DATES – THE HEALTHIEST FRUIT ON THE PLANET THAT CAN CURE MANY DISEASES !

Wonderfully delicious, dates are one of the most popular fruits packed with an impressive list of essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are required for normal growth, development and overall well-being. Fresh dates compose of soft, easily digestible flesh and simple sugars like fructose and dextrose. When eaten, they replenish energy and revitalize the body instantly.

Health benefits of eating three dates per day:

Dates Have High Nutritional Value

Dates are a good source of various vitamins and minerals. It’s a good source of energy, sugar and fiber. Essential minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium and zinc are found in dates.  It also contains vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin A and vitamin K. So, you don’t need to take additional vitamins.

They Improve Digestion

These sweet and amazing fruits are the perfect solution for many types of digestive problems, such as constipation, indigestion, etc. They are also extremely useful and beneficial for preventing colon cancer. Dates are loaded with insoluble and soluble fibers, as well as many beneficial amino acids which can stimulate the digestion of food and make it more efficient, meaning that more nutrients will be absorbed by the digestive tract and enter your body for proper usage.

Dates as an Analgesic

Dates are loaded with magnesium, and because of that they have the ability to reduce swelling and relieve pain. Magnesium can even reduce the arterial inflammation and prevent the risk of getting heart damage, and other infections in the human body.

Dates for Healthy Pregnancy

A study performed by group of researchers has discovered how the date fruit impacted labor parameters and delivery outcomes. After studying 69 women for 1 year, the researchers found that the consumption of date fruit in the last 4 weeks before labor showed evidence that dates can make delivery less painful. And that they are extremely beneficial in losing weight after pregnancy.

Dates as a Medicine for High Blood Pressure and Stroke

Dates are a rich source of potassium, which studies have shown to reduce the risk of stroke and other heart related diseases. Furthermore, they are suggested as a healthy and delicious way to reduce the levels of LDL cholesterol in the body, which is a major contributing factor heart attacks, heart disease, and stroke. Several different studies, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 100 mg of magnesium daily can decrease the risk of stroke by 10%.

Dates Improve the Function of the Heart

Well, dates are loaded with healthy nutrients which can improve the brain activity and promote good heart health. You may know that with proper vitamin B6 intake, you can significantly improve brain functions, including brain focus, alertness, accuracy and memory.

Red Food

Lycopene (You’ll find it in red foods) helps reduce damage from free radicals in your body and it also prevents heart disease, cancer, prostrate problems, and reduces the skin damage from the sun. These red foods help memory function, urinary tract health, and makes your heart healthy.

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Benefits of Red foods

Lycopene (You’ll find it in red foods) helps reduce damage from free radicals in your body and it also prevents heart disease, cancer, prostrate problems, and reduces the skin damage from the sun. These red foods help memory function, urinary tract health, and makes your heart healthy.

7 Signs You're With The Right Partner

1. A good partner has your back.

A good partner is always going to have your back and be supportive of your endeavors. That doesn't mean they won't call you out on any bullshit if you deserve it, but they have your back.

2. A good partner inspires you to be a better you.

A good partner won't try to change you. Instead, they'll back you up when you're ready to change themselves. If you don't feel like you have to change, that's fine. Your partner is into you either way.

3. A good partner works to gain your trust.

A good partner doesn't enter into a relationship with you expecting trust. Trust is hard to come by. Instead, they'll earn it from you through actions, not expectations.

4. A good partner makes you feel secure.

It's not their responsibility to make you feel secure from your responsibilities, but with a good partner, you'll naturally feel more secure just for having them around.

5. A good partner won't cross any lines with you.

When you establish a red line, one that shouldn't ever be crossed, a good partner won't ever cross it. That said, if you don't establish what your boundaries are and they end up getting crossed, you have zero right to take it out on them.

6. A good partner works to improve themselves.

In the same way that a good partner won't try to change, you, you shouldn't try to change your partner. If they want to change something about themselves, encourage them! Back them up! But if not, leave them be.

7. A good partner won't be abusive.

No explanation needed. A good partner won't be physically or emotionally abusive.

Keep Smiling Always……...

Laws Of Life From The Hindu Monk, Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu Monk from India, and a crucial figure in history responsible for introducing the philosophies of yoga and vedanta to the Western world. He is also credited for helping bring Hinduism to the fore as a major World religion. He was heavily influenced by his guru, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, eventually deciding that service to God could be accomplished by service to mankind.

