Month: June 2020

Turmeric|Fulvic Acid-Health Benefits|Immunity Booster

From using turmeric to lose weight or to boost immunity, there are many ways to get the health benefits of Turmeric. However, you may need Fulvic Acid based supplement to get the best possible results.

I talked about general health benefits of turmeric and mainly covered curcumin in one of my previous posts. Today we’ll focus on Fulvic Acid which is found in all types of root vegetables such as turmeric, beetroot, turnip, radish grown organically.

The problem is we do not get enough Fulvic Acid from from raw vegetables alone, therefore we may need to take supplements. Another way is to use turmeric regularly in your cooking or daily meal. Not only does it boost our immunity, but also provides many other health benefits. Immunity is what we must focus on during Covid 19 times anyway, right? So let’s start with what Fulvic acid is.

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What is Fulvic Acid?

It is a naturally occurring compound produced by geochemical and biological reactions usually under the soil where no fertilizers and other harsh man-made chemical are used. There are many substances secreted by rocky mountains, that are rich in fulvic acid. Shilajit is one such substance recommended by Ayurvedic practitioners for treating various health issues such as diabetes, heart problems, asthma, digestive and sexual disorders. Fulvic Acid is the main compoent of Shilajit, that makes is so powerful. It works wonders for immunity as well.

What does Fulvic Acid Do?

Yes, you must be wondering why we are talking about Fulvic Acid anyway. Fulvic acid plays an important role in transporting nutrients to deep tissues, which in turn results in fatigue relaxation, helps in overcoming lethargy, delaying age-related cognitive impairment and many health issues. It is known to help in healing and improving lipid profiles. It aids in detoxification and boosts immune system. However, we do not get ample quantities of this directly from vegetable as they are grown with the help of fertilizers and many other chemicals that rob the soil of Fulvic Acid. Keeping that in mind, many types of Fulvic acid supplements have been produced.

Fulvic Acid with Turmeric Supplement

Turmeric Supplement to Lose Weight

Well, turmeric is not something that will help you burn fat by consuming it directly. It should be added in your food so that it works on your overall health and boosts your energy level. However, if combined with another powerful compound called Forskolin, it helps in burning fat and losing weight. Visit the official site of TurmaSlim for detailed information, price, shipping options and dosage.

Power of Turmeric and Forskolin for Immunity and Fat Burning

Turmeric and Honey

Turmeric health benefits are many, and that was known to ancient Indian health practitioner and public in general. That perhaps was the reason that turmeric is used in almost all types of cooked food in India and many Asian countries. Simply adding 1 teaspoonful of turmeric powder in 1/4 tsp of honey and a few drops of lemon makes a powerful antibiotic that can help you fight cold, cough and mild flu.

In addition to that, turmeric is used in various types of beauty and skin care products. This simple herb is so powerful that whether you consume it in power form in cooking or apply it externally on your skin, you will get some benefits.

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Truth about Coronil-First Covid-19 Cure by Patanjali

While the medical world is struggling to find a vaccine for deadly Coronavirus, Baba Ramdev seems to have found a cure for Covid-19,which has affected more than 9 million people across the world till date. Coronil, Swasari Vati and an oil called Anu oil make the whole kit, which Patanjali claims to be 100% effective in curing Coronavirus patients in a week’s time. Launching the product at Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, Baba Ramdev informed the media about the powerful effect of Coronil Kit. Read the full report. Here is a quick and honest review.

Coronil Kit Ayurvedic cure for Covid-19 launched by Patanjali

Coronil Kit Ingredients

Baba Ramdev told the media that Coronil is made of a powerful of combination of Giloy, Tulsi and Ashwagandha in addition to many other Ayurvedic herbs. These are highly effective in boosting a person’s immunity, but are they really effective in curing COVID-19 cases. Lets take a look at facts first.

Clinical Trials- Were they successful?

Baba Ramdev claimed that Coronil and its efficacy were tested on Corona patients and they were all successful, which means 100% recovery. It was told to the media that 285 tests were conducted and 69% of them recovered within 3-4 days and others recovered within 7-10 day. However, the question is how severe was the condition of those patients.

