Showing posts with label Calcium. Minerals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calcium. Minerals. Show all posts

Friday, 8 June 2018

Simple Tips For Back Pain Relief

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Lower back pain? Follow these tips.

These lifestyle habits can bring relief and help you avoid future problems. Living a healthy lifestyle that's full of exercise and taking some care to have a healthy back can help you live free of chronic back pain.

Lifestyle has the biggest influence on back pain, and healthy habits such as a good diet, exercising, stretching, and posture can give you back pain relief or help you prevent future problems.

Staying fit is one of the most important recommendations for avoiding back pain, Extra pounds stress your back and can cause pain. Eating a healthy diet filled with fruits and vegetables and low on processed foods can keep your weight in a healthy range and your back healthy.

The most common back problems happen because people who aren't in shape start doing heavy lifting or hard work and stress their back, Back pain usually happens when there's degeneration of the spine because the spine is working too hard. But when you build up enough muscle strength in your back with exercise, the muscles give your spine the support it needs to keep it healthy. That's why physical therapy is standard back pain treatment, but being in shape can help you avoid back pain to begin with.

In addition to exercise, stretching is important for staying flexible and avoiding back problems. It's also a key part of recovering from a back injury. Stretch before doing heavy lifting or exercise and make a habit of doing it before bed. Stretches can be as simple as bending forward, bending back, and bending side to side.


Poor posture is another major contributor of back pain. Standing up straight with your ears over your shoulders, your shoulders over your hip joints, and your hip joints over your ankles will help keep your healthy pain-free. When you're sitting, getting a chair that's designed to keep your back straight will help.

When you do pick up a heavy object, bend at the knees and keep the item close to your body. Also, take care not to twist your body when you lift, and wear a brace if you have a job that requires heavy lifting.

Stress tends to make back pain worse. That may be another good reason to practice yoga. Other ways to reduce stress include treating yourself well, avoiding over-scheduling your days, and taking time to enjoy life.


Sleep well, Soft mattresses push your back out of alignment, so it's best to choose a mattress that's in the range of medium to firm for back pain relief.



Sunday, 29 April 2018

Mochai Payaru Gravy / Field Beans Gravy ver 2

Field beans seeds contain 22% protein, 2% fat, 61% carbohydrate (includes 5% fiber) as well as adequate levels of all vitamins and minerals.

Ingredients:

Dry mochai payaru / field beans – 1 cup / 200gm

Tomato – 1 or 2

Salt – as per taste

Garlic – 5

Chilli powder / sambar powder – 2 tblspn

Tamarind water - ½ small cup or as per taste.

To grind masala paste:

Coconut pieces – ½ cup

Cumin seeds – 1 spn

Garlic – 1 piece

Shallots / small onion – 50 gm

Preparation:

Soak mochai payaru/field beans over night, then wash and add in cooker, add water till beans cover . Cook it for 1 whistle, then slow the flame and cook for 15 mins.

Heat oil add chopped shallots, and garlic sauté well. Then add tomato pieces, add and salt cook till tomatoes smash well.

Grind coconut, cumin, garlic first, then roast oions and grind it into fine paste.

Add chilli or sambar powder, tamarind water in, mix it well.

Then add mochai payaru / field beans into the gravy , add required water .boil it for 1 min close the lid and cook for 1 whistle in full flame and 2 mins in slow flame.

Open and serve it with hot rice.















Monday, 16 April 2018

Aloe Vera Beauty Tips





Aloe Vera is recognized to reduce pain and infection – equally internally and also externally. It really is medicinally also accustomed to treat sunshine burns, insect bites, eczema, reductions and chronic wounds. It is a great moisturizer intended for skin. Aloe Vera gel rejuvenates skin, hydrates this and keeps your skin layer looking fresh all of the times. aloe vera gel has anti-microbial properties rendering it ideal to deal with acne and also pimples. It is a great normally occurring anti-oxidant. It is recognized to retain the skin’s suppleness – rendering it an excellent anti-aging treatment. 

