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How Music Helps Relieve Stress and Depression | Stress Relief Music

July 6, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Mind

What is Music?

In short I would like to describe Music as a “Life Saver”. It is a form of art, an expression of emotions which gives you Goosebumps often. Music is all around us. We can find music from Birds chirping, Waves lapping in coastline to cars honking in traffic.

How Music Helps Relieve Stress and Depression | Stress Relief Music

The most prominent technique which I use to relieve from office stress or depression is music. Because when I listen to music it keeps me calm makes my mind to get relaxed from everything. I personally use music as an escape from everyone. Before start writing any article or blog I use to listen to my favorite tracks to make my mind fresh and active. It keeps you to relax and allows to focus on whatever work you are doing.

Many of my clients/friends use to talk about music like how it is well for stress and helps slow down the heartbeat when they are nervous or when they have had a long day at work or at school. There is a scientific proven research tells that “Music can have a beneficial effect on our physiological functions, slowing the pulse rate, and heartbeat, reduces the blood pressure and you can find there is a decrease in the levels of stress hormones”. To me this lines are real because I have been through it and I am sure many of you will go through the same situation.

There are different types of music listeners, for example some people will have a certain set of tracks which they will keep on repeating the same, some will prefer to listen to slower melody songs and some will prefer classical. Sometimes even some songs that rouse our emotions and memories. When you actually listen to upbeat or jazz songs it will help you to reduce from burdens and exhaustion and indeed you can dance if you know to do so.

There is a statement like “Don’t decide or leave words when you are in anger”. Yes, it’s 100% true. When you have a heated conversation with your partner or with someone, people use to take some hard decisions or leave some heavy words which you can’t take back or rewind the scenario. Later on when you became normal you will realize the words you have spoken and feel guilty. So my kind advice to you is when you are in anger or stress just stop what you are doing go to a calm place and hear some of your favorite music and I am really saying it will help you to reduce your anger or divert you from that mood. I use to follow this method and really works. If still music doesn’t work have a quick sleep your mind will get refreshed, then you can think to come out of that scenario.

Earlier this week I was invited by a school for a counseling session, especially on the amount of stress students are given when handling school objectives, extracurricular activities and chores. So I mainly insisted them on Music, secondarily I also advised them to do Gym, Yoga and swimming which keeps their mind calm and fresh. Because in this modern world Students became more sensitive and depressed easily which leads to any critical decisions. I can see or hear from the news that students attempting suicide because of their depression or stress. The only solution is to talk each other, Parents has to spend some quality time at least for 20 minutes they have to talk with their kids like what happened in school, what you have learnt today. Then only the students will be able to talk or share.

There are some Music Therapies used to treat “Mental Health Needs”, “Autism”, “Brain Injuries”, “Physical Disabilities” and “Developmental and learning disabilities”. There are many ways to overcome from stress or depression or to achieve relaxation but Music is the best easier approach. Whenever life puts you down, or you are emotionally weak just take out your headphones, plug them and play your favorite tracks. Daily we are facing different problems in life, to overcome such problems, a significant tool is Music.

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Drink Warm Water in the Morning | Benefits of Warm Water

July 4, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

Most of the people prefer to start the day with coffee or warm cup of tea. But, nowadays most people who drink hot water is known as holistic health remedy, do so first thing in the morning for optimal health benefit. The best water to drink should be warmed between (120-degree F / 50-degree C) and (140-degree F/ 60-degree C). But you must avoid from 160 degrees as it can be too hot. At Best is to drink 2 glass of warm water and you can also add a twist of lemon for a Vitamin-C boost to flavor it up much more.

Drink Warm Water in the Morning | Benefits of Warm Water

Benefits of Drinking Warm water:

1. Lose your Body weight:

By drinking warm water can help to increase your body temperature that works great to accelerate your metabolic rate in the morning. Since warm water has zero calorie, so it helps to prevents hunger and also satisfies your senses.

2. Body Detoxification:

Very few people know that warm water can actually acts as a powerful remedy to cleanse your body by flushing our harmful toxing trapped in your body through your sweat and urine. Best result is to include some lemon juice or with honey into the warm water.

