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India Covid vaccination milestone

India Crosses Milestone Of One Billion Covid Vaccination

This week India has achieved a great milestone with covid vaccine administration. On January 16th, 2021 the first Covid vaccine was given. Within 278 days India achieved its milestone by administering the Covid vaccine to one billion people! It means on average India administered 3.6 million doses per day!! While many countries are still struggling to convince their citizens to get vaccinated, in India vaccination is going on non-stop for the past 278 days. India’s goal is to fully vaccinate about a billion people by end of this year. Healthcare workers and Health officials worked hard to reach this milestone and India is celebrating these heroes.

India faced heavy criticism due to Covid related deaths during the second wave. The vaccination drive picked up fast after 46 days and the shortest time taken to complete 10 crores was just in 11 days. On September 17th a record of 2.5 crore doses was administered in a single day. On October 22nd India achieved its milestone by administering 100 crore vaccines.

After China which has administered more than 200 crore doses, India is the only second country that has reached this milestone with more than 100 crore jabs and the graph is rising steeply. According to a Government source, almost 75% of the eligible population has taken at least the first vaccination dose, eight states, and Union Territories achieving 10% coverage of the first dose.

“This achievement belongs to India, every citizen of India,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter. “I express my gratitude to all the vaccine manufacturing companies of the country, workers engaged in vaccine transportation, health sector professionals engaged in vaccine development.”

Which vaccines are approved in India?

Total seven vaccines are approved for use in India. However, currently the two vaccines Covishield (Oxford/AstraZeneca formulation manufactured by Serum Institute of India ) and Covaxin of Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR, NIV are available. Covaxin is an inactivated vaccine containing viruses whose genetic material has been chemically treated not to replicate but to trigger the immune response. Covishield is an adenovirus vectored vaccine, adenoviruses are common viruses that cause flu or cold-like symptoms. Adenovirus vector vaccines are modified as a Trojan horse to deliver the genetic instruction of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that produces spike-like protein thereby creating an immune response.

Data from phase 3 trials of Covaxin shows that it is 78% effective against the virus and 100% effective against progression to severe disease. Whereas Covishield is 63% efficient and studies show Covishield is also effective against B.1.1.7 and B.1.617 variants.

It takes 2-3 weeks after completing the entire vaccination schedule to get an adequate immune response from both these vaccines from India. As per the Health ministry, the longer the gap between two doses, the more robust the immune response! One should take the same vaccine in both doses.

Other vaccinations that are approved and not yet administered in India are ZycoV-D – DNA vaccine, Sputnik V – non replicating viral vector, Ad26.Cov2.S (of Johnson & Johnson), Moderna (mRNA -1273). There are more vaccinations are in trial and are expected to be released in another 3-4 months.

Why it is important to get vaccinated?

  • By being fully vaccinated, one can resume the pre-covid life and normal activities
  • Vaccines continue to reduce a person’s risk of contracting the virus that cause COVID-19, including variants.
  • Vaccines continue to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, including against any variants.
  • Fully vaccinated people with breakthrough infections from variants appear to be infectious for a shorter period.

Get vaccinated and take necessary precautions to protect your life and lives of those who around you.

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 25, 2021
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Are you looking for Stress free zone?

Are you looking for Stress free zone?

If a person is undergoing stress and anxiety body will also respond to the feelings. When we are stressed out, angry, upset or sad, body tries to tell us something by reacting to these feelings.  People who are undergoing through stress and anxiety often develop high blood pressure, diabetes, stomach ulcer, rashes, hair falling, weight gain or loss. These physical conditions are related to how our mind is thinking and feeling. This connection of mind and body is very delicate.

Some of the physical sign a person can develop during stress are:

  • Back pain
  • Change in appetite
  • Chest pain
  • Constipation or diarrhea
  • Dry mouth
  • Extreme tiredness
  • General aches and pains
  • High blood pressure
  • Insomnia
  • Palpitations
  • Sexual problems
  • Breathing problem
  • Stiff neck
  • Sweating
  • Weight gain or loss
  • Too much eating
  • Cold and infections

Learning how to cope up with stress is important for our health. Weak emotional health results in poor immune system. When the immune system is down simple conditions becomes unbearable to manage. Cold and infections can go beyond control, chronic pain can aggravate, any exercise may not help the body to energize or one may not feel like exercising at all.  Alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuses are many times results of emotional health. Researchers also believe that if mind is not happy then the body where the mind lives is also not happy. We cannot avoid things that are going to happen or what has happened but we need to learn how to be happy to keep our selves healthy.

