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Benefits of Figs
Mar 8th
Figs fruit are called as Gular ka phool in hindi and Athi Pazham in malayalam.
Though Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are seasonal fruits, they are available throughout the year in the dried form. They are said to taste more yummy in its dried form and are very nutritious as they contain Vitamins A, B, and minerals like phosphorus, calcium, iron and manganese. Here are some benefits of Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham we bet you didn’t know about…
Pectin, a soluble fibre found in Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham is beneficial for the digestive system. This soluble fibre helps in clearing out the accumulated cholesterol in the body.
Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are low in sodium content and high in potassium and thus, helps in preventing hypertension.
Dried Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are said to contain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids along with phenol. These help in the prevention of heart diseases.
Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are also a great source of calcium, which is good for strengthening of the bones.
Because Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are rich in potassium, it helps in the regulation of blood sugar in the human body. This is beneficial for people who are diabetic. Furthermore, the high potassium content in this sweet-tasting fruit is useful for people who suffer from urinary calcium loss.
Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham are said to be an effective cure for treating sore throat because of their high mucilage content.
Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham have also been used for treating sexual weakness. The remedy requires one to soak about two to three Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham in milk overnight and eat it the very next morning.
Because Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham contain iron, they are useful in treating anaemia. Eating Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham can relieve fatigue too.
If you want a clean and acne-free face then mash about two fresh Figs / Gular ka phool / Athi Pazham and apply them on your face. Leave it on for 10 minutes. This is a useful treatment for acne control.
New hope for Kidney Failure Patients
Mar 4th
Scientists have developed a new lightweight ultrafiltration device which is actually a scaled down version of the conventional dialysis machine. This machine can be worn around the waist just like a belt.
DIALYSIS ON THE MOVE
This wearable artificial kidney developed by scientists offers a new hope to kidney failure patients requiring haemodialysis. Docs Say Lightweight Ultrafiltration Machine Can Be Worn Around Waist. A light-weight ultrafiltration device (Wearable artificial kidney) which works on the principle of haemodialysis. Weight of device is around 2kg, but Doctors say when commercially developed, the belt will be much lighter. It consists of a hot swap battery which dissipates heat and protects body from any thermal effect. Has bio-carbonates, electrolytes and heparin to correct acidosis, maintain the salt level and stop blood clotting, respectively. Sorbent cartridge cleans the toxins. Small waste bag to clear the extra fluid away
Sorbent cartridge needs to be changed every week Scientists say cost cannot be fixed yet as things are being worked out on experimental model only.
Dilli Haat, Pitampura
Oct 3rd
Dilli Haat at Pitampura is a descent place to visit and defintely one good option for the people living in west Delhi. For long time west Delhi was missing somthing like this. At the this time of high prices, a descent place with only Rs 10 per adult entry fee for family man to spend the weekend comes as a blessing for Delhi.
Parking – Good parking with a low fee of Rs 15 for 3 hours. The parking guys are bit tricky, they charge you Rs 20 upfront and tell you to get Rs 5 if you are exiting within 3 hours. The guy at the exit will not return this balance until you ask for it, as he did with us. He made us wait in the side for few minutes when we insisted on getting the balance to check his reaction.
Ticket Counter – Tickets were easily accessible at a low fee of Rs 10 for adults and Rs 5 for kids.
Toilets - Toilets are neat and clean. There are even pay toilets, if someone looking for more luxury experience.
Stalls – Stalls from various craftsmen who have comein from different parts of the country are showcased over here. There are beautiful stalls for Indian crafts and food bazaar.
Precautions for Netbanking
Feb 11th
Online banking or netbanking, is highly secure, because your funds and assets are protected through password authentication and encryption technologies. Even so, you as a customer must take every care to see that your accounts are safeguarded. Do what the technology expects of you. Remember these four points:
- Never give your netbanking password or anybody else. Create a secure alpha-numeric password comprising alphabets, numbers and special characters like #, $ etc. Don’t use your own name or other obvious names or numbers connected with you in creating your password. Change your password every few months.
- ‘Phishing’ can happen, but you can prevent it by checking that your netbanking website is authentic and not a look-alike site created by a phisher to dupe you. Check each letter to see that the URL is correct(http:/www.onlinessbi.com/for Online SBI) and nothing else.
- Watch out for ‘phishing’ e-mails, where a malicious letter targetd at you ask for your account details or passwords.
