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Actor and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty Kundra on Monday explained the benefits of ‘Parsva Sukhasana’ asana Actor and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty Kundra on Monday explained the benefits of ‘Parsva Sukhasana’ asana.Taking to Instagram, Shilpa wrote: ” Sometimes, one needs to start their week on a calm and quiet note. Today is one such day for me when I just want to relax my mind and calm myself down. So today, I practiced the Parsva Sukhasana. “It helps relieve the pent-up stress and anxiety that gradually affects the immune system and one’s overall health. Physically, it helps stretch the neck, shoulders, obliques, and back.”Along with it, Shilpa Shetty posted a video of her doing the particular asana. (1/3)Sometimes, one needs to start their week on a calm and quiet note. Today is one such day for me when I just want to relax my mind and calm myself down. So today, I practiced the Parsva…

Researchers from Illinois State University, North Carolina State University, University of South Carolina, and the University of Maryland published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the impact of moving nutrition labels, typically placed on the back of product packages, to the front. Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): The study, to be published in the Journal of Marketing, is titled “Competitive Effects of Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling Adoption on Nutritional Quality: Evidence from Facts Up Front Style Labels” and is authored by Joon Ho Lim, Rishika Rishika, Ramkumar Janakiraman, and P.K. Kannan. Can changing food packaging improve product nutrition quality? While this change may be simple, there’s a lot at stake. Diet-related chronic diseases impose a growing burden on the United States economy by increasing costs of health care and widening diet-related health disparities. Since the 1970s, the American diet has shifted considerably towards foods higher in calories and lower in nutritional quality. According…

Mushrooms are one of the best dietary sources of sulfur-containing antioxidant amino acid ergothioneine and tripeptide glutathione Ergothioneine New research suggested that adding a mushroom serving to the diet could work wonders for the human body.According to the research, published in ‘Food Science and Nutrition’, adding a mushroom serving to the diet increased the intake of several micronutrients, including shortfall nutrients such as vitamin D, without any increase in calories, sodium, or fat. Dr Victor L. Fulgoni III and Dr Sanjiv Agarwal modelled the addition of mushrooms to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2016 dietary data looking at a composite of white, crimini, and portabella mushrooms at a 1:1:1 ratio; one scenario including UV-light exposed mushrooms, and one scenario including oyster mushrooms for both 9-18 years and 19+ years of age based on an 84g or half cup equivalent serving. Key findings include:1. Adding an 84g serving of mushrooms increased several shortfall nutrients…

Walnuts have anti-inflammatory effects & cardiovascular benefits Washington [US]: Findings from a randomized controlled trial indicate that people in their 60s and 70s who regularly consume walnuts may have reduced inflammation, a factor associated with a lower risk of heart disease, compared to those who do not eat walnuts.The research was part of the Walnuts and Healthy Aging (WAHA) study – the largest and longest trial to date exploring the benefits of daily walnut consumption. The study has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.In the study, conducted by Dr Emilio Ros from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, in partnership with Loma Linda University, more than 600 healthy older adults consumed 30 to 60 grams of walnuts per day as part of their typical diet or followed their standard diet (without walnuts) for two years. Image Source: Digpu Those who consumed walnuts had a significant reduction in inflammation, measured by the…

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The second wave of coronavirus has infected many people, and the number of COVID-19 positive cases has been rapidly rising Bollywood star Arjun Rampal has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The actor, on Saturday, informed his fans via a social media post, urging all those who came in contact with him to take necessary precautions.The ‘Ra. One actor took to his Twitter handle and shared a statement about his current health condition. The statement read, “I have tested for COVID-19. Even though I am asymptomatic, I have isolated myself and home quarantined, getting the needed medical care. I am following all protocols as is required of me.” He further urged the people who came in contact with him to take necessary precautions and added, “To all those who have been in contact with me in the past 10 days, please take care and take the necessary precautions. This is a very scary time for…

Ants live their entire lives as members of the same colony and are dependent on their colony mates The findings of a recent study by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz have revealed alterations to the social and hygienic behavior of ants that had been isolated from their group. They react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals.The research team was particularly surprised by the fact that immune and stress genes were downregulated in the brains of the isolated ants. “This makes the immune system less efficient, a phenomenon that is also apparent in socially isolating humans — notably at present during the COVID-19 crisis,” said Professor Susanne Foitzik, who headed up the study at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The study on a species of ant native to Germany has recently been published in Molecular Ecology.Humans and other social mammals experience isolation from their group as stressful,…