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DASH diet: Foods to eat to lower High Blood Pressure reading

DASH diet: Foods to eat to lower High Blood Pressure reading

The DASH diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy foods; includes meat, fish, poultry, nuts, and beans; and is limited in sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, red meat, and added fats.Hypertension, also

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Access for all to clean water is essential to eliminating neglected tropical diseases

Access for all to clean water is essential to eliminating neglected tropical diseases

On World Water Day, WHO highlights the critical role access to WASH is to the fight against NTDs specifically, and the social good it provides generally, as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal 6. The outcome

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Antioxidants: This is all you need to know

Antioxidants: This is all you need to know

Antioxidants are chemicals that help in stopping or limiting these damages caused by free radicals. Our body is made up of millions of cells. These cells face threats every day from various external environmental stresses.

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Staying fit and healthy- Mantra for Success

Staying fit and healthy- Mantra for Success

Numerous inventions and discoveries over the last two centuries have made the lives of billions of people easierThe phrase "Health is Wealth" is an eternal truth. Ideas of good health and well being have been

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Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency can lead to bone mineralization and result into bone softening diseases

Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency can lead to bone mineralization and result into bone softening diseases

Waking up early and getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity during the day has become a compulsion for Indians, not an option.Do you experience regular body aches and feel tired all the time,

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Understanding eating disorders in children

Understanding eating disorders in children

Eating disorders is an umbrella term which holds conditions like Bulimia, Anorexia, Binge Eating Disorder, Pica, Rumination Disorder and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Within the rich tapestry of Indian society, the role of food holds

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The Importance Of Including Carbs In Your Regular Diet

The Importance Of Including Carbs In Your Regular Diet

Carbohydrates are one of the three major macronutrients from which the human body can obtain energy, the other two being fats and proteins. They serve as a primary source of fuel for most metabolic activities,

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Children Are Not Safe From Diabetes Either

Children Are Not Safe From Diabetes Either

Rising obesity in children is a health hazard which is leading to a plethora of diseases. A survey last year estimated that almost 35% of teenagers in Delhi are either obese or overweight. This is

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Medical Nutrition Therapy in Diabetes Remission

Medical Nutrition Therapy in Diabetes Remission

A lot has been talked about diabetes worldwide and in India, the country with the second highest incidence of diabetes in the world. Diabetes is a disease characterised by high blood glucose concentrations resulting from

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Gluten in pregnancy connects diabetes in children

Gluten in pregnancy connects diabetes in children

A high gluten allowance by mothers during pregnancy is related to an increased risk of their child developing type 1 diabetes.   Gluten is a protein present in foods made out of grains such as