- Ignore such mails and inform the bank about them. Do not reply to them! Your bank will never ask for such details in any e-mail to you.
- If anybody visits you saying they’re from the bank, or approaches you via telephone and asks for your account details, never reveal anything. Inform the bank, and request a meeting with your branch manager if they need any information.
- Never click on any hyperlink to acess Online. Always type the complete URL at the address on your browser.
Transgenic Brinjal: Good or Bad
Feb 10th
The introduction of Bacillus Thuringiensis Brinjal, popularly known as Bt brinjal in India, is still in the middle of debate. This is a genetically modified strain of the non-transgenic Brinjal promoted by India’s top seeds company Mahyco (Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company) in collaboration with an US based transnational Monsanto and their aim is to improve the yields by a significant extent and also help the agricultural sector.
French scientist Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini of the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN), carried out the first ever independent assessment of Monsanto-Mahyco’s report on toxicity tests submitted to the Indian regulatory authorities.
Seralini found many heath impact on not only the human and animal life but also on environment.He found :
It involves the insertion of a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into the DNA or genetic code of the Brinjal to produce pesticidal entotoxins in every cell. This toxin can induce antibiotic resistance in the vegetable cells.
this is a major health problem and is inappropriate for commercial use. Bt brinjal have 15 percent less calories and consists of different kinds of alkaloids compared to non-GM brinjal. It contains 16-17 mg/kg Bt insecticide toxin. When fed to animals, effects were observed on blood with significant differences according to the sex of the animal or period of measurement. Other effects were also found on blood clotting time (prothrombin), total bilirubin (liver health), and alkaline phosphate in goats and rabbits.
Changes in lactating cows were observed in increased weight gain, intake of more dry roughage matter and milk production up by 10-14 percent as if they were treated by a hormone.
Rats fed Bt brinjal had diarrhoea, increased water consumption, decrease in liver weight, and liver to body weight. Feed intake was modified in broiler chickens. But in anyhow, there are arguments in favour of its introduction, and there are strong reasons for refusing the approval of Bt brinjal. If it get approved then the Bt Brinjal would be the first genetically modified food in India.
Super Cool Atom Thermometer
Dec 9th
A team at the MIT-Harvard Centre for Ultra-Cold Atoms has devised a thermometer that can potentially measure temperatures as low as tens of trillionths of a degree above absolute zero. The trick is to place the system in a magnetic field, and then measure the atoms’ average magnetization. By determining a handful of easily-measured properties, the physicists extracted the temperature of the system from the magnetization.
While they demonstrated the method on atoms cooled to one billionth of a degree, they also showed that it should work for atoms hundreds of times cooler, meaning the thermometer will be an invaluable tool for physicists pushing the cold frontier.
Scientist’s designed a plasma-based prototype device to kill germs
Nov 27th
In London, Scientists have developed a prototype device that kills the bacteria, viruses, and fungi from hands, feet and even underarms in just seconds without harming the skin.
The prototype device kills the germs by creating Plasma, the fourth state of matter besides solid, liquid and gas.
An exposure to the plasma of only about 12 seconds reduces the incidence of germs on hands by a factor of a million, lead researcher Gregor Morfill.
World’s First Vegetarian Spider Discovered
Nov 7th
Scientists discovered a spider known as Bagheera kiplingi that does not eat meat like all the other spiders; instead it is the first vegetarian spider out of 40,000 known spider species. The tropical spider mostly consumes plant buds.
Scientists noticed that the spider consumed nutrient-rich buds growing on acacia plants. It is worth mentioning that the acacias represent the home to a species of ants inhabiting the plants’ hollow thorns. These ants aggressively protect the plant to maintain their shelter and preserve food. But the Bagheera, is a stealthy and fast spider that figured out a way to leap from one thorn to another and gather its meal, thus being able to avoid the ants. Meehan said. “It is utterly surreal to see a spider use such effective hunting strategies to hunt a plant.”
The name of the spider comes from a panther in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book.” It was given in the late 19th century. According to Christopher Meehan, biologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson, back then biologists did not know what the spider ate because they found a tattered dead specimen. However, if they named the spider Bagheera kiplingi, it is possible that they knew they found a species of a jumping spider that had cat-like movements.
The National Geographic website informs that in the period between 2001 and 2008, a team of biologists led by Meehan, examined the spider in its tropical habitat, found in southeastern part of Mexico and northwestern part of Costa Rica.
