13 November 2010

How to keep control your blood sugar forever?


Many researches found that whether or not you have diabetes, a diet loaded with foods that send blood glucose on a roller-coaster ride can increase the risk of heart disease by damaging the blood vessels, raising the cholesterol and increase the risk of certain cancers.

Some ways to maintain better blood glucose:-
1. Eat rich protein foods. Protein lowers the over all GI of meals and helps curb hunger and also helps in weight loss. Some protein rich foods are fish, poultry, meat, milk products, egg, pulses, soya, nuts and legumes.
2. Intake the fruits and vegetables have few carbs (carbohydrate) and are packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber. Add them to the meals with carbohydrate- rich dishes to make the diet blood glucose friendly.
3. Cutting calories can help to fight insulin resistance. The best way to lose weight is exercise.








4. Chose low GI food instead of high GI to keep the blood glucose low and steady. Some of the low GI foods are cereals, leafy green vegetables, nuts, legumes and fruits like apple, pear, orange, papaya etc.
5. Try to avoid bad saturated fats. This may interfere with the ability to control blood glucose. Eat good fats like almonds, walnuts, figs and milk products.
6. Always chose whole grains to eat which will prevent the heart disease and diabetics. It is more important to add acid foods to your food. Lemon, sweet limes, wine are some of the acid foods.
7. Avoid drinking soft drinks frequently as it contains high sugar and carbohydrates and also quit smoking.

If you don’t have a control in blood sugar, it may lead to many serious problems like kidney failure, heart problems etc. Always have a healthy and simple diet, do exercise regularly and then tame your blood sugar forever.











18 September 2010

Home Remedies For Common Health Problems

For cold and cough:
1. Drink black tea mix with few tablespoons of honey, lemon and ginger juice.


2. Intake the juice of one amla daily. It helps to make the immune system strong.


3. Take few Tulsi(Basil) leaves, crush it, add few drops of honey. It is a good curing mixture of both could and cough.

4. Add a tablespoon of turmeric to a glass of milk and boil for few minutes. Drink it to get rid of from severe cough.

5. Gargle warm water with salt for throat infection. Use the same to flush the nose if it is congested.

For stomach problems:
1. For stomach upset, eat overripe bananas and avoid milk.

2. Drink a glass mixed juice of cabbage and white pumpkin to get ride of acidity.

3. To reduce the burning sensation in he throat drink a glass of warm water with a piece of jaggery.

4. For nausea (Sensation of vomiting) during pregnancy period chew a bit of ginger.

5. To relive menopausal symptoms eat flax seeds like Soya, Lignans. Both helps to reduce alleviate symptoms like hot flushes and palpitations.