How to Fight PCOS with Diet and Nutrition

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition that affects up to 1 in 10 women of child-bearing age. In a nutshell, PCOS is characterized by hormonal imbalances, involving not just the reproductive hormones (like estrogen and testosterone) but also hormones that regulate blood sugar, fat storage, and appetite.

Symptoms of PCOS may include painful or irregular periods, acne, abnormal hair growth, increased appetite, weight gain, and difficulty losing weight. Women with PCOS often develop metabolic syndrome, which increases your risk of heart disease and diabetes. And the reverse is also true: Women with metabolic syndrome are more likely to develop PCOS. PCOS is also a leading cause of infertility.

Common symptoms of PCOS include:

  • irregular periods or no periods at all.
  • difficulty getting pregnant (because of irregular ovulation or failure to ovulate)
  • excessive hair growth (hirsutism) – usually on the face, chest, back or buttocks.
  • weight gain.
  • thinning hair and hair loss from the head.
  • oily skin or acne.

PCOS is strongly linked with obesity—and as obesity levels have risen, PCOS has become a more common diagnosis. But there are also lean women who suffer from PCOS. Almost all women with PCOS, however, have some degree of insulin resistance, which is also known as pre-diabetes.

The first-line therapy for PCOS is a diet and lifestyle makeover with the primary goal of improving the body’s sensitivity to insulin. Here are 3 ways to start on a virtuous path.

3 WAYS TO IMPROVE INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND ALLEVIATE PCOS SYMPTOMS

Tip1: Lose weight (if you need to)

Weight loss improves insulin sensitivity and you don’t necessarily have to reach your goal weight to get this benefit. Even a modest amount of weight loss can begin to reverse symptoms of PCOS. For example, if you are 50 pounds overweight, losing 10 pounds can make a big difference in your PCOS symptoms, even though you might still be significantly overweight.

Above all, you want to lose weight at a pace you can maintain long-term. Crash diets that produce fast weight loss followed by the inevitable rebound weight gain do more harm than good.

Tip2: Be more active

Exercise is also a great way to improve insulin sensitivity. It also helps rebalance reproductive hormones. As a bonus, it can also help with weight loss. A combination of aerobic exercise (anything that gets your heart rate up for 30 minutes a day) and strength training will work best.

Tip3: Eat regularly but not too frequently

Although some people claim that eating every 2-3 hours is ideal, spacing your meals out more can help improve insulin sensitivity. Instead of having a small meal or snack every few hours, try to get used to eating a more substantial meal and then waiting 4-5 hours before eating again. For tips on how to choose foods that will keep you full longer, review my episodes on satiation and satiety.

WHAT TO EAT

High fiber foods can help combat insulin resistance by slowing down digestion and reducing the impact of sugar on the blood. This may be beneficial to women with PCOS.

Great options for high-fiber foods include:

  • cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts
  • greens, including red leaf lettuce and arugula
  • green and red peppers
  • beans and lentils
  • almonds
  • berries
  • sweet potatoes
  • winter squash
  • pumpkin

Lean protein sources like tofu, chicken, and fish don’t provide fiber but are very filling and a healthy dietary option for women with PCOS. Foods that help reduce inflammation may also be beneficial. They include:

  • tomatoes
  • kale
  • spinach
  • almonds and walnuts
  • olive oil
  • fruits, such as blueberries and strawberries
  • fatty fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon and sardines

PCOS, like many disorders, responds positively to proactive lifestyle choices. This includes exercise and daily physical movement. Both can help to reduce insulin resistance, especially when coupled with a limited intake of unhealthy carbohydrates.

Many experts agree that at least 150 minutes per week of exercise is ideal. Daily activity, low sugar intake, and a low-inflammation diet may also lead to weight loss. Women may experience improved ovulation with weight loss, so women who are obese or overweight and want to get pregnant may find physician-approved exercise especially important.

The symptoms associated with PCOS can cause stress. Stress reduction techniques, which help calm the mind and let you connect with your body, can help. These include yoga and meditation. Speaking with a therapist or other medical professional may also be beneficial.

The increasing trend of old age homes….

It is considered that taking care of the parents is the moral duty of the children. But in modern day the number and trend of old age homes are increasing day by day, which is not a good development.

