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Dealing with Spider Veins

  Dealing with Spider Veins     Spider and Vericose veins are the most occuring side effects of sudden weight gain in human bodies. According to United States' Womenshealth.gov website, spider veins affect 50-55 percent of women in USA,  and vericose veins affect half the population of over 50year olds. Managing these pesky veins is tricky because they dont show up on the legs when the body has good rest...they appear soon after one has not had proper rest, or had been standing or walking for longer periods. In the Western socities like the United States where women wear skirts and swim wear, having spider or vericose veins is an uncomfortable situation. They dont allow such dressup styles and one tends to cover the legs to hide these odd veins. They also spring up under the eyes, on hands for some. For few women, these occur as side effects of pregnancy or excessive weight gain, or even constipation due to low-fiber in foods consumed. They can be prevented by following a few simple steps: By controlling body weight. -eating a balanced healthy diet -consuming high-fiber, low-sodium food -exercising regularly to improve blood circulation -wearing sunscreens to protect skin -elevating legs when resting/ sleeping -not crossing the legs when sitting for longer periods of time -avoiding tight clothing around waist or legs. Many Indian women also face these odd veins issues but because of the cultural dress up habits, they dont seem to care much about the skin unexposed. However, relief from spider and vericose veins is definitely helpful for anyone suffering due to low blood circulation side effects these come with. Prathyusha Talluri

Coffee for Good !

 Coffee for Good !   That hot cup of coffee in the morning, oh, Whatte refreshing start ! There are people i know who drink more than just a big mug a day....they keep sipping three to four small cups of coffee during their chores, and the family members have concerns about their health...too much caffeine ! There has been a debate about coffee and its limit of consumption per day, some say its good, many say it is bad. A four-year long new study from Harward School of Public Health reports that people who consumed more than one cup of coffee a day were found to have 11 percent lower risk of Type-2 Diabetes. Conversely, people who reduced their daily consumption of coffee by more than a cup had 17 percent more risk of being affected by Type-2 Diabetes. for the healthy lot is a good news and even better news for all the Diabetics who have many dietary restrictions. You get to sip your favorite Java, happily. Many have been under the misconception that Decaffeinated coffee does good, but the study reported that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee brought in the same benefits. When a study was conducted on animals, the bioactive and phenolic compounds in coffee were shown to improve glucose and metabolism and that might have been the reason for both caffeinated and decaf coffee to yield same benefits. Coffee has long been known as a rich source of anti-oxidants.Consuming caffeine in the form of coffee is better than consuming caffeine in the form of aerated beverages that come with high sugar and artificial flavors and what not....and so 'Have another Cuppa Coffee' !!! - Prathyusha Talluri

Perfect Walk

  Perfect Walk walking is the best exercise for any age group, is what we all agree upon. However, do you know that perfect result of fitness from walking is obtained from choosing right walking shoe? When you have decided to go for walking, you need to have clarity on place and surface you are walking. Is it a track, pavement or hill area which includes slight trekking, depending on this you have to select your shoe. Walking has less impact to your feet than running. As a result, a true walking shoes doesn’t require as much cushioning in the heel as a traditional running shoe provides. Walking shoes often focus on providing cushioning under the ball of the foot. If you are walking in the rainy season too, a waterproof shoe will likely be important to you, so a trail-running shoe could be a good option. Trail-running shoes often have waterproof uppers, plus sturdy soles and support with feature like quick drying.When fitness is your goal, then look for the low weight and support of a running shoe. They’ll work fine for walking on pavement or a treadmill. But they are not the right ones, when you walk side by side or for abrupt motion. Walking sometimes may causes swelling on your feet, hence choose your shoe that has half thumb gap between your big toe and end of the shoe. This can avoid blisters and black toe nails. Lifetime of a shoes is not more than 8-10 months. After that shoes can't give you the flexibility and cushioning effect. So, replace your shoe accordingly. While buying shoes, never hesitate to take a test drive. Do a little walk with in the store to check if they are perfectly fit.. - Bhavana

