What the Shape of your Belly Button says about your Health

Do you know that your navel can tell lot many things about you. Ever wondered that the shape of your navel could reveal how healthy you are or what all problems you are likely to face!! I say this is interesting!!

First of all, you should be aware that there are navel gazing scientists. Those scientists say that shape of your navel can reveal the early signs and symptoms of a disease.

1. Bulged-out belly button

Almost all of us have slightly bulged belly button. And it is perfectly normal if it stays that way, but if bulge is increasing, you might wanna see a doctor because this may be a sign that you may be suffering from hernia. If you have noticed in time, go to a doctor to avoid further damage.

2. Almond-shaped belly button

This is definitely not the almond you desire. People with this shaped belly button usually suffer from migraine attacks. And it doesn’t stop at this. To add on to hardship, muscle and bone related problems may also be a point of concern.

3. Small bulge belly button

People with small bulged belly button are more likely to get flu and viral infections. So you might want to read my previous article how to cure flu!!

4. Y-shaped belly button

This is kind of popular and desired shape. Say people love it. But according to the navel gazing scientists, these people should stay alert as they have a risk of kidney or skin diseases. Mind you these problems can be passed on to subsequent generation. It is therefore best to be aware of what is coming next so that you are better prepared and you can easily dodge any problem that lies ahead of you.

5. Tucked or indrawn belly button

This shape means you are likely to have certain digestive system related problems, with constipation the leading contender!! Also you might want to keep a check on your weight as this category faces some troubles with weight.

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16 Early signs of Pregnancy before a missed period. Pregnancy Symptoms

No doubt that missing period is either an indicator of best of good news or in worst cases, a nightmare. Did you know there are these subtle hints you can use to find out whether you are pregnant or not??  And these are the signs you get before a missed period, which makes them even more necessary to be aware of so that you can be more prompt in taking the subsequent course of action. Let’s see what those symptoms are.

1. Bleeding & Cramps

In case of unprotected sex or any birth control failure during sex during your fertile window, you might want to be looking out for menstrual cramps, light spotting or bleeding a week or two before your missed period. But at the same time, not everybody experiences these symptoms. These symptoms may last for some hours to several days depending on person to person. And these may be taken as early signs of pregnancy. However heavy bleeding could be sign of miscarriage or a period.

2. Elevated Basal body temperature

It is interesting to know that body temperature changes during ovulation. Before one to two weeks of ovulation, your basal body temperature may be around 97.2 to 97.7°F. This is an average BBT while your body is ready to get pregnant. After one to two days of this fertile period, your BBT will increase by 0.4 to 1° and it decreases after you complete your period. But in pregnancy, the BBT remains elevated. A sudden drop in BBT within a week of ovulation is known as implantation dip and it means your foetus has been implanted which is then accompanied by light spotting.

3. Sore, tender & heavy breast

The moment foetus is implanted; the body sends hormones to prepare for you to conceive after 40 weeks. These hormones would do various things to change your body to adjust to the growing foetus. Your breasts will also change, and this change can easily be noticed by you. Blood vessels dilate during this period allowing the breasts to grow. You might perceive this as swelling of breasts as your breasts grow larger and the areolas become darker. Basically this is for the purpose of lactation for the child. Your breasts may feel to be tingly, swollen, and sore to touch. You will also feel uncomfortable and sick due to it.

4. Bloating & feeling of Tightness

Now your tummy might protrude. You might feel you are full in your stomach. Your pants may go tight and your best fitting jeans may feel like an assault to wear. You might need to unbutton to breathe easily. Don’t be confused, I am not talking about after effect of an awesome meal where you ate your heart out and now you are unable to move, during pregnancy this would go on throughout the day. You may look like pregnant even if your foetus is tiny, or just a ball of cells (blastocyst).

5. Nausea

During early stages, nausea or morning sickness is a classic pregnancy sign that you can experience. This might seem dramatic to you but it is a time tested sign. This is observed during initial weeks, even before a missed period or when a pregnancy is confirmed. On the other hand, it might be just an upset stomach. So once again, look for other signs too before concluding.

