Category: Coronavirus or COVID19

iNCOVACC Nasal Vaccine as Booster Dose

In a majority of case, Coronavirus enters human body through the nose. Fighting and stopping the virus at the entry point is quite logical and should be effective. Keeping that in mind Bharat Biotech, developed and got approved the much awaited nasal Covid 19 vaccine booster that has shown impressive results in tests and trials.

Intranasal Vaccine – Fight Against Covid gets a boost

As new variants of Covid 19 are spreading like anything and reports from China are scary, the development of something more powerful and effective to fight the virus, was on high priority. The developers of the drug took the challenge and produced a seemingly game changer in the form of iNCOVACC intranasal vaccine. Obviously, it is needle-free and painless. It is the first nasal vaccine to be administered in drops.

Breaking the Cycle of Transmission

Nasal Mucosa is the first place where viral infection occurs, multiplies and spreads. The nasal vaccine attacks the virus then and there and prevents the spread immediately. As the cycle of transmission breaks at the entry point, the it reduces the chances of mutation remarkably.

Not a replacement of intramuscular vaccine

However, it must be remembered that iNCOVACC is not going to be the replacement or substitute of existing intramuscular vaccine. It is just an addition protection or a booster that will strengthen your immunity and help you fight the new variants of Covid 19 virus more effectively.

When to take iNCOVACC

Ideally this nasal vaccine booster dose should be taken after 6 month after completion of the primary schedule of both doses of either Covishield or Covaxin.

Vincov-19 Drug to Treat Covid-19

Vincov-19, the first tested Covid-19 drug to hit the market soon.

Vincov 19, What? You may not have heard it, but this is what is going to get us rid of Covid-19 pandemic that has been around for 3 years now. Various types of vaccines with different capabilities were tried, tested and fully developed by drug manufactures across the world. India showed its capability to develop effective vaccines fast in record time. Now is the time to produce Covid-19 drug or treatment to say good bye to this pandemic which changed the way world used to live until 3 years back.

Vincov-19 Drug Made in India

“The first indigenous drug to treat COVID-19 is likely to be made available to the public soon with the completion of clinical trials, which showed “excellent results”

The director of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), Rakesh Mishra said on Friday.

The result of a collaborative effort of CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), University of Hyderabad (UoH) and city-based VINS Bioproducts, is product, Vincov-19. Read the full report here.

How Vincov-19 Works

It works somewhat similar to the way any snakebite antidote works, as confirmed by the former-director of CCMB. The drug is made by the process of purifying and synthesizing the anti-bodies that are generated through the blood serum of horses. Those horses are injected with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus. The neutralizing capacity of this drug against SARS-CoV-2 is very high. The clinical results of this formula are ‘excellent’ as confirmed by the top scientist. This brings a new hope to the world which has been struggling with the pandemic for 3 years.

Destroying Nature Can Cause Another Pandemic

TIGS director further said that as long as we keep destroying nature by trading and consuming animals, the fear of pandemic will also be there. As the world is changing and becoming faster, we cannot remain complacent for next 100 years for the next pandemic. It can hit us earlier if we do not prepare ourselves and try to live in harmony with the nature.

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Increasing Oxygen Level-Truth of Home Remedies

Not long ago, a home remedy for increasing oxygen level was doing the rounds on social media. It was a simple method of wrapping some camphor, clove, ajwain and eucalyptis oil in a piece of cloth. If increasing oxygen level was so simple, the impact of Covid-19 wave 2 would not have been so severe.

Increase Oxygen Level Naturally

It goes without saying that Yoga and breathing exercise, various techniques of Pranayama are highly effective in increasing the efficiency of lungs and increasing oxygen leve. However, it is not practical to expect immediate results if you are already suffering from Corona or Covid-19. Regular practice of Pranayama or simply deep breathing early in the morning helps in increating overall oxygen intake of the practitioner. It is never too late to start a health way of life, unless you are bed-ridden or already suffering from health issue.

