Health & Lifestyle

Low hemoglobin levels can be caused due to numerous reasons. The most common of which include nutritional deficiencies, periods, pregnancy, certain cancers and bone marrow or kidney related disorders. You all might be very familiar with the term ‘anemia’. This term is thrown around in households for anyone who looks pale. Although it is not a completely wrong to say so, anemia normally includes a series of symptoms such as lethargy, easy fatigue, shortness of breath, pale skin, loss of appetite and so on. So what causes anemia? A decrease in the hemoglobin level decreases its oxygen carrying capacity and presents with all the symptoms.  This can be seriously dangerous for the body as deoxygenation of any organ can cause severe damage and even loss of function. If your blood report says you have low hemoglobin your doctor will prescribe iron supplements which is the main constituent of blood. Although this should rectify the problem, it is necessary to make certain lifestyle and die...

In order to adopt a healthy way of life a lot of people switch to meat-free diet while some become complete vegetarians for spiritual reasons. Vegetarian diet is a regimen that only consists of plant-based food, for instance, vegetables, fruits and anything which does not contain meat. Those who don’t even consume dairy products and eggs are called vegans. Twenty-nine-year-old Ramsha  became a vegetarian three years ago because of spiritual reasons. “Since I practice yoga, I know animal slaughter is basically a violation of animal rights. I started reading up on it, talked it out with experts and friends and finally started the diet for a week.” Ramsha shares that she didn’t eat meat for a week and felt good. “Not even once I felt like I was missing out on something. My body also felt better and lighter,” she recalls. A teacher by profession, Rams says after all these years of being a vegetarian, she never feels tempted to eat meat and intends to continue to be a vegetarian. She ad...

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue and is one of the most prevalent cancers in the world. In honor of Pinktober, with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is important to know how best to detect breast cancer symptoms early on. There are various simple-to-identify symptoms for breast cancer: 1. Lumps appear in or on your breasts One of the main methods of determining if you have breast cancer is by checking to see if there are lumps in your breasts, which feel different from the rest of your breasts. These lumps can be found either on top of or inside the breasts and indicate breast cancer. 2. Pain in your breasts or nipples Another symptom is any pain in your breasts or nipples, especially if the pain is ongoing or particularly intense, though even if this is not the case it’s still recommended to go to a gynaecologist to get your breasts checked. 3. Nipple discharge If your nipples discharge any liquid, which is not milk (and milk discharge is only ...

If you or someone you know is trying to break the smoking habit, here are some tips to get started: 1. Start slow If you smoke a lot of cigarettes a day, like 10 to 15, it’s smart to start cutting down on them gradually, rather than all at once. Lower your daily cigarettes by maybe three a week, and slowly ease yourself into not smoking any at all. 2. Substitute your smoking time with something else If you usually only smoke during breaks at work as an activity to take time off work to relax, it’s best to forgo the smoking and replace it with a short walk or a conversation with a co-worker. This is a much healthier and refreshing way to give you that recharge to get back to work. 3. Chew gum This is the oldest tactic in the book to try and quit smoking, and also much worthwhile and a useful one. Normal gum, and, especially, nicotine gum keeps your mouth occupied so that you don’t feel the need to put a cigarette in it. 4. Wear a nicotine patch Nicotine patches are used in Nicotine Repl...

Top 10 Stress Reducing Foods In this competitive and fast running world everyone is surrounded by millions of worries. Every morning, we witness some people cramming from their notes as they have to clear their tests, some people rushing to their offices as they will be losing a handsome amount from their salary, some people all pale and in despair as they couldn’t manage to meet the deadline of their assignments and we also see mothers in a hurry as they have to prepare  breakfast  from their families. This world indeed a wrestling ring where everyone is punching, slapping, kicking and pushing each other just to get that one golden belt. I find this reality very sad that why life is so difficult but we can’t help it because this is what actually life is. In this really busy and hectic life, everyone, whether t a student or a bachelor, a house wife or a working woman, a clerk or a boss, faces tremendous amount of stress everywhere. Some calmly fight with stress while some give...