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Gen Z Is Taking India’s Weddings Abroad Like Never Before
The Ambani wedding, held over a few months, across different parts of the world and India, was a spectacle for the world to see. While not all Indian weddings are that grand, they’re big nonetheless. And now, they seem to all be happening abroad. According to brokerage Jefferies, India’s $130 billion wedding industry would be the second-largest...
Regular Exercise, Safe Medication Usage: 6 Tips For Better Liver Health
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to one of India’s top liver doctors, Dr Shiv Sarin at an event. We discussed his book Own Your Body: A Doctor’s Life Saving Tips. Something that came up in our conversation was how heart diseases are often top of mind for individuals, given how dramatic their presentation is and the coverage it gets on...
How To Eat Healthy And Safe This Monsoon
“When it rains in India, it is the duty of vegetables to cover themselves with besan and jump in a karhai full of hot oil.” My friend Purba Ray posted this iconic tweet in 2017, and it continues to get forwarded on WhatsApp even after seven years. Indians usually relate a rainy day to fried food — pakodas, masala chai, filter coffee, hot crisp...
6 Techniques That Will Put You On Track For Healthy Eating
You can’t outrun a bad diet. No matter how regular you are with your workouts, it is what you eat that ultimately decides how fit and healthy you are. The truth is that it is tough to stick to a healthy eating lifestyle. I’ve intentionally used the word ‘lifestyle’ here and not ‘diet’ as this is not a temporary fix but a permanent way of life...
Screen Addiction Is Affecting Our Wellbeing: Here’s How To Undo The Damage
When I first heard the term ‘nomophobia’ over a decade ago, I laughed it off. Who could have a fear of being away from their mobile phones or not having mobile connectivity?The portmanteau of no-mobile-phone-phobia was first coined during a 2008 study conducted by the UK Post Office to give a name to the discomfort and anxieties mobile phone users...
ICMR's Latest Guidelines On Nutrition And What You Can Incorporate
Indian Council of Medical Research along with the National Institute of Nutrition released the latest edition of Dietary Guidelines for Indians on May 8 and it has been in the news since then among the medical, nutrition, and wellness community. The guide states that 56.4% of the total disease burden in the country is due to unhealthy diets....
Here's How You Could Ensure That The Food You Eat Is Safe And Hygienic
Food safety is being widely discussed these days. If something can remain in the news cycle during the general election season, then it is safe to assume that consumers are concerned. News of heavy metals in vegetables, carcinogen ethylene oxide in exported spices (independent testing has found it in the domestic market too), food inspectors...
How To Eat Mangoes This Summer Without Spiking Blood Sugar Levels
A few days ago, in response to my tweet on the recipe for instant mango ice cream, someone said, albeit without meaning harm, “fructose kills more people than cigarettes”. It got me thinking about how fruits are getting a bad reputation these days as fructose awareness catches momentum. 🥭The secret to the easiest homemade...
