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Cow milk Pros and cons:This can scare you
I love milk.
Specially cold milk.
I like the milky chai and the nice cup of coffee with milk.
But to keep healthy I had switch to green tea.I still have my cup of midmorning coffee and the ginger chai on weekends.
Cows milk pros:
1 cup milk has ;
Eight grams of protein12 grams of carbohydrates
300 milligrams of calcium, which is 30 percent of the recommended daily allowance for most adults.
It’s easily available
Cheap
High quality protein.
Soya milkis in no way better.It’s the evil cousin.
The Cons of cow milk:
The main problem with milk is not just the calories .
That you can beat with the skimmed variety.
But the milk protein itself has a few of its own issues .
It’s a grey zone.
It is digested quickly .Absorption occurs fast and cause rapid increase in plasma amino acids .
This causes faster release of insulin .
This is dangerous .
Hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinaemia are both factors of insulin resistance.
This insulinotropic role of milk products is a cause of concern for health.
What is Insulin?
Insulin is a peptide hormone secreted by the β cells pancreatic islets of Langerhans
What does Insulin do for you ?
It maintains normal blood glucose levels.
It helps in cellular glucose uptake, regulating carbohydrate metabolism .
Helps inlipid and protein metabolism .
Insulin stimulates glucose uptake.Promotes lipogenesis while suppressing lipolysis .
Promotes cell division and growth through its mitogenic effects.
What happens when you have insulin resistance ?
- Diabetes
- Obesity
Problems with obesity
- Coronary heart disease
- Hypertension
- Stroke,
- Certain types of cancer
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- gallbladder disease
- dyslipidaemia
- Osteoarthritis and gout,
- Pulmonary diseases, including sleep apnoea
Other scary facts about milk include issues with prostatic and ovarian cancer.
- High dairy levels in diet is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis
- D-galactose in milk is a pro -inflammatory agent.Molecules causing inflammation are responsible for acne ,ageing and other age related disorders.
- Lactose intolerance is very common.
- Milk protein is a common food allergen
At the end of the day ,diet is supposed to be balanced.
See what works for you .
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References :
1)Nilsson M, Stenberg M, Frid AH, Holst JJ, Bjorck IME. Glycemia and insulinemia in healthy subjects after lactose-equivalent meals of milk and other food proteins: the role of plasma amino acids and incretins. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;80:1246–53.[PubMed]
2) Calbet JAL, MacLean DA. Plasma Glucagon and Insulin Responses Depend on the Rate of Appearance of Amino Acids after Ingestion of Different Protein Solutions in Humans. J Nutr. 2002;132:2174–82.[PubMed]
3)Nilsson M, Stenberg M, Frid AH, Holst JJ, Bjorck IME. Glycemia and insulinemia in healthy subjects after lactose-equivalent meals of milk and other food proteins: the role of plasma amino acids and incretins. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;80:1246–53.[PubMed]
4) von Post-Skagegård M, Vessby B, Karlström B. Glucose and insulin responses in healthy women after intake of composite meals containing cod-, milk-, and soy protein. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006;60:949–54. [PubMed]
5)Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation.
World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser. 2000;894:i-xii, 1-253.
6)Insulin and Insulin Resistance
7)Childhood obesity :The control is in your hand(part 3)
8)Childhood obesity healthy eating habits
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Thankful Thursday week 3 :Being a doctor changed my life
What’s the life event that changed my life?
Which is the event I am thankful for most?
If you start at the beginning
Which is a very good place to start ……
It all began when I cleared the West Bengal Medical entrance examination .
Life changed.It was exciting.
A whole new world of anatomy dissections,biochemistry vivas ,community medicine classes ,clinical rotations and night duties.
Night duties the bane of my existence . But still being a doctor is the only thing I ever wanted to be.
Luckily for me in West Bengal ,I needed a paltry sum of Rs 250 per year, as yearly tuition fees. So studying to become a doctor was not a money game.
The most money I spent ,was for books .I bought some and photocopied parts of those ,which I couldn’t (Yes I know that’s not ethical,but had to study and couldn’t afford them????)
My parents didn’t have to bear the burden of spending lakhs, on my education.Frankly ,they didn’t have that kind of money .