Check Your Oxygen Level at Home

If you suspect that your oxygen level is low, then consider buying an oxymeter, which are easily available at all medical stores. You can also order them online. However, I’d say that you can also check is at home an get an approximate idea of your oxygen level. It is not an accurate method but works fine. You can compare this method to checking your fuel in car when your fuel meter stops working. By opening the gas tank and checking the level of gas in the tank, you get a fair idea of the quantity of gas left in the fuel tank. By doing simple math, you can calculate how far your car will go on that fuel. Similarly, you can roughly check your oxygen level.

Oxygen Level Test Without Oxymeter

Simply inhale and exhale completely once. Inhale as much as you can and hold your breath, and start counting. If you can count upto 50 or 60 without releasing your breath, your oxygen level is fine. If you can count only up to 20 or 30, you can still give natural methods a try. If you cannnot count even upto 10 -15 while holding your breath, you are running short on oxygen. Seek medical help immediately.

Prone Position to Increase Oxygen Level

This is one of the most effective, tried, tested and doctor recommended method for those who need to increase their oxygen level fast while medical oxygen is not avaiable. The method is quite simple and can be tried by anyone. All you need to do is lie on stomach facing down and put 2 pillow under your chest and belly, one pillow under you neck and on pillow under your ankles.

Standard Prone Position

How Long to Stay in one Prone Position

You can stay up to 30 minutes in one prone position and then change the position to opposite side alternatively. In fact, this works wonders and there are intances, which prove that people can bring back their oxygen level to normal by simply staying in prone position if oxygen is not avaiable. However, it varies from person to person and individual’s overall health condition, so you cannot ignore the need ot medical oxygen. Take expert medical advice to suit your condition.

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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Comfort Food In Quarantine-Unwanted Weight Gain

Whether you have been in quarantine due to suspected Covid-19 infection or y0u decided to self-quarantine at your home, the chances of gaining weight is very high. It is due to inactivity, which is obvious as you have to remain within a defined area. Another major reason of gaining weight during lockdown and quarantine period is eating comfort food as and when you feel like.

What is Comfort food?

As the name clearly suggests, comfort food it a kind of food that you get easily or comfortably and is full of high calorie, high fat, high salt or sugar content to give you a kind of pleasure, relaxation and emotional elevation. As per Wiki, adults eat comfort food when they are under emotional stress. This type of food gives them instant gratification and reminds them of the security of childhood, provided by their parents.

A Key Contributor to Obesity In the US

As a major chunk of US population lives under various types of stress throughout the day, consumption of comfort food is very high. This is one of the major reasons of obesity, which is almost like an epidemic in the US. Similarly, during quarantine, people feel stressed due to fear of Coronavirus, whether they are infected or not. This triggers the temptation of eating comfort food for some gratification, which is achieved, but makes the person put on weight.

Quarantine 15

As per a Washington Post report, during quarantine, 37% of people gained more than a pound, while the average weight gain during quarantine month remained 0.21 pound. The report further confirms that similar trends were seen in other parts of the world as well. For example, the average weight gain in the United Kingdom was reported as 0.35 pounds, in China 0.55 pounds and in France, it was reported as 0.19 pounds.

Stress Eating?-Stop Now

Definition of stress-eating is self-explanatory. When you start eating due to any kind of stress, you are stress eating, as simple as that. However, its impact is not that simple. If the stress is persistent, then a hormone, Cortisol is released by your body. Cortisol increases your appetite, and you start overeating every now and then. The result; weight gain. Read details here . The sooner you stop overeating due to stress triggered by quarantine or any other reason, the better. Want to lower your stress during lockdown? Read what to do during lockdown.

How to stop stress eating during qurantine

Well, there are various triggers of emotional eating. However, during lockdowns, the most power trigger for stress eating is boredom. As those under quarantine have nothing to do, they start eating or overeating for some sense of gratification. The most effective way to overcome stress eating is to get busy with something you enjoy such as pursuing a hobby. Of course, there are limitation during quarantine, but you can explore many possibilities to do something creative or worthwhile during Covid-19 times.

Healthy Comfort Food

The least and probably the most important thing you can do during quarantine or lockdown is eat healthy comfort food. If you feel that comfort food cannot be healthy, then think again and take a look at 29 healthy comfort food recipes. You an also try Paleo Comfort food recipe given below.