“The mean age of patients was 35-45 — mainly young, and they all were either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms,” Dr G. Devpura, principal investigator of Coronil’s clinical trials, told The Print

As no further details were shared, Ministry of AYUSH has asked Patanjali to produce the exact details of those scientific studies before advertising it as a potential cure for Coronavirus or COVID-19 patients.

Patanajali further claimed that there has been some communication gap between the government and Patanjali. All required approvals were sought and protocol were followed before formally launching the product. However,

Covid 19 Not Mentioned In License Application

When the licensing authority of Uttrakhand were contacted, it was found that Covid 19 was not mentioned in the license application by Patanjali as per Hindustan Times. Here is what the licencing officer said.

“As per Patanjali’s application, we issued them a license. They didn’t mention coronavirus. We only approved the license for immunity booster, cough and fever,”  He further added that they would issue a notice asking for explanation as to how they got permission to make a kit to cure Covid-19.

Price of Coronil Kit- How much does it cost?

Though seems to be slightly expensive, Coronil Kit can be worth it, if it is proved that it is really effective in curing Coronavirus patients. The price of this product as present is Rs 545 for 30 days.

Coronil Dosage

The kits comes with 2 types of tablets to be taken 3 times a day, and one oil to be poured in nostrils.

How and where to buy Coronil Kit

Currently Coronil Kit cannot be ordered online. It will be available at Patanjali Stores across the country in 10-15 days.

Coronil News Update-1 July 2020

According the the latest news, Baba Ramdev clarified at a press conference that AYUSH ministry confirmed that Patanjali worked for COVID management. The word treatment was not used. He also clarified that no metallic item has been used in Coronil. Baba Ramdev thanked AYUSH ministry and said that Coronil Kit will be available across the country from today July 1, 2020 without any legal restrictions. Read the full report here.

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Are Diabetics More At Risk of Coronavirus or Covid 19?

Read 5 diabetes prevention tips to prevent infections including coronavirus or Covid 19. Are diabetics at higher risk.

In recent times or Covid 19 times, when a lot of things about coronavirus are still unknown, there is a widespread belief that other than obesity, diabetes makes one more prone to Covid 19. Lets try to dig deep into the topic and try to find out if diabetics are more at risk of Covid 19 than non-diabetics.

Diabetes and Obesity Weaken Your Immunity

I need not repeat that Covid 19 is caused when a person’s immunity is compromised. If your immunity is not strong enough to fight or kill this deadly virus, you get infected. So, it becomes clear that all health issues that weaken your immune system, make you vulnerable to Covid 19, and diabetes is one of them. We have already covered obesity and immunity in our previous posts, therefore for now, we’ll focus on how diabetes makes you at risk of Coronavirus.

Are diabetics more likely to get Covid 19?

Is it not about being more vulnerable to coronavirus, what makes diabetics more ‘at risk’ than non-diabetics is their inability to stop other complications, when infected by the disease. People with diabetes often have heart diseases as well. This further complicates their health condition if they are corona-infected, and handling multiple issues together becomes a challenge for attending doctors. The result! you guessed it right. Those with diabetes often lose the battle with Corona earlier than those with no diabetes. Read more.

Diabetes Type 1 or 2? which is more risky for Coronavirus?

We do not have enough data to comment of this at this point in time. Researchers are working on data from across the world, and soon we’ll have a clear answer to this. For now, we can assume that both diabetes type 1 and type 2 complicates the patient’s health condition in a similar manner. So, the best way is to manage your diabetes as carefully as possible.

Diabetes Prevention- 5 Tips

Prevention of diabetes type II is all about your ability to switch to a healthy lifestyle, which is not necessarily a challenge as most people assume even before giving it a try. In fact, those who are pre-diabetic often believe they will remain so for long. The reality is just the opposite. They are nearer than they assume to become full diabetic. You’ll find plenty of diabetes prevention food, diet and other tips on the internet, but the most important one is to prepare yourself for a change if you have been diagnosed pre-diabetic or are 40+ leading a sedentary lifestyle.

