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Is Vegan easy for Non-Veg eaters?

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The emerging trend of Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products. It is a diet followed for the well-being of animals with an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. In a vegan diet, a follower is supposed to consume only vegetarian items and non-dairy products. There are still millions of people being a follower of this diet and some are completely avoiding it but being a vegan does not make a routine non-vegetarian fall sick or unhealthy, the absolute way of being a vegan adds only nutrition to health and if delicately maintained properly humans will live long healthy life than usual.

Is it about preventing animals?Is Vegan easy for Non-Veg eaters?

In order to prevent the exploitation of animals, people tend to choose the vegan path. This mostly occurs in people who are emotionally attached to animals as pets but is not only the primary reason for people following the vegan diet. Many believe that avoiding animal products is one of the most obvious ways one can take a stand against the animal cruelty and animal exploitation, as vegan demonstrates true compassion for animals since all sentient creatures have a right to life and freedom. In a universe where every sentient creatures are being treated equal, people could satisfy their needs by maintaining humanity.

For the environment, health, people, and what not?       

Vegan absolutely benefits for the environment, health, people, and even economic. This vegan diet makes lives sustainable for absolute growth and a greater compassion towards sentient beings. In regards to the environment, Vegan is certainly the right choice from recycling wastes, rubbish of the planet to the ways of a greener life. The production of meat and other animal products place a heavy burden on the environment. From crops to the water required to feed the human and animals is significantly left unnoticed.Is Vegan easy for Non-Veg eaters?

The sufficient requirements a human or animals need for their routine has been cared less unlike when people are much focused towards killing animals for consumption rather saving the land and water for a prolonged benefit. Turning into vegan is the beneficial way for health and environment, it is the simplest way to take a stand against the inefficient food systems which completely affects the poorest people all over the world.

Veganism is the sustainable option to look after our planet and a plant-based livelihood. The suffering caused by the farm animals in a slaughterhouse is more like how people fear for death. The rendering process, slaughterhouse are even considered to give the same fear how a human addresses fear at the time of death. There’s never been a better time to adopt a sustainable way of living due to the myriad of environmental and socio-economic problems that which ends in rising global food and water insecurity. All sentient creatures suffer in fear of death and this plight can be avoided only with switching to veganism.

What about infants?Is Vegan easy for Non-Veg eaters?

Of course, there are strong habits to feed an infant or pregnant women to consume dairy products for healthy living and better growth. The most ethical way to sustain this habit with an alternate product has been introduced and that doesn’t involve dairy products harming the farm animals. For lactating vegans, it is considered safe to follow the vegan-vegetarian diet – provided the attention paid to vitamin and trace element requirements. The Canadian Pediatric Society says that “well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets with appropriate attention to specific nutrient components can provide a healthy alternative lifestyle at all stages of fetal, infant, child and adolescent growth. Attention should be given to nutrient intake, particularly protein, vitamins B12 and D, essential fatty acids, iron, zinc, and calcium.’Is Vegan easy for Non-Veg eaters?

The process to sustain veganism during pregnancy maybe found confounding factors but there is always a solution or alternate products could be consumed seemingly. Vegan is always a choice for every human to switch for better well-being since there are vegan food items as one category added in every nearest shop worldwide that which includes vegan cakes, meals etc.

 

 

BLACK HOLE

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Black holes have been holding the fancy of scientists since the 18th century. It is one of the most interesting things we have come across in our universe. There are myths as well, about black holes. Black holes are a concentration of humongous mass in a small space. Thus, it is highly dense and has a very strong gravitational pull from which even light cannot escape.

There are some scientific terms related to black hole:

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  • Singularity: the core of the black hole compacts into a mathematical point with virtually zero volume, where it is said to have infinite density. This is called a singularity.
  • Event horizon: the strong gravitational pull of a black hole is due to its small size, as you get closer to the pull increases. There is a certain distance, once, which you cross, there’s no going back, as going back requires a velocity greater than speed of light. That is called event horizon.

Types of black holes

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Black holes can come in a range of sizes, but there are three main types of black holes. The black hole’s mass and size determine what kind it is.

  • The smallest ones are known as primordial black holes. This type of black hole is as small as a single atom but with the mass of a large mountain.

FORMATION: Primordial black holes are thought to have formed in the early universe, soon after the big bang.

  • The most common type of medium-sized black holes is called “stellar.” The mass of a stellar black hole can be up to 20 times greater than the mass of the sun and can fit inside a ball with a diameter of about 10-15 kms. Dozens of stellar mass black holes may exist within the Milky Way galaxy.

FORMATION: Stellar black holes forms when the centre of a very massive star collapses in upon itself. This collapse also results in an exploding star(supernova), that blasts parts of the star into space.

  • The largest black holes are called “supermassive.” These black holes have masses greater than 1 million suns combined and would fit inside a ball with a diameter about the size of the solar system. Scientific evidence suggests that every large galaxy contains a supermassive black hole at its centre. The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy is called Sagittarius A.

FORMATION: Scientists think supermassive black holes formed at the same time as the galaxy they are in. The size of the supermassive black hole is related to the size and mass of the galaxy it is in. Supermassive black holes are created in mergers of existing stellar mass black holes.

THE FORMATION OF STELLAR BLACK HOLES

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They are formed by death of a star. But not every dying star results in a black hole.
A star will become either a black dwarf, neutron star or black hole, depending on how massive it was.

Sun-like Stars > Red Giant > Planetary Nebula >White Dwarf > Black Dwarf

Huge Stars > Red Supergiant > Supernova > Neutron Star

Giant Stars > Red Supergiant > Supernova > Black Hole

For every star, a series of nuclear reactions occur in its core so as to balance its own gravitational force trying to squeeze it. The time till which it is successful in doing so, it remains stable.

