Top 7 Tips to improve your digestive health

Top 7 Tips to improve your digestive health

When we talk about a healthy lifestyle, what we think? We think usually about eating nutritious food and doing exercise. Though, we all know nutrition and exercise aren’t always enough for most ideal results.

There are many ways to improve our digestive wellbeing, however our way of life and environment makes it troublesome. Here are some best recommendations to keep your digestion on right way.

1.              Use right combination of food

Food combining is the little known secret. When foods are combined properly they enhance your digestion and also help you to lose weight.

There are many ways for right combination of food. To combine food the right way, eat protein with vegetables or grains with vegetables, but not proteins with grains. Also, fruits should be eaten alone on an empty stomach to avoid fermentation and bloating.

2.              Take adequate Water

We all know that we should take plenty of water, but I suggest you to drink a glass of water 15 minutes before each meal. This habit will get your digestive juices flowing and help your food settle.

Our body loses water through breathing, sweating and also in digestion so it becomes essential to re hydrate by drinking plenty of fluids, eating food or fruits that contains high amount of water.

3.              Eat on schedule. 

Taking meals and snacks on a regular schedule can help keep your digestive system in top shape. When you do not eat at a consistent time each day, it can cause stomach to overwork resulting in bloating and indigestion and eating on schedule allow proper digestion of food.

Take your breakfast within one hour of your morning walk, lunch should be after 4-5 hours after breakfast and dinner should be at least 2 hours before you go to bed.

4.              Take benefits of Probiotics.

Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are naturally found in our intestine and known as good bacteria. I recommend you to take yogurt, juices, aged-cheese and soya milk regularly. They not only help to improve digestion and to build up immunity. When our digestive systems have been affected by improper foods or processed foods, these digestive enzymes can help a lot.

5.              Use dietary fibers.

Dietary fibers also known as roughage basically are the parts of plant foods that our body cannot digest or absorbs. High fiber diets have many benefits they help to maintain the bowel health and help to reduce weight. Drink lots of water, too, too much fiber without water can lead to constipation.

6.              Manage stress. 

Too much stress or anxiety can disturb your digestive system. Keep you stress level balanced so that you enjoy a healthy life. You can try for some relaxation therapy. There are some foods specially junk foods that can disturb you digestion and cause stress too. If you are having some stress that is disturbing your digestion you should consult to the doctor.

7.              Become ritual, have Fast.

Here I’m only suggesting you to take some gap between meals. Give your system about three or four hours to let the food get assimilated.

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How to choose best hair straightener

How to choose best hair straightener

When it comes to choose tool for your hair, it will be good to invest in hair straightening iron. It is very important for you to choose best hair straightener and not an easy job.

If You have concern about at-home straightening then it become very important to choose the right hair straightener with right technique. After all, you're clamping your precious, pretty hair with an iron that's at the temperature required to bake a whole pizza!!!!.

Here are some tips which could help you to choose the right type of hair straightener.

1) Choose the Right Size Flat Iron For Your Hair:

The size of flat iron depends on the length and thickness of your hair.

·         For short hair: If your hair is short, whether it is thick or fine, you will need a flat iron with narrow plates. The size of the plates should be half inch to one inch thick. With narrow plates you can iron even shorter sections of your hair.

·         For long hair: For a long hair, use wide plated flat irons. You can choose an iron with the plates sized from one-and-half inch to two-inch thick. With this you can cover more hair in shorter time and you can complete the task quickly and avoid hair burn.

2) Select the Right Heat Settings:

Your hair texture and type determine the heat setting. You should purchase an iron with a variable heat setting, so that it caters to your specific hair needs and less likely to damage your hair.

Different hair textures need different heat settings.

·         Fine/ Damaged Hair:  If your hair is either fine or damaged, then you should select a low-wattage iron—about 40 watts—that will not burn your hair, or if you have a flat iron with variable heat settings, then use it with a temperature between 250 to 300 degrees.

·         Medium/ Average Hair: It the thickness and texture of your hair is average, then it is ideal to use flat iron a temperature between 300 to 350 degrees.

·         Thick/ Coarse Hair: If your hair is very thick or coarse then you will need to set your iron between 350 to 400 degrees.

