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Do you feel numbness & tingling sensation in your feet?

Nerve problems (peripheral neuropathy) has become a common medical condition as BP and diabetes are. Most of the population are having peripheral neuropathy in one or other form. What is Peripheral neuropathy: According to Mayoclinic, Peripheral neuropathy is, a result of damage to the nerves located outside of the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves), often causes weakness, numbness and pain, usually in the hands and feet. Most of these symptoms arises due to deficiency of vitamin B12. Symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency :  B 12 deficiency Can cause variety of symptoms including fatigue, headache, depression, headache, heart palpitation, constipation or diarrhoea, loss of appetite, gas formation also nerve problems like numbness or tingling muscle weakness, vision , yellow or pale skin, mental impairments, pain & inflammation in mouth and tongue.  It can also create mental problems like depression, memory loss and  behaviour changes. Long term deficiency of B 12...
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Calculate your heart rate? Know the recipe for heart

A heart rate is number of beats of your heart in a minute; generally adults have heart rate of 60-100 beats in a minute. Heart rate and pulse rate are not different things. You can get the heart rate by measuring your pulse. Let’s check the pulse On your left hand, find the tendon on radial artery (place where you wear the wrist watch, a place just below the thumb), place two fingers on it and count the beat for a minute. You can also count the beat for just 15 seconds and then multiply the number of beats by 4 thus getting the correct count of a minute.  Checking the pulse The innovative smart watch With the touch screen interface, smart watch is another computer in our hand for most of our task, making call, sms, calculations, replying to mails, Bluetooth facilities for calls, songs etc. Also multiple health screening functions like checking blood pressure, heart rate, thermometers, SpO2 and also checks for workout calorie burn, pedometers. Smart watch Smart watch can...

Intermittent diet or Diet window - which is better?

  What is diet window? Diet window is a cycle between meal consumption and fasting in a day at regular interval. Schedule the timings of your meal at fixed time set the total numbers of your meals in a day at the fixed intervals and the time of your breakfast & dinner should be the same; such kind of setting in your diet is referred to as diet window. Sounds interesting??? ·        Things start with breakfast To start with set up your get up time that will decide the time of your breakfast. If you have fixed the time of your breakfast as 8.00 am in morning the last meal the day i.e. dinner should be done at 8.00 pm in night; after which diet window does not allows you to consume anything. In other case, if you are early to rise and start your day with breakfast at 6 am in morning then, finish your dinner at 6 in the evening and enjoy the multiple benefits of fasting. ·        4 hours gap for lunch Grazing is d...