Fitness Tips For Working Women

  For The Health Of A Working Woman!     Doing household work is a lot of exercise. This was not realized by women themselves, until the trend changed and women started going to work in an official set up. Most of today’s highest positions cause life to become sedentary, with very little or no exercise at all. This is causing a lot of problems, that were not part of a woman’s life before. The modern women is putting herself at a risk of a wide range of health problems from obesity to cardiovascular diseases. Don’t worry! There are some easy ways to get out of this problem. Tackle it before it is too late. To start with, walk whenever you can at work. If that is happening, take short breaks and walk around for a couple of minutes. You could also take a walk when you are talking on the phone. This will give you the much needed exercise, for which you have no time at all.     When you are hungry between meals, choose a healthy snack over one that can add to your calories. Find an appropriate time in a day when you can do some simple exercises. You can spare a minimum of 20 minutes per day can’t you? Simply exercising cannot keep a working woman healthy. So make sure you take care of your diet too. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you must eat well. Include some fresh fruits in your breakfast to stay fit. Don’t forget to drink lots of water during the day. This will keep you hydrated and fresh. Follow these tips to create a balance between work and health. -Kruti Beesam

A True Friendship is good for your Health !

  A True Friendship is good for your Health ! (Friendship Day Special)   As a famous quote says 'Friendships are good for health', so are its benefits for life too. Good friends come as a package of goodness....Friendships make the boring everyday life easy. For someone who is Aging, a group of good friends make it easy to forget those younger days. For someone battling to face Retirement, true friends make even the idle days look restful and happier. Motivation, Encouragment are the attributes of friendship. Someone who is looking to join a health club or a fitness center is likely to attend all sessions of training if a friend goes along...lets say this way, even a 10k run is interesting to those who participate with friends than to those who are just fitness and health conscious but alone.     People tend to show Increased boldness towards new challenges in life like relocating to new countries or places, or quitting a job and joining a new one if a friend encourages. A new friendship erases loneliness in a stranger country or at a new job place. Any healthy lifestyle changes like becoming a vegan if a friend is ready to accompany or quit smoking and consuming alcohol etc get easier if ones friends cooperate and encourage. Among kids, friendships encourage studying well and increased outdoor activities, which enable a healthy lifestyle from childhood A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow- said William Shakespeare. If we can elaborate it...a friend knows me along with my weaknesses and strengths, what i went through in life from childhood, accepts me even when i am rude or silly, and still, gently allows me to grow closer in friendship.....can we find such a friend?! I have a couple of them...count your many blessings-friends!! Happy Friendship Day..celebrate your friendship now !!!   -Prathyusha Talluri   Click here for more Friendship Day Special articles Trends in Friendship Long live - friends! Rules in Friendship?? స్నేహం పేరుతో ఒక దేవుడు స్నేహం

Using MultiVitamins Regularly

  Using MultiVitamins Regularly?!  A human body needs vitamins and minerals every day. Women, Men and Children need a daily consumption of the required vitamins and minerals. Many brands of Multivitamins are available over the counter for everyone of us, Pregnant womem, newborns if necessary, nursing mothers and all. Even Couples who are preparing for a child conception are suggested to start taking prenatal multivitamins for a healthy child, and to women also after Child birth for easy recovery and during nursing stages. Some come as capsules, tablets, oral suspension drops for newborns, chewable gummies for young children etc.... Many of us have intolerance to a particular vitamin or mineral, it is important to keep observing our health patterns based on food consumptions and reactions that follow, if any and control the intake of that particular nutrient or avoid it if necessary. Consuming junk food is a culprit when it comes to food reactions, some processing units mix items without intention and it results in food reactions...it is important and recommended to read the nutrition chart and content label on the food pack before even tasting it. Though it is necessary to consume the required amount of these nutrients, overdose is dangerous, it is strictly recommended not to consume even one capsule more than the prescribed amount. Every nutrient comes with side-effects of over consumed and hence, severe caution is advised by the Doctors and also on the conrent table on the vitamin bottles. There have been some arguments about the nutrition offered by capsules, some say they maynot be useful to the body, and some say they are perfect....discussions and studies happening still. Hence, it is safe to consume nutritional foods that are rich in these vitamins and minerals, by keeping a track of the daily requirement. Natural food is the best way to possess nutrients....even that method is called 'consuming multivitamins regularly'!! Are you? - Prathyusha Talluri 

Happy Eating!!