But gravitational collapse occurs when star’s nuclear reactions don’t generate sufficient energy and pressure to resist its own gravitational force. As a result, it gets squeezed to a smaller size. But with decrease in size, the temperature of the core also increases and also the pressure. The core of the star consists of hydrogen in the very starting. Now, this hydrogen starts converting into helium. For some time, the energy and pressure generated through this reaction is able to resist further decrement but when all the hydrogen gets converted into helium, the cycle repeats. Again, the helium starts to convert into lithium. This conversion goes on till iron is formed. Since iron is more stable compared to its next element, its nuclear reaction is endothermic, and hence no energy/heat is generated, rather it is required to continue the process.

If the star is about the mass of our sun, its end state will be a white dwarf.  There’s no more fusion.  But it does not collapse further because of electron degeneracy pressure.

But if the star is more massive, it will continue to collapse beyond this state.  Its protons may capture its electrons producing neutrons and, in the process, emitting a lot of neutrinos in a supernova.  Now the star is denser and composed almost entirely of neutrons. This time held up by the neutron degeneracy pressure. Hence, it results in a neutron star.

If the star is even more massive.10-20 times more massive than the sun.  It will get to the white dwarf stage and keep collapsing.  It will become a neutron star and still it shrinks.  There’s nothing more to hold it up, so its density grows and grows, and eventually, it collapses to the point where all the mass of the star is contained within its event horizon radius, and it becomes a black hole. That’s how stellar mass black holes are created.

General myths about black holes

  • Black holes are empty

Fact: There strong pull is the result of their large mass itself compressed in a small space.

  • Black holes suck up everything

Fact: Black hole like any other body exerts a gravitational pull proportional to its size and mass. Aath of the body would remain unaffected if it is out of black hole’s event horizon.

  • All dying stars result in black holes

Fact: Only stars 10-20 times bigger than our sun can result in black holes.

  • Black holes and wormholes are the same things

Fact: The existence of wormholes is yet not proved. Wormholes are said to be tunnels that connect distant parts of the universe. But if an object is sucked into a black hole by its extreme gravitational force it will not appear somewhere else in the universe.

  • Black holes can be seen

Fact: The light produced or reflected by objects makes them visible. Since no light can escape from a black hole, we can’t see it. Rather, it is observed through the effect it has on its surroundings.

SUDHA MURTHY

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Sudha Murthy, a person with a compassionate heart and wide wisdom. A humble personality.An inspiring lady and one of my favorite novelists, of all time. She’s one of those writers whose books can touch a school student as well as a middle-aged person. Her books aren’t restricted to a certain age group and that’s the best part about her books. She’s a perfect mix of modernism and culture.

 
She was born to Dr. R.H. Kulkarni and Vimala Kulkarni in Shiggaon, Karnataka. Sudha Murthy had done her BE in Electrical Engineering from B.V.B College of Engineering and Technology. She obtained first in her class and received the gold medal from the then Karnataka Chief Minister, Sri Devaraj Urs. After completing her studies, she pursued M.E. in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science. She obtained the gold medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers for coming first.
She was the first female engineer to be hired by India’s largest auto manufacturer TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company) now Tata motors.
She worked as Development Engineer in Pune, Mumbai, and Jamshedpur. She then worked as Senior System Analyst in Walchand group of Industries in Pune. While working in TELCO in Pune, she met  Mr. Narayan Murthy, fell in love and got married. They have two kids Akshata and Rohan.

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As many of you would be aware, Narayan Murthy is one of the founders of Infosys Limited (formerly Infosys Technologies Limited).

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It is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. It has its headquarters in Banglore, Karnataka, India.

Infosys is the second-largest Indian IT company by 2017 revenues and 596th largest public company in world in terms of revenue.
Sudha Murthy had contributed Rs 10,000 to the founding of Infosys and continues to be a trustee.
She loves teaching, and she is a visiting professor in Bangalore university as well as Christ college.
She is a renowned philanthropist as well as a famous writer.
                                                     AS A WRITER

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She is an avid lover of books, drama as well as music. She’s a movie buff as well. She has written approximately twenty books in English and Kannada, in addition to many columns. It includes novels, technical books, travelogues, works of non-fiction well as fiction. Her books have been translated to all major Indian languages.
Her books are generally based on her life experiences. She pen downs her experiences which generally revolves around gender discrimination, Indian mentality, poverty and general issues, we come across.As a result, her books are very relatable to every age group. She, in my opinion, is a must-read author.
I became an avid reader when I was in 8th or 9th grade. And she was one of my favorite authors and still is. Even today, if I re-read those books, I love it all the same and that is the magic of simple yet interesting writing style of hers.
A list of her books:
Kannada
• Samanyaralli Asamanyaru
• Mahashweta
• Yashashvi
• Tumula
• Kaveri Inda Mekaangige
• Guttondu Heluve
• Manada Matu
• Dollar Sose
• Paridhi
• Makkaligagi – Nanna Mechina Kathegalu 
• Runa
• Hakkiya Teradalli 
• Shalamakkaligagi Computer
• Athirikthe
• Sukeshini Mattu Itara Makkala Kathegalu
• Computer Lokadalli
English
• The Serpent’s Revenge
• How I Taught My Grandmother to Read
• Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
• The Old Man and His God: Discovering the Spirit of India
• The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
• Wise and Otherwise
• Gently Falls the Bakula
• The Accolades Galore
• The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic
• Dollar Bahu
• Grandma’s Bag of Stories (children’s fiction)
• The Magic Drum And Other Favourite Stories (children’s stories)
• House of Cards
• The Mother I Never Knew'(two novellas)
• Three thousand stitches
• “The Man from the Egg”

