Neither Rotten NOR FORGOTTEN

Neither Rotten NOR FORGOTTEN

A little thought spared during the buying and storing of vegetables goes a long way in avoiding wastage. You can use them fresh and also ensure variety and quality to the dish.
The allure of vegetables is such that it coaxes one to buy indiscriminately. Unlike groceries or other necessities, vegetables are kept enticingly in open baskets. Their colour, freshness and abundance too prompt even the prudent buyer to do some reckless buying.
After struggling home with the overloaded vegetable basket, one often finds that the items bought do not fit into the menu, either because the dish gets repeated or because the accompanying vegetables are absent. Neither do they find a place in the fridge. (more…)

BACKACHE IN WOMEN

BACKACHE IN WOMEN

^This practice continues throughout life. Gradually, over the years, this places strain on the joints and muscles of the back and the result is pain/
Lifting heavy weights also causes similar strain and can even cause a slipped disc and other problems of the bones. As middle-age approaches, this problem becomes strain on the lumbar spine. During pregnancy, calcium is depleted from the bones to provide nutrition to the growing foetus. In this situation unless calcium is supplemented, the bones tend to become weak. The process of delivery causes strain to the lumbosacral spine.
These 2 factors together lead to backache after delivery. The more the number of pregnancies, the greater is the problem of backache unless calcium is supplemented. (more…)