Happy Eating!! Here am again talking about the much debated phrase " Healthy eating ".But i am neither going to talk about "What to eat? When to eat ? or How to eat ?" Am going to talk about how to control your thought while eating. Now a days we see many diets on display starting from fruit diet to water diet, people who followed it and how they lost in KILOS!! ...From Tv shows to Internet every where we find tips on diet plans and Apps too. But according to experts " eating is more emotional than physical". fact that we eat too much when we are depressed rather than being hungry proves it. So what ever diet you follow if your mind is not in place either it will go down the drain and make you weak or pile up in body and make you fat.So before you think of dieting please do check if you are mentally calm. If you are not 1st attend to that, so that when ever you eat you will have control on your food intake too. "A happy soul will stay in a healthy body" was an old line..."A happy mind will give you a healthy body which in turn can give space to a happy soul" is the ultimate truth. So keep calm and take charge of your mind before DIETING !!!! - Bhavana

Yes, I am angry!!

Yes, I am angry!! Anger Management has off late become a very important point of discussion among women. They say its hard to control anger and it often leads to denting of human relations and feelings.This is a big problem especially with women bcoz they are expected to have tons of patience.The question here is why should we control our anger?? when you are allowed to show your love as an emotion and make people accept it,why cant you show your anger and make them accept it too?? The problem basically lies with women themselves. They think they should not be angry,they think they have to have patience, they think they should compromise..its their thinking and not the rule of law. So its more important to understand that women need to express their Anger too rather than suppressing it. The important thing here is they to remember and identify the 3 Ways What? When ? Why? What are they Angry about? A: They should not shift the anger to any other point other than the main issue or subject of discussion. When should they show it out? A:They should know the right time to express (Not too late Or not too early). Why should they do so? To come out of the pressure which might build up if kept long and will spoil every situation which is around and with in. Keep Coming out of Anger asap, this is surely possible with a continous effort...Which will always have a happy ending.. - Bhavana

Understand Your Body!

Understand Your Body! Do you really know your body? May be not! Once you read the facts below, you will know exactly how your body functions everyday. Can you take a guess how much hair you lose everyday? On an average an individual loses 80 strands of hair daily. This is true for those who wash their hair once a week or on a daily basis. Research says more hair is lost during the summer months, when compared to the rest of the year. Have you ever met the good bacteria on your skin? If you haven’t, its time to say hello to them. These micro organism help in skin cell turnover and build our immunity. You know what? We leave out a few of them, wherever we go. We are all shedding skin throughout out lives. Even as you use your PC to read this article, you are shedding out a lot of dead skin. Interestingly, the surface of all parts of our body is dead except for our eyes. If our body is made of 1.6 trillion skin cells, we replace 30,000 to 40,000 of them every hour. Our body takes 30 days to regenerate completely. It may interest you to know that the dust you find at home, is nothing but the skin you have been shedding all through. Now you know your body better. So, take care of it and live a healthy life. - Kruti Beesam

Home remedies for menstrual cramps

 Home remedies for Menstrual Cramps   When women have painful periods, it is very difficult to perform normal household, making to job for working women, or school-related activities during each menstrual cycle. Painful menstruation is the leading cause of lost time from school and work for most of the girls and women in their teenage and twenties. Here are few home remedies which will give you relief from the cramps:  * Place a bottle filled with hot water or use a heating pad over the lower  part of your abdomen and lower back for 5 to 10 minutes. Repeat this  exercise for 3-4 times a day to find relief from pain. * Taking two tablespoons of flax-seeds every day during periods will balance your hormones; this will reduce the menstrual pain also. * Take ½ tea spoon of cinnamon powder, mix it in to 1 glass of hot water, still well and allow it to settle. Add 2 tablespoons of honey to this mixture and drink. Consume this at least two times a day will give you quick relief. * Prepare black tea, add ½ tablespoon of crushed ginger , 2 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of honey and drink twice in a day. This will relieve you from the pain during periods. * Take handful of basil leaves, crush them in to paste and extract the juice. Mix this juice in hot water and add 1 tablespoon of honey and drink this 3-4 times. - Bhavana