Parents, who bring us to this world, who educated us, always tried their best to fulfill our dreams and demands, who always tried to keep us happy, made us what we are today, how can we simply leave them.

There are different reasons which lead to this rise in number of old age homes. The main reason is that people migrate from village to cities in order to get good education and jobs. It is easy for them to adjust in the new environment of cities but their parents don’t come with them because of the sentiments attached with that place. And when they don’t able to take care of them by themselves they have to take the shelter in the old age homes. The other reasons could be, some people don’t want to take care of their old parents who are suffering from chronic diseases and old parents who loose their motor functions due to old age, as they need intense care and their children started treating them as a burden and send them in old age homes.

Some send their parents to old age homes after marriage as their daughter-in-law want just to live with her husband and don’t want their in-laws to interfere in their life.

I know there are many other different reasons for this rising trend of old age homes, but we forgot one thing. As our parents grew old the same care and love they want as we wanted in our childhood from our parents. If then, they had simply leaved us like we are leaving them, because at that time surely they also had their social and personal life to live, then what do you think we were at the same place as we are now. Definitely not. It is because for them we are not a choice, we are their priority so why they are not our priority. It is true that we are busy in our life and if your parents are not well and if you don’t have the full time to spend time with them, hire them a nurse, spend time with them when you are free. They will feel better.

So love your parents as they have loved you or loving you. They need proper love, care and support as same you needed in your childhood which is possible in the home only. Always remember that they are your parents and it is your duty to takr care of them. So try to make them your priority,and not to make old age homes, a trend.

The First Recorded Solar Eclipse of the World

Coming across through the phone calendar, I received a notification from “OnThisDay.com” site. I saw that the year was 512 CE when an ancient Irish monastic chronicler recorded a solar eclipse.

The notification

However,in the records of history it’s not a child’s play to detect about the very first solar eclipse that occured in the world but it’s believed that the ancient Irish scholars were the first to document about a solar eclipse. 

And no doubt, the Irish have a long history with eclipses. Images of the first recorded eclipse were carved into stone cairns at Loughcrew in Meath over 5,000 years ago, but one of the first eclipses, of the common era, was also recorded in Ireland, by an Irish monk on 29 June 512 CE in the Chronicle of Ireland. This reflects that they had knowledge about eclipses, astronomy, illustration as well as documentation.

Loughcrew Stone Cairns, County Meath, Ireland
Drombeg Stone Circle, County Cork, Ireland

Eclipses-

The ancient Irish have carved images of an ancient eclipse on giant stones over 5,000 years ago. The exact date has been researched as November 30, 3340 BCE,which is the oldest known recorded solar eclipse till this date.

The engravings are found in the Stone Age “Cairn L” at Loughcrew, in County Meath. “Cairn L” has been mentioned in Astronomy Ireland’s article as “Irish Recorded Oldest Known Eclipse 5,355 Years Ago.” They said that the ancient Irish priests recorded the events on three stones relating to the eclipse.

Representation of the solar eclipse. Look at the work as to how, but using concentric circles, the ancient Irish scholars tried their best to depict an eclipse.

This is amazing to claim that without the use of modern technologies, the ancient Irish constructed these complex structures and they built them with such accuracy that these structures continue to excel their performance in astronomical functions till this date.

Thus in these ways, we can figure out the fact that the ancient Irish chroniclers were the ones who excelled in the creation of the accurate illustrations of the solar eclipses, providing us a proper documentation of the same.

India’s Tech Battle Against China.