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5 Tips for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

  • Workout or brisk walking: This is one of the easiest, risk-free and effective ways to prevent diabetes. Moderate intensity exercise helps you increase your insulin sensitivity by more than 50%. If you choose high intensity exercise, then insulin sensitivities can go up to 85% on those intense exercise days.
  • Lose Weight no matter what: If diabetes prevention is on your mind, then fat loss must be your priority. Obese people develop diabetes faster than others. Go for any weight loss program that suits you, try intermittent fasting, change your eating habits or whatever it takes. Without losing weight, preventing diabetes will be tough or even impossible in most cases.
  • Bitter is Better: Yes, bitter gourd or bitter melon, Giloy and many types of herbs that are bitter in taste, must be a part of your daily diet. These bitter herbs are an important ingredient of almost all Ayurvedic medicine that help you manage diabetes.
  • Say No to Alcohol and Smoking: These are 2 most common bad habits that put you at a higher risk of being diabetic. The sooner you quit them, the better. I know, sometimes it becomes difficult at social gatherings, but the least you can do is limit alcohol intake to only extremely unavoidable situations.
  • Tea and Coffee with limited sugar: Yes, tea or coffee help you prevent diabetes if you consume them with less sugar, and in limited quantities. Care should be taken that, these beverages do not reduce your water intake. You must drink plain water in ample quantities 7-8 glasses a day . Read about water hacks for health.

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Does Fatty Food or Sugary Food Make you Overweight?

Low-fat food can be tricky if burning fat is on your mind. Go for low-sugar or less sugary food instead. Read 5 tips to cut down on sugar.

It has often been the topic of debate as to what causes real fat gain and make you overweight or obese? If fatty food consumption was the cause of obesity, then cutting down on fat would be the sure-shot formula for weight loss. So, the question is whether fatty food is the only or the biggest culprit behind your obesity or is it something else? Yes, you guessed it right. Sugar or sugary food is one of the most important factors behind weight gain or obesity.

How Sugar Makes You Fat

Before getting into how sugar makes your fat, lets try to understand what happens when we eat sugar more than our body’s requirement. While it is true that sugar or glucose is necessary for energy that our body needs, over- consumption of sugar on a daily basis has many adverse effects on health. Read more.

Sugar-Over consumption of it makes your fat or obese

Insulin Resistance

I assume that you must be aware that insulin is a hormone produced by pancreas. It plays an important role in moving sugar to different cells where energy in required. Insulin also helps in storing energy as fat or glycogen. The problem starts when your body receives more sugar than it can handle or process. It leads to insulin resistance, i.e. your cells stop responding to insulin and your sugar level goes up. High blood sugar level impairs many cell functions that cause inflammation and further aggravates insulin resistance and gives rise to many complication such as fatty liver and general fat gain. You start developing diabetes type 2 and the series of health issues start. Read about reversing diabetes naturally.

Leptin Resistance

I have covered Leptin resistance in one of my previous posts and also reviewed Leptitox, which promises to manage leptin resistance effectively. Quickly recapping, I’d say that Leptin is a hormone that manages calorie intake and fat burning or energy regulation as a whole. High sugar diets trigger trigger Leptin resistance, which essentially means you don’t realise how much you must eat and when to stop. As a result, you always feel hungry and tend to overeat. The end result, fat gain or obesity. So, reducing sugar intake will help you prevent this condition as well.

High-Sugar Food-Usually Low on Protein

For energy, your body should use more protein than sugar. However, this does not happen when you eat high-sugar food, which often lacks in protein. You feel less satisfied even after eating large quantities of sugary food, which is often the case, as you tend to eat more and more. Its opposite happens when you eat high-protein diet. You eat less and feel fuller than when you eat same quantity sugary food.

Sugary Food-Low in Fiber

Usually sugar-loaded food items are low in fiber, which is required for proper digestion and overall health. As you continue eating more sugar and less fiber, the end result is overall bad health, poor digestion, sluggish metabolism and obesity, which itself is the root cause of many health issues such as heart health.

Is Low Fat Diet Effective in Weight Loss?