Stay young

  Stay young   Have you ever wondered on the energy levels of any working women? Yes of course; and we call it as "will power".. According to a experts, working brain will get younger day by day by almost six years. Irrespective of the financial transactions and benefits you get while working, or you don't get for that matter, still , you are earning health and going to increase the life span of your mind. For this one need to possess creative skills. Being creative can be any thing right from organizing your home, giving valuable inputs to a constant growth in the family, managing finances to the optimum level yet keep on fulfilling the needs of family members; learning new things, stick to your hobbies and working towards enhancing skills also will help you to be active. Therefore, its time to keep the unwanted things aside; delete them from your routine if possible. Its time to get yourself engaged and venture into such activities which will make your both body and mind feel active. "An empty mind is devil's workshop" - knowing this proverb well, I don't think any women will allow someone else to take your happiness and wellbeing for a ride. Happy working!! - Bhavana

No hurry ..no worry

  No hurry ..no worry My Friend's 6 year old son was talking to me once, on the way their daily routine goes...and suddenly, he asked me, "what happens if there are no wall clocks"? I said, it doesn't matter, because we have so many other ways to check time... For my surprise, his reply was, " you are wrong.... If there are no clocks then mom will be relaxed in the mornings and listens to us and attends our needs in unwind way"... How true? For most of us, our mornings are so very hectic, we tend to be so irritating on petty issues,we do observe fluctuations in blood pressure too.. But check once, if all these are happening just because you are unable to organize things. If cooking, preparing lunch boxes for members in the family is the first challenge you have in the mornings, then try to plan your menu on previous day to re!ease burden on what to make ? Infact, planing for the next day is a good practice for everybody, before even heading to bed. Some people dont find their shoelace, rubber bands, keys, wallets,phonechargers on time, however these are things they need invariably every mornings.... There are hundreds of people out there who search for spectacles, mobiles, note pad and pen every time they have a need for these things... Nevertheless, being organised is the only solution for this problem.. Not you alone, but every one in the house need to inculcate the habit of placing things in particular place meant for them. This practice helps every individual to be systematic. practicing such things regularly help us to be in structured manner in long run too. - Bhavana

Grapes Can Fight Cancer !

  Grapes Can Fight Cancer !   Cancer! A word we are all scared of. It is something we wish to avoid under any circumstances. You know what? Now it is very easy to prevent Cancer. All you need, is a few grapes. That true! Just a few grapes can keep you away from the most feared disease. Let us discover how the grapes do that. The bioactive components that are naturally present in the grapes, especially the red and purple variety, enter our blood stream when we eat them. This variety of grapes will keep you away from cancers of mouth, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus and breast. They also prevent colon and rectum cancers in men. One could argue that a supplement would do the job for those who don’t like grapes. To this, the only answer is, the artificially created supplements lack all the essential chemicals present in grapes. These chemicals include antioxidants and flavonoids that known to win the battle with cancer! The flavonoids in grapes are known to work best as a team. So when a variety of flavonoids come together, cancer cannot harm you. In a research on this matter, it was revealed that, extracts from specifically bred grape plants have the capacity to fight against the enzymes responsible for reproduction of cells in our body. So here’s a simple solution to what you thought was a complex problem. Kruti Beesam

Control Diabetes With Capsicum !

  Control Diabetes With Capsicum !   There are many ways of managing diabetes. Some people like to go for medical management, others like to go the natural way. There’s a very interesting diet method for those who prefer the later. Simply including capsicum or bell peppers in your diet can help you fight diabetes naturally. Research revealed that capsicum consists of a substance called capsaicin known to reduce the blood sugar levels. This is being said only after observing how people in Jamaica dealt with diabetes traditionally using capsicum in their diet. Taking this as a lead an experiment was conducted on 6 rats with diabetes. It was seen that their blood sugar level came down from 6.40mmol/dL to 4.91mmol/dL after being given capsaicin. Reduction of 23% of blood sugar level is definitely a great improvement in diabetes. Doctors suggest yellow capsicum is a better option in this case when compared to green or red. They are said to slow down the carbohydrate digestion, better than the other two.  It is also observed that raw capsicum does more benefit than the cooked one. Eating a salad will the best thing to do.Let us see the procedure of making the perfect salad with the right amount of capsicum in it. For this you will need, 2 large red capsicums, 2 yellow capsicums, 2 and half tablespoon of olive oil, 2 teaspoons of vinegar, 1 finely chopped garlic clove, 12 pitted black olives, handful of fresh basil, salt and pepper for taste. Mix these ingredients well and leave it in the oven at 200 degree centigrade for about 30 minutes. Don’t forget to garnish basil before serving. Enjoy a tasty and healthy capsicum salad. - Kruti Beesam

