The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns has negatively affected most people’s mental health for more than a year now and it does not look like it’s going to end any time soon.

Young adults have experienced a number of problems due to the pandemic, such as closing of universities and loss of income. A recent research showed that during the pandemic, a larger than average share of young adults, aged 18 to 24, reported sleep disruptions, symptoms of anxiety and/or depression.

The pandemic took a huge toll on young children who were confined to their rooms, attending online classes for many hours every day with barely any breaks, at an age where they are supposed to be out playing with their friends and socializing with other kids their age.

Throughout the pandemic, many people across the world have experienced job loss or income cuts, resulting in them finding a hard time to provide for their families. The limitations of working from home led to longer working hours everyday and even work on the weekends.

Many essential workers face a number of challenges, including high risk of coming in contact with the coronavirus than people working in other fields. Compared to nonessential workers, essential workers are more likely to get anxiety or depressive disorder.

A study also found that 18% of individuals who received a COVID-19 diagnosis were later diagnosed with a mental health disorder. Older adults who are more vulnerable to severe illness from coronavirus and have experienced increased levels of anxiety and depression during the pandemic.

As of June 2020, 13% of Americans reported starting substance use as a way of coping with stress related to COVID-19. According to the 2021 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), around 275 million people used drugs worldwide last year during COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22% from 2010.

Human beings are social organisms and the sudden social isolation forced into us by the pandemic is one of the main, if not the main, reason for mental health disorder and it is now needed more than ever to be able to talk about one’s mental health to others normally and to provide help and support to each other in these trying times.

Regardless of age, the pandemic has affected all of us, physically and mentally. While we are stuck in our homes indefinitely, the frequent thought comes to our mind, ‘What am I doing with my life?’, ‘How much longer is this going to last?’. Therefore, as policymakers and world leaders continue to discuss further actions to reduce the burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic, it should be important to consider the increased need for mental health and substance use services.

Little about fats, its types, saturated fats, unsaturated fats, good fats bad fats, foods to avoid, food to take.

There are fats in almost each food item though there are fats which are bad fats and are not good for your health but there are also some fats which are good fats which are essential for our body and are healthy. But also, any kind of fat when taken into excess are not good for your health wither good fat or bad fat.

There are fats which are saturated, unsaturated and trans-fat.

Unsaturated fat

Unsaturated fats are good fats which are essential part of our daily healthy life which are very important they reduce risk to various diseases like heart disease etc. Unsaturated fats can also replace saturated fats (which are bad fat)

Unsaturated fats are essential for our body which is good fats, healthy fats, dietary fat.

• Unsaturated fats ensure the proper functioning of our body and brain.
• Unsaturated fats or essential fats also helps in the absorption of Vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, and Vitamin K.
• Dietary fats prevent hormonal imbalance.
• Low fat/ No fat diets affect our overall health, and hair health.
• Mood swings.
• Law fat/ No fat diets also causes hormonal imbalances causing mood swings.
• For an average adult, good fats should constitute no more than 20%-30% of their diet in a day.

Bad fats

• LDL (low-density lipoprotein), sometimes called “bad” cholesterol, makes up most of your body’s cholesterol. High levels of LDL cholesterol raise your risk for heart disease and stroke.
• The liver then flushes it from the body. High levels of HDL cholesterol can lower your risk for heart disease and stroke.)

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/ldl_hdl.htm

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Food items to avoid

• Fried foods.
• Avoid eating commercially baked goods like: cookies cakes.
• Avoid eating packaged foods if it has hydrogenated refined oil/ vegetable oil in its ingredients.

Saturated fats

Saturated fats are not as harmful as trans fat but if taken in excess will not be a good choice to make but eat in moderation.

• Saturated fats are also considered unhealthy and can cause problem.
• Its sources

Butter, cheese, cream, red meat, ice-cream

Are major sources of saturated fat.

Good and healthy fats

Unsaturated fats are good for our health.

• PUFA, MUFA, Omega-3 and Omega-6 are essential for our body.
• Unsaturated fats are good for our overall health, Cholesterol and heart health.

Food items

• Nuts and seeds which also increases metabolism rated which will future burn more fat from our body.
• Include walnuts, peanuts, almonds, chia seeds, flax seeds, sunflower, pumpkin seeds in your daily diet.
• Ghee aids digestion keeps the joints healthy, boost immunity and memory.
• Use only hydrogenated cold pressed oil for cooking: use peanut oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil, canola oil, olive oil.
• Yogurt is a good source of healthy fats, calcium and protein (natural yogurt is good) . If you buy from market buy full fat natural yogurt.

Dark chocolates use with cocoa content of above 70% loaded with good f

The Puritan Experiment in government did not survive for too long after Cromwell’s death in 1658 and in May 1660 Charles II was reinstated to the throne of England. Satirical poetry flourished during this phrase and the main exponent of this form was John Dryden (1631-1700). His great political satires include Absalom and Achitophel, The Medal, and Mac Flecknoe, a literary satire was born of politics. Somewhat lacking in structure and overweight with prolonged “scolding”, these pieces are all magnificent in their vigorous dignity, their boisterous vituperation, and their incisive satirical portraiture.

After the excitement of the Popish Pot (1678) there had been repeated attempt to force a bill through Parliament excluding Catholics (and thus their legitimate heir, Duke of York) from the throne of England. The villain in these attempts was the Whig leader, Earl of Shaftesbury, who in the summer of 1681 was under arrest charged with high treason. At the suggestion of the King , Absalom and Achitophel was written and its publication timed to fall just a week before Shaftesbury’s fruitless arraignment. This poem makes use of Biblical story to indicate how Achitophel (Shaftesbury) is tempting to rebellion Absalom (The Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II and the Whig candidate to succeed his father).