By now, I think I have made it clear that sugar is a major contributing factor in making you fat. However, it doesn’t mean that you can go on eating fatty food. Though I must agree that low-fat foods are considered and marketed as weight loss products, they are often loaded with sugar, which simply prove to be counter-productive. The key is to maintain a balance by choosing your food wisely. It often involves changing eating habits. Why not take the help of Noom App that will give you hundreds of healthy food options?

5 Tips to cut down on sugar

Start Reading Food Labels: Beware of hidden sugar aliases such as corn syrup, malt syrup, fructose, lactose, sucrose and more. If these ingredients are there, that means you are buying sugary food. Avoid them.

Start drinking more water: Replace sugary beverages and carbonated beverages with plain water or lemon water. This is practical, easy and achievable.

Go for full-fat instead of low-fat food: As explained above low-fat is often high-sugar and full fat has low sugar. However, maintain a balance.

High-Protein better than High-Sugar: This is one of the reasons that make eggs a super food. Loaded with high-protein, eggs give you energy and keep you full for long duration without adding sugar to your diet.

Sound sleep-8 hours a day: Studies have confirmed that those who don’t sleep properly often tend to eat more junk food and sugar than those who sleep 8 hours a day.

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Incredible Benefits of Giloy or Guruchi-Immunity and Digestion Booster

Giloy works wonder for overall health. From immunity boosting and diabetes management to fat loss and stress management, Giloy or Guruch does it all.

Immunity has been one of the most talked about topics during Covid-19 lockdown or simply since the time Coronavirus started spreading in 2020. Boosting immunity can often be as simple as eating some natural herbs or leaves such as Giloy ( Tinospora Cordifolia ) or Guruchi, which often go unnoticed in your backyard. Today we are going to talk about Giloy which is so abundantly and easily available in and around Delhi and various parts of North India, that we fail to notice its medicinal properties.

Ayurvedic Root of Immortality

Giloy or Guduchi Leaves

This seemingly useless plant is full of medicinal properties. A majority of Ayurvedic medicines contain some amount of Giloy essence as an important ingredient. You just pick up any ayurvedic medicine and read its ingredient label, you will find Giloy in it. In fact, it is called the Ayurvedic root of immortality just because of its powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant properties all rolled into one. Also, it will not be out of context to mention that Giloy in Sankrit means Amrit, which can be translated as something that makes you immortal. Amrit, as mentioned in old text, was available only in liquid form, but Giloy can be consumed in many forms such as liquid, powder, paste or even its root can be chewed.

Giloy Boosts immunity amazingly

I personally know a few people, who I don’t remember ever saying that they fell ill in the last 25-30 years. One of them is none other than my own uncle ( now approx. 80 ). The last time I saw him falling ill was some 25 years ago, when I was a teenager. As kids, we used to avoid him whenever we fell ill because he would quickly advise us to eat Giloy stem or drink its bitter juice instead of eating tablets or capsules. We didn’t know at that time that Giloy plants growing naturally in our backyard was the secret of his agility, sharp eyes, glowing face and overall health. Till date, he eats Giloy stems regularly either directly (raw form directly cut from the plant), boiled stems or sometimes its juice. Giloy boosts your immunity and helps you fight many common health issues.

Giloy-Available in Many Forms

Giloy Guice- Natural and Ayurvedic Immunity Booster

Though I must say that everyone cannot have access to fresh Giloy, it is not so difficult to get high quality Giloy from any Ayurvedic store especially Patanjali stores in various cities and towns in India. Baba Ramadev has recommended and talked about immense benefits of Giloy or Guruchi in many of his yoga programs, videos and live events. In fact, I also used Patanjali Giloy tablets in combination of a few other tablets to get relief from my knee pain caused by Chickengunia last year. I am so impressed by the health benefits of Giloy that I always keep a bottle of Giloy juice available in my house. I make it a point to drink 10-15 ml with equal amount of water every day to keep my immunity in good shape. It is also available in powder form, if you prefer that.