In fact as a medical student ,it was easier for me to tutor and earn my own pocket money.
Once I became an intern and had the formal Dr. in front of my name ,I started getting paid for my services.
Life changed forever.
In fact I am thankful for studying in West Bengal .Here , till a short time ago ,Private Medical colleges and exorbitant college fees were unheard of.The tax payers helped subsidise my studies.
This thankfulness to the citizens, made me want to stay back in India ,after completing my studies.Life would be different in a different country .But the burden of trust which I have needs fulfilling.
3 Life lessons I have learnt in this journey
LESSON 1
I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate — even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.”Norman Cousins (in his; Anatomy of an Illness)
LESSON 2
The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself – but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.
Norman Cousins
LESSON 3
Nature itself is the best physicianHippocrates
If the Government didn’t subsidise the cost of medical education,it would be unaffordable for many
It’s during my studies at Calcutta Medical college , I met my very best friend who became my life partner .
So life took a giant leap when I entered Medical College.Both professionally and personally.
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Aseem blogs at transitionofthoughts.com
Aseem has spent his formative years in the Middle East and India. He is a passionate blogger, published author, avid traveler .He has visited more than 20 countries and book reviewer.
Rather than create a niche for himself, he loves exploring various genres from micro-fiction to travel blogging.”
He is a Consultant.MBA Marketing from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune.
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Misconceptions about Wealth:Secrets of the Millionaire mind Book review
Do you have a wealthy mindset ?
Did you know your mind controls how rich you will be ?
When I first read Think and Grow rich by Napolean Hill and then
I realized a common thread.
How wealthy you will be has a lot to do with your subconscious mind .Your mindset.
Just like Rich people ,poor people and middle class people.
There are different mindsets .
What are the different Wealth mindsets?
- Zillionaire mindset
- Billionaire
- Millionaire mindset
- Rich mindset
- Middle class mindset
- Poor mindset.
Your subconscious controls your conscious actions.
Your mindset is a function of genetics and environment .
Just like disease and health,earning money also needs mindfulness .
Do you feel you don’t want money?
It’s unlikely you will become rich by your actions.
That’s why the rich gets richer.
They know how to attract wealth.
When someone becomes rich and powerful don’t be J .
Bless that person and find out how you can do that too.
Being J stops you from learning the how’s.
It’s a very negative energy which doesn’t attract positive wealth.
So is making money voodoo?
Not really .
Everything in this world is interlinked .
Just like practicing Mindfulness makes your mind healthy.
Exercising makes your body healthy.
Practicing making money, makes you rich.
Sounds funny right ?
Maybe I am losing ,it with all the work pressure and daily blogging?
#Demonetization made everyone shocked.The intent behind is great.
Get rid of corruption .
And they had to start somehow .
But statements like” the poor are sleeping in peace and the rich are standing in line to buy sleeping pills!”
Made me wonder.
What about middle class?
What about you and me ?
We are the middle ?
We can see both sides?
Why would the Government be happy if people commit suicide?
Is it good to be poor?
To beg borrow steal? Is it good to be so worried about your next meal, that you can’t study?
Is it good to be uneducated ,poverty-stricken with a tin roof over your head?
Is it good to be at the mercy of “free “healthcare when it’s a life threatening disease?
Do the poor want to stay poor?
Did the honourable PM stay the “humble chaiwala”?
Did he not rise?
Money is Goddess Laxmi.It’s energy.If you treat it badly ,if you use it for a wrong purpose, it’s written down some where in your money map.
Earning money can’t be evil.
Not paying taxes ,not being honest,that’s not right.
But money is colourless .It’s neither black or White.
Like most people it’s Grey.
When you mock money ,you forever close the door of opportunity to earn it .
The more you say you don’t want money,wealth is unlikely to fall in your lap.
This doesn’t mean you become greedy .This just means you realize.
The mark of true wealth is determined by how much money one can give awayT.Harv Eker
Misconceptions about wealth ,make it impossible to be financially free .
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This book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker promises to help you master the inner game of wealth.
Financial prosperity in the world appears to be skewered.
Some people get richer and richer. Others work equally hard ,buy struggling financially .Is there a relation between mental attitudes and money views?
