Tag: Books

Fruits & Veggies for Mental Health

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The role of having a balanced diet is much more than what you think and natural supplements like vegetables and fruits are packed with nutrients that helps in making you mentally healthy.

Here are 3 scientifically proven fruits and veggies facts:

1. Consuming berries might be associated with high level of optimism.

2. Citrus and green leafy vegetables reduces psychological distress, ambiguity and cancer.

3. Carrots, bananas, apples, spinach, grapefruit, lettuce, cucumber, and kiwifruit reduces depressive symptoms and promotes positive mood.

Vegetables and fruits contains important nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, flavonoids and carotenoids that can reduce inflammation and oxidative stress.

Eat healthy! Stay healthy!

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Quotes on Happiness by Ruskin Bond

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Ruskin Bond is a renowned contemporary Indian writer of British descent. Famously known for his children’s books. The little green book of happiness is nothing short of a treasure. It’s a keeper and one book which makes you feel better just when you need it. Happiness is as exclusive as your coffee. If you stay and keep at it, it may get easier. Savour those moments, for there is no reverse in the reality.

Here are 5 quotes from the book that I absolutely love-

💚 Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh

💚 Sometimes there is greater joy in gazing at a mountain than in climbing it.

💚 Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. – Anais Nin

💚Money often costs too much.—Ralph Waldo Emerson

💚 Happiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and settle on your hand. But only briefly. Savour those moments, for they will not come in your way very often.

You can find books by Ruskin Bond here.

Happy weekend readers! 📚

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Brain facts

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Brain 🧠 without which it is impossible to do anything. It’s this big bundle of neurons packed with everything from memories to knowledge. It’s incredibly complex. It controls everything just how strings controls the puppet.

It consists of parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, frontal lobe, cerebellum, cerebral cortex and brain s notem each unique in its own features.

Here are 5 fun facts about your brain-

1. Brain continues to mature even after it is done growing.

2. Your brain has around 2,500,000 gigabytes of storage space.

3. Neurons are cells which transfer information in your brain. Sensory neurons, motor neurons and interneurons are three main types of neurons.

4. Females brain grow and mature a bit sooner than males.

5. An adult brain weighs around 3 pound, 73% of which is water.

If you are interested in learning or teaching about brain to your kids, go here and download or order a free coloring book about the brain and mental health.

Hope you had a brainful reading! 💭

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Why Hormones Make You Go Crazy?

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Most often females experience hormonal imbalance. What about it makes females experience it so strongly?

Hormones are chemical messengers in our bodies. They are produced in endocrine glands, travels through our bloodstream and assign tasks to our organs and tissues. Controls functions such as metabolism and reproduction.

Some symptoms of hormonal imbalance includes-

  • Weight gain /loss
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle weakness /pain / tenderness
  • Oily /acne prone / dry skin
  • Brittle/ oily/ thinning hair

Though the word hormonal imbalance mostly associated with females, it occurs in males too – testosterone – a hormone essential in male development.

Potential causes of hormonal imbalance can be – Hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, stress, diabetes, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, cancer, cushing’s syndrome and more.

Check out my blog on blood tests to know how you can rule out hormonal imbalance.

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Favourite Quotes from The Jungle book

The Jungle Book is a story based on real person, a real man-cub. It is written by Rudyard Kipling in 1967. It is one of the most iconic stories for children which talks about the lessons Mowgli’s learnt on facing fears, gaining confidence and triumph over it and helping his friends Baloo and Bagheera from Sher Khan.

“To each his own fear. “

“They looked at one another and up and down, and they wondered. For the ways of elephants are beyond the wit of any man, black or white, to fathom.”

” For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. “

“Look for the bare necessities. The simple bare necessities. Forget about your worries and your strife.”

Every time I watch or read this story, it makes me go back to my childhood days. I never imagined stories from childhood can be applied to adulthood so well.

Mowgli is an adaptation of The Jungle book available on Netflix.

Which is your favorite childhood story?

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