3) Choose Flat Irons of Right Material: 

It is very important to choose a flat iron with plates made of ceramic, tourmaline ortitanium. These materials become heated in less time and spread the heat uniformly to avoid burning of hair.

These materials release negative ions that reverse the damage causing positive ions on heating. They protect the hair cuticle from getting damaged and also the moisture from getting escaped while ironing. Do not choose irons with ceramic “coating” or teflon “coating”.

Things to remember:

·      You should not use straighten on wet hair unless you have a hair   straightener specially designed for this purpose.

·    Many products like anti- frizz sprays, serums that are designed to protect the hair from heat damage and also keep the hair straight for a longer period. Some of these products should be applied to the hair before straightening and also after straightening.

·       You must avoid moisture and water for as long as possible after the hair has been straightened.

·      Dry shampoo can help to keep hair straight after it’s been styled by reducing the moisture, oil and buildup in the hair. Sprayed on to the roots of the hair, dry shampoo is brushed outwards removing the oil from the hair and keeping the hairstyle straight, long after it has been treated with a flat iron.

·        Do not use a flat iron everyday.

·     Always clean your hot tools with an iron cleaner or lukewarm water and a cloth once the iron is cool, to remove any product buildup on the plates.

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Amazing Tips To Get Rid Of Unwanted Facial Hair: Naturally

Amazing Tips To Get Rid Of Unwanted Facial Hair: Naturally

It is a fact that most of the women, have to deal with facial hair just like men. It not only looks unpleasant, but sometimes causes embarrassment. There are many ways to get rid of facial hair! The most common ways are to bleach if you want to avoid the pain, and wax if you want to get rid of them entirely. Usually these methods have their own side-effects. So, there is need of some natural alternative ways with which you can get rid of those unwanted facial hair.

Go for natural bleach

There is no need to spend your hard earning money on expensive and harmful bleach. You can use many natural bleaching agents available in your kitchen as some of these things have bleaching property and natural as well.

Potatoes

Take a potato and cut into slices. Apply some normal water on its surface and rub it on your face. It will lighten the colour of your facial hair, and will make your skin soft and supple.

Tomatoes

Take a slice of tomato and rub it on your face. Do this for five minutes and then wash your face. In a few days, you will notice your hair colour become light.

Papaya Pulp

Take half a cup of papaya pulp and mix it with one tablespoon of milk. Make a thick paste of it. Then rub it gently on your face and leave it on for 10-15 minutes. After this rinse it off. This mixture serves as natural bleach.

Lemon Juice and Honey

Add few drops of lemon juice to honey and apply the mixture on your face. Rub it in the same direction of your hair growth. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes and then rinse it off.

Homemade facial scrubs

You spend your time using chemical based scrubs on your face to discourage the growth of facial hair. Well, why not use some homemade natural scrubs!

Sugar and Lemon

Mix sugar (30gm) and fresh lemon juice (10ml), with water to make a paste. Apply it on your face and rub it in the direction of your hair growth. Rinse it off after 15-20 minutes with cold water.

Ubtan

Ubtan is a popular homemade scrub. Mix chickpeas flour (besan), green gram flour, turmeric powder, rose water, and milk to form a paste. Then scrub your face with this paste for at least two minutes. Use this scrub consistently to get rid of your facial hair, naturally.

Banana and Oatmeal

First, take a ripe banana and mash it. Then add some oatmeal to it. Apply this scrub on your face in circular motion. Do this for 10-15 minutes and then rinsing it off.

Homemade Wax

You can prepare homemade wax for you to get rid of all the unwanted facial hair. Prepare a mix of sugar (2 cups) and lemon juice (1/4 cup) in half a cup of water. Heat it on a low flame and keep stirring it. It should become a thick brown liquid. Use it when it cools down slightly. Dust the area where you want to apply the wax, with some corn flour or powder. Apply it using a butter knife and place a waxing strip or a clean cloth over it. Now, pull it off in the opposite direction of the hair growth. After this, immediately apply some astringent and ice over that area to close the open pores.

Remember, whenever you make this mix, do not try it directly on your face. Always do a patch test on the back of your hand or arm first, to check its consistency.