వరల్డ్ ఎన్విరాన్మెంట్ డే 2015

World Environment Day 2015 World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5th June of every year to raise global awareness and to protect nature and the planet Earth.... Every one knows that Plastic is very harmful material to nature..still we are using, since we almost ignore the future days; our next generation will have strong effect on their life with our negligence. If you decide to be eco friendly resourse, here are few alternative ways to avoid/ reduce the use of Plastic: 1. Use biodegradable bags made from fabrics. 2. Ladies can carry a cotton bag in their purses which can be used when ever sudden urge for shopping arises. 3. Make a practice to donate old news papers and magazines to small scale institutes which are in to paper bags manufacturing. 4. Educate the local retailers on the side effects of use of plastics. 5. Insist your local retailers to use plastic bags of thicker variety if at all they have no other option. 6. Corporates can gift canvas bags as New Year/ Diwali gifts instead of diaries and other sweet nothings. Bring awareness about Eco friendly things around you...it is our responsibility..... Rama

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తినండి... నడవండి.. 1) మీకు తెలుసా!  తీసుకునే ఆహారం తగ్గించక పోయినా పర్వాలేదు. రోజు ఓ అరగంట పాటు నడిస్తే చాలు నడుము చుట్టూ పేరుకునే కొవ్వు కరిగించుకోవచ్చుట. నిజం ఎందుకంటే ఇలా రోజూ ఓ అరగంట పాటు నడిస్తే వారానికి సుమారు 15 కి.మీ. వరుకూ నడిచినట్లేనట- కాబట్టి దీనివల్ల రన్నింగ్, జాగింగ్ చేసిన వారితో సమానంగా ప్రయోజనం పొందచ్చు అంటున్నారు డుక్ యూనివర్శిటీ పరిశోధకులు. దీని వల్ల గుండె జబ్బులు, మధుమేహం, స్థూలకాయం వంటి రుగ్మతల్ని చాలా వరుకు అరకట్టవచ్చని కూడా స్పష్టం చేస్తున్నారు. ప్రతిరోజూ పొద్దున్నే లేచి రన్నింగ్,జాగింగ్లు చేయటం కుదరటం లేదని బాధపడక్కర లేదు. రోజు రాత్రి భోజనం తర్వాత అయినా ఇంటి పరిసరాలల్లో ఓ అరగంట పాటు నడిస్తే చాలు అని సూచిస్తున్నారు పరిశోధకులు. సో వీలుచేసుకుని రోజూ ఓ అరగంటపాటు నడవటం మొదలు పెట్టండి. 2) సాధారణంగా బరువు తగ్గాలంటే పూర్తిగా తిండి మానేయాలి అనుకుంటారు చాలామంది. కానీ రోజూ మనం తీసుకునే ఆహారాన్ని ఒక క్రమపద్ధతిలో తీసుకుంటే శరీరంలో నుంచి కొవ్వును తేలికగా కరిగించకోవచ్చట. అంటే రోజుకు మూడుసార్లు తినే ఆహారాన్ని అయిదు భాగాలుగా విడగొట్టి మూడుసార్లు భోజనం, రెండుసార్లు చిరుతిండ్లను తక్కువ మోతాదుల్లో తినటం మంచిదని సూచిస్తున్నారు పరిశోధకులు. అలాగే బరువు తగ్గాలనుకునే వారు పీచు అధికంగా ఉండే ఆహారం తీసుకున్నట్లయితే ఆహారంలో ఉండే పీచు జీర్ణ ప్రక్రియ నెమ్మదిగా జరిగేలా చేస్తుంది. దాని వలన చాలాసేపు కడుపు నిండుగా ఉంటుంది. అందుకే భోజనం చేసిన ప్రతిసారి 5 గ్రాముల పీచు ఉండేలా చూసుకోవాలని సూచిస్తున్నారు పోషకాహార నిపుణలు. 3) పొట్టుతో సహా ఏవైనా చిరుధాన్యల్ని ఒక కప్పు అయినా తప్పనిసరిగా తినాలిట. అలాగే ఒక కప్పుడు గింజ ధాన్యాల్ని తీసుకోవాలి. దీని వలన సుమారు 5 గ్రాముల పీచు పదార్ధం లభిస్తుంది. కాబట్టి వీటిని ఉదయం టిఫిన్  తినటానికి ముందు తినటం మంచిది. ఇక అపిల్, నారింజ, అరటిపండు, అలాగే జామలలో ఏదో ఒకటి. వేరుశనగ ఓ గుప్పెడు, అలాగే చెక్కు తీసాక ఒక క్యారెట్, అలాగే చెక్కు తీయని ఒక కీర వంటివి మధ్యాహ్నం ఆహారంలో చేర్చాలి. భోజనానికి ముందు క్యారెట్, కీరా భోజనం తర్వాత పండు, తింటే సుమారు 4 గ్రాముల దాకా పీచుపదార్ధం లభించినట్టే. ఇక  ముడిబియ్యం అన్నంలో కూడా పీచుపదార్థం లభిస్తుంది. కాబట్టి తినగలిగే వాళ్ళు ముడిబియ్యం అన్నం తినటం మంచిదని సూచిస్తున్నారు పోషకాహార నిపుణులు. 