Apr 08

5 Tips That May Help You Grow Taller Even After 18

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Who doesn’t aspire to have a good height? Like many other physical attributes, height is also hugely impacted by our genetic composition. It is popularly believed that one stops growing soon after hitting 18 or puberty. However, contrary to popular belief it is also said that nutrition and workout play a key role in making a bit of change in your height in your adult years. Let’s walk you through the tips:   Follow a balanced diet According to TOI, a balanced diet, which is rich in vitamins and minerals, can turn your dreams of being taller into reality. Adding fresh fruits, green leafy vegetables, whole grains, and dairy products to your daily diet will be able to make a difference. Calcium and Vitamin D strengthens the bones.   Daily Exercise In the hustle and bustle of daily life, one pays less attention to outdoor games. Therefore, encourage yourself to play sports or indulge in outdoor activities as much as possible. Do exercise under the supervision of a trained trainer. This will strengthen the bones and muscles.   Correct Posture If you keep bending your waist and neck, then the length of 3 to 4 inches is reduced in the […]
Apr 08

Mental health is as important as physical health

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Many people view health only in the physical sense, but with growing awareness, it’s crucial to also view it as a combination of physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being, because every aspect contributes to your overall health. It is extremely important to understand that mind and body are not separate. What affects one, affects the other. For example, many people are affected by cardiac issues, thyroid, and various other hormonal disorders due to stress and various other social pressures they are going through despite having healthy eating habits and regularly working out. Vijay Thakkar,fitness entrepreneur and functional medicine coach, explains, “Stress increases the production of cortisol hormone in large amounts, which inhibits the production of TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and ultimately results in hypothyroidism. On the other hand, stress can aggravate thyroid symptoms leading to more hair fall, weight gain, and other hormonal diseases such as insulin resistance, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, PCOS, etc. A study conducted in Sweden in 2018 showed that subjects experiencing stress-related issues were 30% more likely to develop an autoimmune disorder like Grave’s disease, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, etc.” Thus, there are arguments that stress and depression can both result in several […]
Apr 08

Six tips to nourish your mind, body, and soul

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Do you want to nourish your body, mind, and soul but wonder how you can do so? Keep reading to find the best tips that might help you promote overall well-being. Nowadays, it is incredibly normal for people to lead stressful and hectic lives. The lives of people have become so fast. They are always in a rush to do too many things – juggling jobs, families, side hustles, social lives, exercises, and more which leaves them exhausted. If any of these tasks don’t work out the way they want them to, it leads to dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Given the current situation, it is becoming more and more imperative to nourish yourself to face life’s challenges. Do you want to nourish your body, mind, and soul but wonder how you can do so? Keep reading to find the best tips that might help you promote overall well-being.   What are the ways to nourish your mind, body, and soul? While most people tend to adopt major lifestyle changes to get healthy, sometimes looking for holistic harmony in your well-being may be a reasonable place to start. To make the process easier, here are six different ways in which you can […]
Apr 08

Travel to Inspiring Destinations for Your Workouts

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It is important to work out regularly in order to stay fit and healthy, to avoid lifestyle diseases such as high blood pressure, heart diseases and diabetes among others. These are good exercises to condition the body, keep the systems working and maintain general body health. Your mind is important too, and it needs some conditioning from time to time. This is important because a build-up of stress, worry and overload can be really harmful. When you are stressed, your body’s immunity goes down, your ability to analyze, reason and think is lowered and your performance weakens so here is how to avoid that. Do simple but regular exercises You need to get your body used to some form of physical workout regularly. Try to work out at least 3 times a week for about 30 minutes each session. Your workout regimen does not have to be that thorough. You can go for walks, play ball with your kids, jog in the park or even work out at home. When your body gets used to exercises, it will develop strong muscles, keep you fit and healthy and produce more white cells to battle infections. Take your workouts to inspirational locations […]
Apr 08

10 Tips For Getting Healthy from Sound Body & Mind

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1. Eat Real Food Generally speaking, if it comes in a box or a bag, try to avoid it. Vegetables come in a bag sometimes, that’s obviously OK. Just focus on eating more one-ingredient foods, along with reducing intake of things that require a long list of additives­. Too many packaged foods can increase intestinal permeability (also called “leaky gut”) which kicks off a chain reaction of inflammation.   2. Move your body  The body is made for moving, so first and foremost work on sitting less. Around 80% of adults fail to meet the minimum daily recommendation for exercise! Most adults should get at least 2.5 hours of moderate aerobic activity (such as brisk walking or even gardening) or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week. Ideally try a combination of both, such as alternating days of cardio with exercise focusing on flexibility, building strength, or enhancing endurance. Here are some workout options:   3. Drink Lots of Water Every day you lose water through your breath, perspiration, and by going to the bathroom. For your body to function properly, you must replenish its water supply by drinking lots of water and eating hydrating foods. Follow the “8×8 rule”, […]
Apr 08