To get rich you have to think rich.
The author through his stories inspire you to alter your thinking patterns.
Those clouds , mists and storms in your mind.
Calm them .Organized them
Tell them you have a billionaire mind.
This ritual of saying it aloud sounds simple.
But there’s a thing called positive reinforcement in psychology .
In normal terms it means:
When your mom says what a good girl you are for cleaning up the kitchen ,it’s more likely you will do it again.
That’s how your brain works.
By appreciating wealth you make your subconscious open to accepting wealth.
Your subconscious mind is powerful .
Mental exercises to unlock your potential ,makes this book very interesting .
The Money blueprint
Did you know you have a genetic money blueprint?
How did your parents think about money ?
Did they like earning well?
Did they like donating?
Did they like investing?
Did they like risky adventures with money ?
Did they run after money ?
Were they happy with money?
You are a complex result of your heredity ,environment and your consciousness .
The first two are out of your hand in your childhood.
As an adult ,how you manage the last two, can change your life.
Throughout the book the author gives you Wealth principles.
7 Wealth principles which you can try now
1)If you want to change the fruits ,you will have to change the roots.
If you want to change the visible,you must first change the invisible .
2)My inner world creates my outer world’
3)The only way to permanently change the temperature of the room is to reset the thermostat.
In the only way to change your level of financial success “permanently “, is to reset your financial thermostat
4)Rich people believe I create my life
Poor people believe “Life happens to me”
5)Money is extremely important in the areas in which it works,and extremely unimportant in the areas it doesn’t .
6)When you are complaining ,you
become a living breathing cap magnet
7)The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want .
What I didn’t like too much ?
The book is great . But you need to block out the parts of excessive self promotion that the author does .
That can be a little irritating.
But otherwise the mental hacks are interesting .
How to read the book for best results ?
It’s a small book which you can speed read . I suggest you try one exercise at a time.The results will encourage you to try more.
A favourite passage in the book is an excerpt from another book.It’s a tad long .But read it .See if you agree.Then you can try unlocking the “billionaire mindset”!
Money is power and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it!You ought because you can do more good with it than you can without it.Money printed your Bibles,money builds your churches,money sends you missionaries and money pays your preachers….I say then you ought to have money.If you can honestly attainment unto riches…It is your ….Godly duty to do so. It is an awful mistake of these pious people to think you must be awfully poor in order to be pious.
Russel H .Cowell in his book Acres of Diamonds.
This passage is specially powerful.
Think about all the places where free education and free healthcare is given.
Doesnt the set-up need money?
How does the buildings get built?
Do the employees all work for free?
How are the free medicines bought?
It’s all free because someone made a lot of money, to pay for it all.
Money by itself has no colour.
It’s the actions you do to get it and what you do with it, that colours it.
The day I started blogging I was thinking of having a digital empire.That’s my plan.
Do you have a plan?
What do you think about your money mindset?
Do you think your subconscious needs work.
Do you have a billionaire mindset?
Comment below to let me know.
Writing on the prompt Misconceptions for Team Inkmagic of Blogbuddy 3.0
This is Day 16 #NaBloPoMo .
Linking up with Ruchi and November’s child for
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Club foot : What Parents must know
What is Clubfoot?
Clubfoot is the most common musculoskeletal birth defect.
It’s a condition where the babies foot is twisted in an abnormal shape and position.
This happens due to short ligaments and muscles in the foot.The foot is excessively turned inwards.It’s also known as talipes equino varus.
What Causes it?
May be positional.It is more common than the congenital type .Can be corrected with gentle dorsiflexion.Your doctor will show you the manoeuvres.
Can there be other problems?
It’s a birth defect of unknown etiology
May be isolated.
Or Associated with spina bifida , cerebral palsy,Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.
Meningomyelocele
What risk factors can Mother have?
- Oligohydramnios
- Teratogenic agents
- Uterus constriction rings
How common is it?
It’s more common in males.
50%cases may be bilateral.
Almost 1.2 babies in every 1000 may be affected.
50%cases may be bilateral.
Almost 1.2 babies in every 1000 may be affected.
How to make the child have a better life?
The best practices nowadays involve the ponseti method.
