Tender Coconut Spiked I like to spike coconut water with a dash of lemon juice and honey. I top it with a sprig of mint and serve chilled. -Kathakoli Dasgupta, Associate Editor, PreventionWood Apple MilkThe fruit commonly known as bael, makes a great summer drink. Split one wood apple and scoop out the fruit. Mash it by adding a little ...

Heart attacks are usually the result of long years of progressive build up of cholesterol plaque, which is a silent process. When symptoms occur, they can be highly varied. When physicians speak of a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), they mean a sudden blockage of an artery by a clot, usually in an area where plaque has been building ...

Battle every cause of dark circles: ageing, allergies, and exhaustion with these pro tips from Vidya Tikari.Step 1: Use concealerMake sure your brows are well-shaped. Start with a primer and then apply some oil-free foundation all over your face. Go on to apply oil-free concealer under the eyes. Blend in with your ring finger. Next apply a creamy blusher suited ...

A hard yet fulfilling week's work behind you, all your mind craves on that Friday night is a hot bubble bath, and a good dinner before you finally retire to bed. However, just as your head hits the pillow, thoughts about Monday morning's presentation suddenly poke you hard. You're thinking slides, client and that all-important deal. Can it be cracked? ...

BooksYou Can Heal Your LifeLouise L HayHay House India, Price: Rs 350Hay believes that we make ourselves ill by nurturing negative thoughts of self-hatred. The message she wants to convey: it's all in the mind. Each chapter begins with an 'affirmation' -a positive mantra-that is meant to help the reader deal with a particular situation in life. And each chapter ...

Answer: Binge eating is usually driven by emotions like depression, anxiety, stress or anger rather than an actual sense of hunger. Yet, whether it is physiological or psychological is hard to distinguish.The trick here is to pick foods intelligently so that you stay full for longer. For this you need to understand the concept of glycaemic index (GI) of foods. ...

When someone sheds a noticeable amount of fat, people around her get divided into two groups. One group congratulates her while the other doesn't like the new trim look. My tailor was the first one to be disappointed by my weight loss. After all, he had a tough time shrinking the size of my clothes! It wasn't easy bringing about ...

Ayesha emailed to say that her skin continues to break out in freckles throughout the whole of summer, and her face is is particularly affected. She wants to know if there's a way out. This tends to be a very common problem during this season. It is thus important to wash your face at least 2-3 times with a good ...

Question: I am a 40-year-old working woman suffering from arthritis. Can I still practise Tai chi? Will it help relieve my pain? -Kusum on email.Answer: Yes, everybody can do Tai chi. However, if you have suffered a serious injury in the past, make sure you check with your orthopaedic consultant before starting on it. Tai chi does have an overall ...

Rupika, 33, emailed to ask how she can stick to her workout routine when travelling. You have a regular fitness routine you've stuck with all year. Here come the holidays, and wreck your well-planned exercise regimen. But if you prioritise fitness and are flexible, you can manage things easily. A few tips:1. Use the outdoors and get moving. You could ...

In sync with myselfOur May edition goes to press and I ask my editor for leave. I want to sort out a few health issues that have been bothering me for a while. The leave sanction comes but with something more than I had expected-a small piece of advice for which I will always be thankful to her. "Why don't ...

Shiamak Davar 50, dancer'My Spirit Soars with Dance'Dance workouts sculpt your muscles beautifullyThe performing arts captured my fancy at a very early age. However, dancing was not my first choice when I went to the UK to learn acting and singing. But destiny had another plan for me: I ended up enrolling in a dance workshop at the Pineapple Dance ...

A recent study from France this year, which studied brain scans of people attempting to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously, found this: when the brain tries to do two things at once, it divides the responsibility, and devotes one-half of the brain to each task. Then each side of the brain works independently, pursuing its own goal. But as soon as ...

After having ruled the ramp for a good many years, nothing could have come as a better Bollywood launchpad than Fashion for model-turned-actress Mugdha Godse. Having tasted success with her debut film and winning scores of awards for her performance, she went on to play the peppy girl next door in All The Best before deciding to go de-glam in ...

Question: Can tumours and ulcers be cured with the right food? What should I include in my diet to be safe?Answer: An ulcer or tumour is caused by an overload on the body. There are three ways in which we end up doing that-physically, by lack of , relaxation and sleep; mentally, because use of stressful lifestyles and through our ...

Humility is the basis of religion for me-it's the most important way of life. It also saves us from going over the top. With a liberal dose of humility, we refrain from becoming obsessed with ourselves. Self-obsession, I feel, is the enemy of peace. If peace is what we are searching for, humility is the means to that end. Christianity, ...

A situation where one partner is more social than the other is common. However, most couples learn to adjust to each other's styles or tread the middle path, even if coping with it initially can be frustrating. Try the following to cope without causing damage to your relationship with your spouse or colleagues.1. Observe and talk more. Check to see ...

One of the first things my wife and I realised about our daughter is that she has a wonderful sense of humour-and of family. And it is no paradox that to have a sense of family, you must have a sense of humour. When our daughter was not even one-and- a-half years old, we were driving back from a dinner ...

Our memory peaks in our 20s and 30s and slowly begins to decline after that. Memory lapses, like losing your keys, arriving at the grocery shop and forgetting what you were supposed to get, trouble remembering where you left your car in the parking lot, or forgetting the name of the person you were introduced to five minutes ago, are ...

Be patient and understanding Payal emailed to ask: My husband is always so taken up with work that we haven't been able to manage even a small weekend getaway in ages now. Is there a way out?This is one situation where your husband's work-life imbalance is affecting your work-life balance in a major way. You could try some of the ...

Wasabi at the Taj Mansingh is known to be Delhi's most expensive fine dining place.So when I walked into it on an unusually hot Saturday afternoon and found it packed, I thought (a) the recession is truly over. (b) people must spend all that much money here for a good reason.Morimoto, the king of Japanese fusion cuisine who built a ...

Bad bugs love the heat and humidity of summer. "The most favourable temperature for these bugs to grow is between 30C-37C," says Prof. Subrata Majumdar, microbiologist, Bose Institute, Kolkata. "Their virulence also intensifies in summer." and these bugs travel quickly too, from your desk to your bedroom. The only way to beat them is to follow hygienic habits everywhere-and sometimes ...

My email suggests that liquid eyeliner can cause sinus infections. Is that true?At the corner of the eye nearest to the nose starts a narrow tube, the tear duct, which carries tears from the eye to the inside of the nose. Tears generally drain through this and are absorbed inside the nose. When excessive fluid collects, for example when we ...

When I think of my relationship with my mother, I struggle to put a finger on what has bound us together for all these years.I left my small town in the mountains at the age of 15 (and have never gone back to live there again) but home for me is still where she lives. Paradoxically we are so different ...

Go for your coffee break at 11 am, according to a formula devised by scientists at the Oxford University study led by Prof. Charles Spence, from the department of Experimental Psychology. They developed the formula (M = 0.5 x F + (0.5 x E + 0.3 x P + 0.15 X C +0.05 x T) by combining various factors such ...