Now no lack of blood supplies!
Nov 4th
A new discovery was made to convert one blood group into another.The study conducted by some experts from University of Copenhagen. O bllod group can be a source for all the other blood types (A, B and AB).
Transfusion of a wrong blood type can causes severe clumping of transfused cells and possible arterial or venous blockage in severe cases result in death. Now all blood groups can be converted into one O group and used furthermore.
The classical ABO blood groups were discovered by Karl Landsteiner in 1900 and have been utilized in clinical medicine quite frequently over the past century, first in rudimentary paternity tests, and later to ensure the safety of patients undergoing blood transfusions.
Weight loss pills: Are they safe?
Oct 30th
The temptation of using over-the-counter weight-loss pills to lose weight fast is often irresistible. But are these products safe and effective?
Most Popular weight-loss pills
A number of weight-loss pills are available at your local drugstore, supermarket or health food store. Most haven’t been proved safe and effective, and some are downright dangerous.
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Herbal or dietary supplement |
The claims |
What you need to know |
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Bitter orange |
Increases the number of calories burned |
§ Touted as an “ephedra substitute” but may cause health problems similar to those of ephedra § Long-term effects unknown |
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Chitosan |
Blocks the absorption of dietary fat |
§ Relatively safe, but unlikely to cause weight loss § Can cause constipation, bloating and other gastrointestinal complaints § Long-term effects unknown |
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Chromium |
Reduces body fat and builds muscle |
§ Relatively safe, but unlikely to cause weight loss § Long-term effects unknown |
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Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) |
Reduces body fat, decreases appetite and builds muscle |
§ Might decrease body fat and increase muscle, but isn’t likely to reduce total body weight § Can cause diarrhea, indigestion and other gastrointestinal problems |
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Country mallow (heartleaf) |
Decreases appetite and increases the number of calories burned |
§ Contains ephedra, which is dangerous § Likely unsafe and should be avoided |
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Ephedra |
Decreases appetite |
§ Can cause high blood pressure, heart rate irregularities, sleeplessness, seizures, heart attacks, strokes and even death § Banned from the marketplace because of safety concerns, but may still be legally sold as a tea § Despite the ban, many ephedra products are still sold on the Internet |
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Green tea extract |
Increases calorie and fat metabolism and decreases appetite |
§ Limited evidence to support the claim § Can cause vomiting, bloating, indigestion and diarrhea § May contain a large amount of caffeine |
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Guar gum |
Blocks the absorption of dietary fat and increases the feeling of fullness, which leads to decreased calorie intake |
§ Relatively safe, but unlikely to cause weight loss § Can cause diarrhea, flatulence and other gastrointestinal problems § May cause intestinal obstruction if not taken with enough water |
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Hoodia |
Decreases appetite |
§ No conclusive evidence to support the weight-loss claim |
In addition to these herbal and dietary supplements, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alli — a reduced-strength over-the-counter (nonprescription) version of orlistat, a prescription weight-loss medication for adults age 18 and older. Alli promotes weight loss by decreasing absorption of fat by the intestines. The capsules are taken with meals, up to three times a day.
Alli sounds like a dieter’s dream, but there are no shortcuts to permanent weight loss. Alli is intended to be used only with a reduced-calorie, low-fat diet and regular exercise. Side effects, such as diarrhea and gas with oily spotting, can be significant if you don’t reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
The pitfalls of pills
Dietary supplements and weight-loss aids aren’t subject to the same rigorous standards as are prescription drugs or medications sold over-the-counter. Thus, they can be marketed with limited proof of effectiveness or safety. Vendors can make health claims about products based on their own review and interpretation of studies without the authorization of the FDA. However, the FDA can pull a product off the market if it’s proved dangerous.
Many weight-loss pills contain a cocktail of ingredients — some with more than 20 herbs, botanicals, vitamins, minerals or other add-ons, such as caffeine or laxatives.
There’s no magic bullet for losing weight. The most effective way to lose weight and keep it off is through lifestyle changes: Eat healthy, low-calorie foods, watch portion sizes, and engage in regular physical activity. It’s certainly no magic pill, but it works.
Keep in mind that even if you take a weight-loss pill, you still have to eat fewer calories than your body uses in order to lose weight. Even if these products were to help you lose weight initially, you’d have to continue taking them for the weight to stay off, which could cause more harm than good.
