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Ayurveda Diet

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AYURVEDA DIET  :- Its is imporatant to choose a suitable diet for balance, harmony and health in your life based on ayurvediy principles. Diet can play good role in healing and norishment and in maintaining health. Proper food . The ayurvedic tradition offers much insight in to what food will suit and balance each individual, how to  prepare and cook  the food properly.how to avoid food combinations that will create  toxins in the body, and what eating habits  to cultivate and –which to avoid  in order to recievde most  nourishment  from what you eat. ’’ AYURVEDA greatly emphasises diet,  both for its direct effects on physiological state and on drug action. Proper digestion is essential for good health. Ø   Avoid drinking milk with meat, fish , eggs, citrus fruits, radishes , tomatoes and alcoholic drinks, yoghurt. (As this are opposite in qualities  which creates toxinds in the body.) Ø   Eat high protein and fat foods sepe...

Obesity an Evil

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Obesity an Evil:- A beautiful body is always admired by everyone but Obesity can be like an ugly cloud which surrounds the beauty of every obese person. It is a major health hazard and more like a social evil. It seems more fatal than drinking or gambling. There is no clear definition of obesity. In general a fat person is said to obese. However one is considered obese ONLY if he weighs at least 20 per cent more than his ideal body weight because of excessive accumulation of fat. Even ideal weight is difficult to define. Currently, Body Mass Index (BMI) scale is the most common measurement of obesity. The BMI is based on the ratio of weight over height squared (kg/MxM). The BMI gives a broader range of weight that may be appropriate for a specific height. Now what should be the value of BMI for an ideal body? A BMI of around 18.5 to 24.9 is considered to be within ideal body weight range. A BMI between 25 to 29.9 is somewhat at a health risk and a BMI above 30 is considered at signific...

Home Remedies - Hypertension , CVS.

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HYPERTENSION means high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the flowing blood on the arterial walls. The cause of blood cannot be ascertained in most cases. Such high blood pressure where the cause is not known is known as primary hypertension or essential hypertension. In other cases hypertension may be complication of other systemic diseases. It is known as secondary hypertension. Some factors that contribute to hypertension are obesity, alcohol, stress, steroids, oral contraceptive pills and diabetes mellitus. Normal blood pressure of healthy young adult is 120/80 mm of Hg. The upper reading is known as systolic pressure which is the pressure exerted on the arterial walls when the heart is in the state of contraction.The second reading is the diastolic pressure which is pressure exerted on arterial walls when the heart is in the state of relaxation. A persistent high systolic blood pressure of over 140 or the diastolic pressure above 90 would be considered as...