Nature Remedy using Ayurveda & Yoga @DrSitaAnandAyurveda

KEEP YOUR HEART ON A SONG ….Lead a life filled with love & cherished moments. You may be young and upwardly mobile. But now you live can have an influence on your heart health. A happy heart is also healthy body. ADD SOME TLC – Tender loving care is a valuable elements in healing and staying well. Friends, family and a good social network are essential to all of us. Your needs can be met by so many others who are already in your life. MOVE YOUR BODY – Add one form of physical movement – exercise or dance to your day. Decide now to commit an hour a day. Move your body; it needs to feel the joy of movement.   MIND IT – We have all made decisions in advance about life and how we would react when faced with certain situation. Some of these advanced decisions are great at keeping us on track. LET IT GO – If you are holding on excess weight let it go. Deciding that weight has served its purposed in the past and now it time go of it together with emotional weight you have been ca...

        No longer the disease of the urban rich heart ailments following the path of consumerism into India’s poor sections and villages too.Teen obesity, lack of exercise and unhealthy lifestyle are pushing us towards heart diseases earlier than before. It is no longer uncommon to hear of someone in their 30s or 40 succumb to heart attack as they push themselves on corporate ladder.         About 30 to 50% of cases of heart diseases in India affect people below the age 50. In the West average age is 55. “Most children today get no exercises and spend their time in front of the TV, eating potato chips as they stay up the night to study. They also have big tummies. By the time they touch 40, it all accumulate in the form of heart attack.”        Heart ailments are not longer rich man’s disease. Consumerism and urbanization have ensured that eve villages have acce...

The easiest change you can make…Even with a regular Indian diet, you can prevent heart problems, fight cancer and increase life expectancy. The secret Ingredient: OLIVE OIL. Olive oil is universally accepted as a miracle food. Poets have sung about it, doctors have raved about it and chefs cannot do without it. The whole world has switched to Olive oil for its daily cooking. Why not us? Because, for some reason, no one took the trouble to educate us! No one told us there are different grades of Olive Oil for different uses. No one explained to us how exactly Olive Oil’s unique properties benefit our health. So, we continue to believe in myths that convinced us Olive Oil wasn’t the right for Indian homes. Olive Oil can be used for Indian cooking, if you use right grade. We tend to pick up Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the shelves because we’ve heard it’s the best oil. Best flavor, sure, but not best for Indian cuisine! When we tried to cook Indian cuisine with Extra Virgin, we found that...

We need fat for energy & to absorb Vit. A, D, E and K & carotenoids. When eaten in moderation, fat is essential for good health- and it’s especially important for children up to age of two. Monounsaturated/Polyunsaturated Fat: - help to lower blood cholesterol if your meals are low in saturated fats. Contained in food such as Avocado, fish, nuts margarines & oils. Saturated Fat: - Raise the blood cholesterol. Contained in some foods such as potato chips, manufactured cakes, biscuits, pastries, butter & dairy products. The terms “saturated” & “unsaturated” refer to the type of molecules in the fat. Saturated molecules have all their bonds used up, so they are more rigid and stable. Unsaturated molecules have some open bonds, resulting in more reactive, liquid oil. Cholesterol: - Is fatty substance produced naturally by the body and found in blood. LDL cholesterol clogs arteries & leads to heart diseases, while HDL cholesterol helps to unclog blood vessels. Trans...