Aloe vera face mask: 

The most amazing use of aloe vera gel is for oily acne prone skin as an oil free moisturizer. Aloe vera gel has skin healing properties and antioxidants like Vitamin A, C and Vitamin E. Its water rich texture hydrates the oily combination skin without the oiliness. 

  1. Take a pea sized amount of aloe vera gel.
  2. Apply on the acne prone oily skin twice in a day after cleansing the face.
  3. This will lightly moisturize without feeling heavy on the skin.

For stretch marks:

Stretch marks can be quite a problem. They can be due to pregnancy sudden weight loss etc but the thing is, we don’t want them on our body. Use of Aloe vera gel can help fade or lighten the stretch marks on the body effectively. Aloe vera gel is also an effective remedy to get rid of the stretch marks naturally at home. 

a) Take half teaspoonful of aloe vera gel and half teaspoonful of almond oil and 5-6 drops of lemon juice.

b) Mix all of them well. Daily apply on the skin that has the stretch marks.

c) First massage lightly and then leave it.
d) Using this treatment twice in a day is suggested to lighten the stretch marks from the skin.

For face scrub: 

Aloe vera gel is soothing and healing. It can also be made into a face scrub as well by mixing this into other skin friendly and beneficial ingredients. 

a) Take 2 teaspoonful of aloe vera gel and mix one teaspoonful of rice powder. 

b) Add 3-5 drops of lemon juice. 

c) Mix all and use this to exfoliate the face. 

d) This scrub should be used 2 times a week based on the skin type and is suitable for all the skin types.

For dandruff:

Fresh aloe vera gel is rich in nutrients and anti inflammatory healing nature thus it helps relive the dry itchy scalp with dandruff. To enhance its efficiency some other herbal ingredients can also be mixed like neem powder which is anti fungal in nature and dandruff being a fungal infection can be cleared efficiently.

a) Take 2 teaspoonful of aloe vera gel and mix half teaspoonful of neem powder or crushed neem paste if neem powder is not available. 

b) Make sure that you use pure things as some store bought products can have some other herbs and ingredients too. 

c) Mix both of them and massage on the scalp. 

d) Keep this for one hour and wash the scalp. 

e) Do this aloe vera gel neem treatment for dandruff two times in a week for best results. 

For frizzy hair: 

Frizzy hair ruins the hairstyle. This hair concern can also be tackled with the usage of aloe vera gel. Aloe vera gel is water based hence it will not weigh down the hair but will work as a light serum which can detangle the hair and reduce the frizz. 

a) Take half teaspoonful of aloe vera gel and add 2 drops of vitamin E oil. 

b) Vitamin E oil is available as capsules. Break a capsule and pour out 2 drops of it in that aloe vera gel. 

c) Mix it well and apply on the semi dried hair. 

d) It helps detangle and tame the hair.

Thursday, 12 April 2018

Mutton Liver Gravy

liver contains more nutrients than any other food, such as

An excellent source of high-quality protein, B vitamins in abundance, particularly vitamin B12, high in iron, Liver contains copper, folic acid, purines and cholesterol, increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood, Goat liver also contains choline is very good for brain development, Liver contains vitamin B12 which serves to help produce red blood cells. this vitamin is also in charge of helping the activation of folic acid so that the above function of folic acid can be achieved.


Ingredients:



mutton liver – 300 gms

Shallot / small onion – 1 cup  - 100 gms chopped

Dry red chilli / byadagi chilli – 3

Pepper powder – 1 tbl spoon

Jeera powder – 1 tbl spoon

Turmeric powder – ½ spoon

Salt – as per taste

sesame oil – 100 ml

water – ½  small glass

Preparation:


·         Heat cooker add sesame oil, then add chopped shallots and broken red chillies sauté it for 2 mins till onion becomes translucent and soft.

