• Health

    Can Diabetes cause renal disease?

    Diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder characterized by high level of blood sugar and caused by lack or lower level of insulin hormone. As per WHO, there are 422 million people suffer from diabetes worldwide. It is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and also reported as one of the major causes of blindness, kidney failure, stroke, cardiovascular diseases and lower limb amputation.   Type of diabetes  There are mainly three types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Type 1 (also called juvenile diabetes) is caused by an autoimmune reaction which destroys the beta cells of pancreas that produces insulin. This reaction led to absence or low level of insulin…

  • Health,  Parenting

    A Smart Mom’s guide to healthy snacking for kids! ( part 1)

    Kids love snacking. Snack time is their favorite time and they want to enjoy their favorite cookies, chips or cupcake as a snack to satisfied their taste buds. Though these snacking options may sounds tempting and may satisfied your kid’s taste buds temporarily but from health and nutrition perspective, unhealthy snacking is a major cause of childhood obesity.   Unhealthy food choices and lack of physical activity are two major factor that causes increase in prevalence of “childhood obesity” at rapid rate.    According to research, the prevalence of obesity has become more than double among children age 2 to 5 year (5% to 12.4%) and age 6 to 11 year (6.5%…

  • Health

    Pandemic weight gain: 5 practical ways to reverse it!

    2020 has been an incredibly hard year for all of us. Covid 19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down and created a negative impact on our all-important areas of life (like education, health, finance etc.).   Along with boredom and tiredness due to lockdown restrictions, this pandemic has bring on  a major negative impact on our overall mental and physical health. And also put a major obstacle on “Weight loss journey” of large number of populations.   Have a look on these recent news additions from some reputed news resources:   A recent news from marketwatch.com says that “Most people have struggled to maintain their weight during this pandemic time. According to…

  • #BlogchatterA2Z,  Health

    #BlogchatterEBook- “Healthy eating for busy moms”, My second e-book, it is like dream come true!

    Hurry! Finally, the wait is over and my second e book “healthy eating for busy moms” got published in association with #BlogchatterEbook.   It has been an amazing journey of last more than 1 month and now, with the book launching, it has been reached on most beautiful destination. With this blog post, I would love to share some behind the scene action of this incredible journey. Hoping you will like it.  Planning for participation in #BlogchatterA2Z 2020  I had participated in #BlogchatterZ2Z 2019 and published my first e book too, with #BlogchatterEbook carnival. After a great success of “Creative kids”, I was in mood to participate in 2020 BlogcahtterA2Z campaign…

  • Health

    5 Best food for Good Mental Health and Wellness!

    May is the month of “Mental health awareness”. to support the cause, I am writing “Mental health awareness series” on my blog. this is the post second and in this post, I am sharing another important aspect of good mental health ( food for good mental health) . read on the post to know more.  Good mental Health is an important part of our overall health.  . A few simple dietary changes may boost our mood and can improve mental health. According to scientific research,“Food is fuel and all kinds of food and drink you consume impact how well your mind and body are able to function”. Eating right and…

  • Health

    #Mentalhealthawarenessmonth- 5 Effective ways to improve your mental health!

     Do you know May is the “Mental health Awareness month”? According to Wikipedia, Mental health awareness month has began in the USA in year 1949. During this month, there are various events and activities are planned with an aim to spread awareness among people about different aspect of mental health. Despite being technologically advanced, our society still has a conservative approach towards mental health problem. talking about mental illnesses is taboo in various Asian communities. and people often feel hesitate to share and discuss their mental problems with others because of fear of being get judged by people in our surrounding community.   Mental health is as important as our…

  • #BlogchatterA2Z,  Health

    #BlogchatterA2Z- “Z”- Zucchini- two easy recipes to include this healthy vegetable in our diet

    Ahh.. This is the last post for #BlogchatterA2Z and finally we had had reached on alphabet “Z”. As “Z”, I am using “Zucchini” as main ingredient and sharing some easy ways to include this healthy vegetable in our diet. What is Zucchini? Zucchini or courgette is a summer squash, it is native from America. it belongs to species Cucurbitaceae. it can be dark or light green. it has a delicate flavor and can be eaten in various forms like raw, shreaded or stir fry. Health benefits of Zucchini Zucchini offers so many great health benefits such as good for digestion, helps in weight loss and good for eye health. Zucchini…

  • #BlogchatterA2Z,  Health

    #BlogchatterA2Z- “Y”- Yam fried ( Garadu chat)- A spicy and tasty dish for you ( Typical indori style)

    Hi everyone,  First a big thanks to all of you for showing so much love for yesterday’s round up post. I am so glad that you liked it, and your appreciation means a lot to me.  Now, let’s move on today’s post. It is alphabet “Y”.  Honestly, it was little hard to found many food options or healthy ingredients that starts with “Y”.  There were only few things that came in my mind. First yogurt, but somehow, I did not find it that appealing and later on, I had switched my mind to “Yam”.   Yam is a rare kind of root vegetable and it is not a part of…

  • #BlogchatterA2Z,  Health

    #BlogchatterA2Z- “X”, X-clusive roundup- 10 Amazing Bloggers share their #1 tip for healthy eating!

    Hi everyone. Welcome back to “Healthy eating for busy moms series”  This is alphabet “X”, and as “X”, I am excited to share something “Xclusive” with you all. (I know it is “Exclusive. But for A2Z itna adjustment to banata hai..hehe)  So far, with this series, I had shared healthy and quick recipes, Handy tips for healthy eating, meal prep ideas and nutritional benefits of different healthy ingredients and some other important aspects of healthy eating.  And now, this is the time to share an exclusive round post for this series.  Xclusive round-up for “Healthy eating for busy moms series”   We lived in the high-tech era and nowadays technology…

  • #BlogchatterA2Z,  Health

    #BlogchatterA2Z- “W” Wheat flour sweets- three easy and quick recipes that you can try at home

    Hi everyone.  Welcome back to “healthy eating for busy moms” series.  As we had reached on the last week of #BlogchatterA2Z and only few more days had left to reach on end, so I had thought why not “Kuch meetha ho jaye!”  So, with alphabet “W”, I am sharing three easy and healthy sweet recipes with wheat flour. All these recipes are simple and easy to make. And definitely a healthier choice in compare to other ready made sweets.  So, let’s get started with the recipes.  Three easy sweet recipes with wheat flour  Wheat flour ladoo  This one is my all time favourite recipe. I usually made this during winter,…