Remember when we are stressed out bodies pump out hormones. These hormones job is not necessarily to be harmful but can help body to recovery. However, if the stress is too long and if reaches a point where body cannot handle it then people will get sick. These hormones weaken the immune system’s ability to fight sickness.

How to overcome stress?

1) Take time off for yourself and learn to relax- Things can wait.  Sometimes we all need that time where we can be alone and not disturbed. While alone, you will get some breathing time for yourself,  to think about yourself and to come out from the bad mood.  It is like rebooting computers and recharging the cell phone!

2) Talk to a person who can listen to you and understands you (without spreading gossips). If the stress is because of someone’s actions – keep away from the person or talk it over. Communication helps a lot!

3) Be with people who talks positive and will show you the positive aspects of a problem.

4) Read good books, watch something that keeps you encouraged and takes your mind off.

5) Visit nature and spend time with pets – Pets care about you- no matter what. Take your dog for walk in nature or play with your pets to take your mind out of the stress.

6) Exercise – as they say people who exercise daily are happy people. Exercise takes out your stress. It helps to improve mood and changes the body’s stress response.

7) Of course, then there is yoga and meditation – It is important to find inner peace and calmness in a place. We should be able to visit this place almost every day.  Yoga helps you to reconnect with mind. Every muscle in the body that is undergoing through tension has to be relaxed. Breath in and out – learn to breath in yoga way. You will really feel good and do not forget to carry that calmness out of the yoga class with you.

8) Spend time with family and friends – go out for dinner or lunch. Laugh and have good dessert.  Remember- it is not about eating or going out. It is about spending quality time with family and friends who understands you and who will help you to relax.

9) Here is another old fashioned solution – SCREAM ! Yes, this is one of the recommendations. Screaming has proven to drain stress levels! Make sure to select a place where you can and will be able to scream and yell. Breathe in, breath out and scream.  In order to let go of our emotions, that is sitting inside and bothering us it is a good way to let go through screaming and crying.

In life, everybody goes through the stress. The intensity of stress may be different. It is always not possible to solve the problem immediately. Most of our stresses are due to family, work, abuses, unemployment, friends, unable to reach goal, love failure etc. Time is a healing factor and solution will emerge when we are calm and when we look at things in a different angle (in a positive way).    It is important to learn to how to overcome stress and calm our mind so that, our body feels good and healthy.

Source: www.werindia.com

References:

  1. www.huffingtonpost.com
  2. http://www.endowmentmed.org/
  3. http://lifehacker.com/
  4. http://www.helpguide.org/
  5. Image credit: Image by 1388843 from Pixabay
Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 22, 2021
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Cellulite remedies

How to reduce cellulite problem?

Cellulite is a common problem both in women and men. It is subcutaneous fat that causes dimpling of the skin in thigh and buttock region. Sometimes you will notice it even on arms. It causes lumpy, dimpled flesh in these areas. Those who wants to wear certain dresses that reveals skin, will hesitate to wear such dresses.

People experience cellulite accumulation at different levels in once lifetime. If the accumulation is too much, it is highly noticeable on the surface. Reasons for cellulite accumulation are – it could be due to lifestyle, due to age or could be hereditary. Most time it is because of our lifestyle and eating habits.

  • Slowing metabolism: Slow metabolism increases the of cellulite.
  • Not drinking enough water: Dehydrated skin shows cellulite more
  • Not physically active: Not exercising or not doing physical work, makes cellulite presence more obvious.
  • Age factor: Hormonal change affects cellulite production, and it increases cellulite.
  • Total Body fat: Increase in total body fat, eating fatty foods increases risk of cellulite accumulation.

It is not difficult to control and get rid of cellulite from the body.  There are simple remedies one can practice reducing cellulite or to make cellulite appearance less visible.

