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Vitamin D may help prevent or treat all but one of the following. Which one?
high blood pressure
hip fractures
osteoarthritis
osteoporosis
The answer is:
High blood pressure
Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: September 3, 2016
Worldwide people believe that Lord Ganesha removes obstacles in our life. Ganesha Chaturthi will be celebrated everywhere next week and to celebrate people cook various types of dishes. Apart from kadabu (kolakatte), modaka and numkins people also offer coconut poli or holige to Lord Ganesha. Holige or poli is coconut and jaggery stuffed flat bread and a festival specialty in South of India.
If you wish to prepare poli, here is simple recipe for you.
Ingredients:
All purpose floor – 1 cup
Vegetable Oil – 2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
Grated Jaggery – ½ cup
Fresh grated Coconut – ½ Cup
Powdered cardamom – 2
Poppy seeds – 1 tsp
Ghee – 1 tsp
Preparation:
(Preparation time:1 hour)
Add all purpose flour andturmeric powder in a mixing bowl. Add little oil and knead the dough.
Now, add little water and prepare a soft dough. Consistency should be close to chapati/roti dough. Keep it aside for couple of hours.
In a pan add 3 spoons of water and add jaggery. Heat it under medium flame. As jaggery melts, add coconut and ghee. Mix well using a spoon.
When the contents start thickening add cardamom powder, poppy seeds and mix well. Remove the puran from the heat source and allow it to cool down.
Take the dough and make small balls. Flatten the balls using your palm and roll to a small size.
Place a portion of the coconut puran in the center of the rolled dough and cover/close it from all the corner. Do not fill excessive puran (otherwise, when you roll further puran will leak out of the dough).
Roll the stuffed puran to a flat bread by dusting little flour to chapati size.
Transfer it to a tava on medium heat and cook on both sides.
Offer it to Ganesha and serve to family/friends with melted ghee or coconut milk!
Gene Wilder the star of the movies “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died this Monday morning. He was a talented comic actor and had an impressive career. Wilder’s rule for comedy was very simple: Don’t try to make it funny; try to make it real. Like his movies, his quotes are also very popular and teach valuable lessons needed for life and personal development.
Here are best quotes of Gene Wilder (on and off screen)
“I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That’s why I call it irony.”
“So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I’m doing that, then I snap out of it.”
“If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?”
“Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.” —Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
“The big catalyst was seeing my sister, when I was 11, doing a dramatic recital. When I saw her on the stage and everyone listening to her so patiently, quietly, that’s all I wanted: for someone to look at me and listen to me, but in some beautiful and artistic way.”
“I didn’t set out to shock. I said, ‘Just tell the truth’ and see how it comes out. I used to be a milksop, beat around the bush, not speak frankly. Now everyone says, ‘Don’t ask Gene, because he’ll tell you.’ ”
“I started writing, just casually writing, the ironies in my life—the strange accidents that turned the corner of where my life was going to.”
“On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.”
“Well, you know, success is a terrible thing and a wonderful thing. If you can enjoy it, it’s wonderful. If it starts eating away at you and they’re waiting for more from me, or what can I do to top this, then you’re i”Invention, my dear friends, is 93 percent perspiration, 6 percent electricity, 4 percent evaporation and 2 percent butterscotch ripple.” — Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
“The suspense is terrible… I hope it’ll last.” — Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
“So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you.” — Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
“Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me… Jim.” — Jim (Blazing Saddles)
“No, it’s pronounced ‘Fronkensteen.'” — Dr. Frankenstein (Young Frankenstein)
“I’m not going to the toilet, I’m going to showbiz!” — Leo Bloom (The Producers)
“Just do what you love. That’s all I want to do.”
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” —The Little Prince
Kidney stones are hard, crystalline mineral materials formed within the kidney or urinary tract. In medical terms this condition is known as Nephrolithiasis. This is one of the common condition that is present in many. The function of kidney is to eliminate wastes from the body. These wastes include minerals, salts and other substances. If these substances starts retaining in the kidney, then it results in kidney stones. People who live in very warm and hot places often develop kidney stones. It is more common in men than women.
Having kidney stones can be very painful and can be intolerable. This results in improper urination. If not removed, it can damage the kidney. There may be blood flow in the urine due to stones. Sometimes small stones pass through urine without our knowledge. If the stones are larger then, it needs special attention like surgical removal. Treatment also includes pain-control medications and, in some cases, medications to facilitate the passage of urine.
Following are types of kidney stones:
Calcium stones are the most common type of kidney stone and occur in two major forms: calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. Calcium oxalate stones are more common. Calcium oxalate stone formation may be caused by high calcium and high oxalate excretion. Calcium phosphate stones are caused by the combination of high urine calcium and alkaline urine, meaning the urine has a high pH.
Uric acid stones form when the urine is persistently acidic. A diet rich in purines—substances found in animal protein such as meats, fish, and shellfish—may increase uric acid in urine. If uric acid becomes concentrated in the urine, it can settle and form a stone by itself or along with calcium.
Struvite stones result from kidney infections. Eliminating infected stones from the urinary tract and staying infection-free can prevent more struvite stones.
Cystine stones result from a genetic disorder that causes cystine to leak through the kidneys and into the urine, forming crystals that tend to accumulate into stones
Reasons for kidney stone formation:
Decrease in urine volume
Excess of stone-forming substances in the urine
Not drinking enough water
Dehydration in excess
have a family history of kidney stones
In pregnant women due to high level of progesterone
Which foods one should eat to prevent kidney stone formation?
Coconut water: Prevents accumulation of salt and minerals
Maize: Controls kidney stones formation
Barley water: Increases urination amount
Pineapple: Controls calcium accumulation in urine
Banana: Controls oxalate crystallization
Almonds: Controls potassium and magnesium stone accumulation
Citrus fruit: Controls oxalate crystallization
Carrot: Prevents pyrophosphate
Beans: Prevents kidney stone formation
Bitter gourd: Controls and prevents magnesium, phosphorus stone formation
Yoga poses: Backward bending, camel pose, bridge pose, raising leg pose, wind releasing pose, child pose and breathing exercises – these poses helps in flushing the stones out of kidney and helps in its proper functioning.
Following foods should be avoided to prevent development of kidney stones:
Spinach, amaranthus, tomato, Indian gooseberry, sapota, cashew, cucumber: These foods contain more oxalate
Cauliflower, papaya, pumpkin, mushroom and egg plant: High in Uric acid and furine.
Avoid or control intake of meat and animal protein such as eggs and fish. To prevent uric acid stones, cut down on high-purine foods such as red meat, organ meats, and shellfish.
It is important to keep good and balanced health of kidney. They are one of the important organs that protect our body from toxins and wastes. It is also important to understand the importance of various food that prevents and helps in kidney’s health. Eat and drink calcium and oxalate-rich foods together during a meal. In doing so, oxalate and calcium are more likely to bind to one another in the stomach and intestines before the kidneys begin processing, making it less likely that kidney stones will form. Lemonade and other fruits and juices high in natural citrate offer stone-preventing benefits. We are what we eat, so better to keep a good overall health of all organs by eating healthy foods.
