Okhhhhhhhhay so it’s been a while since our last rendezvous, hasn’t it world??? What’s been up?? Not weight gain I hope..;)

Uff…Winters are here and though I’m not much of an admirer of the season’s chills…(I’d rather be charmed by all the snow flakes…warm cozy fireplaces…Blankets and bright winter woolens…on the television or in books….! Somehow…even after having lived in Delhi for years, I haven’t got used to the Dilli winters!)…..

But then…can’t hold only grudges against the season which melts all hearts eh??? Everything has a positive and negative side…lets not neglect the latter (Ahh…finally one thing I can look forward to…!!)

Don’t tell me you haven’t guessed it yet….Lush vegetables….Colorful fruits…Hot food….and Melt-in-the-mouth desserts…..mmmm……

Make the most out of these fresh vegetables and fruits my friends…they come power packed with all nutrients….even though Indian mothers (no offence to grandmothers…they’re mothers too …click here to read more

All of us sensitive to knowledge, know the benefits and science of this, but to my shock the outreach of

this knowledge is still drastically constrained and my this belief was strengthened when i came across an article discussing the same in TIMES OF INDIA, a leading national newspaper “A study conducted by the Command Hospital and Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune has found an abysmally low rate of exclusive breastfeeding’ among mothers. Even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued specific guidelines for the same purpose, merely 13.8% mothers follow them due to lack of awareness”

Indian Academy of Pediatrics also reconciles this opinion and recommendations “lack of confidence and widespread ignorance and misconceptions frequently result in improper management of infant feeding” …click here to read more

Heart is a machine that pumps life into you every time it beats. For the entire lifetime, a human heart beats non-stop tirelessly. But have YOU ever stopped to pat it with affection and take care of it?? All may not be well within even if it looks perfect to the world . STOP-SIT-GIVE YOUR HEART A MOMENT!!

Did you know heart disease and stroke is the world’s largest killer? WHO predicted heart diseases to be the single greatest killer in India by 2015. Hence it is important for us to take care of this vital organ not only for ourselves but also for our families. That’s why World Heart day was created to increase the awareness of risk factors for heart diseases. This year, it was observed on 28^th September.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply your heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood.Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol , calcium, and other substances found in the blood. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis . …click here to read more

A while ago a blood donation camp was held near my locality where hundreds of people had come to donate blood and I was one of them. But one must know that being present at the venue is just 25% of the work done to be a part of the noble cause ….your eligibility to donate depends upon the hemoglobin levels and also your overall health. So it was …I could not donate blood even though I was confident that I was healthy enough but the hemoglobin levels were low!!! and I was Anemic.

Many people like me accidently come to know at such occasions that they are anemic and many others don’t even come to know till the symptoms appear. So people lets not be ignorant anymore and know exactly what the problem and solution is:
Anemia is a blood disorder caused by a decrease in the number of red blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin ,the protein in the RBCs responsible for carrying oxygen from the lungs to the cells throughout the body. Iron is required to form hemoglobin. The most common type is the iron deficiency anemia- which is a result of depleting stores of iron and hence hemoglobin. …click here to read more

One morning I get up to read that all the dhaba’s of Delhi are shutting down!! I almost fainted… how would I and the million others of our sprawling capital city manage our meals, our delicacies if the bhaiya around the corner had to shut his stall!!

But a few days later came the relieving news of stay order, but with that my arguments for and against it!!

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