·         Add liver pieces in it and mix well and cook for a min, then put turmeric powder, jeera powder and pepper powder mix and sauté for 10 secs not much.

·         Add little / half glass of water let it boil and close the lid, keep it for 1 whisle in full flame and 5 mins in low flame.

·         After cooker release its pressure open the lid and check if it contains more water. heat it again and reduce the water (stir often) until it becomes thick gravy or else leave it watery.

·         Serve with hot idly, dosa or rice.


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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Healthy Nerves


The nervous system is responsible for controlling the larger part of our vital functions breathing, heartbeats, hunger, thirst, posture, etc. as well as for our emotions, happiness, sadness, etc, it is imporant to strengthen it naturally to ensure a good quality of life. some specific foods that positively regulate our nervous system.

Baker’s yeast is good in B vitamins,  it is also a good reinforcer of the central nervous system, and therefore it can help improve cases of depression, anxiety, stress, apathy, or lack of appetite.  We can eat it in powder form, mixed with juice or yogurt. If we take it with food, it will improve nutrition assimilation.

Oatmeal is a delicious cereal acts as a nervous system stabilizer.  It calms irritable states and mild anxiety, relieves insomnia, including in small children, and increases mental performance. It is strangely a food that both relaxes and gives energy.  We can eat it cooked, sweet or salty, boiled with milk with a little cinnamon, or with creamed vegetables.  We can also drink oatmeal milk.
Bee Pollen is a superfood.  It equalizes the blood pH and nervous system function thanks to its B vitamins.  We will take a tablespoon of ground pollen every morning, mixed with a bit of water, juice, or yogurt.

It is recommended, in these cases, to daily consume foods rich in magnesium,
Dark chocolate has almost 500 mg of magnesium per 3.5 ounces, Green leafy vegetableslike Swiss chard, lettuce, spinach, Fruits lke Banana, apricot, avocado, melon, plum. Nuts like Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts. Then Peas, lentils, Cereals like Brown rice, millet, oats, Seeds,Potatoes,Pumpkin. We can also opt for a magnesium supplement.  In this case, we will take three grams every day, orally, three times a day so the body can absorb it properly, which is one gram per meal.

Walking barefoot on moist earth, dewy grass, beach sand, in a river, in the sea, etc, at least half an hour a day is the most economic and healthy way to balance our nervous system.  In addition, it helps us to eliminate elctromagnetic radiation that we absorb in our body from continuous contact with electronic devices.  We recommend that you test it out, as the results can be noticed from the first day.


Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Sweet Potato Benefits


Sweet potatoes are rich in fibre, vitamins and minerals, These starchy, sweet root 
vegetables are so good for you. The sweet potato is a starchy, sweet-tasting root 
vegetable. They have brown skin on the outside with orange flesh inside and other varieties 
are white, purple or yellow. You can eat sweet potatoes whole or peeled, and the leaves of 
the plant are edible too. 

Sweet potatoes are a rich source of fibre as well as containing a good array of vitamins and 
minerals including iron, calcium, selenium, and they're a good source of most of our B 
vitamins and vitamin C. One of the key nutritional benefits of sweet potato is that they're 
high in an antioxidant known as beta-carotene, which converts to vitamin A once 
consumed. Sweet potatoes are high in fibre, which has been shown to promote a healthy 
digestive system. 

Some studies have shown that moderate consumption of sweet potato and sweet potato leaves could help improve blood sugar regulation in type 2 diabetes. A study by Food & Nutrition Research found that purple sweet potatoes contain a specific group of antioxidants also known as anthocyanins which have been shown to be beneficial to the eyes. On the whole, sweet potatoes are an excellent addition to a balanced diet. However, they do contain something known as oxalates which binds calcium and other minerals. Too many oxalates in the diet may cause kidney stones and so should be eaten in moderation if you have existing kidney stones or are at high risk of developing them.