Correct Time to Drink Water...

I knew you need your minimum water to flush the toxins out of your body, but this was news to me. Correct Time to Drink Water... Very Important. From A Cardiac Specialist!

 Drinking water at certain times maximizes it's effectiveness on the body:

• 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
• 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
• 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
• 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

The secret to a beautiful, healthy and glowing skin

It is the dream of every woman to have a beautiful, fresh and youthful skin. The first step in looking younger begins with what you decide to put into your mouth. 

Your diet and lifestyle plays a major part in deciding the beauty of your skin. Most people think of a diet as being appropriate only for getting a beautiful figure, however eating the right kind of foods and following a proper diet will put you on the fast track to a healthy body and healthy and glowing skin. 

The secret to a beautiful, healthy and glowing skin is FRUITS. Include plenty of fruits in your diet and you will see the difference within a week. Fruit is essential for both inner and outer beauty since it enhances the beauty of your skin and hair.

What makes fruit so wonderful is that it is rich in skin and hair enhancing vitamins, acids, and enzymes. Fruit can be used in just about every beauty product to cleanse, freshen, tone, and condition our bodies.

Home Remedies for Indigestion

Indigestion is basically burning sensation in upper abdomen and which results in bitter, sour taste in the mouth and at the same time you feel like you had eaten lot of chillies and make you very very uncomfortable and you feel uneasiness and there may also be pressure and discomfort around the chest region.. Indigestion can cause heartburn due to stomach acid reflux. Indigestion is a term used to describe symptoms that include fullness and discomfort during or after a meal.  Indigestion occurs commonly in adults. Some people may even experience indigestion every day. Indigestion is also referred to as dyspepsia. Experts maintain that indigestion is actually a symptom and not a disease. There can be several causes of indigestion.

Like 

• Over eating
• Eating without chewing food properly
• Eating lot of spicy and oily food

Home Remedies for Indigestion

1. Chewing sugar free gums like mint flavor Happy dent white & Protex  gives you instant relief from acidity as the main reason is it contains baking Soda which works wonders on acidity.

2. Every 3 to 4 hours drink water with 2-3 drops of mint essence in it.

3. Drinking Cold or refrigerated milk  (not chilled) is also good way to control the uneasiness.

4. For instant relief add some baking soda to one glass of water and drink it.

5. Avoid big meals and go for small meals if you always have indigestion problem.

6. Pepper mint is very good for indigestion

7. Fresh Pudina leaves( fresh mint leaves) juice is also works best for indigestion.

8.  Mix one tsp of cumin seeds in a glass of water and drink it.

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index

Body mass index is the ratio of weight to height to estimate body fat. It is advisable to use Body mass index along waist to hip ratio to get complete picture of your weight status. Body mass index is particularly helpful for identifying children and adults at risk of overweight. But it not gives completely accurate information.
The formula for Body mass index is WEIGHT (KG)/HEIGHT (MT2)

BMI	Category
Less than 18.5	Underweight
18.5 to 24.9	Normal weight
25 to 30	Over weight
More than 30	Obese

How to Lighten Dark Lips!!!

Darkening of the lips may occur due to a number of causes. Drinking excessive amounts of tea and coffee is one such cause. Smoking is another big reason for dark lips, in fact they keep worrying a lot and feel conscious about dark lips.

Here are some tips for people with dark lips:

1. Almond oil is known to be effective in reducing staining on the lips and helps to cure discoloration in any part of the body.

2.  A simple method is to use Vaseline, but this is a temporary cure and need to be applied everyday.

3. If you smoke, please stop it, since this will worsen the lip color and your health.

4. Before sleeping massage your lips with 2 drops of a mixture of honey, lime juice and glycerin.

5. Use good quality lipstick, and check for expiry date.

6. Applying ghee is very usefull to bring back the lip color alive.

7.  Lips also turn dark because we do not ex-foliate them. As such new layers of skin start accumulating below the older ones. Since the lips are delicate in nature, we cannot ex-foliate them as we would with other parts of the skin. The right way to exfoliate the lips is to apply a bit of lime juice and allow it to get absorbed.

Eye Care and exercise

Always protect your eyes from hot sun and pollution by wearing sun glasses.

Always wash your eyes with cold water before and after exercise.

 Take a healthy diet which is rich in Vitamin A.
 
Palming relaxes the eyes; it preserves the eyesight and relaxes the nervous system as well.

Once in a month clean your eyes with few drops of anti bacterial drops.

Close your eyes as tight as possible and squeeze your eyes which help in muscle contraction, hold this for three times and then blink several times.

Position a dot on the wall and look straightly first and then move the eyeballs to the right corner and then to the left corner and blink several times. Repeat this for four times and then place your palms on the eyes and rest.
In clockwise and anticlockwise direction rotate your eyes for proper blood supply and then blink several times, repeat it for five times each side and then close your eyes and take a deep breath.

  
Sit straight and breathe deeply, move your eyes up as far as possible and down as far as possible and relax your eyes by blinking several times and repeat this for four times.

Diet for liver

 

Liver is the most important organ and has wide range of functions like protein synthesis and detoxification. This is the place where most of the medicines get metabolized. A balanced diet is very important to protect the liver from infections. Overeating adversely affect the liver and damages the liver cells.

Diet for liver:
• Include dietary fiber in your diet which binds with bile. This will help to transport toxins in large intestine, and helps to eliminates fat-soluble toxins.
• Your daily diet must contain vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B, beta carotene and calcium this will protect the liver from damage.
• To increase liver decongestion and functioning include food rich in folic acid, choline, betaine, methionine, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.
• Fasting with proper medical supervision helps in the process of detoxification.
• Vitamin C and Vitamin E is an essential antioxidant to protect your liver. Some of the foods you can include are citrus fruits, mangoes, red cabbage, green leafy vegetables and almonds.
• Include nutritional yeast, peanuts and brown rice which are rich in Vitamin B complex.
• Include egg yolks, garlic, onions, whole grains and beans which are rich in methionine and cysteine.
• Avoid highly processed, refined foods such as coffee, chocolate, sugar, spicy foods, and fried foods.
• Avoid alcohol consumption.

How to Stay Young And Happy Always

 How to Stay Young n Happy Always :-)

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight, and height. 

Let the doctors worry about them.. That is why you pay them. 

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning:  Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. 

Never let the brain get idle. 

'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's! 

4. Enjoy the simple things 

5. Laugh often, long and loud. 

Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him or her! 

6. The tears happen: 

 Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself.  LIVE while you are alive. 

7. Surround yourself with what you love: 

Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 

8. Cherish your health: 

If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 

9. Don't take guilt trips. 

Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is 

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. 

And if you don't send this to at least four people - who cares? 

But do share this with someone.