REDUCING WEIGHT WITHOUT EXERCISE

Hey all, its been a while since I posted a health related article over here. So, I thought why not mention few things that can help you reduce weight without exercise.

Ok, here you go-

1. Swap white bread for brown or whole wheat breads.

2. Make a public declaration on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter etc about what you eat. This is a great motivation because your friends and followers will keep you pushing for your diet by asking about it :)....tricky haaan :) :)

3. Very Important: Have breakfast and never skip it. Once again "Dont Skip Breakfast"!!

4. Stay Hydrated; Many a times we make a mistake of feeling thirsty as being hungry. Keep sipping in water throughout the day time. Minimum 2 litres of water is essential for an average sized body.

5. Cut out the Sugar in your Tea and Coffee. Just five cups of Tea or Coffee can add upto 500 calories, awwwww.....!!

6. Eat fruit, dont drink it. All the juices have caloried and its better to stick with natural sources like fresh fruits.

7. Eat eggs in the breakfast. A study shows that eggs trigger a hormone that helps suppress hunger and you will end up eating less for the rest of the day.

8. Eat more short meals. Eat five meals rather than three larger meals a day. You should not go too long without food.

Take Care and Stay Fit.
xoxo

LET OUR HEARTS KEEP BEATING

Just little over a couple of months ago, I took a pledge to keep my heart healthy as part of the Billion Hearts Beating campaign. This was a fabulous initiative taken by the "Times of India Group" in collaboration with The "Apollo Group of Hospitals", and most of you would remember that I wrote a sad but a true post about it requesting all of you to take a pledge to improve your health, to better your lifestyle and to start loving your heart. In case you forgot it, I request you to please read this post again- PLEASE LOVE YOUR HEART.

In my opinion, the campaign was a real success and it definitely has opened a lot of eyes and most importantly, a tons of Hearts. The USP for this campaign was the way it was implemented. The huge amount of marketing done indeed made a big difference. Yet, the winners were none other than the people who got so much information in the simplest of form through this mega campaign. The campaign really had a mass appeal.

Yet, one of the most unusual gifts of the creator- "the volatile mind", forgets all the things after sometime; And I'm very sure most of us would have became a little careless if not completely forgotten our pledges that we took couple of months ago as part of the Billion Hearts Campaign. Being very much aware of the biggest weaknesses of the human nature, the organizers of the campaign have made sure the campaign is not just forgotten with the time by now sending a special e-mail to each pledge taker.

Yes, I've got a mail !! In the e-mail, I have received an acknowledgment that certifies- "I took the pledge". Also, in the mail I have received a 12-page booklet attached giving valuable and basic information about the various heart diseases such as Hypertension, Heart Attack, Angina, diabetes etc. Truly, speaking I'm delighted to receive the acknowledgement and the very useful booklet along with it. Also, at the same time I do realize that along with me the readers of my blog post- PLEASE LOVE YOUR HEART also took the pledge and many of them live outside India. So, I decided to share this certificate with all of you here, this belongs to all of you. Also, I will be happy to e-mail you that 12-page booklet if you are interested.

I'm glad, we are changing because the change is visible. I'm glad there are still such campaigns. I'm glad there are still so many people who react to what they read and I'm glad that now you will do something to change your lifestyle to make it better. THANK YOU & LET OUR HEARTS KEEP BEATING !!

 

PLEASE LOVE YOUR HEART

Few days ago while I was working in the office just as any other routine working day, I heard a sudden cry. I turned around in the direction of the sound and saw my colleague weeping at some distance in her cubicle. Her face was all red, it looked as if she was shedding tears in some deep pain, and she could hardly speak anything as her voice was choking in distress. The whole work bay went into an unknown silent-mode. Everyone was confused and curious at the same time, but no one knew what has just happened. While I started heading towards her, couple of her girl-friends surrounded and started asking her- What happened? What happened? I took a glass of water while moving towards her and till the time I reached her desk, she had only uttered very few words in her low weeping voice that no one had understood. I gave her the glass of water, she drank a sip or two and then said- “my mother died”!! She again started crying in deep pain of loss of her mother.

