DesiDieter recognizes January as Thyroid Awareness Month. We get a number of calls this time of the year from women with weight issues due to Hypothyroid.   After, doing some research on Hypothyroidism, we found some facts that are written in easy to understand language.   Common sympt
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World Diabetes Day (14th November) raises global awareness on diabetes. The escalating rates of this lifestyle disease around the world and how to prevent the illness is the discussion of the day. Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and WHO, the Day is celebrated on 14 November to
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I know Smoking Kills! This is a fact but the road downhill can be very treacherous is a recent realisation.   I remind myself everyday that one day I will get rid of this habit, sooner the better; because:   Psoriasis is a skin condition that leaves an itchy oozy rash all over the bo
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In the north, yoghurt is whisked with sugar or salt and roasted cumin seeds to make ‘lassi’ or ‘chaach’, the same drink is tempered lightly with mustard seeds and curry leaves to make ‘mor’ in the south. Ayurvedic nutrition recommends buttermilk to pacify Pitta
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Also known as dysmenorrhoea, menstrual cramps can affect as many as eight out of ten women at some point of their lives. Medical science proposes that primarily dysmenorrhoea is caused by excess production of prostaglandins (a hormone which regulates
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Arteriosclerosis or 'thickening of the walls of the arteries' has become a common aliment of modern times. When there is excessive cholesterol in the blood, it builds up in the form of plaque on the walls of arteries that carry blood to the heart. Th
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