This involves:
*Series of manipulation
*Series of casting
*Percutaneous Achilles tenotomy
*Bracing.
These if done properly can help 98% of babies with club foot.
The Casting has the most obvious visible effect on the deformity.
But bracing has to be done long-term by parents at home at night.
Needs patience and parents motivation and sincerity.
Lack of adequate bracing can cause high relapse rate due to inadequate bracing.
Bracing lasts for 4 to 5 years.Has to be done every night.Properly done bracing for the right amount of time is most crucial for long-term success.
What problems occur, if not corrected ?
- Restricted mobility and difficulty walking.
- One and a half-size smaller shoe size.
- Poor self-imageArthritis.
- Poorly developed calf muscles
Birth defects if treated early can be corrected.A lot depends on motivation and dedication of parents.
I believe there’s always hope .No one knows all the answers .
What do you think ?
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Happiness and coping skills:How you can help your children
Did you know happiness is contagious ?
If you are happy ,good things happen.
If you are happy the weather is perfect .
If you are happy, your children smile.
Are happy people more successful?
Or are successful people more happy?
Growing up my childhood memories are mixed .
Memories typically have a rosy tint .
But one thing about life experiences ,they make you what you are.
Good ,bad and not so pretty .Your scars truly make you you.
Wear your scars with pride .
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars” –Kahlil Gibran
That’s why protecting children from conflict and challenges is not a good idea.
This doesn’t mean you fight, scream and have unpleasantness at home.
It means let them learn to disagree with each other .Disagree but live in harmony.
Let them occasionally fight .Then make up.
Let them have heartaches and doubts .
Let them learn from betrayal.
Let them have their dreams broken.
Nothing that you plan is going to work out. Everything is going to be totally different than the way you expected. And things will constantly challenge you. Wherever you look the world is not as solid it seems to be.” –Eckhart Tolle
Change truly is the only constant.
The better you cope with change.The happier you are.
Diseases help your body develop immunity .
Your mind develops it’s strengths from adversity.
Let them learn to patch their souls.
Teach them to dream new dreams.
Help them persist and persevere .
“When life gives you lemons
You make lemonade”
That should be the mantra .
Give them the education , the life tools ,resources to battle life’s pitfalls .
Teach them to rise like a Phoenix . Each time .Every time.
As parents you and me have the most important job .
To make beautiful responsible people.
People who love care,share .Not looking at colour ,race,geography ,gender.
But always with kindness and compassion .
“It is our darkest moments that we must focus on the light.” –Aristotle Onassis
In these divisive times.You as a mother can help.Make them prepared to fight.
Fight against injustices,rise above intolerance .To stand up for themselves . Be the voice of those who have lost theirs.
If we lose empathy ,kindness ,compassion, don’t we stand to lose humanity ?
Consciousness makes us superior to others in the animal kingdom . You need to make this consciousness strong.
Sensitive .
But strong.
Sounds confusing right ?
Sensitive to others distress.
Strong in own distress.That’s a healthy consciousness .
When people fight,kill each other.When nothing makes sense.
Thats when we need to remember.
Remember that wars have helped no one.
Pigeon holes have made only pigeons happy .
Let us teach our children to recognize truths. To know right from wrong. Not be stuck in mind prisons.
Not be afraid .
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” –Joshua J. Marine
To succeed where others have failed . To persist when others have given up.To go forward when others have stopped .
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” –Bill Cosby
Happiness and success are life skills.As parents you give your children these treasures.
You can only give what you have.
So if you have self doubts ,fears,anger,distrust .Remove them from your mind.This is the time to work on yourself.Until you do that ,nothing can help.
Because that’s your mind clutter.
That’s what prevents happiness and success from staying forever.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn.It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” –Denis Waitley
Teach your children to live with grace .Live life with thankfulness.Every moment . Every day.This is what I want to teach my daughter too.It’s a journey.We are learning too.
Let’s do this together.
Still love
Still trust.
Still believe .
Because life truly is beautiful .
Do you believe happiness attracts success ?
Do you believe our scars make us stronger?
Comment below to let me know.
NaBloPoMo day 14
Halfway done this is my 55 th day of Daily blogging.
I am linking up with #Mondaymommymoments
I am also linking up with #mg