Medical help

Many a times these facial hair growths are related to some hormonal irregularities in your body. So it will be to take advice of a qualified medical practitioner. Sometimes these are related to family history and may be caused by PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome).

Hope these tips will help you a lot, if you have some more tops in your mind let us know.

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Delhi becoming rape capital :Statics

Once again, the data release by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed a rise in number of rape cases against women in the national capital- Delhi. Total number of rape cases in India in year 2014 was 37,413.

NCRB collect these data based on First Information Reports (FIRs) filed in police stations across the country. In Delhi a total number of 1813 cases of rape have been registered in the year 2014 as compared to 1441 in 2013 and 585 in 2012.

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After the December 2012 Delhi gangrape case there was a huge protest in Delhi as well as across entire country. May be this incident has gave a voice to the people or may it has increased the awareness, the number of reported rapes shot up from 585 in 2012 to 1441 in 2013, a 146% jump.

Mumbai stands for second position.  Mumbai reported a total of 607 cases of rape in 2014, as compared to 391 in 2013.

If we talk about the states, Madhya Pradesh topped the list with a total number of 5,076 cases of rape in 2014, as compared to 4,335 cases in 2013 and 3,425 cases in 2012. Rajasthan stood second on the list with 3,759 cases of rape reported across the state.

Maharashtra and Delhi (UT) reported 3,438 and 2,096 cases respectively.

Data released by the government also showed a decrease in the number of cases wherein the victim was known to the accused, although it continues to be high at 86 per cent of the total reported rape cases in 2014.

A quick breakdown of the data shows that of the 3,2187 cases where there appeared to be some proximity between the victim and accused, 8,344 of these cases had the victim’s neighbor as the accused. Relatives, other than close family members, were the next with 2,217 cases registered. There were 1,640 cases wherein close family members including immediate members were accused of rape.

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In the year 2013, the percentage stood at 94 per cent, whereas in 2012, 98 per cent of the reported rapes were cases wherein the accused was known to the victim.

While the data shows a massive increase when the data is compared to 2012, the government has attributed the increase to a new section in the IPC making it mandatory for police officials to register a FIR in cases of sexual assault.

Delhi and Mumbai has the largest influx of people from all over the country, the people who come to Delhi prefer to settle in Delhi,Noida, Gurgaon, and Faridabad. Now the areas where they are coming from have always been infamous for the second grade status for the woman. The chronic male prejudiced ideology is mainly responsible for the crime against women. 

Success Story: Jyothi Reddy, How a farm laborer became a millionaire

How a farm laborer became a millionaire

You are the creator of your own destiny. How she describe her own. Struggling to earn even Rs 5 a day to starting an IT company, Jyothi Reddy's story is full of inspiration.

Nothing can stop a human being from becoming what he/she wants to achieve in life.

This has been proved by Mrs. Jyothi Reddy with her spectacular travel from a field laborer to the CEO of an organization in the US. This is the true story of Ms. Jyothi Reddy who now owns a software company in the United States of America and who has a great vision to change many lives of women in rural India.

Life history

She was born in 1970 and was the second among her four siblings. Because of abject poverty at home, her father admitted his two daughters into an orphanage saying that they were motherless.

She lived in an orphanage for five years from class five to class 10. Life there was tougher. Later she attended a government school while at the orphanage she also took vocational course while residing in the superintendent's house. Jyothi used to help her superintendent with their household work. 

She realized that to lead a beautiful life, she should get a decent job first. She started thinking for the ways to get into a job.

Jyothi married at 16 to her cousin, instead of working on to make her dreams come true. After having 2 children, the situation became even worse as she had to work in the fields for a daily wage of Rs. 5 to take care of her children. These situations made her even stronger to stand and fight for life.

With her husband and daughters

Then she got an opportunity in the form of NYK (Nehru Yuva Kendra), a Central Government scheme which sought to create awareness among the youth. She took the opportunity and became a NYK Volunteer and later started teaching. But the money she was making was not sufficient to run her family. She used to stitch petticoats at night to make more money. She also learned typewriting. Apart from her bad financial situation, she also had to fight with family and society to do what she wanted to do.