In India, Vivekananda is regarded as a patriotic saint, and is celebrated every year National Youth Day on January 12th. In honor of this upcoming event, we would like to offer the Laws of Life, as told by Swami Vivekanada.

Love Is The Law Of Life

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore, love for love’s sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.

It Is Your Outlook That Matters

It is our own mental attitude, which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light.

Life Is Beautiful

First, believe in this world – that there is meaning behind everything. Everything in the world is good, is holy and beautiful. If you see something evil, think that you do not understand it in the right light. Throw the burden on yourselves!

It Is The Way You Feel

Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.

Set Yourself Free

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him – that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

Don’t Play The Blame Game

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Help Others

If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Uphold Your Ideals

Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

Listen To Your Soul

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Be Yourself.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!

Nothing Is Impossible

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin – to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

You Have The Power

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Learn Every Day

The goal of mankind is knowledge… now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man ‘knows’, should, in strict psychological language, be what he ‘discovers’ or ‘unveils’; what man ‘learns’ is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

Be Truthful

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.

Think Differently

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Keep Smiling Always……..

God's pharmacy is Amazing

5 seeds you must eat for silky and healthy hair!

Lack of proper nutrition is one of the reasons for hair fall. And the only way to deal with it is to include foods rich in nutrients good for hair growth. Include these seeds in your daily diet to control hair loss.

Flax seeds: Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, flax seeds contain healthy fats that not only add lustre to your hair but also nourish your hair follicle and supply nutrition to the oil gland. Don’t forget to add flaxseeds to your diet to prevent hair fall.

Pumpkin seeds: Did you know that pumpkin seeds contain zinc, a mineral that prevents dryness of the scalp and also reduces thinning and breakage of hair. All you need to do is munch these seeds every day to control hair loss.

Sunflower seeds: An excellent source of vitamin E, sunflower seeds protect your scalp from sun damage. These seeds also help prevent hair loss and thinning by promoting hair growth.

Methi seeds: Just like applying a paste of methi seeds helps in the treatment of dandruff, including methi seeds in your diet makes your hair shiny, prevents hair loss and promotes hair growth.So the next time you go grocery shopping, don’t forget to buy methi seeds.

Sesame seeds: According to Ayurveda, the presence of magnesium and calcium in these seeds promote hair growth. Eat a spoonful of white sesame seeds every morning to control hair fall. You can see the difference within a month.

Keep Smiling Always……….

The Chemistry Of The Kiss - 10 Benefits Of Kissing Backed By Science

The Chemistry Of The Kiss       10 Benefits Of Kissing Backed By Science

The kiss is a measure of a person’s feelings, his or her love or attraction to the other. A truly meaningful kiss can act as a booster. It can instill a sense of confidence, a sense of self-esteem in another. The strength of a kiss lies in the power it has to cause the release of serotonin and oxytocin peptides in our body.

The following are the wonderful and amazing physical benefits of Kissing -

1. Relieves Physical Pain: Kissing cause to raise the threshold for activation of pain receptors in our body, by doing so we feel less or no physical pain at all while we are in a kiss. Kissing cause release of endorphins (pain relieving hormones) from our brain causing pain relief by inhibiting the pain pathway. Kissing benefits a lot for person who suffers from chronic pain due to autoimmune disorders (Rheumatoid arthritis etc.) and malignant cancers. Regular kissing can make you stay away from morphine injections!

2.Lowers Blood Pressure: Kissing lowers blood pressure by dilating blood vessels in our body. Thus kissing can cause a decrease in blood pressure even in people with hypertension by giving a big physical relief and by decreasing their stress. Thus regular kissing can make you stay away from anti hypertensive drugs!

3.Improves the Health of our Heart: kissing can cause decrease in the sympathetic tone over heart, by doing so it reduces the stress which the heart undergoes in daily life due to our mental stress. Studies reveal that men who made love regularly were 45% less likely to develop heart disease than who made love once in a month. Regular Kissing can make you stay away from cardiac drugs and loading dose of Aspirin and clopidogrel!

4.Boost immune system and reduce Allergy: Kissing can cause boosting of activity of immune cells in our body to fight outside germs by producing IgA antibodies against it. Kissing can decrease IgE antibodies causing decreased release of histamine from mast cell which cause allergic reaction. Regular Kissing can make you stay away from antibiotics and Antihistamine!