20th October 1962, the date recorded as 1st Sino-India War, and also the only War India lost post-independence. China took it as a ever warfare theory of India, and attacked in 1967 again in Nathu-La, Sikkim region, in which India succeeded in saving its territory from being annexed by the infamous cheater of the Asian Region. 
China have always been immensely hungry for piece of lands, and there’s a major reason for its land hunger,  the rapidly increasing population and density per square foot. This lack of land is one of the major problem of the country which eventually leads it to several other problems of the nation, like compact industry setup, homelessness of the citizens, agricultural area shortage and many others. Instead of solving the problems by scientific method, it prefers attacking neighbour countries, and capturing their lands. Its not just India who has land dispute with this hungry nation, several other neighbouring states also has great problems with it. Hong Kong has got some very serious issues with China. 
China not only posses defence threat, but also economic and political threats, too. And now as per the world countries’ allegations, it has created a health threat to the world too, the Covid-19 virus. The virus, from which the whole world population’s life is on stake. And China is busy doing dirty business in this pandemic scenario.
China which is a major manufacturer, of goods in the World, was looked forward by other nations, even the world superpower, USA. China received a bulk order for masks and sanitizers during the pandemic situation. Instead of supplying quality products to the nations, it supplied foul products with worst quality. The most sarcastic supply was made to Pakistan, China supplied bad quality underwear to Pakistan labelling as Masks. The issue didn’t stopped there the complaint was coming from Italy, U.S, Russia, Britain, France and India, too. 
This economic supply warfare of China, is the worst warfare, by any nation, ever. Amidst this cheating Policy of China, India rose as a leading supplier of masks and sanitizers and medicines like Hydroxychloroquine, to the other nations, this was a great threat for Chinese economy which tried hard to stabilise itself by cheating the world. And eventually this cheating policy got exposed and China started a new policy of diversion of focus from Economic cheating to Defence Warfare. The Sino-India force Conflict in Galwan Valley was a calculated move of Xi’s dirty warfare. But, as Modi’s stubborn policy of nationalism was a great reply to Xi’s policy. 
Modi, now started a new policy of economic warfare against China, this policy of Modi is a threat to Xi’s Economic policies. All Chinese tenders and projects were cancelled in India, and its states. This led to a great economic loss for China. Modi started a new IT war against China by banning its apps, which were contributing in China’s economy, and has Indian users in a great number. Tiktok is a leading Chinese application with maximum Indian users, which is banned by the Government. And several other 58 apps were banned which is a great IT threat for infamous Cheater Chinese. 
India’s these Economic and IT warfare beside the defensive warfare is a remarkable policy of Modi Government of India. These policies attract several big industries and they are planning for mobilisation from the Chinese mainland to Indian Subcontinent. This economic and diplomatic warfare is not only a threat for the Chinese leaders but also a profitable move for the Indian Leaders and Creators. China needs to understand the fact that India is no more the Nehru’s India, now India has capability to attack its enemies on every front. Now, India is a  nation of strikes. 
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“Social Media And Us”

Social media has become an eternal part of our life and has made humans addicted to them. People follow these for the source of information, entertainment, sharing their reviews and views and spend most of their time on these. This has made everything more transparent than it used to be, thus has given the power to the common man. It not only helps to provide justice to a person, but also spread awareness about wrong being done to someone. It had brought people to stand for their rights and demand what they truly deserve. 

Social media has been able to bring vast change in the life of common people, as they can:

  1.  Make friends all over the world ,they can get instant information about the person or star they are a fan of and can follow him/ her more closely. 
  2. Moreover, people can share their moments with others and thus can make them a part of it virtually. 
  3. People have found better sources of entertainment and fun, sending memes to their closed one and thus spreading happiness.
  4.  People can spread their business and campaign about totally free as a part of social media and digital marketing. They can post out their content which can prove to be fascinating  and people might join them in their work.
  5.  Awareness about global issues can easily be spread and people around the World can be a part of this noble cause. 
  6. Moreover, people can display their hidden talent which they usually are not able to do due to lack of opportunity. It thus can be called a stage for numerous activities, bringing joy to life of people and providing them a better opportunity to showcase their true identity. 

But this social media has brought people close around the world but have made distance in our close relationship. People hardly talk to their close ones like their parents, friends and society members, and search for new friends online. People spread rumours about other, which could be harmful for the image of the person in the society. It also has affected the lives of people as nothing has been left private. Social media has thus created barriers and have enabled us to live in a virtual world. Students and children hardly play games and rather believe in chatting with other people, playing games on their  mobile phones and scrolling by these social media handles all day long. This has a harsh effect on their eyesight and also their behavior attributes. 

People should understand the importance and true function of these social media and internet. It should be utilised for the betterment of humanity . Social media is a good source of entertainment and knowledge sometimes, but one must not forget the right way to live life. Searching for new friends on social media and not even having vocal contact with your close one makes relationships to handle hard. One should spend time on these accounts but also live life and enjoy other things which brings out an all round personality of a person.