6. Fatigue

If you are expecting pregnancy and also experience fatigue without a reason, it may be a sign of pregnancy, before a missed period. Now don’t be over cautious, fatigue can also be due to health issues like anaemia, hypothyroidism, etc., so don’t just jump to conclusion straight away and start a panic attack out of nowhere.

7. Urge to pee

You may feel like making a run for it every now and then towards the restroom as you miss your period. This frequent urge may specially arise during night hours and might get annoying for you. It is a common symptom of pregnancy. Again on the other hand, it might just be a UTI.

8. Dizziness

During first trimester of pregnancy you body may experience low blood pressure due to which you might feel dizziness and light-headedness.

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6 reasons why you should eat with your hands! Benefits of eating with hands

There are many hidden benefits of eating food with hands. Check them out here to ditch those forks and spoons, and start using your hands to eat.

Eating with hands is an age old tradition followed in India. But unfortunately, this tradition is rapidly disappearing among new generation that is more inclined towards Western culture. They prefer eating with spoons and forks instead of hands. In fact, in today’s times, the practice of eating with hands is considered to be unhygienic, disgusting and primitive. It's really bad that most people are unaware of the fact that this ancient practice has a number of health benefits. Even in Ayurveda, it has been mentioned that eating with your hands can benefit your health in numerous ways. A few surprising benefits of eating with hands are given below. Take a look and you’re sure to ditch those spoons and forks right away.

According to a study published by the American Academy of Food Science, eating with hands is much more beneficial to health than eating with the spoon, fork and knife. Because eating with your hands makes you feel full, sooner and thus prevent you from overeating. Moreover, using your hands facilitates your body to readily absorb more nutrients because the food that you eat is also absorbed into your bloodstream through your hands unlike when you eat with spoons or forks. There are many other benefits like these that support the practice of eating with hands.

1. Increase energy levels

According to Ayurveda, human body is composed of five elements - air, water, fire, earth and space.

Thumb: Fire

Index finger: Air

Middle finger: Heaven

Ring finger: Earth

Little finger: Water

An imbalance in any one of these elements can disrupt the immunity system and cause various diseases. Also ayurvedic texts teaches us that each of our finger is related to one of the five elements (the thumb indicates fire, the index finger represents air, the middle finger correlates with sky, the ring finger indicates earth and the little finger indicates water). So when you join your fingers and thumb to eat food, you unknowingly bring all these five elements together and keep them in harmony with one another. Eventually, the energy level of your body increases and helps you stay healthy.

2. Improves digestion

The moment you touch the food with your hands, your brain will signal your stomach that you’re about to eat. The nerve endings in your fingers will sense the temperature of the food, level of spiciness, etc. and accordingly the brain will tell your stomach to produce the required digestive juices and enzymes. All this happens even before you put the food in your mouth and thus helps digestion significantly.

3. Protects your mouth from getting burnt

When eating with hands, you’ll never burn your mouth by putting something that is too hot to eat. Because your hands can gauge how hot the food is. On the other hand, when you use a spoon or fork to eat, the food goes directly from your plate into your mouth. In this case, you’re more likely to scald your tongue or burn your mouth as your brain will not get the signal whether the food is too hot for you to put in your mouth.

4. Promotes mindful eating and help with weight loss

When eating with hands, your total concentration will be on your food and plate. You’ll pay attention to what you’re eating and how much you’re eating. Such ‘mindful eating’ is beneficial for your health in a number of ways. For instance, it improves the assimilation of nutrients from the food you eat, enhances digestion, and help you maintain weight. On the contrary, eating with a spoon or a fork promotes mindless eating that causes people to eat more than they realize.

5. Protects your body from harmful bacteria

Not all bacteria are bad - some bacteria are really good for your body and they protect you from various harmful bacteria present in the environment. Some of these good bacteria also reside on our hands. So when you eat with your hands, you will consume these beneficial bacteria along with food. And this in turn will help maintain the natural balance of good and bad bacteria in your body. However, make sure to wash your hands before and after meals to keep them clean and hygienic.