5.Improves oral hygiene: Kissing increases salivation causing increase release of enzymes which cleans up the plaques in tooth and there by prevent tooth decay. These enzymes fight bacteria in oral cavity.

6.Improves mood and decrease stress: Kissing causes you to release mood elevating hormones like dopamine and serotonin to elate your mood. Kissing can cause the release of oxytocin from a female’s brain to cause strong bonding with her partner. Kissing can cause release of endorphins that calms the mind and body. Kissing can cause decrease in the stress hormone “the adrenaline” by decreasing it production from body by decreasing the sympathetic stimulation to adrenal gland. In one study it was found that men who received a passionate kiss before they left for work earned more money. Thus this passionate kiss boost one’s self esteem and reflects it in his workplace and business creating an awesome customer interaction.

7.Relieves menstrual cramp: Kissing can cause dilatation of blood vessels, and release of endorphins to put away the menstrual cramps. This can put you away from the mefanamic acid and dicyclomine tablets.

8.Relieve Headache and migraine: Kissing can cause dilatation of blood vessels, and release of dopamine, serotonin and endorphins to put away the tension headaches and migraine. This can make you stay away from analgesics and sumatriptans!

9.Improves the Tone of facial muscles: Kissing involves the harmonious group work of 34 facial muscles and 112 postural muscles. Regular kissing increases the tone of facial muscles. This helps in conveying the right facial expressions to people around you in bringing an effective communication. This also helps in relieving facial palsy and muscular dystonia.

10.Shape your neck: Regular kissing help to shape your neck by persistent workout.

Keep Smiling Always…..

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Short film

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Can Smoking Cigarettes Cause Impotence?

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also called impotence, can be caused by a wide range of physical and psychological factors. Among them is cigarette smoking. It’s not surprising since smoking can damage your blood vessels, and ED is often a result of poor arterial blood supply to the penis. Fortunately, if you quit smoking, your vascular health is likely to improve, as well as your sexual health and performance.

What Happens When You Quit Smoking

Smoking and Your Blood Vessels

You’ve probably heard a lot about the health risks of smoking. That’s because cigarette smoking can damage just about every part of your body. The chemicals in cigarette smoke injure the lining of your blood vessels and affect the way they function. Those chemicals can also harm your heart, brain, kidneys, and various other tissues throughout the body.

The risk of smoking to your erectile health is specifically due to the effects of cigarette chemicals on the blood vessels in the penis. An erection results when the arteries in the penis expand and fill with blood after receiving signals from nerves in the penis. The nerves are responding to sexual arousal signals from the brain. Even if the nervous system is operating at full strength, an erection might not be physically possible if the blood vessels are unhealthy due to smoking.

What Does the Research Show?

While ED tends to be more common as men get older, it can develop at any adult age. A 2005 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that ED is not only more likely among men who smoked compared to those who never did, but that in younger men with ED, cigarette smoking is very likely the cause of their impotence.

If you are a heavy smoker, research suggests the odds of developing ED are much higher. However, quitting smoking can improve ED symptoms. Be aware that your age, the severity of your ED prior to quitting smoking, and other major health problems may reduce the degree to which healthy erectile function can return.  

Getting Help

While ED can be an awkward subject to discuss with your partner or a healthcare provider, the sooner you deal with the issue, the sooner you’ll find a solution. If you don’t have a primary care doctor, but you want to discuss ED with a physician, make an appointment with a urologist or men’s health specialist. ED is a very common health problem, so you shouldn’t feel self-conscious. You may, however, be advised that one of the things you should do soon is quit smoking.

The Best Quit Smoking Blogs of the Year

If you’ve tried to quit smoking and been unsuccessful, never assume that quitting is beyond your reach. You should get help and take a new approach this time. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends the following steps to help you quit smoking:

• Make a list of the reasons you want to quit and why your earlier attempts to quit were unsuccessful.
• Pay attention to your smoking triggers, such as drinking alcohol or coffee.
• Get support from family and friends. It’s okay to admit that you need assistance in overcoming a powerful addiction like smoking.
• Talk with your doctor about prescription and over-the-counter medications designed to help smokers kick the habit. If a particular medication seems like a good and safe choice, follow the medication’s instructions precisely.
• Find new alternatives to smoking and activities that can distract you from cigarette cravings, such as exercise or hobbies to occupy your hands and your mind.
• Be prepared for cravings and setbacks. Just because you slip up one day and have a cigarette doesn’t mean you can’t get back on track and be ultimately successful.

