Women today are bombarded with terrifying societal myths and berated to be too old, too fat, too stressed or too hormonally out of sync to be able to conceive. With medicine and science losing its patience, in this world of ‘instant results’, women are handed...
At restaurants, quite often, I have been guilty of eves dropping on the conversation happening in tables beside me…and almost always there have been conversations about people complaining about their ‘illness. It is always about how bad their thyroid levels are or how high their...
I have had house help (way before the Aadhaar card era) who had no clue of their date of birth. So whenever I would ask them, their age, there innocent but delightful response would be – look at me…don’t you think I would be about...
As soon as you wake up in the morning do you have a craving to consume something salty or sugary? Do you have trouble falling asleep or literally drag yourself out of bed in the morning even after a good 8hrs of sleep? Is your...
Is Salt the missing ingredient in your health report? Do you know your great great great grandfather (and grandmother) who pursued a lifestyle of a hunter, didn’t really need to add a pinch of salt to their platter, to enjoy a delicacy? They got their...
Have you heard of the story of King Midas? Everything he touched turned to gold. Alas, all the wealth in the world and he couldn’t enjoy one of the greatest joys of life…Eating! (and of course the company of his loved one). I have had...
We often boast about grandparents or great grand parents who have lived through their 80s and 90s and some even past 100 with all the zest life has to offer, yet on a personal front, we seem to be plagued with the ‘LIVE OLD or...
I begin with a salute to all the moms (both our moms and moms of our kids too!). Handling the kids, the household and handling work front…just three simple tasks, what is the hue and cry all about? I used to think the same way…what...
I am logging out of Facebook, signing out of Whatsapp groups because I am on a ‘Digital Detox’. I am off alcohol, sweets, coffee or rice because I am on a ‘Calorie Detox’ While we are so busy detoxing the ‘crap’ (quite literally) out of...
Major Sir Robert Mc Carrison CIE, FRCP commented, “ A doctor can never make a living in the Hunza region. In all my years of work there, I have not come across a single member of the Hunza tribe, who has been diagnosed with cancer,...