6. Makes eating fun

Eating with your hands is not only good for your health, but also makes eating more fun! Also it is believed that food tastes better when you have it with your hands. So, next time when you have a meal with your friends of family, just try serving it up without silverware, and see how everyone enjoys your food more!

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Fast Cure for Cough, Cold, Bronchitis! Cabbage-honey ‘Golden remedy’

Unexpected changes in climate, seasons changing and aachhoo!! There is cough and cold!! The most common disease that we suffer at almost throughout the year! And even when we have ensured that we don’t get the flu, somebody in the family brings it in and the next thing is everybody wiping their nose.

We often use various kinds of medicines, allopathic and homeopathic but there are certain times when these medicines also fail to cure the cold and cough. Now this may leave you with a red nose and heavy voice. But this is when our mothers come to rescue. They have this homemade and simple solution for this very annoying problem which is available in our kitchen. This homemade cure uses honey and cabbage leaves. Isn’t that interesting to know??

Best for all age groups

This cure is equally good for children and the elderly. There are no age restrictions for this treatment; as its efficiency remains the same from small children to aged people.

To begin the treatment, get one head cabbage and some honey. And be ready to do this:

Preparation

First peel off a leaf off the cabbage head and put it into boiling water. Let it boil for some time, a fee minutes would do. It would become soft and tender. Then, apply honey to one side of it, like jam on the bread. Place this leaf on your chest, honey facing the skin. At the end, cover it with nylon and further with a scarf or towel.

Note: It is recommended that this is done before bedtime as body recovers best at night.

If the problem is lil serious, you are going to need two leaves, which should be applied to chest and back. Let it stay whole night and take it off in the morning.

Cures bronchitis

If you have bronchitis and it is in the initial phase, you will be relieved after the very first procedure. The treatment is conducted for five to seven nights. After the course of the treatment the cough will be gone.

How it works?

The active ingredients of honey and cabbage, as well as heat induced in it by boiling water, would result in reducing cough, inflammation and all other cold related problems. After a week or so, you will be cured. So feel free to enjoy ice cream again!!

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Your Bread Could Cause Cancer and Impotence! Read Why?

Artificial additives like Potassium bromate found in wraps, rolls, flatbread, breadcrumbs and bagel chips can be dangerous to health if consumed in large quantities.

Almost everything we buy in grocery stores contain harmful additives, preservatives, and artificial flavors & colors, whether its packaged food or raw fruits and vegetables. Several types of bread, rolls or flour contain Potassium bromate, which is a powerful oxidizing agent that chemically ages flour very quickly than open air. This lessens the time required for baking (thus decreasing costs) and also allows the use of low quality flour that may or otherwise be inappropriate for baking, which in turn helps companies save money.

Higher risk

Those who consume products that contain Potassium bromate frequently and in large doses, remain at a higher risk for various types of cancer, kidney, and nervous system disorders. Now let’s see in detail the dangers of Potassium bromated (aka brominated flour), and why you should avoid foods that contain it.

Food additives have been used since centuries like honey, sugar, herbs, and salt, whereas these days the range of additives obtainable has shot up. Mostly all things in stores contain some or the other additives. And now, with fast-changing lifestyles, people tend to cook less at home, rather choose various ready-to-eat foods right off the shelf. Hence, you must be careful about what you are ingesting, because artificial additives can be dangerous to health.

Is Potassium Bromate legal?

Potassium bromate is so broadly accepted as a carcinogen that it has been banned in many countries like Europe, Canada, and China, excluding U.S. and Japan. Potassium bromate (KBrO3) contain the same harmful chemicals like Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO). This chemical is allowed by the U.S. law for using it as an ingredient in foods as it was first approved by the FDA back in 1958, prior to modern anti-cancer legislation went into effect. Potassium Bromate has received FDA approval so it is quite tough to ban it. In California, a warning label is essential when bromated flour is used.

The serious health risks of Potassium Bromate

Nowadays, lots of small and commercial bakeries don't use bromated flour, although it is still found in numerous fast food buns and some flours, among other products. In order to avoid food additives like Potassium bromate, you should check ingredients lists for "potassium bromate" and "bromated flour." 

