Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tips for Healthy Heart


Here are the easy ways to nourish and tone your heart which paves way for a healthy heart - the vital organ .  Follow these steps in your daily life routine. 

Healthy Heart
  •  Count your Calories  : What ever you intake as food keep a calorie counter so that you may not cross your calorie intake limit. This formula not only makes you fit but also helps for a healthy heart.
  •  Laugh out Loud  : There is no best therapy more than smiling. Smiling not only make us young and beauty but also is acts as a best therapy for healthy heart.
  •  Meditations and Yoga  : Meditations and Yoga helps in increasing self confidence, lowering emotional disorders, increases blood flow all over our body and reduces the heart disease risks highly.
  • Avoid irregular Diet Programs : Irregular diet programs such as unbalanced diet, frequent fasting, dieting, binging etc weakens the heart muscles.
  • Include a Healthy Diet : Healthy diet such as low fat diary products, consuming more amount of Omega-3 Fatty acids rich food such as seafood like fish, prawns etc, high amount of leafy green vegetables, water rich fruits such as water melon, cucumber etc instead of binging over fried foods such as chips and fast foods like bugger, pizza etc.
  • One meal with family : Have any one meal with family rather than before TV provides an opportunity for emotional support etc.
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    Aloe vera Home Remedies



    Aloe Vera the species often used in herbal medicines is a boon to the humans especially ladies. Aloe Vera is a natural gift for enhancing the beauty of the skin, hair as well as many medicine benefits. Aloe Vera is a stem less plant which grows up to 60-100cms. We can plant Aloe Vera in pots if you are staying in apartments or in a small place. There are various types in Aloe Vera approx. over 200 varieties.

    Aloe Vera is mostly used in lip balm, consumed as drinks, its gel used in making deserts etc. Aloe Vera plays a vital role in making homemade beauty recipes.
                                           
    Aloe Vera

    Tightens your skin pores :-
    Take a small piece of Aloe Vera in a bowl, scoop out its gel with a small spoon or knife. Now start rubbing it all over your skin and leave it for 30 mins. This helps in tightening your skin pores naturally. 

    Skin Brightening :-
    Mix Aloe Vera gel along with 2 tsp of multani mitti and 1 tsp of egg white and apply it over your face after cleansing your face. Leave it for 20 mins and wash it off with luke warm water.

    Hair Pack for hair growth :-
    Mix Aloe Vera gel along with 2 tsp of egg white and apply the mixture on your scalp and wait for 30 mins and wash your hair. Apply the mixture twice a week for better result.

    Healthy and Glowing hair :-
    Mix equal proportions of coconut oil, castor oil, seaseem oil boil the oils in a thick iron vessel with slim flame. When  the oil starts boiling add few pieces of cleaned Aloe Vera and boil it in slim flame for 3 mins. After cooling the oil to room temperature remove the Aloe Vera and store the oil in a can and use it regularly on hair. This is a good herbal hair oil.

    Aloe Vera as Medicine :-
    Take small fresh piece of Aloe Vera gel and wash it 5 - 10 times still its clean. Store the Aloe Vera cubes inside a refrigerator. Consume one small piece of Aloe Vera on empty stomach every morning with tender coconut water or a glass of butter milk. This recipe is good to reduce the body heat as well as good tonic for ladies to maintain their uterus health.

    Benefits of Aloe Vera Juice :-
    Consuming Aloe Vera juice helps in curing of several types of gastro-intestinal problems,  ulcers, acts a good blood purifier, skin toner etc.

    Home Remedies for Anemia

    Anemia is not a disease but stated as the deficiency of the red blood cells. It is most common disorder especially in ladies. Iron deficiency leads to anemia. The person affected by anemia will have the symptoms such as body pain, tiredness, headache, hair loss, depressions etc. Iron deficiency, poor diet, huge blood loss or heavy menstrual periods may lead to anemia. In this post you can find valuable home remedies to deal with anemia. 

    • Consuming Kidney and Liver in the diet may help fight anemia.
    • An apple a day not only keep doctor away but also anemia away. So eat as much apples you can.
    • Beetroot have high rich of iron so try to include beetroot in your food intake. Continuous Beet root intake will increase your blood level easily.
    • Light breathing exercise, meditations and walking in clean air increases the red blood cells effectively.
    • Try to consume more natural foods like raw fruits and veggies which fights anemia.
    • Citrus fruits are plays a vital role in absorption of iron. So try to consume a glass of lemon juice after taking 2 - 4 dates in your daily diet.
    • Try to consume as much as green leafy vegetables, eggs, fish (not fried ones), diary products, amla, whole grain cereals in your diet.
    • Jaggery being a wholesome sugar is rich in iron contents and help to increase the hemoglobin counts.
    • Anemic patients should avoid white bread, fried items, sweets etc from their diet.

    Health Care and Sleeping Tips for Night Shift Workers

    Most persons prefer Night Shift jobs for the highest pay they earn compared to other fellows. They are mostly attracted towards the high-class work environment and other perks. But Night Shift workers have high risk of attaining sleeping disorders over a period of time that they are aware or not. This can lead to other serious health defects. "Health is Wealth". Without good health whatever we earn is mere useless. Here are some health care and sleeping tips for night shift workers to follow.

    • Eat plenty of raw fruits or veggies as salads before going to sleep. Don't stuff your stomach with fried items or snacks. This avoids you from suffering from full stomach problems as digestive system works slow while at sleep.
    • Drink 4-6 liters of water daily while you are awake, this helps lose weight faster through lower calorie intake as well as helps in digestion and to avoid constipation problems. This indirectly helps your brain to activate well and help in the production at work time.
    • Keep your sleeping room dark such that your sleep is not disturbed with the exposure of sunlight. Turn off your room light or use a dim light as per your mood to sleep well. Studies say that blue colored light will induce a calm mood and help in sound sleep.
    • Keep your bed room neat and tidy such that you have a pleasant mood to sleep. Also set a cool temperature through AC or other means. A cool temperature will make your mood pleasant always.
    • Don't try to consume caffeine products, alcohol or smoking before you attempt to sleep. Researches say that one glass of drinking warm milk will help you with a sound sleep.
    • Engage yourself in workout or exercise which not only helps you stays fit but also maintains a healthy life. But workouts shouldn't be done before going to sleep.
    • Sleeping pills are not advisable as they may for sure lead to side effects in future. So as far as try to go by natural sleep formulas.
    • Avoid things that affect your sleep. Switch off your mobile phones or use the automatic answering machine, inform the good timing for your family and friends to reach you in advance.
    • Involve in meditation for at least 5-10 mins a day, better if it’s before you engage yourself to sleeping. This will low down your stress level and help you in sound sleep and healthy life.
    • Now you are ready to have a sound sleep and happy mood at your work place. Have a healthy life.