She studied and obtained a BA from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University in 1994 and studied for a postgraduate degree from the Kakatiya University on weekends and obtained degree in 1997. This made her get a special teacher job for a salary of Rs. 398 per month. She used to travel for two hours to reach her school. She utilized this time to sell sarees to her co-passengers which gave her some extra income. Her struggle for life made her become conscious about the time and it showed her the ways to utilize the time available creatively.

Her job was regularized and she started making decent money. But she did not want to settle for anything, as her passion to reach a higher level always was haunting her to find the next best. A relative's visit from the US made her think about going to the land of dreams, United States. She studied computer courses to get the eligibility to work in the US.

American dreams

Though Jyothi fought her fate and reached the land of opportunities, it was a rough ride. She went to US by leaving her two daughters in a missionary hostel.

She found a PG accommodation with a Gujarati family in New Jersey at $350 per month, worked hard in a gas station, work as a baby sitter, load/unload goods and work at a video shop for her survival. She then joined a company called CS America as a recruiter with an aid of a close relative. Later she got another offer from a different company, but it did not stay and she had to go back to babysitting and gas station for survival. That was the beginning of her entrepreneurial dreams. She wanted to start her own business and was looking for the suitable line of business to start.

Entry into Entrepreneurial World

When she visited Mexico for stamping, she realized that she could start a consulting company as she was familiar with the paperwork involved with the Visa Processing. With her savings of $40000, she opened an office in Phoenix in 2011. She has been successfully running her company KEYSS since then.

Her two daughters moved to US and completed their education in the American schools.

Social Responsibility

Her practical experiences with a struggling life made her think about doing her part in helping the people in need. Whenever she visits India, she goes to old age homes, orphanages and provides a helping hand to them. She also visits educational institutes to inspire and empower the future generations.

Self Motives and Tireless Effort

She has joined hands with many NGOs like Prajadharana Welfare Society, MV Foundation and Child Rights Advocacy Forum (CRAF) and formed a Pressure Group Force for Orphan Rights and Community Empowerment (FORCE).

She is also working on her vision which empowers the rural women with skills and makes them self-sufficient.

This is how a girl from a village created her own destiny and went to the top of the world and started helping many.

 Courtesy: jyothireddy.com

How much screen time is healthy for your child? : Medical concern

How much screen time is healthy for your child? : Medical concern

Many parents think that technology and gadgets are essential for their child's development, it is true in some sense but most important question arises that how much time should a child spend in front of a screen. Now this question has become a matter of concern by many parents.

A survey conducted by Vertbaudet.co.uk found that four in five parents believe technology and gadgets are good for kids, aiding in their development. The study found that 37 percent of parents asked said that their child spent between one and two hours a day playing with tech gadgets, and 28 percent said between two­ and three hours. Moreover, the study found that 38 percent of two­ to five­year­olds own an Android tablet, and 32 percent own an iPad; almost a third (32 percent) of these kids also have a mobile phone.

The reason behind all this gadget use: over a third of parents (35 percent) said they use tech gadgets to entertain their children because they are convenient, and nearly a quarter (23 percent) because they want their children to be tech­savvy.

We must also weigh up the risks associated with children having too much screen time. Whether it’s Facebook, internet or computer games, screen time is no longer merely a cultural issue about how children spend their leisure time, nor is it confined to concern over the educational value or inappropriate content – it has become a medical issue. TV has been an easy "babysitter" for years now but computer, tablet and mobile screens create more worry.

How much time is healthy for a child before Screen

How much screen time is healthy for a 7 year ­old, 10 year old, even 1, 2 or 3 year old? How much TV should a child watch? How many hours in front of a computer?

There is a lack of clarity of advice, but many governmental advices are available on the maximum amount of time a child should spend in front of a screen.

• In 2013 the US Department of Health recommended that children less than two years of age should not be in front of a screen at all, and over that age the maximum leisure screen time should be no more than two hours a day.
• The French government has even banned digital terrestrial TV aimed at all children under three, while Australia and Canada have similar recommendations and guidelines.
• In Taiwan parents are legally obligated to monitor the screen time of their children under 18.
• Unfortunately India has no such rules and governmental agencies are less concern in this matter.