Also read 10 books by Sudha Murthy that will inspire you to become a better person

AS A PHILANTHROPIST

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Her social work is generally in fields concerning healthcare, education, empowerment of women, public hygiene, and poverty. She has set up approximately 50,000 libraries,as she has a dream that each school should be equipped with a library . She is helping in building of 10,000 public toilets and several hundred toilets in the city of Bangalore. Through Foundation she has built 2,300 houses in the flood affected areas. She has handled national natural disasters like tsunami in Tamil Nadu and Andaman, earthquake in Kutch – Gujarat, hurricane and floods in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and drought in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
I don’t just admire her as a writer but as a person.
She is an epitome of how a person should be, in my opinion.
She is very well educated and is quite wealthy and she stills opts for a simple living and believes in helping the people in need. Moreover, she works for the betterment of our society as well, without trying to garner attention for her service towards the society.
She has been honoured by numerous awards for her philanthropy, her literary work as well as for her academic excellence:
Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers, India for having secured the I Rank in M.Tech. of all the branches of Engineering
• Gold Medal from the Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri Devaraj Urs, for securing the highest marks in B.E. of all the Universities of Engineering in Karnataka
• Cash award for having secured the highest marks in SSLC
• C S Desai Prize for standing first in the University Exams of Karnataka
• Youth Service Department Prize from Government of Karnataka, for having been the outstanding engineering student of Karnataka
• 1995: Best Teacher Award in 1995 from the Rotary Club of Bangalore
• National Award from Public Relation Society of India for outstanding Social Service to the Society
• ‘Attimabbe’ award for her technical book in Kannada (Shaale Makkaligagi Computer – meaning computers for school children)
• Award for Excellent Social Service by Rotary South – Hubli
• 2000: ‘Karnataka Rajyotsava’ State Award for the year 2000, for achievement in the field of literature and social work
• 2001: ‘Ojaswini’ award for excellent social work for the year 2000
• ‘Millenium Mahila Shiromani’ award
• 2002: Voted as Woman of the Year by RadioCity [Bangalore FM station] on International Women’s Day
• 2004: Murthy was presented with the Raja-Lakshmi Award “in recognition of her outstanding contribution to social work” by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in Chennai.
• 2006: Murthy was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest-ranking civilian award from the Government of India, and received an honorary doctorate for her contributions in the spheres of social work, philanthropy, and education.
• 2006: She also received the R.K. Narayana’s Award for Literature.
• 2011: Murthy was conferred honorary LL.D (Doctor of Laws) degrees for their contributions to promoting formal legal education and scholarship in India.
• 2013: Basava Shree-2013 Award was presented to Narayan Murthy & Sudha Murthy for their contributions to society at Basaveshwara Medical College auditorium. Basava Shree award comprises a plaque and a cheque of `5 lakh, Sudha Murthy handed over award money to an orphanage run by the mutt.

2018: She received the Life Time Achievement Award at the Crossword-Raymond Book Awards.
I wish we have more of such people in our country in the coming years.

 

Home Nursing And Home Health Care

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Home Nursing and Home Health Care do not mean the same, though they are often referred to in the same breath. Nursing is a wide field and consists of medical specialists, physicians, care providers, lab technicians, volunteers and many more categories of persons. The motive though is nursing and implies care of a patient in helping their recovery.

The wide range of tasks that may be needed, the cost factor, the age and condition of the patient, the family needs, and many other factors would need to be evaluated. When hospitalization is not required or recommended Home Health Care is the option and remedy rolled up in one!

What is Home Health Care?

At one time or the other, the need for Home Health Care is always there. Home Health Care could include

  • Visit by a doctor or nurse for evaluation, dressing, injections, tests etc.
  • Nursing care.
  • Speech, occupational and physiotherapies.
  • Baby care.
  • Basic home cleaning, companionship, and home services.
  • Care by volunteers for elderly, terminally ill patients etc.
  • Medico-social services.

Home care services have thus come to mean services offered to a person with special needs in their own premises. Example: The elderly, chronically ill, sick infants, accidental injury cases etc may need help in dressing, with their medications, food, bathing etc.

Remember even the most, simple task for one could be very hard for another. With time constraints and working lifestyles providing us little or no time, the use of caregivers comes as a blessing.

Home Health Care and home nursing can benefit both the family and the patient. In the case of the elderly especially one must take care of them, have a full body checkup test done and even maybe use a wheelchair. Nurses and health care providers may be required to monitor health status, give injections, conduct routine tests on patients, wound care etc.

The cost of such Home Health Care varies depending on the type of service required, duration of care etc. To mitigate the sudden incurrence of such unexpected costs medical insurance packages covering such care conditionally are available. The cost, terms, and conditions could vary. 

All about wheelchair rental requirement

Wheelchairs may be required for a short period of time and may not justify the buying of one. In such cases fear not. wheelchair rental services are available. Persons who may need this service are visiting elders, infirm persons and in geriatric care, patients recovering from accidents, pregnant women or a patient in pain, during the sudden onset of sickness and trauma etc.

Wheelchairs are available at most health care hospitals like Apollo, Manipal etc on rent. Other medical equipment used for short periods can also be rented. Cost, availability, terms of use, types of wheelchairs, special needs wheelchairs are available and should be discussed with the physician or caregivers like nurses, medical help providers or physicians

What is a Full Body Check Up?

