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Panera Bread

Panera Adopts Menu Free of Preservatives, Sweeteners, And Artificial Colors

(Good news for all Parents and Panera fans – Panera Bread – one of the popular US restaurant chain featuring bakery products, sandwiches, and salads is adopting menu free of preservatives, sweeteners and artificial colors. Parents need not to worry about the alien words in the menu, instead they can happily focus on menu items that is familiar and free of junk stuffs! –Healthylife.werindia.com )

Panera Bread kicked the year off right by releasing its new menu in the U.S. which is now 100% free of artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, and colors from artificial sources. Additives that were eliminated include FD&C colors, sodium benzoate, sodium nitrate and sodium phosphate. The monumental news was announced in a video (below) by Ron Shaich, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the restaurant.

The restaurant prides itself on being one of the first establishments in the U.S. to meet consumers’ demands for higher quality food at affordable prices. In 2010, Panera became the first national chain to post calories counts on menus, inspiring other food businesses to follow suit. 2015 is when the restaurant announced potential provisions to its menu. Since then, the restaurant has added options that are lower in calories, switched its chicken to be free of antibiotics, and began sourcing luncheon meats in both their restaurant and grocery store foods that are free of nitrates.

Less than one month into 2017, Panera can now boast that it has reached its goal of becoming a “no artificial” restaurant by changing recipes and eliminating 122 ingredients that many nutritionists and picky eaters declare are less than ideal for health. Now that all ingredients one might not be able to pronounce have been nixed from the chain’s menu, it is deemed to be a “clean” eatery.

In the video below, the CEO of Panera explains that one of the company’s most basic commitments is to “actually be part of fixing a broken food system in this country.” With more than 1/3 of the U.S. population obese and 1/3 overweight, this is an initiative we can get behind.

Watch the video below:

Article by: Amanda Froelich as published in http://www.trueactivist.com/panera-adopts-menu-free-of-preservatives-sweeteners-and-artificial-colors/

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 23, 2017
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Mangalore Goli Baje

Mangalore Goli Baje

Goli baje or Mangalore bajji is a famous traditional and evening snack in Karnataka. The ingredients are simple and readily available at homes. The main ingredient is all purpose flour and yogurt. To enhance the taste urad flour can be added and it serves protein too. Healthy herbs – cilantro (coriander), ginger, asafetida, cumin seeds and curry leaves enhances the taste of golibaje and keeps our digestive system proper. One should have this hot with coconut chutney.

Kids love to eat this traditional item. Families generally enjoy having hot goli baje during cold and rainy season.

Why wait? Make goli baje this week end!

Serving size = 3 per person

Ingredients:

  1. All purpose flour (maida) – 1 cup
  2. Urad flour – 1/4 cup
  3. Rice flour – 1 Tbs
  4. Sour curd (yogurt) – 1 cup
  5. Baking soda -1/4 tsp
  6. Green chillies – 3 (finely chopped)
  7. Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
  8. Ginger – 1.5 inch (finely chopped)
  9. Coconut – Small pieces ( 2 Tbs)
  10. Curry leaves – 1 string (finely chopped)
  11. Asafetida – 1 or 2 pinch
  12. Cumin seeds -1/4 tsp
  13. Salt – as per your taste
  14. Frying oil

Preparation:

1) Mix all purpose flour, urad flour and rice flour in sour yogurt and prepare a thick batter.

2) Add salt, chilli, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, cumin seeds, coconut pieces into the flour mix.

3) Add baking soda. Keep batter aside for 2-3 hours (recommended for better taste)

4) In a deep container, on medium flame heat the cooking oil.

5) To heated oil release a golf ball size batter mix one by one.

6) Fry to golden brown color and transfer to paper towel to remove excess oil.

7) Serve hot golibaje with coconut chutney. Hot golibaje tastes very yummy!

* One can add cut onions into batter.

** One can buy urad flour in shop or can make at home by dry frying urad daal and grinding it to fine powder.

Recipe: www.werindia.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 20, 2017
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Lotus Peacock Pose

Lotus Peacock Pose – Padma Mayurasana

(Padma Mayurasana or Lotus peacock pose is an advanced yoga pose that yogi‘s want to  pose. The secret here is more than shoulder strength, it is belly center that holds this pose. To get into the pose Yogi’s should have immense patience, concentration and a relationship with gravity. A  soft belly, open shoulders, and strong flexible wrists helps in getting into this pose. If you have heart problem or pregnant  or any other conditions mentioned in below articles under “contradictions” then, we suggest not to take risk by doing this pose – Healthylife.werindia.com)

Sanskrit: Padma Mayurasana, (pahd-mah my-yur-AHS-anna), Padma = lotus, Mayura = peacock

BENEFITS

1. Strengthens the forearms, wrists, and elbows

2. Improves flexibility in the knees and ankles

3. Massages the abdominal organs

4. Improves digestion

5. Stimulates the elimination of toxins

6. Develops mental and physical balance

7. Brings the three Ayurvedic doshas into harmony

CONTRAINDICATIONS

  • Wrist or elbow injuries
  • Weak or injured knees
  • Sciatica
  • High blood pressure
  • Heart problems
  • Hernia
  • Peptic or duodenal ulcer
  • Pregnancy

HOW TO

1. Carefully fold your legs into Padmasana (Lotus pose).

2. Rise onto your knees and place your palms on the floor in front of you, fingers pointing toward your feet.

3. Bend your elbows slightly, and press your pinky fingers and forearms together. Lean forward and rest your torso on your upper arms. Your elbows should press into your belly at or below your navel.