Be Aware.......

Keep Smiling........

WEIGHT GAIN - MEDICAL REASONS

Have you been putting on weight despite watching your diet or following a regular exercise program? It may be due to an underlying medical condition or any medication that you have been taking. There are certain medical conditions and medicines that can lead to weight gain. These include:

THYROID DISEASE :

Deficiency of thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) can cause weight gain. Without enough thyroid hormone, the body’s metabolism slows down, leading to weight gain. Hypothyroidism is most common in women above 50 years.

Symptoms:  weight gain, fatigue, muscle pains, fatigue, inability to concentrate, cold intolerance, irregular periods and constipation

Tests: blood tests called Thyroid function tests

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME :

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition in which a woman’ hormone levels (estrogen and progesterone) are out of balance. This leads to the growth of cysts in ovaries.  (non-tumor masses in ovaries). PCOS can cause problems with women’s menstrual cycle, fertility, heart function, and appearance.

Symptoms: weight gain, irregular periods or no periods at all, trouble getting pregnant, excessive hair growth (hirsutism) – usually on the face, chest, back or buttocks, thinning hair and hair loss from the head, oily skin or acne.

Tests:  blood tests include testing for levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estrogen, testosterone, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) , adrenal gland hormones( such as DHEA-S or 17-hydroxyprogesterone), glucose tolerance test, blood insulin levels and lipid profile

DEPRESSION :

Some people with depression overeat, which can lead to obesity.  People can turn to food as a coping mechanism leading to a vicious circle. Weight gain from depression can make you more depressed, which can lead to further weight gain.

Symptoms: weight gain, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, fatigue, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, feelings of hopelessness and/or pessimism, insomnia, irritability, restlessness, loss of interest in activities, body aches, headaches,  persistent sad, anxious, or empty feelings, suicidal thoughts or behavior

Tests: there are no tests. It is diagnosed on the basis of your symptoms.

MEDICATIONS :

Long-term use of steroids (corticosteroid) tablets seems to increase appetite in some people, leading to weight gain. Weight gain is a common side effect for people who take insulin to manage their diabetes. Insulin tends to cause weight gain possibly by stimulating appetite during periods of low blood sugar levels. Valproate is a drug used to treat bipolar disorder and seizures, and prevent migraines. The drug affects proteins involved in appetite and metabolism, causing weight gain.

Stay Fit….

Keep Smiling Always….

Top Products Banned Across The World,But Not in India

Vicks

Vicks Vaporub widely used in India to get instant relief from cough, cold and congestion is banned in many European and North American countries. According to reports, an ingredient found in Vicks has serious and dangerous side effects. But, irrespective of all these harmful effects, it is not banned in India.

Pesticides

67 pesticides which are banned or restricted in many international markets are still in use in India. Expert committees set up by the Central government have examined the matter and they recommended continued use of the pesticides in most cases while restricted use was recommended for some. Some pesticides still used in India include Carbaryl, Malathion, Acephate, Dimethoate, Chlorpyrifos, Lindane, Quinalphos, Phosphomidon, Carbandizm, Captan, Tridamorph, Practilachlor, 2.4–D and Glyphosate.

Kinder Joy / Kinder Eggs

Kinder eggs / Kinder joy are very popular food product in many parts of the world including India. But, the chocolate eggs are banned in United States. You can be fined upto USD 2500 for bringing it illegally.

Drugs

Among the long list of banned medicines outside India are commonly used drugs like Novalgin, D-Cold, Vicks Action-500, Enteroquinal, Furoxone and Lomofen (anti-diarrheal), Nimulid, Analgin (pain killer), Ciza and Syspride, (acidity and constipation), Nimesulide (painkiller) and Buclizine (appetite stimulant), which are still being sold on the Indian market.

Chewing Gums

This may jolt you but chewing gums are banned in Singapore. The government had banned the import or sale of gum in the country to keep its public places clean. But, you can chew it in India without caring about environment

Honey

A 2010 story published in The Hindu said that branded honey sold in the country was contaminated. When Centre for Science and Environment examined 12 branded honey products that were sold in India, including those made by companies like Dabur, Himalaya, Patanjali, Baidyanath, Khadi and two foreign organisations based out of Switzerland and Australia, scientists found high levels of six harmful antibiotics in 11 samples.