A full body checkup can identify and detect diseases at an early stage and is recommended for all above the age of 18 years at least at annual intervals. Lifestyle problems like smoking, alcohol consumption, no exercise etc., family history of heart problems, diabetes etc and even sedentary healthy persons should undergo this test to prevent full-blown sickness at a later stage.

The normally recommended tests are

  • Complete Urine Analysis.
  • X-Ray Chest.
  • ECG (Resting).
  • Pap Smear (for women).
  • Ultra-sonogram of the abdomen (Screening only).
  • Stool Test(optional).
  • Clinical examination, summary and advice by a physician.

Tests are grouped into packages and the cost can vary depending on the tests, hospitals, and physician advice.

 

VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS

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A majority of people generally use the words vegetarians and vegan as the same. Although both of these diets are plant-based, there is a considerable difference between these two.

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So, what do you mean by being a vegetarian?

A person who doesn’t eat animal flesh is called a vegetarian.

There are some variations of vegetarians, which are as follows:

  • Lacto-Ovo vegetarian: Lacto-ovo vegetarians do consume dairy products and egg products.
  • Lacto vegetarian: Lacto-vegetarians do consume dairy products but not eggs.
  • Ovo-vegetarian: Ovo-vegetarians consume egg products but not any dairy products or animal flesh.
  • Pollotarian: Restricts meat consumption to poultry and fowl only.
  • Pescatarian: While technically not a type of vegetarian, these individuals do restrict their meat consumption to fish and seafood only.

There are many reasons a person chooses a vegetarian diet:

  • Religious faith: Vegetarian diet is a part of some cultures, like Hinduism, Jainism, etc. those who follow these religions, vegetarian lifestyle represents nonviolence towards animals and spiritual upliftment.
  • Health benefits: many types of research around the world have concluded that a vegetarian diet is healthier than a non-vegetarian diet if followed properly.
  • Environment-friendly: this reason is lesser known though. Many people don’t realize the effect of meat and poultry industry on the environment.

It contributes significantly to climate change.

These industries destroy forests in order to create more land for rearing their meat sources.

A large amount of grains and fresh water supply also goes into the feeding of these animals.

It also leads to habitat loss and species extinction.

  • Ethical reason: Some people opt for a vegetarian diet because torturing animals for their food is something they don’t prefer. The condition in which the animals are kept and reared are often really bad. Here is a brief about the dark side of meat industry:

The animals that are bred and reared for our consumption have a miserable life. The animals are kept in overcrowded areas, the environment is unhygienic to an extreme extent since the air is thick all the body waste. Animal injuries are left untreated which they generally are prone to because of such pathetic and dirty conditions they are kept in.

Profit is their only concern and hence they try and maximize their output, which means that slaughterhouses process as many animals as possible. Hence, they try to do it quickly and these practices are often not fully effective because of the quick processing time. Many of the animals are still alive and go through unimaginable excruciating pain and trauma while skinning, scalding, etc.

A similar version of torture can be seen in the egg industry breeding hens for eggs and keeping the male ones for slaughter.

  • Economically more feasible: Having a non-vegetarian diet is more expensive as compared to a vegetarian diet as meant and other poultry products are costlier.

Health benefits:

A vegetarian diet is associated with higher consumption of fiber, folic acid, vitamins C and E, magnesium, unsaturated fat, etc. This often results in a healthier and more active lifestyle:

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  • Lower chances of being obese:

Vegetarian diets have significantly less fat and are nutrient and antioxidant-rich.

  • Life expectancy increases:

Being a vegetarian, you are less prone to a lot of diseases and your mood improves. hence, generally, vegetarians live longer.

  • Improvement in mood

Arachidonic acid is a substance that usually comes from dietary animal sources. Vegetarian diets are not high in arachidonic acid. Research has shown a link between arachidonic acid and mood disturbances, hence being vegetarian contributes to the improvement of mood.

  • Lower blood pressure
  • Lower cholesterol
  • Lower risk of cancer
  • Lower risk of diabetes
  • Lessens the chance of developing kidney stones

It is found that eliminating animal protein consumption by vegetables will result in a higher urine pH; whereas low urine pH has been associated with stone formation.

  • Reduced risk of heart diseases

The list of benefits still goes on.

But there are some risks as well.

Animal products are important sources of protein, no saturated fats, iron, vitamins, and minerals.

 Vegetarians have a higher risk of developing vitamin B12 deficiency compared with people who consume animal-based products. The human body cannot use the plant-based form of the vitamin. Fortified foods are recommended for those who do not consume eggs or dairy products, and a supplement may be necessary.

Becoming a vegetarian will not guarantee good health or a healthy diet if they consume too many calories, unhealthy snack foods, too many refined carbohydrates, whole milk dairy products, and junk foods, whether meat-based or not.

We did discuss vegetarians, but about vegans?

Vegans are a level up from vegetarians.

In addition to cutting off animal flesh, they cut off of any and every animal product and by-products. They cut off of all dairy products, honey, lards, etc. they also avoid leather, cosmetic products tested on animals, etc.in short, they are absolutely against animal cruelty. They avoid everything that is tested upon animals to being an animal product.

Being vegan is a tad bit more difficult as you have to ensure that everything you are using is animal cruelty-free, from eating to clothing to cosmetics. They are also prone to the deficiencies just like vegetarians, in addition to that, dairy produce normally provides zinc, but fortified cereals, dried beans, nuts, and soy products can make up for this. Zinc is an essential nutrient that plays a role in cell metabolism and immune function.