  1. Keep body hydrated – Skin needs to be hydrated to make cellulite not visible. When skin dehydrates, cellulite appears more clearly. Drink required amount of water for your body type.
  2. Reduce body fat: Get onto a mission on reducing fat intake and in turn you will end up less body fat and reduced cellulite.
  3. Physical activity: Physical activities and exercises reduce the cellulite amount. Tone the muscle by body work, yoga and jogging.
  4. Healthy eating: Eat body friendly foods that keeps body healthy looking. Healthy eating habits means – including vegetables, protein, fibrous foods, fruits, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids. Eating such healthy foods increases skin elasticity, texture and rejuvenates cells.

If you are looking for simple oral and topical remedies to reduce cellulite there are few ways.

  1. Mix two Tbsp apple cider vinegar with one glass of water. Drink this every morning. If you don’t like the taste of it, add bit of natural honey as sweetener.
  2. You can massage skin with a mixture of sesame oil and apple cider vinegar (1:3 ratio). Massage with this mixture daily once or twice to body parts where you see cellulite.
  3. Dry brushing is also an ancient technique used for exfoliation of skin using soft-bristle brush or one can use loofah soft brush. The technique is used in India and is a regular treatment in Ayurveda. It helps to keep skin healthy and improves circulation. It is also a beauty routine used in India.

-To brush, before bath using a natural bristle brush and rub the brush in circular motion over the skin from feet to chest. This will massage lymphatic system in a rhythm and systematic manner. Do not brush or massage hard where there is inflammation, skin feels sensitive or bruised. After brushing, have bath followed by applying moisturizer to skin when skin is little damp.

How dry brushing helps?

  • Improves skin blood flow
  • Smoothens skin by removing dead cells
  • Stimulates lymphatic system and lymphatic drainage
  • Reduces cellulite appearance by vasodilation (temporarily plumping up the skin)

Brushing should not be hard and vigorous it should be gentle. Hard, harsh brushing will cause irritation, bruise and abrasions and will end up in pain. Cellulite temporarily reduces from the skin and once you stop brushing it will come back. So, brushing and other lifestyle methods which are mentioned above.

Most women who gain weight will experience cellulite deposition in thighs, bum, and hips.  To reduce cellulite choosing healthy lifestyle is best option.

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 21, 2021
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Healthy eating out

Fifteen Health Tips For Eating Out

When we need a break from cooking and want to eat something exotic and need change, restaurants are our options. Eating out with friends and family once a while is a good idea. However, most restaurant foods even though taste good could have extra fats and calorie filled items. Many restaurants give choices to swap ingredients or might be flexible to serve you something you wanted. When you are planning to eat out try these tips to keep it healthy and enjoyable.

1.       Select restaurant: Go to restaurant that is clean, good selection of menu items and restaurant that has ambient environment. Look at review about the service.

2.       Read menu online: Get familiar with the menu, chose items ahead – it will help you to get answers about ingredients while waiter waiting to take order.

3.       Check ingredients before ordering food: Ask waiter ingredients. If you are not familiar with an item and in case you are allergic to certain ingredients, you can replace ingredient with alternate ingredient.

4.       Don’t go to eat our overly hungry: Have a small snack before stepping out of house. If you step out of the house feeling ravenous the time you reach restaurant your sugar might go down or you may experience dizziness.

5.       Order your meal before others: Don’t get influenced by others. No harm in trying what others are ordering. Sometimes you might end up with heavy foods that does not suit you and you could waste it by not eating the food.

6.       Eat your meal mindfully, chew thoroughly: Eat slowly and enjoy the meal. Don’t gulp. Eating mindfully makes your tummy full steadily. Gulping will keep you hungry and one will tend to eat more.

7.       Order salad or soup first: Start with green salad or soup bowl so that your stomach is half filled and then main course consumption will be less.

8.       Ask for healthy swap with item you order: Eating healthfully and selecting items that suits your body is good. You can swap regular bread with whole grain, pasta with salad, consider healthy fats, ask for cut fruits instead of dessert. Don’t hesitate to ask for something off the menu. Customer friendly restaurant will try to fulfill your request, or they might suggest something alternate.

