Through out India and especially South India Turmeric is considered as divine. Most South Indian dishes will have some amount of turmeric in it, the main reason being turmeric is a super herb. A complete meal in South India will have top herbs as ingredients, herbs like ginger, turmeric, pepper ... Read More »
One thing that everyone ways to to lose the extra pounds around the waist and do so quickly. By dropping extra pounds around your waist only will feel a lot more healthier and will also get rid of those chronic back pain and related ailments.Almost everyone with belly fat would ... Read More »
Vitamin E is not a single organic chemical compound but a group of 8 organic compounds which performs certain biological functions. The organic compounds fall under tocopherols and tocotrienols. The most common forms forms of this vitamin are γ-tocopherol and α-Tocopherol. This is a fat soluble vitamin, and are present in ... Read More »
Vitamin K1 is technically called as Phylloquinone (other form of vitamin K is Vitamin K2 called as menaquinones ) . It is one of the fat soluble vitamins . The vitamin K is essential for the blood to clot in case of cuts. It helps in the modification of proteins for aiding the blood to coagulate. Vitamin ... Read More »
Vitamin A like few other vitamin is not a single organic chemical compound, instead it is group of different organic compounds which facilitates certain biological functions. Retinol, retinal and four other carotenoids (The carotenes alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, gamma-carotene; and the xanthophyll beta-cryptoxanthin; of which beta carotene is the most important). Vitamin ... Read More »
Vitamin D is technically not a vitamin, as our body can produce it with the help of sunshine, but still it is classified as a vitamin (That is why it is called as ‘sunshine vitamin’). They are actually fat soluble secostreroids. Vitamin D is essential for good bone health and general wellbeing of elder ... Read More »
Vitamin C also called as ascorbic acid is the most important of vitamins. It is a non-essential nutrient in many species (which means they can synthesize it in within themselves). However humans and few other animals cannot synthesize it and require regular dietary intake of this vitamin. As said earlier ... Read More »
The word Ginger originated from the Tamil word ‘Ingi Ver’ (இஞ்சி வேர்)– meaning ‘The root of Ginger’. In most languages the pronunciation remains similar. Technically ginger is not a root, it is actually the underground stem of the plant. Ginger is used as a spice and a medicine in Ayurveda ... Read More »
There is a boom in the number of cosmetic products based on Argan Oil over the past few years.This oil is extracted from the kernels of the Argan tree. These trees are prevalent in North African countries and especially Morocco. Lot of scientfic research backs the claims related to health ... Read More »
Long pepper technically called as Piper longum, mainly comes from India and hence called as Indian long pepper (Pippali). It is widely uses as a spice in South Asia. It is the most widely used of all ayurvedic herb, the part used is the dried fruit. It is an important ... Read More »
What is Aloe Vera? Aloe Vera is a succulent plant, and it originated from North Africa. The important part of the plant is the long and fleshly leaves, two major component of the leaves are the latex (which is yellow in color) and the gel. The gel is used as ... Read More »
Indian Gooseberry also called as Emblica officinalis or Phyllanthus emblica is a miracle food. Indian gooseberries has been an integral part of Ayurvedic medicine for over 5000 years. However the western medicine considered it as just a folk medicine; until recently the western medicine attributed the medicinal value of indian ... Read More »
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