Before anyone could ask her anything, we took her outside of the office work area and then called back from her cell-phone to her relatives. We found out that her family was having the tea at about 4pm in the evening and all of a sudden her mother had cardiac arrest and within 10 minutes of it, she died. My colleague left the office for the airport along with one of her friend, but all of us went into a state of shock. Whole day, I was really upset of what I had witnessed. I got to know that her mother was in her mid 40’s and she had never complained about any heart disease in her whole life, but all of a sudden she was gone. I felt really scared about the death and I was shocked by the fact that- how the heart-attack can suddenly take away a human life? I became worried if something like this has happened to me, what if instead of her mother it would have been mine? Even a small thought of it was making my blood cold and turning my face pale. I started searching the internet in the desperation of knowing everything about the heart diseases, and I found- billionheartsbeating.

Billionheartsbeating is a campaign against the heart diseases. I found that it’s a combined initiative of Apollo Hospital and Times of India aiming at reducing the heart diseases to the null. Billionheartsbeating has all the general information what one should know to avoid the heart diseases, it has all the common heart problems people suffer, their solutions and 92 ways to keep your heart healthy. The best part about this very unique campaign is- it doesn’t talk about the medication or the science behind the prevention of the heart diseases, but the practical commonsensical ways in which we can keep the heart disease that claims many lives annually, at bay.

Good news is you can be the part of this very noble initiative by taking the pledge on Billionheartsbeating. I request all of you to be part of it and take the pledge to keep your heart healthy and most important not just that- with every pledge you take Apollo Hospital will do a free heart-screening at its check-up camp. So, you are not just keeping your heart healthy but also providing a free checkup to someone who is poor and needy. You can ask the experts your queries and you can upload your videos if you think you know the ways to keep your heart at its best. First thing is first, please click here- Billionheartsbeating and take the pledge to keep your heart healthy, and before taking the pledge please make sure that you leave a comment here saying that- “I’m taking this pledge”, so that I can keep a track of who all are being a part of this magnificent campaign with me. In the end, I just want to say that- Heart is for love, heart is for joy, spread the love, spread the joy by keeping your heart good and healthy!!   

#billionhearts

P.S. Its my request to you- please start loving your life, please start loving your heart. Let us all, take this pledge to stay fit and eradicate all heart diseases from our lives……Heart is a symbol of love, if heart dies love dies, lets do it for the love of our life.  


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KEEP HEALTHY, EAT HEALTHY

The perfect way to start your Sunday mornings is to have a perfect breakfast. Its really essential to eat the right food to be on top of your health. I strongly believe-“a healthy mind only comes with the healthy food”. Considering the fact that how busy life we all are living, its very difficult to focus on the few minute things in our lives like the food. Especially, when you are living in a country like India, which is a paradise for the foodies and the food is really tempting, it is really hard to resist the not so healthy food. Moreover, the demography and the culture are such that there are only few choices to make from the really healthy food items but, there is good news.

The good news is people are getting more aware about the healthy living and especially about the healthy foods. There has been a sudden outburst of healthy and fat-free food items in the Indian retail market and the sales are high as never before. The fitness industry is at its all time peak and it’s expected to rise further. People are getting more aware about the heart diseases, the cardiac risks and the diabetes. India is certainly became the diabetic capital of the world and we have to take special attention to it before the situation goes out of hand.

On a lighter note, its not that everyone needs to follow a strict exercise regimes and diet plans to live a healthy life style, but it’s just following the basic things and making the right choices while you are eating, and we all know nothing in excess is good for the body. I’m also kind of focused about my health, and every now-n-then I try to keep it healthy. Today, its been a perfect start, I feel blessed to have my delicious healthy breakfast. You can see in the pictures- I had brown-bread veg. cheese sandwiches with loads of raw vegetables, mixed fruit juice and a glass of mango-shake (without the sugar)…..hmmmm yummy J. So, stay fit, eat good food and have a good life, ENJOY!!   

      

GETTING YOUNGER & FITTER

Many years ago, I used to consider human body ‘on its own’ meaning it will be what it wants to be automatically irrespective of the special diet or any other extra intakes, I thought the demographic influence and the regular foods intake is enough. Then a few years later as I started understanding my body and the various hundreds of mechanisms continuously working inside it, I understood an important thing- the human body is evolved by a natural phenomenon but to make it perfect it has to be nourished correctly and properly.

http://www.oxis.com

Every single part of the body has its own demands and ways of nourishment, and to live longer and healthier life one has to fulfill it. I’m sure there are plenty of live examples in front of you, and I’m also sure many a times in your life you might have had these questions- Why we age? Why my skin is losing the glow? Why m I having the hair-fall? Why these cardiovascular diseases are spreading? Why everyone is becoming a victim of Diabetes or Alzheimer? The situation becomes really scary and you are in dilemma that after pursuing a healthy life style still such problems are happening, but the harsh reality is your perception of healthy living is incorrect and the body has not being well nourished yet, there is still something missing.

