How to raise your haemoglobin?
This is one of the most common questions asked to me by my patients. In the last two years we are facing this pandemic and, everyone has realized the importance of immunity. To maintain your immunity, it is very…
Child-lack of concentration: Your food is your medicine
Our grandparents used to tell us that “eat well then only your brain will work well”. Yes! they were absolutely correct. If your food is not sufficient, you may develop deficiency of certain nutrients which may lead to lack of…
Zinc:How to get maximum zinc absorption from your food/supplement…
In this covid pandemic you must have heard about benefits of zinc & you also might be taking zinc from food source or from multivitamin supplement. But, is this zinc actually absorbed in your body? There are certain nutrients…
Iron supplements: Avoid these foods…..
In this pandemic - covid 19 you are worried about your immunity. To raise your immunity, you are trying hard. Examples- taking supplements like multivitamin, calcium tablets, vitamin-D tablets, B-complex tablet or iron tablets. Either you are taking these tablets…
Why is it important to soak your beans before cooking?
It is healthy to include beans in your daily diet. But, I have seen many of my patients don’t have time to soak the beans before cooking them. They think that soaking just reduces the cooking time. What do you…
How to increase your Iron absorption?
In the last tip we had discussed about a few of the vegetarian sources which are having very good amount of iron in them. Click here to view the tip if you have missed it. However, even after taking enough…
Myth: Beetroot is having highest Iron content among all vegetarian sources
There is a very common belief that Beetroot is the best vegetarian source Of Iron. So, whether your child likes the beetroot or not you have to force them to eat beetroot. Even I had heard other doctors advising to…
Sugar v/s Jaggery: A fact sheet
Both sugar and jaggery are sweeteners, prepared from same source that is - Sugarcane. But the process of making sugar and jaggery from sugar cane is different. Sugar-is highly refined and processed sweetener. Jaggery -is an unprocessed, unrefined, sweetener. Even…