9.       Consider ordering two or three appetizers instead of main course: Appetizers are often less calorie items and fill stomach fast.

10.   Say no to dessert, have hot water or hot herbal tea: To avoid heavy calories, consider herbal tea or hot water instead of dessert.

11.   Avoid buffets – All you can eat buffets look attractive and one will tend to eat more because for less money you get dozen items to eat! Control and avoid buffet.

12.   Share (by two) with other person or your partner: If you are craving for foods that are high in calories, consider sharing the plate with others. This will fulfill your desire to eat something you wanted as well as keeps calorie intake under control

13.   Avoid creamy sauces, instead consider tomato-based sauces: In Asian restaurants cream and cashew-based sauces are common. Request for tomato-based sauces which is lighter on stomach.

14.   Eat foods with less sodium: Added salt is not good for health anyway.  Ask no salt added to your meal.

15.   Consider healthy drinks: Drink filtered water, 100% fruit juice, unsweetened tea, fat free milk or consider milkshake

Bon appetite, Enjoy your meal!

 

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 14, 2021
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Healthy ragi idli

Diabetes Friendly Healthy Finger Millet Ragi Idli

Finger millet popularly known as ragi is gaining popularity globally because of its adaptability as well as rich nutrients. It is used in Southeast Asia and Africa for centuries. Ragi flour can be used to make varieties of dishes. Traditional finger millet ball is popular dish in Southern region of India. Ragi bread, buiscuits, dry papadams, rotti, bread, ragi malt drink and cereal are some of the ragi based food products. Ragi idli is breakfast item which is healthy, diabetic friendly and low in calories. Give it a try!

Ragi is rich in iron, calcium, Vitamin B and potassium. It helps overall health and supports heart and kidney. Ragi is highly recommended for diabetic condition. It helps to control bad cholesterol and soluble fiber helps to reduce heart disease. Insoluble dietary fiber in ragi is prebiotic, thus supports gut system.

Ingredients :

  1. Ragi / finger millet flour -1.5 cup
  2. Urad dal -1/2 cup
  3. Thick poha (beaten rice) – ½ cup
  4. Fenugreek seeds – ½ tsp
  5. Salt – as pter taste
  6. Water 2 –or 2.5 cups

Preparation:

  1. Wash and soak urad dal and ½ tsp fenugreek in water overnight or minimum 6 hours.
  2. Wash and soak poha in a separate container for an hour (before grinding for batter)
  3. Grind urad dal and soaked beaten rice to fine paste. Add little water, continue grinding.
  4. Remove the batter and add ragi /finger millet flour and salt to the batter and mix well.
  5. If batter is too thick, add little more water.
  6. Cover the lid and place the batter for fermentation (about 8 hours). During winter find a heat source around 70-73 C (like oven) to process fermentation of the batter.
  7. Once the batter ferments well, get ready to make idlis by greasing the idli plates with oil
  8. Pour fermented ragi batter into idli plates or cups
  9. Steam cook ragi idli on medium heat for about 15 mins.
  10. Remove steam cooked idli and serve hot with sambar, chutney or chutney powder.

Image credit: https://pixahive.com/photo/finger-millet-field/ (CC by 0) – ragi field

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/655203445795359330/  & https://www.pinterest.com/pin/455074737353406061/ (ragi idli)

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 13, 2021
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Malaria vaccine

Groundbreaking Mosquirix RTS, S Malaria Vaccine is Here

Finally, long awaited Malaria vaccine is here to protect children. In a major medical breakthrough, World Health Organization (WHO) recommended World’ first Malaria vaccine. Also known as RTS,S dubbed Mosquirix is recommended to use for sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where malaria is a common disease. WHO’s this recommendation is based on the results from an ongoing pilot project in Kenay, Malaawi and Ghana that has reached more than 800,000 children.

Malaria remains as a primary reason for children sickness and death in Africa. In Africa alone nearly 260000 children under the age of five die annually due to malaria disease.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO “Using this vaccine on top of existing tools to prevent malaria could save tens of thousands of young lives each year. For centuries, malaria has stalked sub-Saharan Africa, causing immense personal suffering, “We have long hoped for an effective malaria vaccine and now for the first time ever, we have such a vaccine recommended for widespread use. Today’s recommendation offers a glimmer of hope for the continent which shoulders the heaviest burden of the disease and we expect many more African children to be protected from malaria and grow into healthy adults.”