Oxis on Twitter

I used to be a complete anti to all the health related products in the market, I always had it straight in my mind that all these companies selling the products are fake and just trying to make money by fooling the people, but then I came across a friend. This friend of mine was in terrible health a month ago when I last met him and today I was so surprised the way he was looking in perfect shape and fitness. He shared his story with me and then I got to know about Oxis International. For the first time in my life I had interest to know about a company, which sells such health related products, and I started finding more about it. Surprisingly, I found a firm that is involved in intense research and development of the most useful health products like- the products that counteract the harmful effects of “oxidative stress”, therapeutic compounds that have potential application in the treatment of neurodegenerative (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s), cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other conditions, and products that concerns with brain health, immunity against diseases, anti-aging, inflammation, detoxification and many more.

Oxis on facebook

Reliability is an important factor for all us before trying any health related products, all of us have serious doubts and concerns in our mind about the side effects of such products and as a result we many a times stop ourselves from trusting a genuine product as well, but it’s human nature and all of us is like that only. Nevertheless, I’m sure it’s not difficult to trust a company who has several patents to its name and justify its credibility, and Oxis is one of them. It has many patented research methodologies to develop Nutraceutical and Cosmecuetical products and many different products to its name. It is surely enough to trust a product from a company that respects both consumer’s money and health. So, if you want to look younger, fitter and beautiful try Oxis, it definitely worth a try. You can also find Oxis among the people on the social networking site- Twitter and Facebook, so let’s not waste our precious health, time and money and contact Oxis first.

KEEPING HEALTH FIRST

I have been hearing the quote- “Health Is Wealth” since childhood and now when I m earning, I literally understand it. Just imagine a day in your life when you are not feeling well, you almost cannot do anything properly as you are physically not fit. As a result you forcefully have to take an off from your work and literally that means you are going to lose your pay or business for that day. Moreover, there are medical expanses that follow, and unless you don’t have a medical coverage the situation will create a big hole in your pocket through which the cash will go out uncontrollably.

Since all across the world the medical expanses are so high that they are almost impossible for an individual to sustain without a proper health insurance. Now by definition health insurance is – an insurance that pays for medical expenses. It is sometimes broadly include insurance covering disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs. It may be provided through a government-sponsored social insurance program, or from private insurance companies, but the real problem occurs when you are neither covered for medical insurance by your employer nor by your government, and that is the situation where one thinks- if I get ill, it will take years for me to recover from it because even though the physical recovery from a disease or an injury might take very less time but the financial losses could be terrible that may cause financial crunch for some good amount of time. Just imagine yourself living life with such a stress of financial fear, you almost every single second think of not getting sick but otherwise you are kind of already sick of this insecurity. So, you decide to go out of your shell and think of getting your health insurance done, but then you again get into the dilemma of selecting the right affordable health insurance, isn’t it?

Picking up the best health insurance policy is even trickier but once you get it right the life is easier and better. Two very basic types of health insurances are- HMO and PPO. HMO is called Health Maintenance Organization, it is the most inexpensive of the plans, but there are limits as to the doctors you can see and those who participate. Costs are less but so are choices. Referrals are required to see specialists. HMOs tend to focus on preventive care to help keep the members healthy. PPO is called Preferred Provider Organization, plans offer more choices and do not require referrals within a select group. Finding a low cost health insurance is simpler than most people think. When you are looking for a low-priced insurance, you want the lowest price annually that will match your pocket, naturally. You surely don’t want an unaffordable costly insurance policy.

The internet has made our lives very easy, and finding a perfect health insurance plan is very simple now. You can easily search for the free health insurance quotes on the internet, but you don’t want to go with just any company. If you are looking for the best health insurance, you’ve to go to the right place, and, in just a few mouse clicks, you can find an online health insurance plan, but again its easier said then done. We all need references to the best links and here is one of them that I found useful- America-Health-Insurance, its pretty much what we all need. Remember, health insurances are no big puzzles but you need to find the best, so better find it soon and please keep your health first.

