On medium heat, heat oil and add cumin seeds, green chillies. Fry for few seconds and add turmeric powder, cumin and coriander powder (jeera, dhania powder). Continue frying a minute.
  2. Meanwhile, get ready with paneer – either crumble paneer or grate it and keep it aside.
  3. Now add fresh peas and fry. Cover the lid so that, fresh peas becomes tender.
  4. Now add cut tomatoes and fry for two minutes.
  5. Add cut capsicum (bell pepper) and mix well. Let it cook for couple of more minutes.
  6. Switch heat to low heat and add crumbled paneer and mix well.
  7. Add salt and stir the mix. Add chopped cilantro leaves and mix well.
  8. Turn off heat and serve hot paneer burji with puri or chapati or bread.

Recipe: www.werindia.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 22, 2018
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Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose

Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose

Extended hand to big toe pose is advanced yoga pose. Yogis who practice yoga daily will be able to perform this pose bit more easily compared to middle or beginner class students.

Practicing hip opener poses and strengthening both arms and legs helps in getting into this pose.

With these concentration on balancing of body with mind is important too. While performing this pose if there is not enough concentration yogi will lose balance and collapse with pose -rounding upper body, knee injury and hurting hands is possible. Slowly, steadily get into pose helps.

The benefit of performing this pose helps in strengthening the feet, ankles, hips, legs, arms and core. It helps to stabilize ankles and gives strength to both legs.

Mind gains confidence, develops focus and balances emotions and feelings. – Healthylife.werindia.com

 Utthita Hasta Padangustasana / Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose

LEVEL :Advanced

Anatomy : Glutes, Hamstrings, Hips, Legs, Spine, Thighs

Pose Type: Balance, Standing

Sanskrit :Utthita Hasta Padangustasana (oo-tee-tah ha-sta pad-an-goosh-TAHS-anah)

utthita = extended hasta = hand pada = foot angusta = big toe

BENEFITS

  • Lengthens the hamstring of the extended leg
  • Stabilizes the hip joint of the standing leg
  • Improves single leg balance and stability
  • Strengthens the entire spine
  • Strengthens the ankle, knee, hip, and shoulder joints, as well as supportive structures of the joints in the standing leg

CONTRAINDICATIONS

  • Hip pathologies
  • Balance deficits
  • Low back pathologies (avoid rounding)
  • Ankle, knee, hip, or shoulder injuries

HOW TO

  1. Start in Tadasana (Mountain pose) with feet hip-width apart, and begin to feel your weight shift over to your right foot. Engage the thigh of the standing leg to support the knee.
  2. Set your gaze. Inhale and lift your left knee, reaching for the big toe only if you are able to extend the spine back to neutral.
  3. Exhale, press the heel forward, and begin to extend the knee.
  4. Inhale and allow your spine to lengthen, lifting out of your torso and drawing your shoulder blades down your back.
  5. Exhale, draw the abdominals in, and lift the chest.
  6. Hold this pose for up to 5-10 slow breaths.
  7. To exit, inhale and release the toe, but keep the leg extended. Then exhale, and release your arm and extended leg to Tadasana. Repeat on the opposite side.

MODIFY OR REPLACE

  • Feel free to practice near a wall for support; keep the knee bent as you raise it.
  • Place hands at the hips for support or utilize a strap around the foot for extension.
  • Stay in standing and extend the heel in front without reaching for the toes.
  • Lift leg with a bent knee and reach for the front of the knee.

SEQUENCING TIPS

Before:

  •  Garudasana (Eagle pose)
  • Trikonasana (Triangle pose)
  • Vrkasana (Tree pose)
  • Parsvottonasana (Pyramid pose)

After:

  • Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III)
  • Tadasana (Mountain pose)

TEACHING CUES

  • Keep the upper and lower spine lifted through the torso.
  • Keep hips stacked equally side by side, and slightly engage the inner thighs.
  • Draw your knee toward your chest, reach for the inside of the big toe, and extend through the heel.
  • On each inhale, feel your chest lift and spine lengthen. On each exhale, press the heel forward.

