Importance of vitamin A

National Nutrition week 2017- Sweeteners

Happy National Nutrition week to all the viewers of this blog.

Friends, every year National Nutrition week is celebrated to create awareness regarding components of diet, nutrition and their effect on health and wellness.

Use of sweeteners are very common among today's population, but they don't know the illeffects of excess use of sweeteners.

Kindly click the below link and update yourself with illeffects of sweeteners
https://youtu.be/F4rjmPcRVD0

Scientific reasons: Why in Hindu temples charnamrit (holy water) is kept in copper vessel

From ancient times cooper is associated with spirituality. In different Hindu temples charnamrit (holy water) is kept in copper vessel. When anybody go into the temple they take charnamrit (holy water) from this copper vessel.

Has anyone tried out to find out why the charnamrit is kept in copper vessel only; not in steel or aluminium or any other metallic vessel, because copper has various health promoting effects. Our ancient saints (rishi-muni) knew these beneficial properties of copper, hence, they made decision to kept the charnamrit (holy water) in copper vessel only.

These are the scientific reasons behind this:-

1. Copper water regulates thyroid gland

2. It fight against anaemia and helps in iron absorption

3. It stimulates brain cells and promotes brain function

4. It helps in skin health

5. It aids digestion

6. It promotes faster recovery

7. It kills bacteria and unhealthy microbes

8. It aids in bone health and prevents Artharitis

9. It keeps the heart healthy

Dietary changes in summer season

Hello friends,

Winter season already said us bye-bye. Daily temperature keep rising up. In summer season heat stroke is common problem and many individuals get affected from the different symptoms of heat stroke.

In this summer if you slightly change your diet pattern and add some specific items in your diet, you can prevent yourself from the symptoms of heat stroke.

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Risk factors of vitamin D deficiency

In my previous post, I talked about importance of vitamin D in human beings and how it is essential for various physiological and metabolic functions of body. Hence, if the amount of vitamin D decreases than normal it can hinder normal body functioning.

               

Therefore, Today I will inform you about the various risk factors of vitamin D deficiency which are as follows.

# Inadequate sun exposure.
# Heavy and regular use of sunscreens/ sunblocks.
# Increasing tendency to live in air conditioners.
# Old age of individual as their ability of vitamin D synthesis in skin decreases with age.
# Patients with renal disease, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease.
# Individuals having problem of fat metabolism and absorption have higher risk of vitamin D deficiency as vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin.
# Obesity.

Importance of vitamin D

Hello friends and followers click the below link and know about the importance of vitamin D.

https://youtu.be/iSE0S5nQYsA