Types of vegan:

  • Ethical Vegans: They put their ethics forward instead of their stomach and inherit their love and care for animals and environment. Ethical Vegans do not consume any dairy product be it milk, eggs, cheese, honey and avoid the usage of any product made by animal skin or parts.
  • Plant Based Vegans: They go on to live on plants based foods, which grow from the ground only.
  • Raw Vegan: They do not eat any animal by-product and anything that is cooked above the temperature of 115-degree Fahrenheit as they believe that such food is devoid of nutrients and enzymes completely.

In additions to the health benefits of having a plant-based diet, vegans have gelatin, lard etc free diet which is generally consumed in a vegetarian diet. Its more fibrous and richer, since it exclusively plant-based.

But vegans and vegetarians often face some problems:

  • Availability of limited options:

In countries which are majorly vegetarian, it isn’t a problem, but countries where a majority population is non-vegetarian like the western countries, it’s hard to maintain a nutritious vegetarian/vegan diet.

  • Prone to deficiency of certain nutrients and vitamins like zinc, calcium, vitamin b12, etc.

so, it’s really important to carefully plan out your diet chart.

  • Reading labels and checking the ingredients of any item being bought, becomes quite laborious.
  • Social issues: When living in a country having a major non-vegetarian population, it’s difficult to manage as all the social gatherings and events have mostly non-vegetarian options. also, there’s a lot of people questioning your choice of such a lifestyle.

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Well, being vegan/vegetarian is the way to go!

INDIAN CULTURE AND SCIENCE

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Indian Culture is an ancient and one of the most popular cultures in the world. India is very well known for its rich cultural heritage which is a combination of customs, traditions, lifestyle, religion, languages, rituals, cuisine, etc. It is a culture of exuberant diversity.

Western Culture is referred to as the modern and advanced culture in the world. The main pillars of the western culture are capitalism, individualism, rights, ethical values, etc. Here in Western culture, most people give more importance to their wants, needs, desires, and happiness. They are busy in doing their own business.

But with each passing day, India is becoming more modern and technologically advanced.

Is Indian culture and modernism two contradictory terms?

Well a major population of our country has set a wrong perception about this.

Adopting good practices of any culture is always fruitful.

And a majority of population follow western culture because their neighbors, friends or relatives are following. I won’t say that western culture isn’t good.it is definitely but appreciating others culture and berating ours is something wrong.

Many aspects of Indian culture and traditions are quite scientific which isn’t known to vast public. Here are some of those:

1. Joining Both Palms Together to Greet

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In Indian culture, people greet each other by joining their palms – termed as “Namaskar.” The general reason behind this tradition is that greeting by joining both the palms means respect. However, scientifically speaking, joining both hands ensures joining the tips of all the fingers together; which are denoted to the pressure points of eyes, ears, and mind. Pressing them together is said to activate the pressure points which helps us remember that person for a long time.

2. Wearing Toe Ring

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Wearing toe rings is not just the significance of married women but there is scientific reason behind it. Normally toe rings are worn on the second toe. A particular nerve from the second toe connects the uterus and passes to heart. Wearing toe ring on this finger strengthens the uterus. It will keep menstrual cycle regularized. As silver is a good conductor, it also absorbs polar energies from the earth and passes it to the body.

3. Throwing Coins into Rivers

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The general perception for this act is that it brings Good Luck. However, scientifically , in the ancient times, most of the currency used was made of copper unlike the stainless-steel used today. Copper is a vital metal which is very useful to the human body. Throwing coins in the river was one way it was ensured we intake sufficient copper as part of the water as rivers were the only source of drinking water. Making it a custom ensured that all of us follow the practice.

4. Applying Tilak/Kumkum On the Forehead

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On the forehead, between the two eyebrows, is a spot that is considered as a major nerve point in human body. The Tilak is believed to prevent the loss of “energy”, the red ‘Kumkum’ between the eyebrows is said to retain energy in the human body and control the various levels of concentration. While applying Kumkum the points on the mid-brow region and Adnya-chakra is automatically pressed. This also facilitates the blood supply to the face muscles.

 5. Bells in temples

INDIAN CULTURE AND SCIENCE

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People who are visiting the temple should and would ring the bells before entering the inner sanctum (Garbhagudi or Garbha Gruha or womb-chamber) where the main idol is placed. According general perception, the bell is used to give sound for keeping evil forces away and the ring of the bell is pleasant to God. However, the scientific reason behind bells is that their ring clears our mind and helps us stay sharp and keep our full concentration on devotional purpose. These bells are made in such a way that when they produce a sound it creates a unity in our brains. The moment we ring the bell, it produces a sharp and enduring sound which lasts for minimum of 7 seconds in echo mode. The duration of echo is good enough to activate all the seven healing centers in our body.

6. Why We Start with Spice & End with Sweet:

Our ancestors have stressed on the fact that our meals should be started off with something spicy and sweet dishes should be taken towards the end. The significance of this eating practice is that while spicy things activate the digestive juices and acids and ensure that the digestion process goes on smoothly and efficiently, sweets or carbohydrates pulls down the digestive process. Hence, sweets were always recommended to be taken as a last item.

7. Why Do We Applying Mehendi/Henna on The Hand and Feet

INDIAN CULTURE AND SCIENCE

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Besides lending colour to the hands, mehendi is a very powerful medicinal herb.It cools the body and keeps the nerves from becoming tense. This is the reason why mehndi is applied on the hands and feet, which house nerve endings in the body.

8. Sitting on The Floor & Eating

INDIAN CULTURE AND SCIENCE

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This tradition is not just about sitting on floor and eating, it is, sitting in the “Sukhasan” position and then eating. Sukhasan is the position we normally use for Yoga asanas. It helps in digestion.

