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Harmful effects of Carbonated drinks Apart from adding unnecessary calories, carbonated drinks harm human bodies in more ways than one. It has caffeine that is  associated with sleep disturbances and anxiety. Most soft drinks contain high concentration of simple sugars and others like glucose, sucrose fructose,etc. these substances activate oral bacteria and produce acid, which dissolves tooth enamel thus increasing the incidence of tooth decay. Carbon Di-oxide contained in these drinks is also associated with erosion of tooth enamel. Drinking cola to quench thirst in fact has a reverse effect. It actually causes dehydration making you more thirsty. 4-MEI, a carcinogenic chemical which is found in almost all carbonated drink. Companies say- it is within the permissible limits. My question is "Can poison becomes harmless if taken within the permissible limits?" Carbonated drinks are also linked to the Esophageal Cancer in the countries like US, UK &

India is becoming the Diabetic Capital of the world. As per WHO estimates, currently 6% of the population has some form of diabetes in India. By 2020, the percentage will increase to 9%. More importantly, majority of the people who are now becoming diabetic, have no family history of diabetes. Now this is something to worry about but we hardly see anybody taking it seriously. The irony is, rather than making permanent changes in the basic lifestyle, people are waiting for scientists to find the genes that are responsible for diabetes. 1. Genetic vulnerability to Type 2 Diabetes: During primitive times when food the scarcest thing around, human's genetic make up was evolved to cope up with this scarcity. The populations spread across the globe, specially Indians are genetically designed to live in food scarce environment. As we became civilized, the life we were exposed to started changing. Among other things, there came a supply of unending food supply. The extra food (calo

There are several things you can do to keep your health care bills in control. 1. Increase your understanding about a particular disease Learning about the particular disease & making some life style changes is 'the' most important thing one can do in order to control the health care costs. If you know that you have a family history of some health condition, understanding the disease in totality will help you take precautionary measures. 2. Learn about the Dietary habits that can prevent the disease Normally all the health conditions have some Good/bad foods associated with them. Find which foods may be good for you and start including them in your diet. Similarly, the bad ones must be reduced/eliminated altogether. For example, both my mom and dad have high Blood Pressure and take a pill. So the obvious lifestyle modification for was to reduce & control the salt intake. 3.   Get a family doctor: Avoid going to a Super Specialist doctor all by yourself,

We all want to live well. We want to have better house, better car, better professional life, better health , better bank balance, better everything. What if we get all that but don't have life left to live & enjoy it. This is precisely what happens with continue with the pursuit of happiness and life flies past us. The following unhealthy habits will take you to grave much earlier than you anticipate. Erratic eating habit: Eating foods which are loaded with salts, sugar & fats. Choosing foods which are not nutritious Not enough water: Average person needs to drink about 2 liters of water every day. But most people never touch that mark. If you research well about your own water intake, it would not cross 1.5 liters/day Smoking & Drinking: Smoking is proven to kill us early. But indiscriminate drinking is equally injurious to health. It not only affects liver, but also digestive system, nervous system, brain, Kidneys and heart. Taking doctor's advic

When we wake up in the morning after a night's sleep, our metabolic rate is as low as 1 calorie per minute. There are two reasons for it. First, metabolism drops to its lowest while we are asleep. Second, body is starved for about 8 to 10 hours. It is the time when your system needs some solid food. But most people end up further starving their bodies, as a result of which their metabolic rate doesn't shoot up. Morning time is the best time if you want to switch on your calorie consuming engine. A few right things done at this hour can increase metabolism also giving you more energy throughout the day. All you have to do is to spare five minutes every morning. Technically speaking, it actually takes less than five minutes because these are the things that you do anyways. Here is what you need to do: 1. Drink two glassful of water right after you get out of bed Sounds simple? Here is what it does to your body. Drinking water will increase your m

Seriously? losing weight with out exercise? you got to be kidding. But it is possible. Here is how. No matter what you do, wherever you go, if you have to drop those pounds visible at your waistline, it narrows down to one thing and one thing only You will have to Increase your Activity Level For the intensive weight loss that you are planning for yourself, it is imperative that you accelerate your metabolism. Before you go on to joining gym or buy an expensive equipment to work out at home, you need to develop that mindset to be able to get your self to take any action. for the nest 3-4 months purely concentrate on increasing your overall activity level. I am not talking about the work out part here. I am precisely talking about the activities other than exercise that you do throughout the day. Be it at home or at office, your lifestyle offers you number of opportunities to enhance your physical activities. It is not the availability of an equipment or gym members

"I just want to maintain myself, I don't want to be a body builder." This is precisely what my wife said when I suggested incorporating weight training in her fitness regime for better results. Most women think that just by lifting few pounds of weight they will acquire bulging biceps like that of body builders. Weight training according to them is only for body builders. A good percentage of men, as well, carry similar perceptions. But in reality, such a belief is completely irrational and doesn't have any sound base. Let's take look at our beloved (female) celebrities. All of them hit the gym at least 3 times per week. And as part of their regime they regularly lift weights. Do they look like body builders? Another question: How often do you spot a woman with noticeably large muscles? It is practically impossible for a woman to develop muscles like men do. Why? Here are the reasons: For a woman to build large muscles, a right blend of genetics is n