Comfort Food-Dairy Free Recipes

Eating Habit Changer App

Making good use of apps for health or for changing eating habits, is highly recommended during lockdowns. Why not try Noom App that gives you a variety of healthy eating options. By using this app recommended food items you can change your eating habits for good.

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Are Obese and Asthmatic People Prone to Covid-19?

Presence of multiple health issues, such as diabetes, asthma, obesity and CVD in one person is called comorbidity. This complicates the prevention or treatment of Covid-19 or coronavirus. What is the solution?

By now if you are reading this post, then I can assume that you are aware of Covid-19 pandemic and its most common symptoms such as respiratory problems, dry cough, fever, loss of taste etc. The moment we talk about respiratory problems or dysfunction, we need not explain that obese people have higher resistance in airways, weak respiratory muscles and generally low lung volume, which weaken the first line of defense against Covid-19 or coronavirus.

Obesity and Coronavirus

In addition to dry cough and fever, people infected with Coronavirus usually develop pneumonia as well. Obese people often suffer from hypertension, high cholesterol level, diabetes, kidney and heart diseases. Obesity impedes diaphragm excursion and restricts ventilation, resulting in adverse effect on cardiovascular functions. All of these factors make one susceptible to all types of infections, coronavirus is an infection.

Fat Loss-Enhance Resistance to Infection

By losing weight, you can prepare to prevent yourself from the much-speculated second wave of Covid-19 sometime during the end of 2020. Though not a sure-shot formula for prevention of Covid-19, it will strengthen your ability to fight against the virus. Well, it has been noticed that overweight people understand the risks of being fat, but they cannot overcome food craving or change their eating habits. If you want to try something that make changing your diet less challenging or I’d say quite easy, then try Noom App.

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Diabetes and Covid-19

Though we do not have enough data to confirm it, initial studies indicate that high level of glucose in blood can be a kind of predictor of Covid-19. More research and reviews need to be done before it can be confirmed. However, I must say that diabetes in general weakens immune system and makes your body more susceptible to all types of infections. Therefore you might be in the high risk group if you are diabetic. It is often a general perception that reversing diabetes in not possible, but you can mange it well by making some simple change in your dieting habits and lifestyle in general.

How antibodies work?

Without getting into the details of the official definition of antibody, I’d like to explain it in layman’s terms. Antibody, as the name suggest, is something that works against any foreign body ( harmful viruses or bacteria). The structure of an antibody is such that it does not allow any foreign virus bacteria to bind together with the cells of human immune system. Simply speaking, they don’t allow the virus to multiply or spread in the body and get killed because they cannot survive without multiplying. As a result, the person does not get infected with that virus, because it is killed or neutralised a the entry-point itself.

Covid-19 Antibodies

Currently many research institutes are working on developing antibodies for coronavirus. Researchers at Utrecht University have identified fully human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus from infecting cultured cells. Read full report here. Currently, plasma of treated or recovered Covid-19 patients is being considered for treatment of other patients. Sometimes it works, other times it fails. More research is required on this.

Asthma and Coronavirus

As some symptoms of coronavirus are similar to those any asthamatic patient often experiences, many people wonder if being asthmatic increases their risk of getting infected with coronavirus. There is no enough evidence to support this. As Covid-19 started from China, where asthma is relatively less common than in the west, we do not have enough published data about how asthma can make one more susceptible to Covid-19. However, experts suggest not to stop asthma medication unless advised by your medical practitioner.

What is Comorbidity?

It will not be out of context to talk about comorbidity when we are discussing obesity and coronavirus. When a person is suffering from more than one health issues, either interlinked or independent of the other, then the patient is called comorbid, and this situation is called comorbidity. For example, majority of obese people suffer from hypertension or cardiovascular diseases. In healthy people, body develops antibodies that fight against viral attack. People with comorbidity have compromised immune system, which means their antibodies are not strong enough to fight the virus. This complicates the whole situation and treatment becomes difficult and even impossible in many cases, such as Covid-19 cases in current scenario.

Anxiety and Stress

It goes without saying any type of health issue is a matter of concern, but when it a pandemic like Coronvirus, the anxiety level goes up causing stress and tension. The lockdown imposed in almost all corona-infected cities and countries, give rise to loneliness as we adopt the new normal lifestyle. This lifestyle will include social distancing as a norm to be continued until a vaccine or cure is found.