MY FAVORITE CUP OF TEA

I was never a 'Coffee-guy', I never liked it that much. Tea has always been my priced possession and I always took pride in announcing myself as the hard-core 'Tea-lover'. The word- 'tea' itself comes with a refreshing feeling to me, and I could instantaneously imagine the delicious flavor of my favorite cup of tea. Every morning my dozed eyes won't open until I have a sip of tea. A day without my very special bed tea is like an unusual beginning with the catalyst being omitted. As soon as my body starts gaining senses while sipping the ever delicious tea, the mind starts looking for the newspaper to read, and then follows the most peaceful hour of the day when I feel refreshed and excited to start my brand new day, thanks to my favorite cup of tea.

Ask any tea lover about the dip-dip tea bags and you will soon notice a grin on the face as nothing beats the original kadak patti waali chai. Unfortunately, for all the tea lovers like me office time tea is simply a turn off as most corporate places will serve the dip-dip tea, and  this is the main reason why we always notice the crowded stall of Ramu Chai Wala outside all the big corporate offices in India, after all we all love our desi strong cutting- the kadak chai. Tea is like an excuse of taking the break from the busy work schedules, its like an excuse to gain back the concentration, its like a trigger to solve the complex problem and there will be thousands of other reasons that the tea-drinkers will give for the love of tea.

What amazes me the most is the fact that despite such a large population of tea drinkers across the whole nation there are hardly any corporate promoters of commercial tea parlors like the ones for coffee e.g. Cafe Coffee Day, Barista, Chocolate Room etc. Though all these famous coffee shops serve tea but that is pathetic, and its very much understandable as all of them are coffee brands. Such is the apathetic condition of the most loved drink in India, oh it hurts me!! I m dedicating this post for the love of my favorite cup of tea, and hoping more people will start drinking and promoting tea as it is also scientifically proved that tea is good for health.

ANTI MALARIA COMIC BOOK CAMPAIGN

It is a Social Project of Chillibreeze Solutions Pvt Ltd.

WHAT MALARIA IS CAUSING TO US?
An estimated of $550 million economic losses due to Malaria from 1990-93.
India has spent nearly 30% of its health budget on Malaria control from 1977-2000.
80% of the Malaria control money is spent on insecticides.
India has nearly 1 million cases detected per year and 1000 deaths a year.
Malaria is a century old disease in India.

WHAT IS COMIC BOOK CAMPAIGN?
Chillibreeze has launched a Anti Malaria Awareness COMIC BOOK.
Book will be distributed among the children for free.
http://www.chillibreeze.com/ebooks/pdf/malaria.pdf

HOW THE CAMPAIGN WILL WORK?
Translating the book into various Indian languages.
Distributing the book free of cost at public schools across India.
Looking for volunteers to help with distribution of the comic book.
The Comic book can be printed and sent to you on your address.




HOW CAN YOU HELP US?
Send in your suggestions/ideas for the project and how we can fund it.
Help us pitch for corporate or NGO support for printing the book.
Spread the word about the book both online and offline (blog about the project, use social networks and your contacts, etc).
Help us write or illustrate other health comics.
Those of you who are members of the press and write for online or print publications can help publish news pieces about the project .
Help translate the book into your mother tongue/any Indian language.
Contact pediatricians to see if they are interested in getting a few copies for their office.
Read the book out to an underprivileged kid you know.
Anything else you can think of to make this campaign a success.

HOW TO BE PART OF IT?
Send email to amc@chillibreeze.com
http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/Malaria-1.asp
http://blogs.siliconindia.com/viveknanda/
FACEBOOK Community— Malaria Comic book by Chillibreeze.
ORKUT Community--- Malaria Comic Book Campaign
http://paragonist.blogspot.com/




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SWINE FLU: THE TEST OF PEOPLE’S FITNESS

Swine Flu death toll has just touched to 27 today in India. In the city of Pune alone the death toll has reached to 15 and in Bangalore, a total of 5 people have been victimized to death by Swine Flu. The picture is looking gloomy but it also raises a question, is the virus attacking everyone and anyone can fall its prey?