9.Why You Should Not To Sleep With Your Head Towards North

Myth is that it invites ghost or death but scientifically it is because human body has its own magnetic field (Also known as hearts magnetic field, because the flow of blood) and Earth is a giant magnet. When we sleep with head towards north, our body’s magnetic field become completely asymmetrical to the Earth’s Magnetic field. That cause problems related to blood pressure and our heart needs to work harder in order to overcome this asymmetry of Magnetic fields.

10. Fasting

The scientific reason behind fasting is found in Ayurveda.This ancient Indian medical system points out correctly that the basic cause of many diseases is the accumulation of toxic materials in the digestive system. Regular cleansing of toxic materials keeps one healthy. By fasting, the digestive organs get rest and all body mechanisms are cleansed and corrected. A complete fast is good for heath and  occasional intake of warm lemon juice during the period of fasting prevents the flatulence.

People all around the world want a good and healthy lifestyle. Hence, they adopt different practices of different culture to lead a quality life. So, while adopting the good practices of the west ,we should also not leave behind the good practices of our culture.

5 digi watches on Amazon Summer sale

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No outfit is complete without accessories. Get your favorite watches at great deals on Amazon. There are discounts on both men’s and women’s watches. Any watch you want you can find it on Amazon. You can get the best of brands and offers here. The quality of products is just amazing that you’ll want to buy more.
Some of the best brands and discounts include:

Brands Discounts
Super dry Up to 50% off
Giordano Up to 70% off
Titan Up to 50% off

 

 Top 5 digi watches this season are:


1. Addic Digital Black dial men’s and boy’s watch


The addic is one of the best companies for digital watches. Get this watch at a discount of  66% off on the product.

Property Description
Price ₹850
Actual price ₹2,499.00
Discount offered Up to 66% off
Band material silicone
Clasp Buckle
  •  This light weight black sport design is waterproof
    •    This watch also has many functions like Stop watch, back light, alarm, calendar, countdown etc.,
    •    This watches best feature is the countdown with a maximum count of 24 hours.
    •    This watch is also eligible for cash back of ₹50 on the order when paid with Amazon pay balance.


2) Fossil Marshal digital men’s watch


This multicoloured dialled watch is available at ₹13,997.00. This watch is starting at an EMI of ₹665. It also has No cost EMI available on the product. 

Property Discount
Price ₹13,997
Discount 30% off
Movement Quartz
Clasp Metal Clasp
Material Stainless steel
Brand Fossil
Water resistant yes

This water-resistant watch is available at Amazon with the Amazon pay balance offer as well where you can get ₹50 off the product when paid by Amazon pay balance. 
•    This watch has customizable watch faces and interchangeable straps.
•    The best feature of this watch is that it can stay for 1-day n a single charge on the conductive magnet charger provided.
•    It is pre-installed with the features like tracking distance etc, and is compatible with Android and iPhones.
•    With this watch, you can control your phones text, messages, music on your devices through Spotify, Pandora etc.
Get this amazing watch at a huge discount on Amazon with a manual book along with it. 

3) SKMEI 1188 Digital watch 


This watch comes with a Health fitness and sports activity tracker and It can also comes with a heart rate monitor . This watch is Bluetooth compatible and can monitor all mobiles. This watch is available at a discount of 50% off on the actual price.

Property Description
Price ₹3,499
EMI Starts at ₹166 per month
Delivery Free shipping
Movement Automatic

One of the coolest features of this product is that it can be used with to record your 24 hour activity. The watch will automatically display the screen and amazingly can be used to remotely control the camera function. 


4) Fossil Q Wander digital women’s watch

Property Discount
Price ₹13,297
Discount 30% off
Movement Quartz
Clasp Metal Clasp
Case Material Stainless steel
Brand Fossil
Water resistant yes
  •  EMI for this watch starts at ₹632 for a month and no cost EMI is available
    •    Functions in this watch involve calling, notifications on call, text etc., 
    •    Can control music on your device through spotify Pandora, sound cloud and many more.
    •    This watch also has a inbuilt tracking activity sensors to track your daily activity.
    •    Has interchangeable straps and customizable watch faces.

5) Fast track digital unisex watch

Property Description
Price ₹1,975
EMI No EMI
Delivery Free shipping
Band material silicone
Movement Quartz
Collection Reflex collection

This watch has one year warranty and also has android calling capabilities.

How to Shop Watches from Amazon 
    To get your hands on all the exciting offers on the Amazon 
•    Log in to the Amazon website or open the Amazon app
•    Check out the deals and exclusive launches
•    Check for the best deals on products and add them to your cart
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•    Confirm your order and pay for the products either through your card , net banking or cash on delivery based the choices available on the products payment
•    You will get a confirmation email on receiving your order.

Watches online at best prices:
Get your favourite watch at the most reasonable costs on electronic products with Amazon. Top brands like Fast track, Sonata etc, are quite the steal in this sale. Amazon is also giving exclusive deals ad has exclusive discounts. Get different coupons and enjoy savings with your desired watches. Get free shipping and enjoy cash backs on eligible orders. Make your buy worth it at Amazon.  

Best Selling Kindle books on Amazon (2018)

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Amazon Kindle devices enable the customers to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines and other digital media via wireless networking. You need not carry a book all the time when you step out from your home or work place. Amazon kindle has almost 1 million book titles which can be easily downloaded anywhere and anytime. Following are some of the electronics bestselling books with attractive discounts which you can purchase from Amazon using Amazon Promocode.

Amazon offers its customers with over 10 million titles across categories such as Children’s Books, Business & Economics, Indian Writing and Literature & Fiction. You can use the existing Amazon book coupons and Amazon book offers to avail the maximum discounts.

