Best ways to wash fruits and vegetables

With the recent food - borne  outbreaks related to produce, consumers, more than ever, have heightened concerns over the safety of fresh produce. It is important to know how to prevent food - borne illness related to these types of food. Washing fruits and vegetables is the best way to reduce your risk for food - borne illness.

Benefits of figs (anjeer)

Fig is one of the fruit that is high in nutrients. It has sugar in large quantity and also contain many salts, the most important of which are calcium, phosphorus and vitamin C .

Diet for obesity

Obesity is one of the most common issues faced by many people. Dieting if done correctly can be a healthy option to loose weight. Indian diet is a balanced diet including grains, legumes, fruit, vegetables, milk, dairy products that means it has all the nutrients required by our body  but fat content is really very high.So  if fat is reduced it is a balanced diet.

How to control hair fall

Diet plays a very important role for healthy and lustrous hair. 

Green tea

As nowadays everyone is quite conscious about their body weight so green tea helps to  reduce body weight. But it should be taken without adding any artificial sweetener or honey. 

Why Combination of Palak and paneer is harmful.

This combination should not be taken because Palak has oxalic acid in it.Paneer has calcium  and  when these two are taken  together  leads to the formation of stone.
(oxalic acid+calcium=calcium oxalate) calcium oxalate is  a stone formed in kidneys.

Benefits of ragi

Finger millet commonly known as ragi has many benefits as compared to other cereals.  

Benifits of Cooking

Cooking has also some beneficial effects. It improves the appearance and palatability of foods and confers new flavours.

A common malady- Anaemia

Anaemia is an important nutritional problem affecting all segments of the population in general and children, women and pregnant women in particular.

All Greens are not rich in Iron

Food iron is available to the body in ferrous(free iron) form while it is present in food as ferric ion complex. Ferric converted into ferrous in the acidic media or in presence of reducing agent.

Flax (linseed) can be good for your health

Flax seeds, commonly known as linseed and alsi in hindi are very efficient for one's health. They are of two main varieties: 1. Brown  2. Golden