Experts advice that brains are being stimulated before bedtime in the way that books don’t do. Electronic devices just before bedtime is not a good idea and these devices should be switched off at least an hour before bedtime.

So how much time you have decided for your child before Screen?

As less as possible. Children under two should not spend any time before Screen. Babies and toddlers are kept away from all screens. Children aged 2­5 years should have no more than an hour a day, and children aged 5­18 years should have no more than two hours a day. Real danger is non­educational, leisure screen time.

What you can Do?

Minimum screen time for children under three.

Don’t allow TVs, computers or any screen based device into a child’s bedroom.

Put away your own digital devices when communicating with your children.

Don’t just switch off the mobile, Tablet or computer discusses the health benefits of reduced screen time with your child.

Alternatives to screen time

• Physical activities
• Social activities
• Hobbies

Remember being over stimulated is worse than being bored.

How to know whether someone is lying: 7 Simple Tips

Lying is one of the basic part of the human philosophy. We lie to our families, our loved ones, our friends, our teachers, and to random people as well. Most of the time, human beings lie to get some benefit and some time we lie without any reason. It has created a trust issue. Often, we no longer even think once before lying. Politicians lie when they make false promises to people. Insurance firms lie when they sell you policies that would rarely actually help you in times of need just to scrape more money off you. Salesman lies about the benefits of the products they sell. Ask yourself this: What is your reply when you’re late for a meeting

But, how can you judge if a person is lying or being honest? Here are a few tips what will help you in deciding:

1. Changes in breathing pattern

Often, when someone is lying, their breathing pattern changes and becomes heavier than normal, because when a person is lying, his blood flow and along with that, his heart rate changes. This causes him to feel breathless. The body experiences these changes because the mind feels tense and nervous. How breathless they feel exactly, varies from situation to situation and person to person.

2. Repeating words or lines

Whenever a person is lying, he usually tends to repeat the words, phrases or sentences or phrases over and over again. This, as said by experts on this matter, happens because the person who is lying is trying to convince you and at the same time himself of the thing he is saying. In words, he is trying to validate that lie in his mind. The repetition occurs because the person is trying to buy time in order to gather his thought as well, often; people cook up lies on the spot and then just go along with the flow.

3. Giving excessive information

People, when lie, often tend to provide the listener or listeners with excessive information­ related or sometimes even un-related to the matter and give details which are generally not required in that situation. Experts believe, this happens because the person who is lying thinks that their excessive talking and apparent openness in the matter will make people believe them.

4. Increase in hand gestures

Pointing at things and other hand gestures could also suggest that the person in lying. If during a conversation, a person suddenly starts to move his hands more than the usual and start making hand gestures; It could be a warning sign that he is probably lying. This happens because the person who is lying tries to distract your undivided attention from what he is saying. If you’re distracted, there is a higher chance that you may accept what he is saying while being less hesitant that you would have had the person been talking without the hand movements.

5. Difficulty in speaking

It is a common observation that people often have difficulty in speaking when they lie. Experts say in this matter, “This occurs because the automatic nervous system decreases salivary flow during times of stress, which of course dries out the mucous membranes of the mouth.” Some people also start biting their lip, so that’s also a sign to look out for.

6. Language becomes impersonal

People, while lying, tend to avoid using personal pronouns like ‘I’, ’me’ and ‘mine’. Moreover they avoid using people’s names and instead tend to use ‘him’ or ‘her’. This is their way of distancing themselves from the lie. In many cases, they also try and try to cut down the conversation by trying to change the topic at every chance they get. They also start asking questions in return in order to avoid getting asked questions about their lie.

7. Reduced blinking and breaking eye contact

It is commonly known that people tend to not make eye contact and look elsewhere when they lie. It takes a really confident person to look in someone eyes and lie to them. Blinking patterns can also be suggestive of a person’s lying. People, when they lie, sometimes have a tendency to reduce their blinking and stare while they lie. This happens because the mind subconsciously attempts to control and manipulate the person it is lying to. In some cases, people also start blinking rapidly when they are lying. So that could be a sign to look out for as well.

Now the big question: How bad a thing is lying? It is common belief that a lie which results in being beneficial for someone without harming anyone isn’t a lie after all. It’s widely accepted socially as well.