  1. Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (The Theodosia Series Book 4) by R. L. LaFevers

Book Specification
Price $4.69
Publisher Jason Collaire
Rating 4.6 out of 5

This is one of the best books sold on kindle, offering free shipping on eligible orders.

  1. Almost to Freedom (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

This is a story about friendship and the strength of the human spirit that will impact the lives of all readers long after the journey has ended.

Book Specification
Price $9.76
Illustrator Colin Bootman
Rating 4.6 out of 5

  1. Twelve years a slave by Solomon Northup

This is a real story of an African-American who was kidnapped in New York and sold into slavery. Since it is one of electronics bestselling books, Amazon is offering smart deals on this must read book.

Book Specification
Price $1.61
Language English
Rating 4.6 out of 5

  1. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

This book by Lisa Wingate is given the:

  • New York Times bestseller List of Top Ten
  • 2017 Best Historical Fiction Award
  • One Million Copies sold
Book Specification
Price $4.97
Language English
Rating 5 out of 5

Select one of these amazing books for a heart touching experience at Amazon Books sale using the Amazon Coupons for Books.

  1. Sold Out by Michelle Malkin (Author), John Miano (Author)

Book Specification
Price $5.25
Language English
Rating 4.5 out of 5

The New York Times bestselling author Michelle Malkin sets her sights on the corrupt businessmen, politicians, and lobbyists flooding our borders and selling out America’s best and brightest workers.

Know about the all-new Amazon Kindle Oasis!!

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Dehydrated foods – Health benefits

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In today’s world, everything has become readymade. Be it food, textiles or anything, people are only interested to purchase things that are readily available. That is why I guess most of you spend your entire weekend in shopping the stuff enough for the whole week. Do you go grocery shopping? Then you would have definitely noticed the dehydrated fruits and vegetables. Many of you will be wondering whether these foods are good for health!

Let me explain you in detail…

What is dehydration?

Dehydration is the process where we squeeze water out from a food product. This is one of the oldest forms of food preservation. It requires no preservatives and it yields tasty food with months of shelf life. Removing moisture from foods makes them smaller and lighter.

Why dehydration?

The main reason for food spoilage is the growth of microbes. Reducing the moisture content of food prevents the growth of these spoilage-causing microorganisms. Hence, this helps to prevent spoilage in dried food.

Dehydrated foods - Health benefits

What are the benefits?

  • Dehydrated food tastes great
  • No preservatives or chemical additives
  • Storing dehydrated food is efficient
  • Cost savings
  • Quality control
  • Portability
  • Replace store-bought snacks and eat healthier
  • Raw food
  • Reduce waste by preserving
  • Buy more quality during “peak” season

What are the health benefits?

* Help to build up a healthy nutritional body

Dried food is great when it comes to its nutritional value. Dried fruits like apricots offer beta carotene and vitamin E in great quantities. These are all essential for your healthy body and mind.

* Easy digestion

Munching on dried fruits on a daily basis is a great way to have a controlled diet. It does not overburden your digestive system. As dried food has most of its water content extracted from it, it is easy for the stomach to digest. It does not make you feel bloated or lethargic as oily or junk food does.

* To maintain a fit and perfect physique

Dehydrated food is delicious to eat. It has all its nutrients and sugars in concentrated form. The small size and lack of fats in these foods makes them perfect for those who like to eat light. With the intake of necessary nutrients, the body will have a healthy growth.

* Provides an instant source of energy

The dried fruits have their sugars in a concentrated form. This is because all the water dries during the dehydration process. These fruits can work as an instant pick-me-up and a source of energy that’s natural with no side effects.

* For healthy eyes and skin

Dried fruits like apples and berries are rich in natural antioxidants. They help you to stave off many kinds of lifestyle diseases. Including antioxidants in your diet is the ideal way to ensure your hair, skin, and eyes are healthy. Dried fruits have a higher concentration of antioxidants than fresh fruit, says study.

Dehydrated foods - Health benefits

* A Check to Constipation

If you’re looking for a rich source of fibre in your diet, here is the solution. Include some dried fruits such as prunes to your diet. Fibre is an essential component of the diet for the better health of stomach. It stimulates bowel activity.  It also ensures good health of your digestive system. The dried fruits have a higher content of fibre.

* Healthy way to gain weight (for lean people!)

Dried fruits are rich in calories that are present in a concentrated form. These are a great source of energy for athletes looking to recover from injuries. If you are looking for healthy ways to gain weight, you can try it!

* Builds body’s Immunity

Drying fruits may destroy the vitamin C, because it gets oxidized. But with some fruits you can get vitamin A and beta carotene which add to the immunity of your body.

* Improves Gastrointestinal Health

There is a high level of glucose in dehydrated foods. It helps in production of gastrointestinal fluids. These fluids soften digested food that passes through the intestines. All these benefits help to improve your bowel movement.

* To Maintain a constant Haemoglobin level

Dehydrated fruits such as apricots contain an impressive amount of iron. In fact, a 100-gram serving of dried apricots contains twice the iron than that of the same serving of beef. It is also four times than the same serving of chicken! High content of Iron helps to maintain your Haemoglobin level in the red blood cells.

* Ensures Bone health

Figs, oranges and blackcurrants are a few of the many dried fruits that are high in calcium. Calcium is a bone-building nutrient that keeps your skeletal system healthy. Dried foods, hence help in building your bone strength.

*Zero Cholesterol – Eating dried fruits and vegetables can be addicting. You would be glad to know that dehydrated foods contain zero cholesterol. It also has zero trans-fat, and sodium. These convenient snacks make the perfect diet because they are low in calories and high in fibre! Even better, you can bring a packet of dried fruits and veggies and take it with you on the go.