The New Normal after Covid-19 lockdown

Social distancing or wearing a mask is something humans are not made for. In fact, many renowned people including president Trump do not like wearing a mask. However, this is going to be the new normal lifestyle after Covid-19 lockdown is lifted. As experts believe that we’ll have to learn to live with Covoravirus until its cure or vaccine is found.

As a social animal, humans need to interact with each other at a much affectionate level than many other animals. Social distancing is against that norm, therefore can cause stress. It will not be out of context to mention that stress, tension and lack of sleep weaken your immune system, which can obviously make you more susceptible to coronavirus. The solution is simple, keep stress away as social distancing must be maintained in the current scenario. Do something that relieves your stress and helps you see the brighter side of life.

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Immunity Yoga to Fight Virus Naturally

Stretching, spinal twist, inverted yoga, deep breathing or doing Savansan correctly can boost you immunity. Read about immunity yoga.

During the Covid-19 lockdown, immunity booster foods and general immune system booster products have become highly popular as they help you fight virus naturally. It is true that prevention is better than cure (not applicable for Coronavirus as there is no cure at present. So the only way to keep yourself safe is prevention. What better way of prevention than using something natural such as Yoga? In view of the uncertainties of what immune system booster is best for you, why not give immunity yoga a try?

Ancient Yoga-Boosting Immunity Naturally

Practicing yoga is soothing, relaxing and spiritually uplifting, if done correctly and regularly. In the current context, when Covid-19 has spread its tentacles across the globe infecting more than 6 million people, it is highly recommended to practice, use and adapt whatever works well for you. From including immunity booster foods to your diet to practising immunity yoga regularly, you can do it all during lockdown as there is no lack of time, right? It works well for most people and is the most natural way to give your immune system a much-needed boost.

Deep Breathing-Pranayama for Immunity

First and foremost, the most vital function of our body, breathing has immense power to boost your immunity. However, the catch is that you must know how to harness its power. Yes, I am talking about deep breathing or conscious breathing at least once day, preferably early in the morning. That is part of Pranayama, which itself is a vast subject covering various methods and techniques to help you get the best possible health benefits from deep breathing. Boosting immunity is just one of the many benefits of deep breathing.

Twisting-Enhancing Flexibility of Parts That Can be Twisted

Not many people are aware that spinal flexibility is an indicator of how healthy you are. I have written about how spinal flexibility can be enhanced. Spinal twist can work wonders for your overall health not just for immunity. When you twist your spine, your digestion system gets stimulated, which helps in flushing out toxins. The overall result is, better digestion and strong immunity. And the best thing about spinal twist is that you can do it the first thing every morning, immediately after waking up. While still in bed, as soon as you sit up, twist your spine left and right twice or thrice. Do it regularly and notice the difference. In fact, this helps in weight loss as well. Ardha-Matyendrasana is the yogic posture that twists your spine and gives you many health benefits.

Stretching for Boosting Immunity

Simply stretching your body twice or thrice every day can help you boost your immunity. Again, I’d like to mention that spinal stretch works wonders . Paschimottanasana or forward bending positions stretch your back and improves blood flow to sinuses. This eases congestion, and gives your immune system a boost. While my favourite is paschimottanasana, you can choose any other yoga position that stretches your back or spine.

Inverted Yoga Postures

Our heart pumps blood to different parts of the body. While gravitation helps in carrying the blood to lower parts of our body, our heart has to work harder to pump blood to our upper parts, especially the head. In inverted position, this flow gets reversed as your legs are upwards and head is lower than heart. This helps in improving overall blood circulation in all parts of the body. Your head gets ample supply of blood and often clears various blockages due to less flow of blood. Your nervous system gets relaxed and kind of resets itself every time you perform an inverted position. This works in favour of your overall health and immunity. Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand) and Sirsasan (Head Stand) are highly effective but must be done under expert supervision as they seem to be simple, but are not. Wrong posture can be counter-productive or harmful.

Savasan-Corpse Posture

As the name suggests and even the picture of someone performing Savasan, gives an impression that it is an easy posture, but it is not. You need to learn the technique of doing Savasan correctly to get the maximum possible benefits. This posture relaxes you completely and boosts your immunity, if you know how to do it without falling asleep.