3. Promote Digestion:

Drinking warm water, especially during your meals helps in the digestion of the food you eat by speeding up in the break down process. It also enhances digestion, improves bowel movements, prevents constipation and also restore your body electrolyte and Minerals

4. Prevents Premature Ageing:

By cleansing your body’s toxin, the warm water helps to boost your skins’s elasticity and improves skin repairs. Thus this reduces the signs of premature ageing like skin wrinkles, dry skin and also dark patches.

5. Soothe Cough and Cold:

The best effective way to cure from cough, cold and sore throat has always worked after drinking warm water. Water will thin down the phlegm and promote instant relief from respiratory sicknesses, productive cough.

6. Relieve Pain:

Old remedy works great by using hot water packet to soothe muscle pain and swelling due to muscle cramps, also helps menstrual pain and headache by boosting blood flow and relaxation. If your muscle cramps or spasms next time, then find a hot water pack to apply on the affected area to ease the pain.

7. Powerful Workout Drink:

Drink warm water after an intensive workout not just replenishes vitamins and minerals in your body, but also rehydrates you and kick-starts your metabolic processes, so you can replace your energy drink now. Warm water also ensures calorie burning process post-workout continues, thus faster achieve weight loss.

8. Induces Sleep:

During your dinner meal, or before sleep time, sip some warm water can also help your body to relax and soothes your nerves for easier and deeper sleep.

9. Enhances Blood Circulation:

Your fat stored and toxins in the blood will be removed from the body to lower your risk of health problems when you consistently drink warm water.

10. Protects Against Skin Infections:

Daily consumption of warm water detoxifies your skin that helps to lower risk of skin problems such as acne. This is why you should drink at least 8 glasses of warm water daily. Reason is that warm water will unclog your pores and flushes away the toxins inside your skin, also moisturize dry and parch skin.

11. Reduces Risk Water-Borne Diseases:

The reason is, boiling water removes the microbes or bacteria exist inside the water, this is why it is better than cold or room temperature water.

So to conclude starting from tomorrow morning, please start to drink 2 glasses of warm water when you wake up, and in total 8 glasses of warm water per day will keep you younger.

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Heart Attack Symptoms | Symptoms not to be Ignored

June 28, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness, Mind

Heart disease is known as number one disease caused to men and women at about 40% of all diseases, which more than all forms of Cancer combined.

The Key reason to heart block is that many people seek help very slowly even after symptoms had arisen, or at worst until when gripped by sudden chest pain. Even though Heart symptoms are not always intense or obvious, yet they can be slowly or suddenly that varies from person to person and also based on your gender too.

Possible Heart Symptoms you should never ignore:

1. Anxiety:

Heart attacks can unnoticeably be causing your anxiety intense of a fear of death, this is why heart attack survivors often talk about having the feeling of something bad is going to happen.

Heart Attack Symptoms | Symptoms not to be Ignored

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2. Chest Discomfort:

The feeling of uneasiness in your chest is usual symptoms of heart attack and also number one symptom to aware. However not entirely that the heart attacks would cause chest discomfort only, while the chest discomfort can come from diseases that are not related to heart. Chest discomfort frequently located at the center under the breastbone or also can be located slightly to the left of center. The Experience of chest discomfort often described as the feeling of an elephant sitting on the chest, also refer as squeezing, pressure or fullness. Women often describe the discomfort as a minor ache and often feeling with a burning sensation in their chest instead of pressure or pain when compared to man’s feeling.

3. Cough:

Coughing or Wheezing that are persistent also known as the heart failure symptom, which is due to fluid accumulation in the lungs, at worst case there are heart failure people who cough up bloody phlegm.

4. Light-Headedness:

Heart attacks can also show with symptom like dizziness and loss consciousness, which are related risk of dangerous heart rhythm abnormalities as arrhythmias.

5. Fatigue:

Unusual kind of fatigue symptoms can happen among women during a heart attack, often feeling tired can be symptom of heart failure. Thus, you can also feel tired or fatigued due to other reasons, this is why your internet doctor will not be helpful in determining your heart issues, so appoint with your local healthcare to find out exactly what happened.