 “Thus social media is a good source for business, entertainment, knowledge but what really matters is to understand the difference between the virtuality and reality, difference between right and wrong facts , difference between truth and fiction and the difference between living and enjoying life.” 

Imperfections of indian education system

What was the main reason, students were not willing to give exams? Due to the stress of incomplete syllabus or due to pandemic issue ? None of them , the main reason is our education system which do not impart students the practical knowledge but theoretical knowledge to be written in the exams to get good marks. In India, till the college life, intelligence is judged on the basis of marks rather than talent and learning abilities and every student now, only pursues marks not knowledge, so they wanted general promotion for next semester to get marks for free without studying.
A person can get good marks just by reciting everything but it can’t help them to do something innovative in future, to grow them. This is the reason india is lagging in the fields of research because the actual knowledge had not been provided to the students in their school and college life where their basic fundamentals are built up. Even if one wants to learn something extra, institutions do not provide such vital support that student needs.

Now a days, parents need to understand this fact that they should make their children a good learner, not just topper of the school or city or state or country. If their child is knowledgeable, automatically he/she can perform well in studies.

india, trend of taking science stream after 10th and further preparation of IIT or PMT exams is followed by going kota, where there are generally 2 type of students. Firstly, those who studies with full enthusiasm, gives their best, works hard, in which some of them gets what they want, and some gets depressed and many of them tries to commit suicide because they are forced to get good marks and other type of students, who just wanted to go far away from their home to enjoy their freedom and splash out their parents earning which makes no sense.

However, it’s appreciable that some of the educated parents who had faced such things knew about these situations, and they are moving forward in making their children a better citizen who can contribute greatly for a better India .

Importance of TIME in Lockdown Period…

In this year , we are fighting with a disease which has no cure and most importantly it transmits from social gathering. Due to this, Many organization’s working culture changed completely. They make the innovation idea of “Work from Home”. Through this Many people saves alot of time in travelling to reach their office. Also lots of energy also conseved through this.

This really means so much time we have for ourself. We can improve ourself in this period. For health, this is the time to accept the Yoga which is traditional exercise of our own country. And also through online study, students can strong their weak points.

But so many people are wasting this crucel time period in laziness and in sleeping, which is very dangerous for us, specially in this period in which we have to boost up our immunity.

In conclusion, we can say that time is the greatest gift of God. Moreover, there is a saying that “if you waste time, time will waste you.” Only this line is enough to justify how important and valuable time is.

Union Ministers pay tribute to Professor PC Mahalanobis on National Statistics Day

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar and Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today paid tributes to Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis on National Statistics Day.

In a tweet, Mr. Javadekar said, notable contribution was made by Prof. Mahalanobis in the field of economic planning and statistical development.

Dr. Harshvardhan in a tweet said, this day is being celebrated as the birth anniversary of Prof. Mahalanobis. He said, statistics plays an  important role in formulation of policies and plans needed for the development of the country. 

Harsimrat Kaur Badal invites investors to convert challenges into opportunities for food processing sector

Food processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has invited all states and investors to convert the challenges into opportunities for the food processing sector in India. Addressing a meeting through video conferencing, she said that the nationwide lockdown was successful due to the Government’s effort to make essentials especially food available at every corner of the country since the beginning.

Mrs Badal requested all participants to follow the clarion call of Hon’ble Prime Minister to become ‘Atma  Nirbhar’ and ‘be vocal for local’. She said new countries are looking at India as a sourcing hub as compared to the traditional ones from where these were importing earlier. She urged  the industry to ensure that  it works at its full potential.

The Minister advised all investors to look at the low hanging Ready to Eat (RTE) segment as a potential opportunity. She mentioned that the Superfoods of India need to be highlighted to the western world. She advised states to share the most popular and nutritious local food which could be branded and marketed through big retailers in foreign countries to target Indian diaspora.

The Union Minister talked about the importance of modern technology for creating an aggregation portal at the national level for monitoring pan India inventory of agri-food products which would not only help the industry in sourcing but also help in boosting exports.

