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5 Simple Mosquito Repellants
Summer is the time for backyard barbeques, playing on the beach – and also for mosquitoes. These pesky little insects can quickly turn a pleasant summer’s night on the back porch into an irritating ordeal. While there are a number… 0 Shares | | Posted in Home, Lifestyle, Personal Care
Top 8 Health Benefits of Buttermilk (Chaas)
Chaas is a particular form of buttermilk that is common among Indian households. The ingredients in chaas include curd and a number of added spices. The spices added typically include salt and pepper, jeera, ginger, kadi patta, coriander, and different… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, Nutrition, Recipes
Super Green Smoothie Recipe Your Kids Will Love
When my daughter was born seven years ago, there are certain words that were not part of my vocabulary. Words such as “organic”, “kale”, “chia” and “hemp”. This is the dilemma a lot of us face as parents. True health… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition
Eating Potassium-Rich Foods Shown to Cut Risk of Stroke, Death in Postmenopausal Women
A recent study conducted by experts at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY has found that postmenopausal women who consume potassium-rich foods are less prone to have strokes and die compared to postmenopausal women who eat foods with less… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Health, News, Nutrition
Strengthen Immune System against Colds with Ginseng
In spite of all the wonderful advances in modern medicine, the common cold still has the ability to lay many people out flat. Colds are viral and antibiotics are not effective against them; the best treatment for viral infections still… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health
Top 10 Natural Sources of Protein
This is a Non-Vegetarian list, in the next post we’ll cover Top 10 Natural Sources of Protein (Vegan and Vegetarian). – Rankings generally based on nutrient density Protein per gram and as usual it pays to go Organic. – … 0 Shares | | Posted in Environment, Fitness, Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Nutrition, Recipes
5 Herbs that Fight Yeast in the Body
Yeast is a microorganism present in everyone’s bodies and normally its presence is not an issue. However, the high-carbohydrate, high-sugar diet which is popular among Americans can sometimes lead to an overgrowth of yeast and health problems can ensue, including… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Gardening, Health, Health, Herbal Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
4 Things to Know Before You Learn Yoga
Yoga is the talk of the town these days and everyone who is anyone is practicing it or at least talking about it. Though yoga and meditation were initially manifested as a means of spiritual growth for the yogis and… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Lifestyle, Personal Care, Yoga
7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Caffeine
From coffee to tea to energy drinks, caffeine is just about everywhere in our society. Its use is so widespread that many people do not even think about it. And although there have been warnings in the past about the… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Lifestyle, News, Recipes