6. Losing Appetite & Nausea:

If you feel sick in stomach or throw up, these are also the common symptoms during a heart attack. Due to swelling in abdominal, that are linked with heart failure as well as affecting you to lose appetite.

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7. Other parts of your Body feeling Pain:

Various cases of heart attack patient will have beginning of discomfort in their chest, then the pain will spread toward their shoulders, back, arms, elbows, neck jaw, or abdomen. Occasionally you find no pain at the chest, but there are pains in these mentioned other body parts that might come and go with discomfort. Specifically, for men who have heart attack often experience discomfort in their left arm, while women feel the pain more likely in both arms or between their shoulder blades.

8. Irregular Fast Pulse:

Infrequent skipped heartbeat has nothing to worry about according to doctor, but a fast or irregular pulse especially when comes with fatigue, dizziness or breath shortage can be the true indication of heart attack, heart failure, or even an arrhythmia. If this rapid irregular pulse we not being treated, the risk of arrhythmias can cause stroke, heart failure or unexpected diseases.

9. Breathing Difficulty:

If you are gasping for air with minimal struggle, that could be a pulmonary condition like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). However, if you are experiencing shortness of breath, that can be the sign of a heart attack or heart failure, especially when comes with or without chest discomfort.

10. Sweating:

If you sweat more than usually you are even if you are not active or exercising, then that can be an early sign of heart problems. When blood pump through the clogged arteries, that requires more work from your heart, this is why your body will sweat more in order to keep your body temperature down during the extra exertion. Especially the sign of cold sweats or clammy skin should get your doctor advice sooner. Women who experience sign of a heart attack, especially if you wake up and find out the sheets are soaked in sweat, or not able to sleep due to sweating.

11.Swelling:

Fluid that accumulate in body can causes swelling (often in the feet, ankles, legs or abdomen) often caused by heart failure including sudden weight gain and loss appetite.

12. Feeling Weak:

If you experience severe or unexplained weakness, that are cause from heart attack symptom. Since these heart symptoms are often ignored, so doctors would warn all people to not ignore any possible warning signs or waiting to see if they go away or simply blaming on other factors like heartburn, muscle soreness or other less serious non-heart related causes.

If you are experiencing these heart symptoms, you must be alert sooner, high in cholesterol or blood pressure, obesity, smoking diabetes or has family history of heart diseases.

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Home Remedies for Fever | Heat Stroke Treatment

June 26, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

In Summer season, it is very important to maintain our body temperature and fluid levels. To make sure you are not dehydrated drink lot of water or lemonade when you are going out. Avoid from alcohol, carbonated soda and caffeinated drinks since they can worsen situation by affecting your body’s ability to regulate your temperature.

You have a mild fever when temperature is higher than 38 degrees Celsius, while a high fever means more than 39 degrees Celsius.

Before you intake any pills, try these natural remedies to beat the heat and feel better.

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1. Onion Juice:

Apply some onion juice behind your ears and on your chest that can helps to cool down your body temperature. Eat raw onions in salads can also cool your system.

Home Remedies for Fever | Heat Stroke Treatment

2. Tamarind Drink:

It is rich in nutrients like vitamins, minerals and electrolytes. Just soak some tamarind in boiling water, strain it and drink it with a pinch of sugar. This decoction lowers your body temperature.

3. Aam Panna:

Aam Panna is the replenishing drink that doubles up as a health tonic that comprise with raw mangoes pulps and spices and consumed 2 to 3 times a day to cool your body.

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4. Plums:

Plum is a great natural source of antioxidants and is well-known to be very hydrating. Soak some plums in water until soft, then mash them in water and strain it. Its antioxidants act as anti-inflammatory agent to help sooth or reduce internal inflammation that caused by a heat stroke.

5. Coconut Water:

Drink fresh coconut water to help rehydrates your body to provide natural balancing for the electrolytes in your body.

6. Coriander Juice and Mint Leaves:

Extracting juice of coriander or mint leaves and serves it with a pinch of sugar to lower down the body heat, reducing menopausal heat and flushes.

