Detox Diets!
There are a growing number of people who get sucked into the so-called “detox diets”. The concept of detox diets is to remove toxins by following a prescribed method in a period of a few days/weeks. There are a number of procedures that can be followed, for example following a diet regime, eating specific herbs and herb supplements, chelation to name a few. Juice fasting is also considered by many as an excellent method of detoxing the body of its impurities and enable the body to return to its original state!
Juice Fasting – The positives
Juice fasting is a novel idea which would work for people who have an addiction towards alcohol, smoking and substance abuse, caffeine, etc. People who feast on chocolates and ice cream, and even people who have a very unhealthy eating pattern and lifestyle can give this a try. Read More »
For a long time, I wanted to write about blood donation and why it is very important for the donor and for the community. There hasn’t been a lot of research activity on how donating blood helps the donor but it is a well understood fact that the act saves lives. So what is this all about? Who can donate blood and what care needs to be taken before and after donating blood? Keep reading to save more lives…
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Why do we get stressed?
Stress nowadays is as common as air and water. We are surrounded by stress in everyday life – be it at work or at home and the stress levels nowadays are definitely much higher than what existed a 100 years ago. We all live most of our life either in the past or in the future and very less time in the present.Of the three states in time, present is very tiny to make one get stressed. Apart from us, none of the animals live either in the past or the future and the amount of stress they take is very less.
We have all seen deer gazing the grass after a hard chase from a tiger. If we were chased by a tiger instead of a deer, we would want to first tell our friends and family about our narrow escape and then moan why does this happen to me and after that think deeply and plan what can be done to avoid this situation totally the next time.This attribute of us living in the past and future makes us come up with a variety of feelings – feelings like loneliness, pain, loss, peer pressure, money, relationship issues and many more. And, all of these feelings invariably end up creating or increasing stress levels.
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As science and technology improved in the past 50 years many old beliefs turned irrational in our opinion. That included the concept of fasting or in general terms abstinence from food. But surprisingly there has been shift in the past decade or so – one reason could be the interest of weight loss programs to promote controlled fasting to their customers. But, people in general are getting more aware of what fasting is and are more interested in understanding how it helps them lead a healthy life. There have been many studies funded to understand the effects of fasting on human body and most of them have provided very promising results.
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