4) ఆకుకూరలలో ఇనుము సమృద్ధిగా లభిస్తుందని మనందరికి తెలుసు. ప్రపంచం మొత్తం మీద  'రక్త హీనత'  భారతీయ స్త్రీలలోనే చాలా ఎక్కువ అని ఇటీవలి పరిశోధనలు చెబుతున్నాయి. "ఇనుము"  లోపం దీనికి ప్రధాన కారణం. ముఖ్యంగా యుక్తవయుసు అడపిల్లలో 60% మంది రక్తహీనతతో బాధపడుతున్నారు. అయితే ఈ విషయాన్ని సమస్య తీవ్రమై ఇతర దుష్పభావాలు జరిగే దాకా గుర్తించటం లేదుట ఎవరూ. రోజూ ఆకుకూరలు తీసుకుంటే చాలా వరుకు ఈ "ఇనుము" లోపాన్ని అధికమించవచ్చు. కాని 'జంక్ పుడ్' కి అలవాటు పడిన యువత సాంప్రదాయక ఆహారానికి క్రమంగా దూరమయ్యి వివిధ రుగ్మతలని కోరి తెచ్చుకుంటున్నారని అభిప్రాయపడుతున్నారు నిపుణులు. ఆకుకురలని వండే విధానంలో కూడా తగిన జాగ్రత్తలు తీసుకోక పోతే వాటిని తినికుడా ఉపయోగం లేదు. ఎందుకంటే ఆకుకూరలని రెండు నిమిషాలు కంటే ఎక్కువ సేపు మంటపై ఉంచితే వాటిలోని పోషక విలువలు పోతాయి. కాబట్టి ఆకుకూరలని ఉండే విధానంలో కూడా జాగ్రత్త తీసుకోవాలి. -రమ

Eat With The Peel

  Eat With The Peel! When you eat a fruit and throw away its peel, you are throwing away a lot of nutrition. Its true! Everything that nature produces is useful.... In this case, healthy too! There are some fruits and vegetables that should be eaten with the peel. Read on to find out the benefits of such eating habits. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The peel of this fruit can also contribute in keeping you away from the doctor. By depriving yourself of the peel, you are not giving yourself, four times more of the vitamin K the fruit can give you with the peel. So think twice before removing the peel of an apple next time. You will lose out on a lot otherwise. Did you know that a potato with its peel can give you 7 times more calcium and 17 times more iron than otherwise? All that extra nutrition has been going into the garbage, all these years. Now, you can either sit and regret the wastage or start on a new diet. What do you want to do. Before you decide that, there are some more facts you need to know. If you want to protect yourself from cancer or increase your body’s iron absorption, you need to eat the orange peel. It may sound strange to you but research reveals that the peel of this fruit contains higher concentrations of riboflavin, vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium and potassium along with anti-inflammatory properties.   Next, we will talk about the cucumber peel. This one is for antioxidants, insoluble fiber and potassium. Apart from this, eating cucumber with its peel will give you the much needed vitamin K. So remember, the dark green peel is not useless. It has many gifts to give you. Can you guess what the carrot peel can give you? Its for healthy skin. So next time you decide to eat a fruit, don’t deprive yourself of its peel. Kruti Beesam

అమ్మాయిలు అందాల మొలకలు అవ్వాలంటే...

