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Celebrate Holi Organically

By on February 23, 2011 in Guest articles
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emailprintThe colorful festival of Holi is celebrated on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. Holi festival has an ancient origin and celebrates the triumph of ‘good’ over ‘bad’. The colorful festival bridges the social gap and renews sweet relationships. On this day, people hug and wish each other ‘Happy Holi’. But [...]

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Healthy Nutribar Recipe

By on February 17, 2011 in Food, Health

Commercially available Nutribars are bad for your health. Here is a quick and healthy recipe to make your own healthy nutribar Ingredients Nuts like groundnuts(peanuts), crushed almonds and walnuts-1 cup Seeds like sesame seeds, watermelon seeds, toasted flaxseeds- 1 tbsp each Ground cardamom- 1/2 tsp Jaggery- 1/2 cup Method Melt jaggery in a pan. Mix [...]

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Goodness of Cheese

By on February 16, 2011 in Food, Health

My clients give me surprised looks when I tell them that cheese is allowed in their diets. Cheese has been in the news for causing weight gain, acne, heart disease etc. All this is not true.  If you have read the book by Dr. Spencer Johnson “who moved my cheese”, which is a book on [...]

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The Truth about Nutri bars and why we should avoid them.

By on February 14, 2011 in Health

Latest addition to “health foods” are energy bars. Commonly called as nutri bars, I see many eating them as snacks on the move. We love to eat anything which has terms such as nutrition, healthy, low fat etc. Nutri bars and energy bars are nothing but junk food in a healthy disguise (companies keep getting [...]

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Facts and Consequences of not having Breakfast

By on February 13, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

Breakfast tends to have the least priority these days in the daily chores of a family. Missing out of this essential morning meal will certainly hinder the growth of children in the family as also other elder members of their health gradually. Skipping breakfast is becoming a common trait among modern urban families everywhere. Why is [...]

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Plants, People and Medicines

By on February 5, 2011 in Guest articles

Now-a-days people have started realizing that they are drifting away from nature and are leading a hectic life full of tension , inhaling polluted air, drinking polluted water, eating all types of junk food available in the market and indulging in all sorts of excesses. No wonder ill health is on the rise. Diseases come [...]

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ORGANIC FOOD –Is Good, Does Good and Tastes Good

By on February 5, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

Farming practices used before the 1900′s are classed as organic. It was only after this that added chemicals such as urea and DDT were brought into farming – previous to this, farmers didn’t have the knowledge and simply put, were happy enough with things as they were; as most of us today would be. After [...]

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Facts on OKRA (Bhendi) and its many Benefits

By on January 24, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

The very name of this vegetable is more or less irritating and jarring to the ear, but it has another soft name called “Bhendi” and also in english a sweet name as “Ladies finger”. It can be one of your best companions if you make use of it daily. Here is a copy an e-mail I [...]

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Crunchy, Cool and Refreshing Salad

By on January 18, 2011 in Food, Guest articles

Fast foods like Pizzas, Burgers and Sandwiches are turning out to be an integral part of today’s life.  Another favorite that is making its way and  finding a place for itself among the present day Indian kitchen is the Salad. Whether you are a vegetarian or a non -vegetarian, there is always salad to delight every [...]

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