Four months after this piece Dryden published The Medal (March,1682), another satire on Shaftesbury, whose followers upon his release from the charge of treason had cast a commemorative medal in honour of his triumph. The poem, less brilliant than its predecessor, gains force from being centered on a single person. It was answered two months after its appearance by a gossipy retort, The Medal of John Bayes, probably from the pen of Thomas Shadwell. In turn, a few months later, Dryden’s opinions concerning Shadwell were published twice; first in Mac Flecknoe, apparently written in 1678, and secondly, in passages inserted by Dryden in Nahum Tate’s Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. In his treatment of Shadwell, Dryden drops at times his heroics and becomes roundly but still incisively abusive. Mac Flecknoe, one of Dryden’s most influential poems, first appeared anonymously, but was acknowledged by Dryden in 1693. About 1678, upon the decease of a secular priest, Richard Flecknoe, known as a bad versifier, it had occurred to Dryden to nominate Shadwell successor to the throne of Nonsense. Flecknoe, who chooses Shadwell to succeed him as the perfect nadir of genius. Satire on dullness of authors here reaches that high of plateau of caustic and relentless phrasing, the other boundary of which might be Pope’s Dunciad.

One of the most eminent of the lesser poets of the time was Samuel Butler. His major work Hudibras was a satirical attack on Puritans. The purpose of the poem is satirical and the action is simply a loose thread upon which arguments, reflections, and caustic portraits are strung. In the poem Butler attacks not only Puritanism but also notions of chivalry and heroism. Hudibras is episodic at times, but its satirical spirit comes through nevertheless. his favourite classical satire was Juvenal; but he owed fully as much in theme and method to such moderns as Rabelais, Cervantes and Scarron.

Butler’s intellectual quality, if not his full genius, is also seen in his other works which largely lack the grotesqueness of Hudibras. The Elephant in the Moon, a facetious satire on Sir Paul Neale, and the Satire on the Royal Society both show his unsympathetic attitude towards learning.

Butler, it is true had no worthy avowed disciple. Tom D’Urfey, Ned Ward, Tom Brown, John Oldham that Restoration verse satire enjoyed some more success. He was the foremost and most furious of those who fought on the side of Titus Oates and the Whigs. His A Satyr Against Vertue (1679) and Satyrs upon the Jesuits (1681) are notable examples of his talent. Oldham greatly valued personal freedom and in his satire Addressed to a Friend that is about to Leave the University and Come Abroad in the World, he affirms his love for freedom through the inserted fable of the wolf who loved freedom but would not endure the indignity of collar and chain put upon the civilized and well-fed Towzer. It is furious sweep of Oldham’s satiric rage that is most impressive, but this fable, and other passages that might seem autobiographical, have charm that is more amiable.

In the field of satirists one need also to look at the last of the cavalier breed like Rochester, Sedley, Dorset, and apart from this group at Charles Cotton. Of these the most prominent was the Earl of Rochester who died quite young as a result of his mad debaucheries, which took a toll on his health. His Satyr Against Mankind (1675) and the lines Upon Nothing are excellent satirical poems. His most important piece of literary satire in his Allusion to Horace’s 10th Satyr of the First Book. It is simply an episode in the running battle his lordship was carrying on with many poets, from Dryden to the negligible Sir Carr Scrope. His A Letter from Artemisa in the Town to Cloe in the Country is an excellent poem depicting the practices of the contemporary society.

Sir Charles Sedley, was an author of some satirical poems, but he was more known for his songs. Charles Sackville wrote relatively few satirical poems but his several other poems are tinged with satire. His lines on The British Princes of Edward Howard were profusely abusive and his stanzas On the Countess of Dorchester are strong but unpleasant in their epigrammatic sting.

The last of these cavalier lyrists to achieve a reputation as such was Charles Cotton. In his won lifetime his moderate fame was based on his burlesques, especially Scarronides. Apart from these some of the satirical songs of the period generally attacking the Puritans might also be taken with the ambit of satirical poetry of the period.

So first let us know what is human resources? basically it can be defined as the effective management of people in an organisation. HR management helps to bridge the gap between employee’s performance and the organisation’s strategic objectives. moreover, an efficient HR management team can give firm’s an edge over their competition. HR plays a significant role in developing positive business culture and improving employee engagement and productivity. the HR function also takes the lead on the employee wellness and personal development. it can be easy to overlook HR in an SME. many entreprenuers get their businesses off to a flying start. but grapple with people management as the business starts to flourish. managing staff takes time and it requires specific skills. HR in an area of expertise many business owners lack. regardless of skills the valu of HR in business isn’t always immediately apparent. with just a few employees, business leaders feel like they have their finger on the pulse when it comes to the people they hire and manage. but a business grows, leaders often find their just isn’t time to deal with day to day people management and recruitment and the focus on people can easily get lost. this is costly mistake and can affect employee satisfaction, culture, and long term success. underdeliver on effective HR and you’ll see a knock on effect on your bottom line. people culture and business sucess go hand in hand. reputation as an employer is influential in attracting talent. it also impacts on customers. take uber as an example; plagued by a string of HR catastrophes from sexual harassment cases to ignoring employees complaints; the resulting bad publicity has undoubtedly deterned many from working there or from using their ride sharing services. bad HR has destroyed uber’s employer brand.

The corona virus pandemic has forced us to re evaluate the way we do business. as part of this, the HR function is taking center stage. companies are being increasingly measured by the decisions they’ve taken and the way they treated their staff. what’s more the impact of ongoing economic uncertainity, remote working and all too real impact on employees mental health are forcing business across the UK to place human resources at the heart of their operation. from supporting managers with remote management skills through to sensitively communicating the consequences of a downturn in business. HR is crucial to the effective management of a business during the pandemic or other significant event.