Blog posts of '2017' 'August'

As we know for staying healthy, we need to eat healthy food. For healthy food, it is important to prepare food by healthy techniques without losing its nutritional values. Healthy cooking process doesn't mean investing in expensive cookwares, chefs etc. It means use basic food preparation techniques in healthy way.

By using healthy cooking process you can cut saturated fats. The healthy cooking methods described here is to prepare food without adding excessive salt and fat.Use it in your favorite dish preparation.

• STEAMING
  This is a very simple technique for keeping the nutritional value in your dish.Cook in a covered pot over boiling water.
• BAKING
  In this method,the food is cooked under convection heat.The food is enter in enclosed area ,then heat is applied and the food is cooked.
• GRILLING
  There are two types of grilling methods people use on these days. One is, when food is cooked over hot charcoal on an open fire.The food is placed on the top of burning charcoal. The second one is cooking food by a grilling machine.Food is frequently turned over to prevent it from burning. By following above methods, our food is cooked evenly and thoroughly.
• COOKING BY MICROWAVES
  The microwave food process is the best for cooking to keep the nutritional value of the food.
  SAUTE- Cook food in a pan over direct heat by using small amount of liquid like vegetable stock,fruit juice, wine or even water.
  STIR FRY- Use a big pan to cook food quickly over very high heat in a small amount of oil.Stir constantly to prevent burning.

    Raksha bandhan or rakhi purnima is one of the most important festival celebrated in India.As everyone knows this is a special day for brothers and sisters,the day reminding about the love and duty between them.This festival is celebrated on the full moon day (purnima) of Shravan month of Hindu calendar.On this auspicious day the sister ties a soft thread(rakhi) to his brother's wrist,prays for the wellbeing and long life of her brother.Brother also promises for taking care of his sister for whole life.This festival is known as  the symbol of love and protection.

This day is celebrated in different ways in different parts of India with different rituals and traditions.In south India,it is called Avani Avittam.The day is considered to be important for all the Brahmins as they first take a holy bath then change their thread by chanting mantras.In north India it's called kajri purnima or kajri navami.On this day wheat or barley is sworn. Goddess Bhagavati is worshipped and farmers seek blessings for a good crops.In Gujarat people offer water on shivling and pray for forgiveness and prosper future.

    In historical stories, the wives of soldiers ties rakhis for the protection of their husbands.In purana,the festival started when Indrani,wife of Indradev ties a talisman around his wrist before going to war on shravana purnima.All this makes the festival special.Now a days in the busy schedule of life the importance of this hindu festival observe through celebration of this festival.It  increased to an extent that sisters send rakhi even if they aren't able to tie physically  on their brother's wrist.

Personality development implies progressive identification with higher dimensions of personality. Thus a person is identified only with the physical dimension without exercising his higher mental faculties, lives not far different from animals whose pleasure and pain are restricted to the sensory system.

Development involves struggle with one's lower mind characterized by desires, old habits, wrong tendencies, impulses and bad impressions. The lesser we identify with the lower mind, and the more we identify with the higher mind and exercise our buddhi, the more developed will our personality be.

Qualities for personality development are as follows-

• FAITH IN ONESELF-
  Faith in one's potential divinity as the sheet anchor of personality development. Faith in God came next only to faith in oneself. If one believes that one's real nature is spirit not the body or mind, one would be a better individual with strong character.
• THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS-
  Positive, wholesome thoughts based on our inherent divinity are essential for a strong character. Go on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously, that is the only way to suppress base impressions. Character is repeated habits and repeated habits alone can reform character.
• SELF RELIANCE-
  Man is the maker of his own destiny. We are responsible for what we are and whatever we wish ourselves to be,we have the power to make ourselves.
• ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAILURES-
  Upholding the ideal once again even if a person failed a thousand times.He appreciated committing mistakes and learning from them rather than leading an inert existence like a wall,which cannot even tell a lie.

By these qualities and developed personality will ensure excellence in one's chosen field ,and contribute to individual and national development.Everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self conscious activity.

Vitamin D is one of the most essential vitamin our body needs. These are very necessary for healthy bones,teeth and muscles. Human body need vitamin D for absorbing calcium and phosphate from our diet. Lack of vitamin D causes the diseases - rickets in children and it can lead to osteomalacia which causes bone pain.

The body can only store a limited amount of vitamin D at a time .A Person can not store more vitamin D by spending more time in sunshine. It will increase the risk of skin cancer. So it is important to know how much sunlight is needed for a person. 10mcg of Vitamin D per a day is sufficient for a person for its daily internal organ activities.

It is not exactly known how much sunlight is needed to make enough vitamin D to meet body's requirment.It depends upon your skin tone. Person with dark skin will need to spend more time in sun to produce the same amount of vitamin D as compared to a person with lighter skin. Every person should be advised to spend time in shade particularly 11am to 3pm. The babies under six month should be shown more time in direct sunlight. But the majority of people above 5yrs will get enough vitamin D from sunlight in summer or april to the end of september. But in winter the sun does not contain enough UVB radiation for skin to make vitamin D. During these months our body gets its vitamin D from food sources It is always remember that protect your skin before the time it takes you start turning red.

However, Vitamin D can also be obtained by consuming some foods like oily fish such as Salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines as well as red meat and eggs. Fruits like bananas consist a higher amount of Vitamin D. A person can also consume these diets in order to obtain a certain amount of Vitamin D if its body does not permit to the direct exposure towards sun.

Hence, as mentioned above, Vitamin D plays a vital role in our body organ mechanisms and it needs to be obtained in our body as per the required amount for an effective and healthy growth of the human body.

Memory is the way of holding things that you love and never want to erase from the mind. Our mind plays vital role to stock our memory. So our brain is most important organ of our body. It controls our thoughts and all sensation. It also regulates many complex functions. The brain is constantly working,even when we sleep.

We know that how we eat, can affect our body. It also affects our brain's energy and our memory. The brain is a picky eater too, demanding a constant supply of glucose and not much else to keeping running. Neurons don't store this basic sugar like other cells. So they are always hungry. Refined sugars,like table sugars , corn syrup are not safe option since overly high blood glucose levels, damage the cells throughout the body, including our brain.

There are also other nutrients the brain uses though not as fuel. Our brains are made up of 60% fat and low levels of fats in food and the body can contribute depression. Thus we have to choose good healthy fats those found in seeds, nuts,coconuts etc. Trans fat found in hydrogenated vegetable oils raise the cholesterol damage the heart and brain. Focus instead on adding good plant based food that increase the brain function, mood and memory. Vitamin E and omega 3s also contains anti inflammatory substances which keeps our memory strong and healthy.

A person should also work in walnuts in order to achieve a good memory. Walnuts have a dynamic and enhancing impact on heart. Walnuts help in working of memory properly. The above mentioned foods are not only good for memory and brain, but also these have a great impact on healthy cardiac system. In this way a person can get the desired memory by consuming the food supplements for appropriate functional characters of brain and memory.