4. Rest your forehead on the ground.

5. Shift your weight slightly more forward. Then exhale and slowly raise your folded legs off the floor, lifting your knees and extending your thighs.

6. Lift your head and gaze forward.

7. Stay in the pose for several breaths. Inhale and lower.

8. Come into Lotus pose with the opposite leg on top, and repeat the steps above.

MODIFY OR REPLACE

Alternatives:

  • Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes)
  • Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff pose)

Modifications:

  • Rest your head on the ground and lift only the legs, until you feel ready to lift both the head and legs.

TEACHING CUES

1. Bring the torso and folded legs parallel to the floor

2. Keep the elbows together

VARIATIONS

1. Mayurasana, with legs extended rather than in Lotus pose

2. Pincha Mayurasana

WATCH OUT FOR

1. Body weight supported on the chest, rather than the abdomen

2. Straining to fold the legs into Lotus pose

This article and image published here with permission from https://beyogi.com. To learn more about yoga  poses visit https://beyogi.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 19, 2017
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Positive Yoga

Yoga positively influences DNA!

As though yoga needed any more evidence of its positive effects on the body, two recent studies found that its effects are far-reaching and even more impressive on the body than researchers initially thought. Yoga is an ancient practice that first surfaced in India and the surrounding countries that were used in accompaniment with religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

Yoga has long been touted as an excellent method of reducing stress and improving mental and physical health for those who continuously practiced it. Physically, it can help improve flexibility, strength, your posture, spine protection, immunity, can lower your blood pressure, and has many other functions.

The studies, which were conducted separately at Harvard University and the University of Calgary, found that yoga has an epigenetic effect, which means that it alters the expression of the genes without changing the genetic code itself. There are a number of other activities that have this same effect on the body, such as diet and sleep, but yoga is one of the many that surprised researchers.

At Harvard University, researchers found that yoga can positively change your cellular metabolic functions and improve things like nutrient absorption and the prevention of chronic diseases. The study involved two different groups, one that practiced mindfulness and yoga training and a control group that didn’t practice either. Chris Kilham, advisor to herbal, cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies and a researcher at University of Massachusetts Amherst, said in an in-depth interview with Fox News,

“After eight weeks, blood samples were taken from both groups. The meditation group showed changes in 2209 genes, a very far-reaching effect…. Many of the genetic changes prompted by the yoga practice involved cellular metabolism. This is the capacity of cells to utilize nutrients and oxygen, and to generate energy. Those who practiced the yoga method showed improved cellular metabolism, and better cell function overall.”

Additionally, the Calgary study found that practicing yoga can also extend your life. This is likely an extension of the many benefits that yoga provides to users, as having low stress and being physically and mentally fit can, in general, extend your life.

Remember that these benefits are yielded when you practice yoga regularly, not just sporadically. The long-term effects of yoga and mindfulness are well worth the time put into learning about the practice and doing a few minutes of moves everyday.

Read More: By Brianna Acuesta @ http://www.trueactivist.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 16, 2017
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Coconut Rice Dosa

Coconut Rice Dosa

A South Indian breakfast item Coconut Rice Dosa  or Neeru dose or Mangalore dose is very popular in Karnataka and some parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This Neeru dosa is very thin, appears lace like is very tasty and one can easily consume minimum 4 dosas at a time!. It is served with chutney or sambar. A good combination of good carbohydrates from both coconut and rice makes it a preferred breakfast item amongst people of rural places of Karnataka. It is filling and will make day energetic. Try and taste this traditional recipe this upcoming summer with onion – coconut chutney.

Coconut Rice Dosa Recipe

Ingredients:

  • Rice (idli rice or Sona Massuri rice) – 500 grams
  • One coconut or 3/4 cup grated coconut
  • Salt – as needed
  • Cumin seeds -1 tsp

Preparation:

1. Wash and soak rice in water overnight or 6 hours.

2. Grind coconut and soaked rice in a grinder.

3. Add little by little water while grinding to get a good consistency to pour the batter on tava/skillet. Remember the consistency of the coconut -rice dosa batter is thinner than masala dosa or set dosa batter.

4. After grinding, add salt and cumin seeds.

5. Keep batter for little fermentation for few hours (it is an option).

6. On high flame heat a iron skillet or tava and apply oil.

7. Pour one ladle of batter onto the tava in a clockwise manner. When you pour the batter, you can see many small bubbles on the surface of dosa that turns to be many holes and appears like lace.

8. Apply one tsp of oil on and around the dosa.

9. Cook dosa on one side by closing a lid.

10. Remove dosa slowly and serve with onion chutney or sambar.

Remember: Every time when you pour new ladle of batter, make sure to mix the batter as rice powder may settle down at the bottom of batter. container.

