Do you ever feel craving for junk food like chips, fries, burgers, pizza or carbonated cold drinks? These foods have become a regular diet of people especially the children and youth generation. We survive on junk food. No wonder, so many lifestyle diseases have creeped into our lives. But it is really difficult to avoid…

Platelets are the tiniest among the blood cells, much smaller than red and white blood cells. They aid in blood clotting and help in preventing blood loss from the body, in case of injury. With a life span of 5 to 9 days, they are present in a very large number in our body. Playing…

A Punjabi get-together isn’t complete until they have platefuls of Rajma Chawal. This delicious & mouthwatering combination is hardly refused by anybody. Rajma (Kidney beans) are rich in many nutrients and contain many health benefits. It is time already that it should be declared the staple food for them. So, here is a bummer. They…

It has started raining as monsoon has gripped over the country. When the first showers hit, we all welcome them heartily after being scorched by sun for nearly two months of peak summer. But the coming of the monsoon also means low immunity, low digestive power and skin related infections. This is why the ancient…

Children who wet the bed are often ridiculed. Many times night-time bedwetting continue in children even after the age of five years, posing a problem for the child as well as his parents. In such children, the ability to hold urine is diminished or under-developed, and this could be due to a variety of reasons.…