Vitamin A Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2 Vitamin B3 Vitamin B12 Vitamin D Zinc Carotenoids – Lutein and Zeaxanthin First and best option is to get all these nutrients from natural foods we eat. Due to any reason because of which you are unable to get them through natural foods, you may choose to take them […]
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Impact of Food on Mental health
Knowing what foods we should and shouldn’t be eating can be really confusing, especially when it feels like the advice changes regularly. However, evidence suggests that as well as affecting our physical health, what we eat may also affect the way we feel. Improving your diet may help to: Improve your mood Give you more […]
Basic Lifestyle, Foods and Supplements to be a Bio-Hacker
Exercise: A combination of Aerobic and Anaerobic exercises. Exercise is a simple testosterone booster , and it’s one of the most powerful ( not to mention least expensive ) anti – aging treatments around . Both men and women experience a sharp increase in testosterone and human growth hormone . Food: Eat High protein diet. […]
Be Like A Warrior in The Battle For Brain Health
Anywhere you go someone or something will be lurking around to shove bad food into your throat. It not only makes you unhealthy but it is highly likely that it could lead to metabolic disorders which has sever consequences on quality of life. Food industry hires neuroscientists and evolutionary biologists to trick you, attract you […]
Benefits of Mustard Oil
• Mustard oil has been a staple in India from centuries. It is extracted from mustard seeds. It has a strong smell and has numerous health benefits.• Mustard has a balanced profile of mono, poly and unsaturated fats, has Omega 3 fatty acids, rich in vitamin E, minerals and antioxidants.• Mustard oil has anti-inflammatory properties […]
Why Stress Makes Us Overeat and Indirectly Cause Weight(Fat) Gain
Cortisol is a fight or flight hormone that is released every time you’re stressed by anything. Part of its purpose is to replenish your energy after exerting yourself through fighting or fleeing your perceived threat. Primitive humans certainly needed this energy boost after physically battling a wild animal, for example. But generally, we modern humans […]
Fitness and Nutrition for Beginners
Weight lifting and strength training isn’t just about winning or losing the weight lifting competition, rather muscle strength is something that can help you live a healthy life and results in strong mind. If you are intending for such a lifestyle, then you need to look forward to lifting weights, which can increase your level […]
Plant Protein for Vegetarians – Legumes, Cereals, Millets, Dry nuts, Vegetables
Cereals: They are simply grains. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy than any other type of crop . Rice Wheat Barley Millets Oats Millets Millets are coarse grains which are good in protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Non-gluten. Jowar (sorghum), Ragi (finger millet), Korra (foxtail millet), Arke (kodo millet), Sama (little millet), Bajra (pearl millet), Chena/Barr (proso millet) […]
Potassium – Benefits and Food Sources
Potassium is one of the seven essential macro-minerals. A high potassium intake reduces the risk of overall mortality by 20 percent. It also decreases the risk of stroke, lowers blood pressure, protects against loss of muscle mass, preserves bone mineral density, and reduces the formation of kidney stones. The primary functions of potassium in the body include regulating fluid […]
Magnesium: Benefits, Foods and Supplementation
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body. Magnesium is an essential element required as a cofactor for over 300 enzymatic reactions and is thus necessary for the biochemical functioning of numerous metabolic pathways. Evidence supports the use of magnesium in the prevention and treatment of many common health conditions including migraine […]
N-Acetyl Cysteine(NAC) – Benefits and Supplemention
N-acetyl-cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, Acetyl cysteine, and N-acetyl-L-cysteine are all designations for the same compound, which is abbreviated as NAC. Cysteine is a semi-essential amino acid. Some non-essential amino acids (e.g. Arginine, Cysteine, and Tyrosine) are called semi-essential or conditionally essential amino acids because they tend to run low during infancy or in health conditions such as being sick, injured or after […]
Laws of Training, Workout programs and Fitness
Points taken from https://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/100-laws-of-muscle There is no perfect training program. In fact, very intelligent, very successful coaches often disagree with one another. That means you’re going to have to learn a lot, think for yourself, and experiment. Don’t like that? Take up jogging. The effectiveness of any training program is directly related to the effort you […]
Careful About the Kind of Oils We Eat
If your diet is high in refined and processed cooking oils exposed to too much light and heat, those chemically modified fats get incorporated into the building blocks of your cell membranes—including those of your neurons. Every living cell in your body has a membrane responsible for allowing compounds to move in and out of […]
Protein and Exercise: International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand
An acute exercise stimulus, particularly resistance exercise, and protein ingestion both stimulate muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and are synergistic when protein consumption occurs before or after resistance exercise. For building muscle mass and for maintaining muscle mass through a positive muscle protein balance, an overall daily protein intake in the range of 1.4–2.0 g protein/kg body […]
Vitamins and Minerals for Good Mental Health
While mental wellness requires good lifestyle choices, what we don’t realize is that making even the tiniest of changes, or supplementing some essential vitamins and minerals can help keep your brain healthy and happy. Just like other organs, our brain too needs a helpful dose of vitamins to function well. If you are deficient in […]