7. Fennel Seeds:

Soak a handful of fennel seeds overnight in water, strain and drink water in the morning. The drink will keep your body cool and guard you against the heat.

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8. Apple Cider Vinegar:

Add few drops of apple cider vinegar with plain cool water and some honey. This helps in replenishing the potassium, magnesium and electrolytes that are lost through sweating.

9. Aloe Vera Juice:

Aloe Vera is known as adaptive that boost body’s natural immune system adaptable to external changes. Recommendation by Herbalists, just consume aloe vera gel using any recipe to reduce body heat.

10. Sandalwood Paste:

Combine some sandalwood powder and apply it on your forehead and chest to lower down your body temperature. You can also massage some sandalwood oil on your forehead.

While all of these natural remedies act as cures, they can also be consumed regularly during the hot days to prevent a heat stroke.

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Foods to be Avoided during Menstrual Cycle | Periods

June 24, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

Listed out the foods to be avoided during Periods

1. Dairy Products:

Try to avoid Milk, Cheese, Yogurt as they can trigger Menstrual Cramps.

Foods to be Avoided during Menstrual Cycle | Periods

2. Caffeine:

Try to avoid Chocolate, Coffee, Caffeinated Soda or any Caffeine drinks. Too much of Caffeine will cause high anxiety and tension. Also it can cause Breast Tenderness and Irritable.

3. Salty Foods:

Too much of Salt can cause Bloating and Water retention.

4. Processed Foods:

Avoid processed food because they are high in Sodium which will cause Bloating and crash low mood.

5. High Sugar Food:

High Sugar food will cause Blood sugar level crash, Increase rapidly which causes Irritation, Sleepy and Cranky.

6. High Fat Food:

Avoid highly fat foods because it will influence hormonal activity in the body which in return causes Breast Tenderness, Bloating and Menstrual discomfort.

11 Reasons for not losing weight | Best Way to Lose Weight

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

Losing weight is not an easy achievement, however it is even harder if you don’t know what you are mistaking in your failed efforts to lose weight. Experts in nutrition, fitness and lifestyle are revealing the factors that could be causing weight lose into wrong directions

1. Not exercising with intervals:

If you are exercising but always having a few long breaks between exercise sets, which does not help your body to lose those weight efficiently. So, best way is by using intervals periods of intense training for more reps or maximum effort with short periods of rest in between for the reason to increase your workout routine’s fat burning potential. Full body Tabata workout is the best example by getting in a 30 minutes’ workout, but an intense workout like this are just as good as a slow 1-hour workout. With Tabata workout types, it will burn up more calories to break the monotony and also increase metabolism happen in your body to lose those stubborn weight.

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2. Often drinking Sports/Energy Drink:

After exercising, it is common that you consume the readily available electrolyte filled 20-oz sports beverage can often are rich in sugar amount at around 34g. Most of the time when we are really tired after workout, we automatically feel the need to replenish with sweet beverage sports drink. So, this is why whenever you are doing workout lasting longer than 1 hour, you should then consume sport drink in moderation. But if you are doing workout for lesser than 60 minutes, then just focus on drinking mineral water.

3. Consuming Protein Bars:

Nutrition friendly post workout snack such as the protein bars, can already supply your body with largely a 500 calories and 18g of fats. So the best fitness suggestion is to consume the post workout natural whole food, which supplies your body with muscle building protein and energy replenishing carbs.

4. Post Meal Snacks:

Night time eating is not what causing the weight, but the matter is what you consumed after is important. Most of the time, people are tempted to eat the easily available crackers, chips, cookies, etc. Experts suggest for losing weight, you should be substituting carb loaded snacks with cottage cheese, almonds, celery and peanut butter after your dinner if your hunger craves had strikes.

5. Not Enough Sleep:

Studies had revealed that sleep deficiency can cause mindless eating throughout the day and can cause poor workouts experience that ends up affecting decision to eat and workout decision become uncertain. Especially when you are feeling fatigued during the day, then you are most likely not able to have power to perform the workout intense enough to burn significant calories. This is why you should sleep at least 7 to 9 hours a night to enhance weight loss.