Indian companies who export their products abroad, and foreign companies by default, must conform to stringent standards as most developed countries have banned or strictly regulated antibiotics in honey. So setting an example of double standards, most Indian companies dump the contaminated honey on the domestic market in the country, since there are no regulations here.

Unpasteurised Milk

Unpasteurised milk or raw milk is banned in at least 22 states in Canada and US. The reason for imposing the ban is the availability of microbes and germs in it. But, raw milk is easily available in many parts of Africa, Europe and Asia.

Jelly candies

In India, kids are all gaga over jelly candies. But, many don’t know that the import of jelly is banned in UK and EU. According to reports, it is made from a thickening agent called konjac which carries risks of chocking throat. But, it is available in India in abundance.

Red Bull

The popular energy drink ‘Red Bull’ was banned in France, Denmark and some other countries because of the availability of the chemical taurine in the drink which according to studies is a highly dangerous chemical. Who cares about anything else!

Be Aware………

Keep Smiling Always….

Happy Karva Chauth

Natural Tips to Prevent Hair fall & Hair loss

Hair fall has become quite common among several people that is found to be due to several problems like oily scalp, imbalance of hormones, hereditary, irregularity in diet, dandruff, change of water and too much stress. Before starting efforts to treat hair fall it is necessary to find the actual reason for this hair fall happening and once the reason has been found there are some natural treatments available that is sure to work against hair loss.Hence we have put together these natural solutions in order to prepare your hair to fight against hair fall with positive results, these treatments suggested include:

1. Onion Juice:

This is a proven fact that onion juice is known to give positive results in treating hair fall problems, there are very few people who are aware of the fact that it is this juice which is used in several tonics which have been exclusively made to treat hair loss. Onion juice also is known to be clinically true in treating hair fall since it works as stimulant in growth of hair by increasing the blood circulation in scalp. Apart from this onion juice is also known to work as an antiseptic by cleansing the scalp, preparation method of this juice is given below:

1. Take one large onion in blender to make into juice which has to be later filtered to extract juice without pulp so that it will be easy to apply on scalp for about an hour.

2. Though very strong and pungent in odor Onion can also be used in this form with rose water which has to be later washed off after about an hour with herbal shampoo that does not have Sodium Lauryl Sulphate.

3. For this pack to work effectively it is suggested to wait for about 2-3 weeks based on the severity of hair fall it is suggested to increase its usage in a week.

2. Coriander Juice:

Coriander also known as cilantro is one such other juice like onion that is said to boost hair growth and fighting against hair fall providing hair with all the necessary nutrients which enable in proper growth. Here we provide you with the way in which it can be prepared and used which are given below:

1. Make paste with freshly chopped coriander leaves and water, which has to be made to be of juice consistency that has to be filtered to get juice that is easily applied on the scalp for about an hour before shampooing it off.
2. To increase the benefits being extracted from this juice it is suggested to use them with other type of packs too, for this juice to show its effect it is necessary to give it nearly 2-3 weeks of time and can be used couple of times in a week or month based on the density at which hair fall occurs.

3. Fenugreek seeds with yogurt:

This combination is said to work best for people suffering from dandruff and hair fall issues, hair growth is ensured with the presence of protein and nicotinic acid in fenugreek seeds also known as methi seeds. People who have oily scalp are suggested to replace yogurt with water or aloe vera juice to make paste for easy application on scalp. Yogurt in this mixture is known to provide nourishment and acts as conditioner for dry scalp, process in preparation of this paste is given below:

1. Mix fenugreek powder with yogurt based on the hair length to make paste which can be later applied on the scalp to cover entire hair so that it will be conditioned and left so for about an hour but later has to be washed off with herbal shampoo.

2. For this paste to show its result it might take about 2-3 weeks and has to be used couple of times every week to give the desired output.

3. For all those who are worried about their hair loss problems should understand that there is a duration of about 2-4 months when hair is said to undergo telgon phase which is due to the condition named telogen effluvium as per which there will be regular hair fall which is pretty much normal to happen.

For all those who do not know what telogen phase is will be able to recognize it once they see a bulb on hair tip when it sheds, however there is nothing to worry about since there will be growth of new hair strand instead of the one which has been shed.

There is also nothing to worry hugely about this phase since it is said to last only for 3 months which will then be followed by normal hair growth, but for those who identify this phase to last more than 6 months should go with medical help. We hope that the home made treatments given above will help to prevent hair loss.

Be Healthy…..

Keep Smiling Always….