Author: Ritu Puri

  • 7 Healthy Foods to Improve Digestion

    7 Healthy Foods to Improve Digestion

    We often hear people complain of pain in the stomach caused by undigested food. Most times, the pain subsides within a day or two. But what causes the food to go undigested? Indigestion is usually caused due to functional problem of the gastrointestinal tract. Indigestion is also caused by certain medical conditions and lifestyle factors. […]

  • Everything about Calculating Calories

    Everything about Calculating Calories

    Calorie is a unit of energy. Here, it refers to the energy we absorb from the food and drinks that we intake. They are essential for human health. They can put you on the range of either overweight or underweight. The key is taking in just the right amount. As humans, we need the energy […]

  • Post Pregnancy Weight Loss: Tips, Diet Plan & Foods to Eat

    Post Pregnancy Weight Loss: Tips, Diet Plan & Foods to Eat

    Women, new to motherhood, are often taken aback by how insurmountable a task post pregnancy weight loss seems to be. Postpartum weight gain is a common phenomenon experienced by most mothers. If you are struggling to shed off your extra pounds after childbirth, don’t worry – you are not the only one. Weight gain after […]

  • World Diabetes Day: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About it

    World Diabetes Day: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About it

    Once described as a ‘silent killer’, the numbers associated with diabetes are a loud wake-up call today. According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2017, 425 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes; India is home to 72 million of them. Deaths due to diabetes have increased largely, and these fatalities have been primarily […]

  • 7 reasons that haldi (Turmeric) is good for you

    The world may be going gaga over turmeric latte now but we in India have been sipping on haldi doodh for years! Turmeric, which comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant, has been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in Chinese and Indian systems of medicine. The deep yellow-orange colour led it to be […]