6. Not Eating Enough:

If you often missed your meals and snacks may seem like a dependable way to lose weight, but will always ends up going wrong. Missing your meals can cause your cravings and can harm your metabolism, so it’s best to eat on time habitually. Eat 3 hours after big meals and 2 hours after snacks as a routine for your daily eating lifestyle method. If you are working out, nutritionists recommend eating something within 30 minutes right after your workout exercise.

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7. Schedule your weight lose plan:

Make sure when It comes to eating and exercise you do not want to miss it. By planning accordingly, you will get into the right direction whenever your school work, works personal matter gets was suddenly interrupting. It is best that you do planning on scheduling.

8. Your Stress is Pilling Up:

Stress eating will disrupt your weight loss efforts, so remember to perform Meditation, Yoga or Gym exercise. Especially for people who are under stress and feel like you don’t have enough time in the day, then you should do these exercises more because that will clear your mind and stay calm to make appropriate decision.

9. Forget To Drink Enough Water:

Remember to drink a lot of water throughout the day can hydrate your body, yet it also speeds up your metabolism and keep you slower from hunger. If you feel hungry next time, try drinking a glass of water to lower the cravings first. But if you still feel hungry, you can grab a handful of healthy snack, so that you can reduce from overeating.

10. Being Distracted While Eating:

You are easier to eat more while eating in front of the TV or computer, since you will lose some consciousness while paying attention to the screen. So, when your awareness is merely just focusing on the food, then you are more likely to stop eating when you are full, thus you can eat at appropriate amount.

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11. Don’t Replenish The Right Way:

Often we used to over eat during a day’s work out, such as you will eat a nutrition bar before going out for a 30 minutes’ jog, then after finish workout with a supplementary drink, which is way more than needed. If the workout is 2-3 hours long and after workout snacks or meal is skipped, then overeating later in the day is more likely to happen. So after a workout, it it’s fat burning after a high intensity interval training workout, then recommended by expert to eat salad and protein. If you are doing light exercises such as walking, jogging, stretching, the definitely by eating carbs such as baked plantain or sweet potato, brown rice are recommended. It is very healthy to lose weight by eating least 60% of foods is raw and the rest cooked.

Be sure to remember avoiding these mistakes which cause people to fail the efforts of losing weight.

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Natural remedies for acidity | GERD Treatment

June 20, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

If you are those who have suffer from gastro esophageal reflux disease or GERD before, it’s like the hot, burning acid creeping up your throat, putting pressure on your chest. Many people experience acid reflux from time to time, but GERD is a type of mild acid reflux that happens at two times a week.

Listed out 8 natural remedies for acidity/ GERD:

1. Baking Soda:

Natural remedies for acidity | GERD Treatment — Baking Soda

Using this baking soda ingredient can help you to neutralize stomach acid, so you won’t feel that burning sensation. Mix 1 teaspoon of baking soda with a glass of water and drink it all. Repeat few glasses if you feel the need, but do not drink more than 7 doses in one day. You should also avoid using this remedy for more than a week, since it contains high salt content and may cause swelling or nausea if consume too much.

2. Chewing Gum:

For those who are experiencing GERD, you can relieve it by just chewing sugar-free gum for 30 minutes long just right after you eat, based on Dental Research Journal study. Chewing of piece of gum can stimulate your salivary glands thus that increase saliva that helps to wash away any acid and notice the difference.

3. Consume Proper Fruit:

Bananas have natural antacid properties that counteract acid reflux, so eat a fully ripened banana each day to reduce the discomfort of acid coming back up. In order to relieve the discomfort at night, just eat slices of an apple and enjoy it a few hours before bedtime. You can also eat fruits like honeydew, cantaloupe & Watermelon to reduce instances of GERD after your heavy meals. You should also be sure to avoid fruits with high acidic content such as Orange, Grapefruit and Pineapple that can worsen the GERD.

4. Ginger Tea:

If you know that ginger root was good for any stomach problems, then drink Ginger tea is great for common stomach ache, nausea and also Chronic acid reflux. It’s easy to make by just simmer slices of ginger root in water for 30 minutes and drink it to relieve GERD.

