Quick Read – Health Tips to reduce dietary salt intake RECOMMENDED SALT INTAKE WHO (World Health Organization) recommended intake of sodium per day is not more than 2.3g. This amounts to 1 teaspoon of table salt which is roughly around 5.5-6 g salt/day/person. This is the amount required for the optimal functioning of our body.
Updated 20/11/2020 Antibiotics are a class of medicines used to treat Infections. We are all familiar with the term Infection which essentially makes us sick in some way due to germs invading our body. These germs like bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites are called micro-organisms as they are seen best under a microscope. Barring a
Updated 14/11/2020 Quick Read – Tips for planning Diet in Diabetes DIABETES TYPES AND RISKS Diabetes, as we all know, is a condition of impaired glucose metabolism and the presence of increased blood glucose (hyperglycemia). The utilization of glucose is regulated by a hormone called Insulin produced by the pancreas. Type 1 Diabetes occurs due
Constipation is the difficulty in passing stool, which includes infrequent bowel evacuations, straining to pass stool, hard or lumpy stools, prolonged duration to evacuate, or a feeling of not having evacuated fully or adequately. Quick read – 5 Dietary Tips to reduce Constipation Everyone goes through such episodes once in a while but when this
We sometimes suffer from a burning feeling in our stomach or lower chest, which we describe as ‘acidity’ or ‘heartburn’. Quick Read – 5 Tips to reduce Acidity ACID IN OUR STOMACH The stomach is the organ of our digestive system that produces acid (Hydrochloric acid). The purpose of this acid is 2 fold –