People visit the gym for various reasons. Weight loss, better posture, healthy lifestyle or even winning over the fair maiden. However there is one reason which nobody talks about, de-stress. It might be initially hard to believe that how come lifting weights or resistance training will de-stress. By the time you finish reading this rather…
Each cell in our body is capable of generating it energy like a tiny powerhouse. Raw material for energy production is glucose and fat. Glucose is always available in the blood for regular as well as emergency energy requirement. Fat is more denser and more efficient source of energy. Too much glucose in the blood…
We have been born and brought up among Hindi movies which have a certain elder father of the bride or hero dying of kidney failure or heart attack. While the percentage of onscreen death due to heart attacks are much higher, kidney failure is not far behind. But the sad part is that 75 years…
Women across all age and income groups in India are at risk of suffering from anemia. So one thing is certain this life threatening condition is not restricted to one group or category. Even though it is a chronic problem, not too many women are aware about it and they continue making mistakes which aggravate…
Sex hormone in a man and woman is responsible for motivation, drive libido along with the reproductive system. While the male has just one sex hormone to deal with which is testosterone, the women have three. Every 15 minutes testosterone is released in a male body which keeps him at the top of his game…
Most of our metabolic problems are due to excessive eating. Why do we eat? Again it is the way we are evolved over lakhs of years. Along with fasting and starving we have to introduce another word here, feasting. As soon as we put on weight or feel that we are bloated we immediately go…
Just the title is enough to strike a fear in most of us. Calcification of arteries is the number one reason for a heart attack. Sometimes you do get warning signs like breathlessness or heartache or heartburn. Other times you might just drop dead without any. Calcium is essential for healthy bones and teeth. But…
Catabolism is the process where large and complex molecules are broken down. Best example of a catabolic process is food digestion. Anabolism is the opposite where you build something say rebuilding of muscles. The correct understanding of anabolic and catabolic process will help you to stay fit and plan for the correct exercise. Of course…
Uric acid is widely believed to be the reason for gout attack. Excruciating pain is what follows. Uric acid is popularly discussed among health forums and tagged as the bad thing. So let us understand uric acid, gout and how to stop future gout attacks. But first let us begin by debunking some myths and…
We all have heard about stress and how it is the number one killer of the human race. In this article we shall explore the stress factor and how cortisol affects the most important factor in our lifestyle. What is cortisol? Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. They are a pair of…