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Covid-19 Lockdown Effect on Mental health- 5 Tips

Well, it is true that lockdown is an effective Coronavirus prevention measure, taken by many countries suffering from Covid-19. However, we cannot ignore its effect on the mental health of many whose nature of job involves interaction with people on a daily basis. Though I agree that saving lives is more important maintaining mental health, the purpose of this post is to help our readers understand their mental health, handle boredom effectively and combat the bad effects of Covid-19 lockdown successfully.

Mental Health

Approximately 10% people in the world suffer from various kinds of mental health issues. These mental health issues include anxiety, depression, eating disorder, bipolar disorder, substance use, alcohol related issues and more. The disorder get aggravated by uncertainties arising due to situations like pandemic such as Covid-19, loss of job, relationship matters and various other factors depending on the immediate environment of the person. In the current scenario we’ll focus only on mental issues arising out of coronavirus lockdown, isolation or quarantine period.

Flattening Coronavirus Curve-Rising Mental Health Issues

Flattening the coronavirus curve

Reports from Australia confirm that they have been able to flatten the coronavirus curve, but experts believe that a serious and longer curve is waiting to be visible in the form of psychological or mental health issues that have already started in a major chuck of population who followed lockdown guidelines or stayed in isolation or quarantine. As the effect is not visible immediately, we may overlook it but the day is not far when its effect will be noticeable and reported in its scary form. We must be ready to face another challenge of bringing back normalcy in the lives of those who seem to be fine but are deeply affected at mental level.

Mental Health In Lockdown-5 Quick Tips

Sound sleep

It goes without saying that sound sleep is highly important not just for relaxing properly but for overall mental and physical health. In fact, you can manage many of your stress and anxiety related issues just by maintaining good sleep hygiene and sleeping for at least 8 hours a day. Read more about how to handle lack of sleep.

share your Issues with someone

Sharing your issues with someone you can trust: Well I must say that you cannot confide in anyone or everyone, you must ensure that you develop strong bonding with a few friends or relatives that you can trust. This doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to develop good relationship and build trust. Discuss your health or other issues with someone you trust and lighten your mental burden. This will help you a lot.

Live in present, let bygone be gone

This is self-explanatory. Do not ponder over past events you cannot do anything about. However, if there are things you learnt from your past mistakes, then make sure that you don’t repeat them. The idea is to look at the positive side of everything. Simply thinking about unpleasant past events or imaginary negative future issues will worsen your mental health. Avoid negative thinking, learn it if you don’t know how look at the brighter side of life.

Do not watch Coronavirus update all day

No point in keeping yourself updated on the latest Covid-19 figures, unless it is your job requirement. This will do you more harm than good. Focus on doing something positive. Try many free online tutorials and courses.

Digital Detoxification

Stay away from electronic devices for one day every week if possible or every 15 day at least. You’ll notice the difference the first day itself. In fact, I use this technique even during normal days, not just during lockdown. It work wonders for me.

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Feeling Unproductive During Lockdown?

For some, working in pyjamas is like a dream coming true. Reports say that they are more productive during lockdown than they are working from office. However, I must say that their percentage is low. A majority of people working in pyjamas all day, feel less productive than they usually are on any other typical office day. They also feel unwell, which effects their mental health.

What is the solution? It is simple. Get dressed in something that make you feel great and comfy from inside or simply wear formal dress to feel as if you were working from office. There is no harm in it. In fact, it will improve your overall mood and well-being that will help you be more productive. Your inner feeling reflects on your face, and you can feel it by making this change. Try working in formal dress instead of in pyjamas, and feel more productive.

Feeling Irritable During Lockdown?

Well, I agree that we can justify being irritable due to being inside the home all day, but this is something we can control. Lockdown is for everyone, you are not alone. How you handle it or use it to your advantage depends on your skills. If you feel irritated quite often, then I’d suggest the tried and tested method of counting backwards. It really works.

You can also try any other distracting activity like listening to music if you like music or keeping yourself busy in learning something new. The trick is to set a goal and work towards achieving that. This seems to be simple but requires some practice. Write down your goal and make sure that you stick to it. You’ll notice that you are less irritable.