What is RTS,S vaccine? It is a vaccine that acts against Plasmodium falciparum the malaria parasite. It is most prevalent in Sahara regions of Africa. Vaccine is named RTS because it was engineered using genes from the repeat (‘R’) and T-cell epitope (‘T’) of the pre-erythrocytic circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of the Plasmodium falciparum together with a viral surface antigen (‘S’) of the hepatitis B virus (HBsAg).

The vaccine significantly reduces malaria and saves children life. Mosquirix was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithkline in 1987. Bharat Biotech is the Indian partner of Mosquirix vaccine manufacturing. WHO’S approval of vaccine came only recently after surveying the results –since from 2019m 2.3 million children were administered the vaccine.

Even though, malaria is endemic in India, malaria vaccine getting into national vaccination program might take some time. India’s goal is to eradicated malaria by 2030. In India malaria cases have declined significantly by 20% in 2019 compared to 2018. In India P. vivax is the parasite agent. Mosquirix vaccine acts on P. falciparum and to include in vaccination program a vaccine must show at least 65 per cent efficacy. According to the reports, Bharat Biotech has not yet unveiled its plans to release the malaria vaccine in India yet.

Key Findings of Malaria vaccine pilots:

  • Feasible to deliver: The vaccine is feasible, saves lives and improves health and equitable coverage of RTS,S seen though routine immunization.
  • It is for all: It is easily accessible for malaria prevention. Pilot program showed that more than 2/3 of children the three countries who does not have mosquito net are benefitting from the vaccine. It is also a preventive measure for the kids.
  • Vaccine exhibits safe profile:  More than 2.3 million doses of vaccine have been administered in these countries and it is safe
  • Reduction in malaria: Even in places where insecticide treated nets are used, malaria vaccination introduction has reduced cases by 30%
  • No negative impact : Where malaria vaccine is introduced, there is no negative impact on childhood vaccination or health seeking behavior or to use insecticide treated nets!
  • Cost effective: Vaccine is cost effective in areas of moderate to high malaria transmission.

RTS,S vaccine research has been funded, most recently, by the non-profit PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and GlaxoSmithKline with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Financing for the pilot program has been mobilized through an unprecedented collaboration among three key global health funding bodies: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Unitaid.

References:

https://www.malariavaccine.org/malaria-and-vaccines/rtss

https://www.malariavaccine.org/sites/www.malariavaccine.org/files/content/page/files/PATH_MVI_RTSS_Fact%20sheet_042019.pdf

https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2021/10/09/malaria-vaccine-mosquirix-limited-pmact-india.html

World Health Organization: Press release

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 12, 2021
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Lose the war and save relationship

Lose the war and save relationship

Disagreement, fights, criticism, arguments and tears all these are part of a marriage relationship.

In the heat of an argument the anger shoots up and causes disturbance in the head and ultimately spoils the mood.

Spoiled mood sometime stays longer and can create havoc in the relationship.

Many times, it is the ego that stops us saying sorry or stops us to approach partner. If everyone has that much ego, we all will end up in an unhappy married life.

If you love the person and you know how good the person is then you should plan your mind to work on a betterment in the relationship.

To save the relationship sometimes plan to lose the war or get ready to fail. Keep in mind that all relationships do not sail easily.