5. Chamomile Tea;

To balance the acidity levels in your stomach also reduces stress levels that can contribute to heartburn, so just drink 1 cup of Chamomile tea. You can make chamomile tea by simmer chamomile petals in boiled water for about 45 seconds, then strain out and pour the tea into a mug to include adding honey as you like.

6. Apple Cider Vinegar:

Apple Cider Vinegar is one of the most effective remedies for GERD or acid reflux by balancing the acid production in your stomach. Mix 1 to 2 teaspoons of organic raw apple cider vinegar in a cup of warm water and drink it when heartburn strikes.

7. Aloe Vera Juice:

Aloe Vera is anti-inflammation that helps to soothe inflammation in the stomach and esophagus, thus helps you to relieve from the effects of acid reflux. Just drink a quarter cup of aloe vera juice straight 20 minutes before or after heavy meal if you experience GERD symptoms.

8. Do Not Lie Down After Eating:

If you straight away lie down flat after eating meal, the food in your stomach will be easily pushed back up, thus that puts a pressure on your esophageal sphincter. But If you are sitting or standing upright, the gravity helps to keep food down naturally. You should prevent the GERD by lying slightly elevated in your bed with a pillow wedged under you. So, it is best to eat 3-4 hours before you are lying down because this give your stomach the time to fully digest the food.

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Acid Reflux

June 19, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

When you swallow your food, it travels through a tube called esophagus. The Esophagus leads into the stomach through a hole in a sheet of muscle called Diaphragm. There is a round muscle at the bottom of the esophagus that works like a valve. The muscle relaxes when you swallow allowing food to pass into the stomach. Certain cells in your stomach called proton pumps release acid to help digest the food. The lining of your stomach protects from the acid. The Esophagus has a different type of lining which looks like it made up of smooth tile. The valve is designed to close tightly after you swallow so nothing comes back into the esophagus. Your diaphragm is also meant to pinned securely around the esophagus closing off the opening to your stomach.

Acid Reflux

It’s normal for a smaller amount of acid to occasionally splash into the esophagus. This is called Reflux. That means flowing back. A small amount of reflux doesn’t usually cause any harm. But if acid splashes into the esophagus over and over again for years the esophagus can be damaged.

There are several reasons this might happen. It’s not uncommon for the valve to become weaker so it doesn’t close tightly. That allows acid and partially digestive food to come up into the esophagus. Sometimes the diaphragm weakens the esophagus allowing the hole to become larger. That hole is called the hiatus. When it becomes larger part of the stomach may bulge through it. This is called Hiatel hernia. The hernia may cause the esophagus and the valve to move up. In that case the diaphragm is no longer reinforcing the valve. Valve makes it more likes the acid will get into the esophagus. When acid in food splash up into the esophagus repeatedly it’s called Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Many people experience acid reflux from time to time, but GERD is a type of mild acid reflux that happens at least two times a week.

Symptoms of GERD such as:

Burning sensation inside your chest(Heartburn)
Chest Pain
Swallowing difficulty
Vomiting or sour liquid
Feeling like a lump in your throat.

Online Games

June 17, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Mind

Are you wondering how online games is related to fitness? In reality, yes it is Mental fitness can be improved with online games.

The best way to improve your brain health is by maintaining High Levels of Mental Activity. In turn, your Cognitive ability is improved which results in higher IQ. Studies have shown that memory, arithmetic reasoning, and processing speed of your brain can be increased by exercising your brain. This can prevent Brain aging or Alzheimer’s disease.

But the best way to do anything is to do it with fun. Do you agree? In fact, we have classic brain training games such as Crosswords and Sudoku. It is so simple to pick newspaper or buy a book of crossword puzzles and solve it. It is a old school way.

We live in a Digital Era. We live in a world where we have smart phones included in the basic needs of human being apart from food, clothing and shelter. Everything is online now and be diligent in choosing what you need and how it helps you in your well-being.

Most popular online games which helps in training you brain are as follows:

Sudoku is a number placement game that relies on memory. It is available online in numerous websites and in Android or iOS mobile apps. It requires adequate planning to solve the puzzle. This in turn, helps to improve your concentration.

