Enemas on the other hand are far gentler, from the perspective of initiating a peristaltic movement (a wave like muscle contraction along your gut to move stuff down). Since they work against gravity, as you sit on the pot, with an artificially induced urge to...
Detox Diets, Detox Juices, Water Detox, Skin Detox, Stomach Detox, Gut Detox and even Digital Detox…Detox Detox Detox is what I hear everywhere…it is as if Detox has become the new replacement for ‘hey whatsup’…people seem to greet each other saying ‘Hey what detox?’ Detox...
You cannot detox your body…its a myth! This is one of the most entertaining lines I have repeatedly come across, unfortunately endorsed by several professionals. They then go on to discuss how the body is designed to detox itself…and as they place the cherry on...
Human Stool samples are being poked and dug deep into, by leading researchers, to make futuristic drugs for depression and anxiety. Shit! Quite literally…no kidding..in the gut, houses more microbes than our own body's cells? Collectively our gut microbes weigh about 2 kgs (in comparison…our...
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...