• There will be difference in views and opinions that can lead to disagreements and fights. Discuss your disagreements: Learn to accept the fact that “I do” always don’t work in your relationship. Discuss about your views and differences with your spouse. Accept disagreements with respect in your relationship.
• Realize relationship becomes stronger with disagreements too: Disagreement can be good for your relationship. Instead of accepting what your spouse expresses, say what is in your mind – politely and affectionately. Your spouse may realize that he/she might be wrong and it will help them to change for better.
• Things may not end up with what you want: And it is okay. If you lose the fight that is okay because you always have to remind to yourself that you are fighting for something bigger. You don’t want to win a war and lose the relationship with the best person you have in your life.
• No one is perfect: Who does not do mistake? Everyone commits mistake. Learn to accept small mistakes in life from your partner. Don’t make a big deal of small mistakes. Don’t bring up past mistakes and try to beat the person.
• Learn to accept the partner the way she/he is. Because If you had married someone exactly like yourself you would have very quickly become bored. Because you both are unique, you will look at life in different ways. If you accept your partner, you increase the likelihood that he or she will in turn accept you.
• Pleasant interactions: Let your communication be devoid of criticism, anger, or judgment. Talk about topics that are of interest to both of you, spend time together working on valued project, or take turns sharing meaningful feelings and future goals.
• All those fights, arguments happen because of differences. Learn to celebrate the differences in various ways. Be open minded and flexible to your partner views. If you disagree with your partner’s views convey it in nicest way.

Marital relationships blossom when a husband and wife not only tolerate, but celebrate the differences between each other by accepting each other. Your goal in a relationship is not to avoid these conflict situations, or punish yourself when they happen, but rather process the damage done and make repair.

Reference: Healthylife.werindia.com

Image credit: Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: October 8, 2021
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Smart kitchen substitutes for easy cooking

Sometimes we might not have ingredients or essential cookware in the kitchen. Be smart and use substitutes for the ingredient that you are looking for. If you know which substitute you are looking for, keep some of the ingredients handy in your pantry shelves.

Planning on making cutlet and you are out of bread crumbs?  Look for oat meal, unsweetened cereal or crumble few crackers – use one of them instead place of bread crumbs.

Ran out of lemon? If you have Citric acid powder use it, or use white vinegar (same amount as lemon juice)

No cake pan? Don’t worry. Use an ovenproof ceramic bowl instead. Place them on baking tray and use hot pads to lift after your work done.

Easy way to marinate vegetables: Use Ziploc bags. Place vegetables and marinating ingredients. Seal and shake the contents. Refrigerate for few hours. In between shake marinade contents.

Adding spice and salt to popcorn: Spray vegetable oil on hot popcorn and sprinkle salt and spice. This retains popcorn flavor. If you use olive oil or butter, popcorn will lose its flavor.

 Looking for sour cream: Take one cup cottage cheese, 1 Tbsp lemon juice and ½ cup buttermilk. Blend the mix. Lemon juice will bring sourness to the content.

No corn syrup? If you are looking for one cup corn syrup – then dissolve 1 and ¼ cup brown sugar in 1/3 cup water. OR, use 7/8 cup honey!

Cocoa powder: No cocoa powder available? Use unsweetened chocolate

Evaporated milk: Recipe called for evaporated milk and you don’t have? Use one cup light cream.

Gelatin: Use agar agar powder. If recipe calls for 1 Tbsp gelatin, add 2 tsp agar agar instead

Lemon grass: No lemon grass for recipe. Use lemon zest

Saffron: Saffron is costly. Use turmeric powder. Color might vary slightly. But you are adding another good ingredient!

Vinegar: Instead add same amount of lemon juice

Corn starch not available? Use All purpose flour (for 1 tsp cornstarch replace with 2 tsp flour)

Recipe calls for red wine? You don’t drink wine? No worries, pick up grape juice and use same amount of grape juice as wine that the recipe calls for.

Ketchup replacement: For one cup tomato sauce add 1 tsp vinegar and 1 tsp sugar

No butter for cooking? Instead use 7/8 cup vegetable oil and ½ tsp salt (for 1 cup butter)

Mashed potato? Don’t want to eat potato, then use mashed cauliflower.

For pasta – substitute with healthy vegetable noodles

White rice – Substitute with cauliflower rice. Using food processor pulse cauliflower with coconut oil and get cauliflower rice.

Paleo substitutes:

  • Instead of soy sauce use coconut
  • For bread crumbs use flaxseeds
  • Instead of cow’s milk – use almond or coconut milk
  • Substitute vegetable oil with coconut oil
  • Heavy cream substitute with coconut cream

Egg substitutes:

  • In cookies, use ¼ cup vegetable oil instead of 1 egg
  • In brownies – use ¼ cup yogurt instead of an egg
  • For vegan cooking – Instead of an egg replace it with ¼ cup pureed tofu and 1 tbsp flour

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