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Pros and Cons of Lockdown-More pros than cons

There are more pros of coronavirus lockdown than cons. Use this Covid-19 lockdown period to your advantage.

Well, I need not repeat that almost one third of inhabited world is under lockdown due to Covid-19 or coronavirus outbreak. It is considered the most effective way to prevent the deadly disease in the current scenario, as there is no cure or vaccine for it. However, does that mean the world has come to a standstill? Of course, all non-essential activities have come to a standstill,but there are many things we can do and enjoy the lockdown period in addition to keeping ourselves safe within our homes.

Should lockdown be extended?

That is something the government has to decide, depending on the overall situation of the country and state. As lockdown is a preventive measure and not a cure, any government cannot extend it beyond a limit because it will have serious economic impact on the state.

Is lockdown good?

In the past one month, we have seen some of the positive impacts of lockdown on our lives as well as the lives of animals. Rivers and ponds are cleaner and clearer than what we have ever seen. Many types of birds that had almost disappeared from urban skies are now easily visible in cities and towns under lockdown due to clear sky and no pollution.

Holy river Ganga before and during lockdown

Pros of lockdown

  • Less pollution, clear sky and fresh oxygen freely available
  • Almost no crime or criminal activities reported
  • Covid-19 spread can be curbed effectively
  • We get ample time to spend with our families
  • Those who can work from home don’t have to spend/waste time in traffic
  • Time to reconnect with old friends and colleagues
  • Time for hobbies that can be pursued at home such as painting, writing, paper-art, sketching etc. How about mastering Magic Tricks?
  • Exercise and eat healthy food
  • and more

Exercise, eat healthy and burn fat

This brings me to my favourite topic of staying healthy by natural methods. As mentioned above that you get fresh air during lockdown, why not develop the habit of waking up early and breath in fresh air which is not available during normal times? If you have some open space, then put it to the best use. Perform yoga or do any other type of exercise daily in the morning. You’ll notice the difference within a few days. In fact, this will help you develop good and healthy habits that you can continue even after lockdown is lifted. As fat eating healthy is concerned, you can rely on Noom App to choose what to eat and what to avoid.

Meditate or enjoy your me-time

During our hectic schedules, we hardly get time to introspect and spend some time with ourselves. Lockdown or even quarantine period is the perfect time to enjoy your me-time. If you are unable to concentrate or focus your mind, then try some online meditation guide. You need not be perfect or try to achieve the meditation state of those who practice it regularly or have achieved some degree of mastery. All you need is some time to think about yourself, it doesn’t matter how you achieve that.

Pets need your time too

If you have a pet,then what better time to spend with it than now. Use lockdown period to strengthen the bond between you and your pet. Play with them and pamper them in whatever way you can,within the lockdown limitations. How about teaching your dog some new tricks such as stacking rings?

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Experiment with cooking during lockdown

Whether your are a health freak or a foodie, this is the time to experiment with your cooking skills. As most cooking ingredients and eatables are available even during lockdown, cooking should not be a challenge. In fact,this time can be utilised to learn some new cooking methods such as metabolic cooking , which will teach you how and what to cook for overall better health, weight loss and cardiovascular health.

Fun with fashion

As you cannot buy new clothes or apparels during lockdown, why not try to look for something in your wardrobe, and give it a makeover? Not only will you be able to spend a lot of time experimenting with your fashion sense, you’ll also come up with something original and unique. Do not forget to give it a try.

Try Gardening to use Lockdown period

If you are fortunate enough to have a garden, some open space or even a balcony, you can try gardening and transform your open space. Gardening is a way to spend time with nature, which we must do even during normal times. It helps you appreciate the abundance of nature. If you are interested in cultivating plants, aquaculture in your open space or even combining both of them, the Aquaponics will definitely excite you. Give it a try and learn the secrets of organic farming with Aquaponics 4 you

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Cons of Lockdown

  • Huge impact on economy, which can push it to recession
  • Heavy loss for business owners. Small businesses can even close down
  • Daily wagers are the hardest hit finding it difficult to make both ends meet.
  • Boredom for those staying at home.
  • No travel or outdoor activities.
  • Those suffering from other illnesses ( Not Covid-19) are ignored.
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