Dehydrated foods - Health benefits

What is the necessity for Dehydrated food?

  • You can enjoy your favourite food as a daily snack. You can also pack it up and take it with you on your camping trips with no fear of spoilage.
  • Often, people are allergic to chemicals or preservatives. So, dehydrating food will be the best option for them to enjoy the deliciousness.

What are the cons?

I already mentioned that drying does not diminish the fibre and sugar content of food. But some nutrients might get washed away during blanching, heating and air drying. For instance, a fraction of vitamins like A, B and C might get destroyed, and some minerals might get lost.

Why should you prefer this?

Dehydrating food is a simple and convenient way of preserving and storing foods. These foods will someday come in handy. It is a delicious and healthy snack. It is an ingredient for cooking and also a source of energy for campers and hikers. It is also the best gift option for family and friends.

So finally, it is very much easy to dry the food that you like and store it for future. As they say “Make hay while the Sun shines!”

HARDWORK VS SMARTWORK

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In today’s fast pace world. Output is what matters. Every human invention has been created to enhance our capability to produce outcome in the most efficient way possible. We try to produce maximum output with minimum input of time and energy.

The mantra to achieve success is what?

Contrary to traditional belief it’s handwork but contrary to modern belief its smart work.What is the difference between these two?

Hard work means putting more physical effort than mental effort.

        Advantages of Hard work:

  • Through hard work, we gain knowledge and experience. This will help us to do work smartly in future.
  • Hard work teaches us patience and discipline.
  • We feel self-satisfied after we get our desired outcome.

        Disadvantages of Hard work:

Hard working day.
Hard working day.
  • Hard work is boring and monotonous, at times.
  • It consumes a lot of time and effort.
  • Hard work doesn’t allow us to fully use our brain and as a result, we put more physical efforts.
  • It isn’t an efficient method, generally.
  • Working hard is not enough to achieve our goals.

 Smart work means putting efforts efficiently to get results.

        Advantages of Smart work:

  • Smart work improves our innovative and creative thinking skills.
  • Smart work enhances our productivity.
  • It teaches time management skills.
  • Smart work  demands complete mental presence and hence improves our concentration power.
  • Smart work is really the need of the hour.
  • Smart work makes us more organized and systematic.

        Disadvantages of Smart work:

  • Smart work may makes us lazy, as we get used to do less work and get more output.
  • Mere smart work may not yield results. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”. Hence, we cannot completely rely on smart work.
  • To work smartly, at first, we need knowledge about the work, which comes only with hard work and experience.

I would like to add that working smart isn’t everyone’s cup of tea surely.

Being smart isn’t easy.

Being smart takes a lot of effort. People need to read more, continuously keep learning new stuff, try to benefit from others’ experiences, sharpen their thinking skills by being able to predict the outcomes before mindlessly putting any effort in any direction, and being able to manipulate the given resources to suit their requirements.

We say work smart, but the important question is how to work smart?

Those who use their smartness to avoid their work to run away from hardships are actually lazy. And this often backfires in long run.

You cannot outrun the fact that,

Talent and skill set are the pre-requisites for smart work.

Now what if you are not talented enough. How can you do smart work?

By handwork.

You work hard to become smart.

Hence, handwork is essential for smart work.

One important conclusion we derive from this is:

Hard work and smart work aren’t two contradictory terms rather smart work is a subset of hard work.

Working hard, working smart
Working hard, working smart

If you want to become smart, you must emphasize the things written below:

1.DEVELOP CREATIVITY

The future belongs to the creative people. If you want to create value in the creative society, your brain muscle must be as strong as possible. Smart workers read, develop street smart skills and make sure they become extremely resourceful. They invest massively into developing useful and practical knowledge.

2.ACQUIRE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Smart workers know that time is the most prized resource they have. They value their time the most in life. Thus, smart workers learn how to manage their time wisely.

3.UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM

Everything is some kind of a system. Education, healthcare, politics, finance, etc. To make better decisions, you can analyze almost everything in life as a system. The better you understand the system, the smarter you can work, because you can make better decisions.

4.BEING CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT

Smart workers have a very clear picture of what they want.  Because they know what they want, they build their strategy much more easily and make better choices in the process. They work hard for it in a smart way. They have a strategy. Hard workers have a vague idea of what they want and hence don’t take the best decisions or they simply believe that solely their hard work will pay off. 

5.BEING OPTIMISTIC

Always have a positive outlook on life, no matter how hard things are. We can’t live a positive life with a negative mind, so you can’t work smart with negative thinking.

When we’re experiencing negative emotions, our creative and thinking horizon contracts. We focus all our constructive energy on negative emotions. As a result, we fail to see prospective opportunities . When we have a negative outlook on life, we simply start lagging behind.

6.CAREFULLY SELECTING THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

We can drown in opportunities. Therefore, smart workers very carefully select the opportunities they engage with. They have no problem saying no. They’re patient and wait for the one right thing with low risk and massive potential return.

Our energy and resources are very limited, thus as a smart worker, we have to choose our battles very carefully. If we say yes to everything, we will burn out sooner or later. A burnt-out worker is not a smart worker.

7.THINKING AND RESEARCHING BEFORE ACTING

Hard workers just do work, because they were told to do something or because they need to escape the hard facts of life or they feel more important when working or whatever other emotional reason there is. Smart workers always think before they act – for every single activity they analyze: “Why am I doing this, how much of my resources will it take, what will be the rewards, what is the optimal way to do the job, which tools can help speed up the process,”.Smart workers are aware that every hour of planning can save many hours in execution.

HENCE, FOR ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD AS WELL AS SMART.