5 Ways To Keep Your Body And Mind Fit

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Most of the goal-oriented and hardworking people are overly stressed around the world. It is due to the reason that they do not invest in keeping their mind healthy and body fit. Just with the little change in lifestyle and some more hard work, you can keep yourself stronger and more relaxed. Below are 5 ways to keep your body and mind fit. Because the sound mind is the way to sound body!   A Relaxed Body: If your body is relaxed and well taken care of, your mind won’t be in strain too. Whenever you are working, every hour or so, take a break and walk around. Stretch yourself, have a glass of water and some healthy snack to eat. Furthermore, your posture while at work is extremely significant. Sit straight, put your feet flat on the floor, and keep your neck and head in alignment. Don’t let your posture go astray. If you want to soothe your aching body, you can have the best massage chair to go home to.   Keep Your Work to Your Workplace: We all want to work hard and make something out of our life. But, bringing shitloads of work home won’t help. […]
Apr 07

12 ways to keep your brain young

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Every brain changes with age, and mental function changes along with it. Mental decline is common, and it’s one of the most feared consequences of aging. But cognitive impairment is not inevitable. Here are 12 ways you can help maintain brain function.   1. Get mental stimulation Through research with mice and humans, scientists have found that brainy activities stimulate new connections between nerve cells and may even help the brain generate new cells, developing neurological “plasticity” and building up a functional reserve that provides a hedge against future cell loss. Any mentally stimulating activity should help to build up your brain. Read, take courses, try “mental gymnastics,” such as word puzzles or math problems Experiment with things that require manual dexterity as well as mental effort, such as drawing, painting, and other crafts.   2. Get physical exercise Research shows that using your muscles also helps your mind. Animals who exercise regularly increase the number of tiny blood vessels that bring oxygen-rich blood to the region of the brain that is responsible for thought. Exercise also spurs the development of new nerve cells and increases the connections between brain cells (synapses). This results in brains that are more efficient, […]
Apr 07

Why 7,000 steps a day is the new 10,000 steps a day

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Many of us have smartwatches or apps on our phones that count the number of steps we do. Usually, we aim to reach at least 10,000 steps a day, which we are often reminded is the target to help improve our health. This target is an arbitrary number that seems to have come from a Japanese marketing campaign for a pedometer. However, it is now included in daily activity targets by popular smartwatches, such as Fitbit. When trying to get more active, it can often be demoralising when you look at your step count and realise you haven’t reached that goal of 10,000 steps. In fact, it can even be demotivating, especially in times where many of us are still working from home and only manage to walk from our makeshift offices to the kitchen to get our (usually) unhealthy snack. The good news for everyone is that the evidence is building to suggest that doing less than 10,000 steps is still good for your health. The most recent large study, led by the University of Massachusetts, followed over 2,000 middle-aged adults from different ethnic backgrounds over a period of 11 years. The researchers found that those taking at least […]
Apr 07

Benefits of Daily Exercise in Keeping Your Mind & Body Strong & Active

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Practicing daily workout with different fitness equipment has proven physical and mental health benefits. Read on to know about them in detail. Regular exercise has shown to have profoundly positive impact on both physical as well as mental health of a person. No matter what level of fitness your body has, regular physical exercise provides innumerate benefits that have lifelong effects and advantages. As opposed to the general and popular belief, regular physical exercise is not only beneficial for losing weight, but has various other benefits like reduced diseases, increased energy, less stress, and an overall better and improved life. Regular exercise is increasingly recommended by physicians, doctors, and mental health professionals all over the world to help reduce physical as well as mental health issues and ailments. Below mentioned are some of the top benefits of including daily exercise in your daily routine for both mental and physical well-being.   Physical Benefits   1. Maintaining strong muscles and bones: ‍Exercise plays a vital role in maintaining the strength of muscles and bones. Regular and specific physical exercise, along with adequate diet and protein intake could stimulate muscle building and strengthening of bones. This is due to exercise resulting in […]
Apr 06

3 Ways By Which One Can Actually Sleep Better

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Sleep problems have a really negative impact on our lives. With everyone having a huge workload and tension on their shoulders, the sleep pattern often gets disturbed from what we usually have. However, the good part is that you can make 3 changes in your day to day routine so that you can have the best sleep of your life. Get the phone out of your bedroom The single best change that you can make to improve your sleep cycle is to kick the phone out of your bedroom. At least take it away from the region where you sleep because our brain misinterprets the time of the day due to the light coming from your Smartphone. The blue spectrum of light that comes out of your phone will automatically make you alert, making it difficult to sleep. So you will constantly feel tired without the ability to sleep peacefully. Reduce the caffeine One of the golden rules of getting better sleep is to reduce the caffeine intake of your body. We all love coffee, right from the smell, to the taste, flavor and how it instantly makes our mood lighter. But if you are the one struggling with your […]
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