She highlighted that 74 per cent  of the total employment in food processing was in the unorganized segment. She said 60 per cent  of the 25 lakh units were in rural areas and 80 per cent of these were family owned. Mrs Badal said this segment alone could be the future of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and could make the initiative successful. Minister of State Rameswar Teli was also present.

The forum witnessed participation from the senior most policy makers from both Union and 6 State Governments – Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. 193 companies from 19 countries also participated in the forum.

CBSE evaluates Board performance based on assessment scheme; to declare result on July 15

Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE is evaluating the performance of the students of class 10th and 12th based on the assessment scheme. CBSE said the result will be declared on 15th July.  

Talking exclusively to AIR, Controller of Examination of CBSE, Dr. Sanyam Bharadwaj said that CBSE is taking care of every student while evaluating the student performance.

Recently, CBSE has decided to cancel the examination for class 10th and 12th which were scheduled from 1st  to 15th July.

COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 58.67 pct in country

The Government today said that a total of three lakh 21 thousand 723 people affected with coronavirus have been cured in the country so far. In the past 24 hours, 12 thousand ten people have recovered from Covid-19 and with this the recovery rate has reached 58.67 per cent.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said, a total of 19 thousand 459 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country within 24 hours taking the total number of cases to five lakh 48 thousand 318. In a single day, 380 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 16 thousand 475. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is two lakh 10 thousand 120.

Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that one lakh 70 thousand 560 tests of corona virus samples were conducted by the various laboratories in the country within 24 hours. So far, 83 lakh 98 thousand 362 tests have been conducted.

ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, total one thousand 47 laboratories across India have been given approval to conduct the test for Covid-19. This includes 760 government laboratories and 287 private laboratory chains.

Global coronavirus cases exceed one-crore mark

Global Coronavirus cases have surpassed the one-crore mark, with over five lakh fatalities. According to Johns Hopkins University in the US, more than 500,000 people worldwide have lost their lives as a result of the pandemic. Since the virus emerged in China late last year, there have been more than one crore cases.

Half the world’s cases have been in the United States and Europe, but Covid-19 is now rapidly growing in the Americas. The virus is also affecting South Asia and Africa, where it is not expected to peak until the end of July. Outbreaks are still spreading in many parts of the world, with one million new cases recorded in the last six days.

The US has reported a total of 25 lakh cases and 125,000 deaths with Covid-19 so far – more than any other country.

The country with the second-highest number of recorded cases is Brazil, with a total of 13 lakh, and more than 57 thousand deaths. Russia reported 6 lakh 633 thousand 542 cases and more than nine thousand deaths so far.

Meanwhile, China has imposed a strict lockdown near Beijing to curb a fresh outbreak. Nearly half a million people will be barred from travelling in and out of Anxin county in the province of Hebei.

Govt extends deadline to bid for Air India till August 31

The government has again extended the deadline to bid for Air India by two months till 31st August. This is the third time the deadline has been extended.

The divestment process for the national carrier was initiated on 27th of January this year. Issuing a corrigendum to the Expression of Interest (EoI) for sale of Air India, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management said the deadline has been extended in view of the request received from the interested bidders due to the prevailing situation arising out of COVID-19. 

While issuing the EoI in January, the last date for bids was kept at 17th of March which was later extended till 30th April and further extended to 30th of this month.

Besides, the date for intimation to Qualified Interested Bidders has also been extended till 14th of September, 2020. The government in January this year restarted the divestment process and invited bids for selling 100 per cent equity in the state-owned airline, including Air India’s 100 per cent shareholding in AI Express Limited and 50 per cent stake in Air India SATS Airport Services Private Limited. 

In 2018, the government had offered to sell 76 per cent stake in the airline.

Tamil Nadu govt to recommend CBI probe in Tuticorin custodial death case

Tamil Nadu government has decided to trasfer the probe into the death of a father-son duo, alleged victims of police torture in Tuticorin district, to the CBI.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the government’s decision will be conveyed to Madras High Court, which seized the matter, and secured its approval before transferring the case to the CBI.

P Jayaraj and his son Fennix, arrested for ‘violating’ lockdown norms over business hours of their cellphone shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti on June 23, with their relatives alleging they were severely thrashed at the Sathankulam police station by police personnel earlier. The incident has triggered a national furore, leading to the suspension of four policemen, including two sub- inspectors.