Autumn is the most colorful season of all. Trees get filled with different shades during this lovely season. But along with its gorgeous, bright colours comes the uninvited: dull, dry skin & hair. To fix this dryness simply applying creams and oils may not be enough. Besides, dry skin will develop fine lines and wrinkles faster. […]
Continue readingHard water has given my hair a real hard time. I have talked about my struggles with hard water. It caused my hair to become dry, rough, and lifeless. But Now, after many trials and errors, looks like I have finally won the fight against hard water. Now hard water doesn’t bother my hair […]
Continue readingMy love for beetroot is very recent. I always knew beet is healthy and nutritious, but I never ate it willingly, until recently. I had this beetroot salad at my friend’s place and loved it so much that I bought a bunch of beetroots the very same week and tried the recipe. And […]
Continue readingI love to pamper my face using wholesome ingredients from the kitchen. I have almost bade farewell to beauty salons. My last few visits to beauty parlours – for a facial – have given me a headache and dull skin. Perhaps my skin didn’t like products they used or the massage was heavy-handed or combination […]
Continue readingWhat matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. ~ Sai Baba We have forgotten to use our body’s innate wisdom to heal us. Even for a simple headache we straight away reach for a pain-killer. […]
Continue readingBreakfast is the most important meal of the day, so make time for it and you will function more efficiently throughout the day. My beautiful, traditional mother took a lot of effort to feed the family hot, fresh and highly nutritious breakfast. We were served home-cooked beans with yoghurt (also homemade) and wholegrain roti […]
Continue readingBeans and lentils are nutritional powerhouses. They are delicious to eat, but they have a bad reputation of being gaseous and hard-to-digest. The root cause lies in their outer covering, which contain anti-nutrients (compounds that can interfere with digestion and absorption of nutrients) such as lectins and phytic acids. These anti-nutrients are actually natural phytonutrients […]
Continue readingMany of us are looking for a magic pill to darken grey hair. And may be it does exists. I was recently reading ‘The Complete Book Of Ayurvedic Home Remedies’ by Dr Vasant Lad and in that he stresses about eating sesame seeds for healthy hair. Ayurveda believes that the health of the bones, […]
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