  అమ్మాయిలు అందాల మొలకలు అవ్వాలంటే... టీనేజ్ అమ్మాయిల దృష్టంతా ఎప్పుడూ బరువు పెరగకుండా వుండటం మీదే వుంటుంది. దానికోసం ఎవరు ఏం చెప్పినా, పాటిస్తూ వుంటారు. కొందరయితే భోజనం మానేయటం వంటివి చేస్తుంటారు. అయితే బరువు పెరగకుండా వుండాలనుకోవటం మంచిదే, అయితే అదే సమయంలో శరీరానికి కావలసిన పోషకాలు సమృద్ధిగా అందేలా కూడా చూసుకోవాలి. లేదంటే శారీరక అనారోగ్యంతో పాటు, ముఖ కాంతి కూడా తగ్గిపోతుంది. అంటే సరైన ఆహారం తీసుకోకపోతే అందం మీద కూడా ఆ ప్రభావం పడుతుంది. కాబట్టి విటమిన్లు, ఖనిజాలు, లవణాలు, ప్రోటీన్లు ఇతర ఎంజైములు శరీరానికి చక్కగా అందేలా చూస్తే అందం, ఆరోగ్యం కూడా సొంతం అవుతాయి. మరి అవన్నీ అందాలంటే ఏం చేయాలి అంటే... రోజూ ఓ గుప్పెడు మొలకెత్తిన గింజలు తినటమే. వీటినుంచి పుష్కలంగా లభించే మాంసకృత్తులు అత్యంత సురక్షితమయినవి. వీటిలో కొవ్వుశాతం తక్కువ, పీచు పదార్దం ఎక్కువ. కొలస్ట్రాల్ అన్న మాటే ఉండదు. కాబట్టి బరువు పెరగకుండా ఉండాలన్నా, బరువు తగ్గాలన్నా ఇవి తప్పక తీసుకోవాలి రోజు. అంతే కాదు వీటిని తప్పక తినాలని చెప్పటంలో ఇంకా చాలా ప్రయోజనాలు దాగున్నాయి. ఈ  గింజలకి ఇంత ప్రాధాన్యం ఎందుకూ అంటే మొలకెత్తే సమయంలో వీటిలో క్లోరోఫిల్ శాతం పెరుగుతుంది. ఇది రక్తహీనత తగ్గించటంలో సహాయపడుతుంది. అలాగే ఇవి మొలకెత్తే సమయంలో వీటిలో విటమిన్లు, పీచుపదార్ధాల శాతం చాలా పెరుగుతుంది. పైగా ఏవి సులువుగా జీర్ణం అవుతాయి, మనం తిన్న ఆహరం జీర్ణం అయ్యేలా చేస్తాయి. ఇంతకీ ఏవేవి తినాలి అంటే... గోధుమ, రాగి వంటి తృణ ధాన్యాలు, పెసలు, శెనగలు, బఠాణి, రాజ్మా, సోయాబీన్స్, వంటి చిక్కుడు జాతి గింజలు, తినటం మంచిది. అలా అని ఎక్కువగా కూడా తినకూడదు. టేనేజర్లు అరకప్పు మొలకెత్తిన ధాన్యాలను తింటే సరిపోతుంది. అది బ్రేక్ఫాస్ట్, లంచ్, డిన్నర్ లలో ఎప్పుడయినా తినచ్చు. వీటిని నేరుగా తినటం, లేదా పొడి చేసుకుని సూపు లో కలుపుకోవటం, జావగా చేసుకోవటం, లేదా రోటి పిండి లో, దోశల పిండిలో కలపటం వంటివి కూడా చేయవచ్చు. ఆరోగ్యం, అందం రెండింటి ని కాపాడు కుంటూ బరువు తగ్గాలి అనుకుంటే ఈ మొలకెత్తిన గింజలు తినటం మొదలు పెట్టండి. -రమ

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