The chemical based products like potassium bromate generally become metabolized into dangerous substances within various organs, and usually target those definite places once produced. In case of potassium bromate, cancer could develop in the kidney or thyroid. It is also linked to nervous system disorders and gastrointestinal discomfort.

Other health risks

Besides causing cancer and kidney failure, potassium bromate can even cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, skin and eye inflammation and hearing loss, whose effects are generally found in accidental swallowing of the pure chemical. Most importantly, pregnant women should avoid bromated flour since it has been linked with gene mutation. It is not possible to wholly avoid consuming artificial food additives; however you must try to cut back on them, by purchasing fresh and organic fruits & vegetables and by cooking at home, instead of buying processed ready-to-eat items.

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Lose weight-fat in hips and thighs. 12 home remedies to tone hips, thighs, stomach

Hormones, genetics and wrong unhealthy lifestyle are the main causes of fat accumulated in stomach, hips and thighs. This makes your figure unattractive.

Here we are presenting 12 amazing remedies and tips that will firm your stomach, hip and thigh muscles by reducing fat and give you sleek legs and toned body.

1. Simple Aerobic Exercises

Stair climbing, brisk walking, cycling are simple aerobic exercise that you can do daily to tone your hips and thigh muscles. Stair climbing also keeps your back straight.

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2. Cardio and Strength Training Exercises

Regular Cardiovascular exercises such as a stationary bike and treadmill can melt fat from your hips and thighs. You can also do certain strength-training exercises such as regular squats, jumping squats, one-legged squats, leg extensions, leg curls and lunges for 30 minutes and 5 times a week.

3. Yoga

Do some yoga practices to burn fat and tone your hips and thighs muscles. Yoga also increases strength, flexibility and relaxes your mind. Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) is very effective yoga asana which helps tone your hips and thighs and entire body. It is very beneficial for reducing excess fat in hips, thighs and stomach. Practice Surya Namaskar daily.

4. Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar prevents the accumulation of fat in the body by breaking down the excessive fat. It contains vital minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and Vitamin A, C, D, E, K, B6, B12. All these compounds helps flush out harmful toxins and prevents water retention in the body.

1.  Mix 3 tablespoon of raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar with one tablespoon of warm olive oil, coconut oil or almond oil. Use this warm mixture to massage your thighs and hips for 10-15 minutes. And leave it on for more 45 minutes, and then wash it off with normal or lukewarm water. Repeat this remedy twice a day to get rid of excess fat.

2.  Alternatively, you can add 2 teaspoon of raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar with 1 tablespoon of honey to glass of warm water. Drink this mixture on an empty stomach in the morning 20 minutes before your breakfast and repeat this in the evening on an empty stomach 30 minutes before having meal or snacks. Follow this remedy on regular basis.

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5. Grapefruit juice

Drink 1-2 glasses of fresh grapefruit juice with some honey to burn excess fat.

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6. Coffee Grounds

Coarse coffee grounds work as an incredible anti-cellulite scrub that helps tone the muscles around hips, thighs and makes it appear firmer. Coffee contains vital vitamin, minerals, caffeine and strong antioxidants, which helps smoothen, tighten and tone our skin naturally. Additionally, it promotes breakdown of fat and blood circulation in the body.

1.  Take 1-2 tablespoon of leftover brewed grounded coffee.

2.  Add 1 tablespoon of honey or sea salt to prepare a thick paste.

3.  Before a bath, apply this paste on your hips, thighs and gently massage for few minutes and allow it to dry.

4.  Then with wet hands, gently scrub it off and wash it off with lukewarm or normal water. Try this scrub 4-5 times a week.

7. Coconut Oil

Coconut oil helps improve metabolism and reduces hunger craving. Coconut oil contains medium-chain fatty acids which directly get absorbed into the cell membranes and are instantly converted into energy instead of being stored as fat in the body.

1.  Apply enough warm coconut oil over thighs and hips and massage for 10-15 minutes twice a day. Leave it on for more 30 minutes and rinse off with water. Follow this on regular basis.

2.  Use extra-virgin coconut oil for your daily cooking.

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