VARIATIONS

  • Utthita Hasta Padangustasana B, C, D

WATCH OUT FOR

  • Rounding of the spine
  • Tight hamstrings: keep the knees bent
  • Pain/strain in the knees, shoulders, or lower back

Article and image published here is with permission from www.beyogi.com

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These 22 kitchen hacks make life easy

These 22 kitchen hacks make life easy

To our previous kitchen hacks list Grandma is adding 22 more tips to make life interesting and easy at kitchen

  1. Place old newspaper at the bottom of garbage bin to absorb liquids from waste food
  2. Put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle for no mess
  3. Wrap a wet paper towel around your beverage and put in the freezer. Within 15 minutes beverage it will be almost completely ice cold
  4. To serve ketchup, chutney, mustard, pickles in party use muffin tin
  5. Use a hanging shoe rack to store cleaning supplies in bathroom or laundry
  6. To remove stem from strawberries, insert a straw in the center.
  7. Butter stick is too hard? Grate it to soften it
  8. Use a rubber band to loosen a tight jar lid. Place rubber band (or a rubber piece) around lid and turn it easily.
  9. To cut cheese or other soft foods use unused, unscented dental floss!
  10. Put ice cream containers in zip lock bags and store in freezer. When you open next time, it will be soft and easy to scoop
  11. Sprinkle lemon juice on a sliced avocado to retain green color
  12. To stop banana over ripening, wrap cling film around the stalk
  13. To chop green leaves, use a pizza cutter, cutting will be fast and easy
  14. Place an apple with potatoes to keep them from sprouting
  15. To slice cherry tomatoes or other cherry fruits in one slice, gently press them between two plates and pass the knife between plates
  16. On back of cabinet door hang measuring cups in order and mark measuring units for easy cooking
  17. Keep nut or seed flours in freezer to retain freshness for longtime.
  18. To keep herbs fresh trim their stems and place in water inside a container. Tent the leaves with Ziploc bag and keep in refrigerator
  19. Use kitchen tong to squeeze more juice from lemon
  20. To avoid mess while pouring small seeds, sugar, tea powder into bottles cut envelop in cone shape and insert in bottle mouth and pour the item.
  21. Leafy vegetables – wash and dry thoroughly and wrap in paper towel and keep inside Ziploc bag and store in refrigerator to maintain freshness.
  22. If honey is getting thick and crystallized, keep the whole bottle of honey in a pan containing warm water. Honey will come back to its natural state.

Reference and image credit: Vimeo.com, https://www.pexels.com/search/kitchen%20hacks/ , Pixabay.com, walmart.com, community.tucson.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 16, 2018
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Plastic fragments found in Denmark chocolate

Plastic fragments found in Denmark chocolate

Now a days plastic monster is everywhere. It is not just on side of roads or ocean or drinking water, sea salt or rice, but now it is inside everybody’s favorite chocolates too!

Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has sent out an alert regarding the presence of plastic fragments exported from Denmark to various countries.

FSSAI reacted to the alert notice received from Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) issued by the European Commission.

According to the warning “There is a risk that the product in question contains small pieces of plastic which may cause choking in children. Thus, it is imperative to start follow up action, including recall”.

The FSSAI sent the alert note on January 5, a day after receiving an alert through the International Food Safety Authorities Network. Global network of food safety authorities is managed by WHO and Food and Agricultural Organization.

Including India following countries who imported these chocolates from Denmark have been informed about eh implicated chocolate product with follow-up actions- Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Qatar, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The product category under which the chocolates are sold is cocoa and cocoa preparations, coffee and tea.

The following four product descriptions have been identified which are imported:

  • Anthon Berg Marcipanbrod Whiskey 40g (marzipan bread with whiskey)
  • Anthon Berg Marcipanbrod Cognac 40g (marzipan bread with cognac)
  • Anthon Berg Sweet Moments Marzipan Bar Mini 165g
  • Anthon Berg Sweet Moments Marzipan Collection 400g

Professor Arpita Mukharjee from ICRIER said that “these kinds of chocolates which have been detected with small pieces of plastics are not usually what small children consume. However, irrespective of age, it is a health and food safety issue. The EC has done the right thing by alerting the importing countries. In fact, European Union has more stringent standards for food than India and they are the same for the domestic market, export and import.

On RASFF portal public can see the alert regarding the risk revel of imported product into EU member states if the product does not meet the EU food safety standards. As per Prof Arpita, India does not have similar system reporting imported products.  The IFSS standards for milk and some of the milk products are still below the Codex standards. Importing sub standard or low quality products can pose health issues  (Codex General has developed several standard guidelines that should be implemented for the milk and milk products).

Considering the demand for dairy products in India, it is time to implement proper and strict standards to bring best quality milk products. Upgrading domestic standards and monitoring the imports at the ports of entry will help to avoid such big issues in future.

In response FSSAI officers from Kolkata stated that “AS of now, no sample or consignment has been found in the region. But following the instruction from FSSAI, continuing watching on the same is being carried out!”

This information was also made available by the apex regulator to consumers and stakeholders. It will help in any inadvertent consumption of the chocolate (product in question), so that consumers (public) can avoid buying it through online sales or by other means.

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