The answer to the above question in the most simple, scientific and logical way would be – Yes. The Swine Flu Virus can attack anybody but it’s not necessary that you will suffer the H1N1 Influenza. Let me put light on some of the facts, which reflects a true story.

In India out of the 27 people, who have died approximately 12-14 people have died because of the lack of proper medical remedies been taken against the Swine Flu, which were because of the lack of detection of Swine Flu or late detection by the doctors. Rest of the people, who died are either the old people (50+ years of age) or children below the age of 15.

Now there is a common thing between the people of older age and the children, which is their Immune System. Both the older aged people and children have a similar kind of immunity levels. The children normally have their immunity in a pre-matured stage, which is yet to develop into a full fledged reliable Immune System and on the other hand, aged people have weak immunity, which has deteriorated over the years and is not in the most reliable form. In both the cases, lower fitness and lower immunity are the reasons for victimization to H1N1 Influenza.

One thing is very clear that Immunity is driven from a person’s fitness. A better fitness levels can help an individual gain a reliable immune system. A 20-minutes daily workout of cardiovascular exercises can improve your immune system. By having a better immune system it will be more difficult for you to catch a cold or any other viral diseases for that matter. It’s a necessity to maintain a good fitness level along with good hygiene to fight against viral diseases like Swine Flu. So, hit the gym or start working out on your fitness today. Better fitness leads to better life and for the first time in my life I have realized the true meaning of the statement – The Survival of the Fittest. Hope you too understand it today and live a better life with better fitness from here on.

THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SWINE FLU IN INDIA

Swine Flu(a.k.a. H1N1 Influenza) has recently started spreading like a fire in India and Pune being the epicenter of this Swine Flu wave has taken the number of infected people almost near to 2000. It has created a fear among the people everywhere in the country, which has resulted in a situation of panic in the various locations all across the nation. The rising death toll, the lack of Swine Flu testing labs, the lack of hospitals and medical centers, and with no signs of vaccination being issued soon, the pandemic is already been declared in India and for that matter all across the globe. It’s a high alert situation in India.

Who would have thought that these medical masks will one day become the fashion statement? But it seems like they are the latest trend. Though, a number of doctors are claiming that medical masks are of no use to a normal person still the sales of such masks are on an all time high and they are in the utmost demand at this point of time.

Yet with all the havoc happening around all across due to Swine Flu and with bleak signs of situation being under control soon, there are still numerous positive things happening in and around us. The Swine Flu has done few very good things to the people of our country.

As people are getting aware about the prevention of the Swine Flu, they have understood significantly the importance of a good hygiene. The panic among the people has grafted a very serious demand of good hygiene in an individual’s life. Everybody now wants to be clean and wants to keep things clean. People who were not washing hands even before having a meal are now washing their hands hourly without any reasons. The shops, the offices and the food courts are now taking special care of cleanliness. Special care is taken for the cleanliness at public places; Clean towels, fresh and clean water supply, and soaps are kept at each basin in the public toilets. Undoubtedly, there are few brownie points scored by Indian eco-system as a whole in cleanliness and hygiene departments.

The other thing which has been positively impacted by Swine Flu is Mannerism. People have all of a sudden become more educated in their manners. In comparison to past when while sneezing they were not even hiding their faces away but I can see everybody making a sincere effort to properly cover their mouths while in a public place or even otherwise. Everybody is holding a handkerchief or a piece of cloth around ones own mouth while coughing. All of a sudden everybody is a bit matured and raised level of their manners.

Today more people are working towards their fitness. People have realized that body’s immunity is going to play a major role in fighting a communicable disease like Swine Flu. They are back to their fitness regimes, they are more aware of the advantages of a fit body and are working hard to achieve it. People are trying to change their bad lifestyles. They are already taking the measures to take the Virus like Swine Flu head against their Immune System.

Since, the out broke of this deadly virus government has certainly got its task cut out. It’s a huge challenge for government to shield a country of 100 crore against a pandemics like Swine Flu. Government is already working hard for measures against the virus, the facilities in government hospitals which were far from government’s concern have become the main agenda today. There have been various important steps taken by government to better the services and facilities at various hospitals and medical centers, and it still continues to do by engaging the private hospitals to fight against the virus. In a way this has improved the government medical facilities all across the country.

Let’s hope we all keep on doing the good things in the same way as we are doing it and soon the Virus will be controlled and cleaned up from our land, for that matter all across the globe.