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The word weight loss was a nightmare for some time, nowadays, everyone are health conscious. Mostly weight is gained because the intake of food has more calories than they burn through everyday movement and body function.The other reasons for weight loss are poor sleep, eating too much of processed food or sugary food are some habits that increase the risk of weight gain. .  EXERCISE  Exercise plays an important role in keeping everyone healthy and happy. Some of the benefits of exercise are. Everyone can gain the benefits of exercise when done properly. Exercise done with proper diet helps in weight loss. Walking at a brisk pace can burn almost as many calories as jogging the same distance. It takes 12 weeks of an exercise routine before you start to see measurable changes to your body.  What are calories?   calorie is a unit that measures energy. Calories are usually used to measure the energy content of foods and beverages. To lose weight, you need to eat le...

BENEFITS OF GREEN TEA

Let's face the truth – green tea is still a novelty among western population. If you are a serious tea drinker you might be offended by this statement, but many people are still not aware of thousands of different loose leaf tea types and have never had a chance to try good tea. Many online tea shops will use this fact to get people hooked stating the potential benefits of drinking green tea. Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Even though we agree tea has many benefits, most of them are still in the grey zone and excessively used for promoting. We want to use the benefits of drinking green tea for promoting too, but in a different way. Let's start. Thousand of Choices With coffee it's easy. The most difficult thing you have to master is milk and coffee ratio, as most coffee shops do not offer different types from different countries, but rather coffee prepared in a different way. With green tea things get very complicated. With thousands of types available, you would be able to...

Natural Hair Dye

Even when dyes are used correctly they can cause toxicity. skin damage and allergic reactions possible. Eye exposure can cause a range of toxcities from mild irritation to loss of vision. Swallowing accidently can cause irritation or injury in mouth and stomach. Hair dye was first used in ancient egypt and roman empire.Altering the natural color of hair is popular with both men and women but does have health risks. Natural Hair Dye Ingridients Fresh aloevera 1leaf or readymade aloevera gel 25gms 1potato medium size Fresh amla 2 or dried ones Curry leaves a bunch Fresh mehandhi leaves or powder Can also add karisalankanni leaves Now grind all the ingredients in a blender allow it to stay overnight in a iron pan The dye is ready. Note ;Increase the quantity of the ingredients according to the length of the hair Method   The hair must be clean and oil free,so take hair wash the previous day. If the dye mixture is thick the next day add little lime juice or aloevera gel if it is a fres...

recipe of millet idly and dosa

Nowadays people are becoming more health conscious.and have started to look for better alternatives for rice and wheat to reduce its daily consumption.Millets are the power house of fiber,calcium,minerals and iron.Start including millets in daily cooking. Have a happy and healthy life. Recipe of millet idly and dosa batter Ingredients 2cups of idly rice 1cup of little millet or samai 1cup of barnyard millet or kuthiravali 1cup of urad dal Method Wash and soak idly rice,urad dal, seperately and both the millets to gather for 2 to 3 hours. Grind urad dal first grind urad dal till it is fine paste and fluffy and light Then grind rice and millets to gather to a fine paste mix both urad dal and rice mixture to gather add salt Allow the batter to ferment over night. Next day morning prepare idly in idly pot . As idly is cooked in stream it is a harm less food . For dosa    If the batter is thick add a little water and spread the batter on the dosa  tawa spread oil round the dos...

Facts of avocados

Avocado is an interesting food item. There is a big confusion that revolves around avocado; is it a fruit or a vegetable? This green colored, pear-shaped, little food item is actually classified as a fruit. It is indeed delicious and is loaded with n number of health benefits. This article is purely dedicated to this fruit. Here, we present you few amazing facts about Avocado. Keep reading.  Avocado is more than ten thousand years old. Avocado has been on the eating list of people for more than 10,000 years. It is a native of America but was first spotted in Puebla in Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The gardens of America and Mexico always have avocado trees. One interesting fact about avocado is that it holds a spiritual significance for Aztec and Mayan societies. They believe that avocado gives them strength.  Avocados are very rich in fiber Avocado is fiber rich. A medium- sized avocado has about 10 grams of fiber. It is loaded with soluble as well as insoluble fiber. Of tot...

History Of Turmeric

Curcumin is a traditional Indian and Chinese medicine that is made use of to deal with diseases typically related with stomach and abdominal discomfort. According to researchers, turmeric was a part of ancient Hindu custom extensively made use of to deal with sprains and swellings. The initial use of this medicine by people go back to countless years in India and China. As an example, there are stories, which declare that the early Polynesians made use of to bring the spice along with them on their journeys from the Pacific Ocean to the Hawaii Islands. Even today, Hawaiians use this medicine called Olena, which in fact is nothing however turmeric.   Marco Polo, the terrific Italian merchant traveler from Venice recorded info of turmeric in 1280 AD while on his travel to China. He offers a short description of Curcumin below, which is an extract from among his journals: "There is a vegetable which contains all the properties of true saffron. It also has the color and smell, yet it ...

WHITE FOODS

Have you heard advice to ‘avoid white foods’? It’s usually followed by how pale food items have less nutrition and are worse for you than their colorful alternatives. This blanket statement was thought up by well meaning people trying to deter others from too much white bread, potato chips, French fries, bagels, sugary cereals and white flour based items. The unfortunate thing is…many great for you foods were caught up in the fuss. You’ve heard that "a rainbow/a spectrum on your plate" is the healthiest way to eat…and white is a color too, so use this article to learn the benefits of white foods as well as a colorful plate! When concentrating on vegetables, chlorophyll, the green pigment that lets plants use photosynthesis is your go-to color. It’s in your broccoli, spinach, kale, asparagus, and lettuce and it’s great for you. Chlorophyll freshens breath, improves blood health and is an excellent source of vitamins. Fruits, squashes, seeds, nuts, roots, and herbs can have chl...

Coconut -Its Value

It is one of very versatile and indispensable food item for millions of inhabitants of South and South-East Asia and Pacific islands. It is one of the most sought-after ingredients in the kitchen since it employed in almost each and every recipe prepared in these parts of the world. Cocos nucifera belongs to the large Palmaceae family of palm trees. Coco palm grows well in the tropical climates. The palm requires moist, sandy, well-drained soil and flourishes well all along the saline-rich coastal regions. The palm coconut is an unbranched, erect, tall-growing tree that could reach more than 100 feet in height and has a lifetime of about 75 to 100 years. Once planted, it may take about 4-5 years to begin their first produce, and often, quite longer time in some varieties. Several hundred cultivars of the coconut palms grown all over the tropics and so, their taste of meat (kernel) and flavor of water thus may vary according to the saline content of the soil, distance from the seashore,...