5 Health Benefits of Giloy

A lot has been said and written about health benefits of Giloy. However, the most important and perhaps the most useful point in current Covid-19 times is its ability to boost your immunity. Start taking Giloy in any form every day and see the difference. I’d once again repeat that if you are already under some medication, then take medical advice first before giving it a try. What I have mentioned above is based on my personal experience, and should not be considered as medical advice. Here are some other health benefits of Giloy.

Immunity Booster Giloy

It is one of the most powerful natural herbs that can boost your immunity amazingly. It purifies blood and keeps your cells healthy. Also, read about immunity yoga.

Bowel movement regulator

If you suffer from constipation, which itself gives rise to many health issues, then you must consider taking Giloy regularly. It helps your digestion and brings relief in many bowel related issues in addition to constipation.

Giloy for joint pain and arthritis relief

If you have joint pain or arthritis, then Giloy will bring you immense relief. However, dosages and duration will depend on your exact condition for which you must get in touch with an Ayurvedic practitioner.

Common cough and cold relief by Giloy

If you suffer from cold and cough quite frequently, then Giloy’s anti-inflammatory properties will bring you relief.

Giloy for Fat Loss and Stress Management

As Giloy helps digestion and detoxification by improving liver functions, the overall impact of this is visible in fat loss or weight reduction. As your digestion improves, your metabolism gets a boost and you start burning fat naturally. As toxins are flushed out of your body, your memory improves and overall stress and anxiety also disappear gradually. Worth giving a try, isn’t it?

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Can Hand Sanitizer Catch Fire or Explode in Car?

In recent Covid-19 lockdown times, many types of real and fake news circulated across different media. And of course, WhatsApp and FB messages and videos were widely used to spread various types of messages because of their accessibility, popularity and ease-of-use. However, the real problem starts when people start forwarding unverified messages and videos that add to the confusion instead of clearing doubts about any issue. One such message that created confusion was about hand sanitizer bursting in car. So, the question is ” Can hand sanitizer explode, burst or catch fire if left in a car?” We’ll do a reality check.

Sanitizer contains alcohol which is inflammable

Yes, that’s right. Alcohol is inflammable and can catch fire if there is some spark or ignition or something is already burning nearby within a touching distance. Also, carrying large quantities of it in a car can be a fire hazard. However, for any alcohol-based sanitizer to catch fire on its own, the temperature around it should be 700 degrees Fahrenheit, which is next to impossible unless something is burning nearby. As per Earth Observatory , even the hottest place on earth has a temperature of approximately 175 degrees Fahrenheit, which is far less than what is required to cause a fire on its own. Makes sense?

What if we leave hand sanitizer in car?

The next question is what if we leave a hand-sanitizer bottle in the car? See, as long as its cap is tightly closed, there is no harm in keeping it in your car, but why’d you leave it in the car? Why not carry it with you so that you can use it when required? In the worst scenario, the liquid can leak if its cap is open. It can spoil the floor or dashboard of your car. If you park your car in scorching sun for long duration, some of the liquid can evaporate, but that is also highly unlikely, but possible. If it evaporates, then its efficacy or ability to kill bacteria and virus can get slightly impacted.

What if hand-sanitizer in left in cold temperature?

Well, that is really interesting. Will it freeze? At what temperature will hand sanitizer freeze? Usually all hand sanitizers contain Ethyl alcohol or Isopropyl alcohol which has a freezing point of -114 to -128 degree F. The temperature at the coldest inhabited place on earth, Oymyakon is around -72 F. So it is out of question that your hand sanitizer will freeze unless you are planning a trip to Antarctica, which is obviously not the case. I think that answers the question as to what will happen if hand-sanitizer in left in cold temperature.

Hand Sanitizer -Best Practice to Stay Safe During Covid-19 time

It goes without saying that the best use of hand-sanitiser is to sanitize your hands after touching any surface, which is advised during Covid-19 times. Though it is provided at almost all public places where lockdown restrictions have been eased, I’d suggest carry your own and use it if washing your hand with soap and water is not possible. Excess use of hand-sanitizer can also cause skin related issues in some people. However, safety from Coronavirus is our first priority in current times, therefore using it wisely is the key.

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