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14 steps to a healthy summer diet!

Here are some other useful lifestyle tips you can follow to beat the summer heat. 1 . Water is the best option to quench thirst . It is a key ingredient in keeping the body cool. With high humidity levels, sweat will not evaporate quickly. This prevents the body from releasing heat in an efficient manner. This is why it is necessary to hydrate and drink water, even when you are not thirsty. Increase water intake regardless of your activity levels. 2 . Avoid caffeinated or carbonated beverages, alcoholic beverages, and those high in sugar . All these drinks contain preservatives, colours and sugars. They are acidic in nature and act as diuretics. They cause loss of fluids through urine. Many soft drinks contain diluted phosphoric acid, which damages the inner linning of the digestive tract and, therefore, affects its functions. An excessive intake of soft drinks increases phosphorous levels in the blood. This separates calcium from the bones and moves it into the blood. Th...

Top 10 Deadliest Diseases

One of the most tragic parts of being human is being afflicted by diseases with high morbidity and mortality. Here is our list of top 10 deadliest diseases ever known to man. 1.    AIDS; 25 million from 1981 to present AIDS is a mix of infections and complications as a result of progressive damage to the body’s immune system caused by HIV. AIDS is now considered a pandemic. 2.    Influenza; 36,000 deaths annually Influenza, which is more commonly known as flu, is a highly infectious disease that is caused by influenza virus. Transmission of the disease is by airborne and through physical contact. 3.    Spanish Flu, 1918-19; 100 million deaths The flu pandemic that happened in 1918 is termed as a category 5 flu pandemic which was caused by the flu virus strain A with subtype H1N1. 4.    Bubonic Plague; 250 million deaths This disease outbreak was mainly caused by fleas and rodents infected with Xenopsylla cheopsis. Humans wer...

How to Avoid Stress in Exam Days

It is natural for students to get stressed in exam days and more chances when you are preparing for a entrance exam like CA, engineering, CAT, AIEEE, IIT . But you can get rid of this by following some useful tips: During exam studies when your mind get divert to other thoughts, you should change your schedule and take a break every hour and spend some time with your family, play with your pet animal, watch tv and come back refreshed. When you are in confusion that what you do after your schooling or college, you should get suggestions from experts, your family members and friend. It can help you to avoid stress. When you are preparing for any entrance exam and your mood swing that time, you should refresh your mood by enjoying, music, swimming, walking, playing, exercise and cool your mood. During exam, you can manage stress in exam hall By calm yourself, take a deep and cool breath and read question paper with happiness. Choose the qu...

How long you’ll live a blood test would tell you

Science created wonder again, now a blood test will tell how long you may live, predict scientists. Now blood test can show how fast someone is getting old and guess how long they can live; it measures the vital structures of chromosomes, called telomeres which are believed to be one of the important and perfect pointer of the speed at which a person is getting old. The scientists behind the 435 pounds test said now it could be possible to tell whether a person’s “biological age” as measured by the length of their telomeres, is older or younger than their actual chronological age.