Article by Amen Clinics Do you feel like you’re cracking under the stress? When did you start losing it? Was it when the pandemic hit? When the lockdown dragged on and on? When the economic devastation took root? Or when the social unrest exploded? For many of us, our ability to cope with the multiple traumas of […]
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Simple and Easy to Follow Heart Healthy Diet and Supplements
What did our ancestors eat. Basically whatever they could hunt/gather cook and eat like Meat, veggies, fruits, many be nuts and berries. So in alignment with our genes of our ancestors if we just stick to food that is natural and whole in its original form, we will be fine. No need to worry about […]
Pandemic of Fear and Misinformation Created Majorly by Media
After going through this harrowing waves of Covid 19, It is absolutely clear that it caused by a real Corona virus and no one must not believe in any conspiracy theories that the virus itself is fake. However, we need to understand that this is also a pandemic of virus and also a pandemic of […]
Saturated Fats and Health
The Journal of the American College of cardiology published a research paper recently. This new paper, which uses data from studying 135,000 people overtime. Saturated fat from meat, egg yolks and dairy do not cause an increase in cardiovascular disease, and reduce stroke risk. Same goes with Cholesterol as well. Polyunsaturated fats may increase risk […]
Vitamin D – Benefits and Food Sources
Researches say that close to 70% of world could be facing an epidemic of D Vitamin deficiency. Vitamin D has a huge impact on the health and function of your cells. It reduces cellular growth (which promotes cancer) and improves cell differentiation (which puts cells into an anti-cancer state). That makes vitamin D one of […]
Was the Lockdown Implemented Efficiently in The Context of India?
I am writing not to argue that the lockdown has not been a necessary measure. It is right that PM Modi took such a crucial step to slow COVID-19 spread. However, by now it is evident that there should have been better planning as to how the lockdown was enacted. The question here is – Was the […]
Health and Gut Microbes
The health of the trillions of microbes (Bacteria, fungi, virus) in our gut/stomach (which outnumber your cells 10 to 1) is one of the biggest things that impact our wellbeing. We have to learn how to tend the flora of our internal gardens (our gut) by being selective of what we eat and how we […]
Protein Rich Diet Benefits
Benefits of high protein diet: A high-protein diet reduces hunger, helping you eat fewer calories. This is caused by the improved function of weight-regulating hormones. Muscle is made primarily of protein. High protein intake can help you gain muscle mass and strength while reducing muscle loss during weight loss. People who eat more protein tend […]
Addiction and Depression Explained with a Simple Example
Get a rat and put it in a cage and give it two water bottles. One is just water, and one is water laced with either heroin or cocaine. If you do that, the rat will almost always prefer the drugged water and almost always kill itself very quickly, right, within a couple of weeks. […]
13 THINGS MENTALLY STRONG PEOPLE DON’T DO by Amy Morin
Stop feeling the world owes you anything Stop feeling sorry for yourself Stop resenting other people’s success and strengths Stop wasting energy on things you cannot control Stop dwelling in the past Stop letting people’s opinion dictate your life Stop worrying about pleasing everyone Stop making the same mistakes over and over Stop shying away […]
Sleep Smarter
Get sunshine during the day. Go out and get sun exposure. Don’t look at screens before bed. Blue light from LED alters our sleep patterns. No caffeine 8 hours before bed. Set a right room temperature so that you do not feel cold or sweat while sleeping. Some researches suggest sleep between 10 PM and […]
Old School Parenting Rules
Let the kids be bored. Let them come up with their own ideas to pass time. This would enable their creative thinking. It’s fine to give an adult talk sometimes, instead of masking all the details with child like talk always. Inculcate regular sleeping habits. Start with waking up early morning first instead of depending […]
Our Immune System – Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Immune System The immune system has a vital role: It protects your body from harmful substances, germs and cell changes that could make you ill. It is made up of various organs, cells and proteins. The immune system is spread throughout the body and involves many types of cells, organs, proteins, and tissues. Crucially, it […]
How to Reduce Hair Fall and Get Healthy Hair
For many people hair loss or fall is a symptom of many inherent causes like nutritional deficiency, stress, inadequate sleep, medications, hormonal imbalance, autoimmune conditions, chemical treatments, exposure to pollutants to name a few. Having good quality whole foods is the best source of nutrition, however in many cases we might have to compensate nutrition […]
Know about Keto Diet in 2 Minutes
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates, a state known as ketosis. When this happens, your body becomes incredibly efficient at burning fat for energy. It also turns fat into ketones in the liver, which can supply […]