Onion chutney:

Ingredients:

  • Onion – half
  • Coconut- 1/2 cup
  • Red chilli -3
  • Salt
  • Dry chenna dal -2 tsp
  • Water for grinding

Preparation: Grind all ingredients together with water for your required consistency. Season with mustard and curry leaves.  Serve Coconut -rice dosa with onion chutney.

Recipe: www.werindia.com

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New Organ Donors Law

French citizens & new organ donors law

Effective January 1 in the new year, all French citizens are now automatically organ donors even if their family doesn’t approve of the donation. Before the law went into effect, the law required people who wanted to be donors to opt into a program where they were registered. If they were not registered, the family members would make the decision, in which nearly one-third of cases resulted in a refusal to donate.

Now the law works in the opposite way, as all citizens are not automatically considered donors unless they go out of their way to register in the National Rejection Register. This signifies that the citizen, once dead, refuses to donate any of their organs or, if they wish, a specific organ.

France’s biomedicine agency called the change necessary and said, “In the name of national solidarity, the principle of presumed consent was chosen. The law says that we are all donors of organs and tissues, unless we have expressed our refusal.”

A donor can also leave a signed form with a family member that states that they are opposed to donating their organs, which the family member can present at the time of death. Since these forms can be forged, it leaves some question of whether families that are vehemently against organ donation will falsely sign the document. Aside from the legal repercussions of this move, moral consequences should be considered as well. With 19,000 people currently on the organ transplant list, not agreeing to donate a person’s organs postmortem could mean death for one or more citizens waiting for a miracle.

If all else fails, France could consider better https://hindi.werindia.com/education on the benefits of organ donation and addressing the reasons people give for saying refusing to donate. A better educated public could mean a world of difference for patients waiting for an organ and decrease the number of people that register on the refusal list.

Read More: Article By Brianna Acuesta @  http://www.trueactivist.com/

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 10, 2017
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More saving tips from Grandma

For a happy and peaceful life sometimes we need to look into small savings. Small savings helps us in a bigger way.

Some more saving tips from grandma are shared here:

  • Use energy saving bulbs, they consume 5 times less than average light bulb and last longer and saves you money!
  • Keep a note book in kitchen – every time you notice that you are running out of grocery note it down. When you go for shopping take it with you. This way you don’t need to run back and forth to by grocery and saves your money and energy!
  • Go through your credit card statement and notice auto-renewal of any memberships or utilities that you might have had signed up for. Cancel any club membership that you don’t use anymore.
  • Defrost freezer regularly. The thicker the ice that is built up in the freezer, the higher the energy consumption. Do this once in 4 months.
  • Turn off lights when you leave room and turn off any devices that you use in day light. A lot of electronic equipment that are actually switched off consumes energy. It is better to use switch socket board to put a stop to energy usage/theft.
  • If you own a big house and do not use all rooms – then why to use vents in unused rooms? Shutting vents in unused rooms can save on cooling and heating bill.
  • Use less water, less power, use less detergent and cook at home the amount you need – this will help you reduce the bills and saves big chunk of money!
  • Don’t go over bored on giving gift to please people. Set a budget based on your financial situation. Look for something useful with your budget and tell your family in advance about your plan.
  • Recycle plastic bags from grocery shops – use them for collecting garbage and as liners for garbage cans. Alternatively, you can consider taking them back to store to buy stuff next time.
  • Go through your clothes – think whether you need to buy new clothes often. Use already bought clothes and minimize your expenditure.
  • Ask your pharmacist opinion and take suggestion to buy generic over the counter medicines. They cost less and are equally good.
  • Instead of buying single bottled water, see where you can collect spring water. Fill the big bottles and drink water. Fill in recycling bottles and carry with you.

See more savings tips shared by grandma here: https://healthylife.werindia.com/online-grandma/grandma-tips/grandmas-tips-save-money

Image credit: Image by mejiamelissa from Pixabay (Free for commercial use)

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: January 9, 2017
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Zucchini pancake

Vegan Zucchini Pancake

One more vegan friendly zucchini recipe: Zucchini Pancake for vegan lovers! This is a breakfast item and gives all the benefits of zucchini including nutrients like potassium, manganese, and antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin A. Try zucchini pancake for breakfast or evening snack!

Ingredients:

1. 3 medium zucchini, shredded

2. 3/4 cup chickpea (besan) flour

3. Salt as per your taste

4. Cumin seeds – 1 tsp.

5. Chopped onion -1/2 cup

6. Green chilli – 1 finely chopped

7. Cilantro finely chopped -1/2 cup

8. Water – 2 cups

9. 2 tablespoons oil

Preparation:

1. Mix shredded zucchini with salt. Add cilantro, chilli, cumin and onion and mix well.

2. Add chickpea (basin) flour and water. Mix well

3. Allow the mixed batter to sit for few minutes.

4. Heat a skillet and add spray oil.

5. Pour the mixed batter to prepare pancake.

6. Cook each side well.

7. Serve hot with coconut chutney or sambar or both.

Recipe by: www.werindia.com

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