Crosswords, a classical brain trainer has a taken a digital avatar. It not only improvises your vocabulary but also your memory by making your brain to remember new words. Solving one crossword a day would be fruitful. Just subscribe to a website that offers online crossword puzzles and get the benefit.

Lumosity, an online braining training platform which is built on the basis of cognitive science. They have online games for different categories to improve your processing speed, memory, attention, flexibility, problem-solving, word and math. Mobile apps are also available to play and train on the go.

What are you waiting for? Play these games online without any guilt and keep your mind fit.

Top 10 Superfoods

June 15, 2019 by Common Man, posted in Fitness

Top 10 Superfoods

What are Superfoods?

Superfoods are the foods which are power packed with nutrients. They contain a high volume of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants. Including these superfoods as a part of your diet leads to major benefits in your health. It lowers risk of many lifestyle-related health conditions such as diabetes, cancer etc. and regulates body weight.

Best iNDIAN SUPERFOODS

Turmeric

Turmeric is a spice which is most commonly used in Asian food, almost everyday. It is bright yellow in color and hence it is used for food coloring as well. It is bitter in taste but has amazing medicinal properties. It has anti-inflammatory properties and acts an antioxidant. Turmeric has a component called curcumin that has scientifically-proven health benefits, such as the potential to prevent heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer.

Coconut

Coconut can be consumed in various ways. Fresh coconut water acts a natural coolant and a detox. Fresh coconut scrapes/Dried coconut is a common staple in Asian kitchen which enhances the flavor and makes the food vitamin rich. Coconut milk can be consumed as a beverage and a healthy non-diary product. Coconut oil can be used for cooking as it maintains healthy cholesterol level and reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Curd/Yogurt

Curd provides 20% calcium of the daily intake recommendations. It helps to strengthen bones and teeth. Curd is a natural remedy for stress and improves the immunity as well. It is a daily ritual in Indian households to have curd at the end of a meal which aids in digestion.

Garlic

Garlic which may not be a good choice for special occasion, but by itself it is special for its high nutritious properties. Garlic combats sickness right from the common cold to heart disease. It is a life saver that increases our life span.

Ginger

Ginger is mostly used as a spice, fresh or dried. It is being used in traditional medicine for its rich medicinal properties. It is mainly due to the bio-active compound called Gingerol. This has anti-cancer properties. Osteoarthritis can be controlled by its anti-inflammatory properties. It is a natural remedy for indigestion and acts a pain killer as well.

Amla/Indian Gooseberry

Amla is used in Ayurveda, a traditional medicine. It is vitamin rich and acts as an antioxidant. It aids in healthy hair, beautiful skin and nails. It regulates blood glucose level and rejuvenates the body.

Jackfruit

Jackfruit is a large fruit which is sweet and a distinctive flavor. It can be consumed fresh or cooked. It is a superfood or a superfruit since it has proteins, vitamins, calcium, potassium and high fiber content. This in turn, reduces the bad cholesterol and also prevents high blood pressure.

Moringa/Drumstick

Moringa/Drumstick is a fibrous vegetable which is most common in South Indian cuisine. This vegetable comes from a “tree of life” where the entire tree has medicinal properties. It is used in traditional herbal medicine. Drumsticks are a power house of essential Amino acids, vitamins, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium and antioxidants such as beta-carotene and flavonoids. Moringa leaves are fiber rich and prevents against Arsenic Toxicity.

Ghee/Clarified Butter

Ghee is considered as a sacred ingredient from ancient times. It is all natural and pure and can stay fresh upto a year. Ghee retains its structural integrity under the high heat. This property prevents breaking down of free radicals while deep frying the food which is the main cause of cancer. It has anti-inflammatory properties which is used for treating burns and digestive disorders. It is high in mono unsaturated Omega-3 fatty acids which makes our heart healthy.

Banana

Banana is a convenient food which is delicious and extremely healthy. Banana has thick protective skin which makes it free from pesticide or pollutant. It is fiber rich and contains several anti-oxidants including dopamine and catechins. It reduces the risk of degenerative illness and improves insulin sensitivity.