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  While you are very busy in sanitizing each and every product that you bring home; cleaning of vegetables and fruits is a big question that everyone is facing.  Can we sanitize it through alcohol based sanitizer / soap? If we do not sanitize fresh produce it may transfer virus to us. Is that question you have in your mind? As the number of corona-virus case are increasing everyday precautions and sanitization are the only weapon we have to protect ourselves.     YES NO 1 So do you need any costly sanitizer for cleaning of your vegetables or fruits?         2 Are these sanitizers use on edible fruits and veg safe?       3 Can humans eat such fruits and vegetables and digest them without any side effects?         If you answer NO to a...

  What is fever? Fever is an elevation in body temperature about the normal which may occurs due to Exogenous and Endigenous factors  Causes  ·        Endigenous factors: Antigen antibody reaction malignancy and graft rejections ·        Exogenous factors: Bacteria or fungi   Development of fever due to exogenous factors is shown below    ·     Infection due to bacteria or fungi activation of phagocytes in the bone marrow ·     Release of pyrogen ( fever inducing hormone) ·     Synthesis of prostaglandin ·     Thermoregulatory center in the anterior hypothalamus  Increase in temperature (raise in body temperature above 99.5° Celsius should be considered as fever. Temperature until 99° is normal). Types of Fever  ·        Short duration fever: Cold, tonsillitis, influenza, ty...

  About cholesterol Cholesterol is biosynthesized by all animal cells and is an essential structural component of animal cell membranes. Cholesterol also serves as precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acids and vitamin D.    Myths and facts Myth related to cholesterol is abundant and one of them is formation of cholesterol via excess fats, butter, ghee and oils. However, none of vegetarian source is responsible for high cholesterol levels in body but milk, non-vegetarian foods are.   LDL is bad cholesterol as it forms plaque High density lipoproteins HDL are good cholesterol and low density lipoproteins are even better cholesterol careers. LDL cholesterol are the only carriers which can transport cholesterol to the organ that need it most that is the brain, as HDL cannot cross the blood brain barrier. Glycolated LDL (damaged due to sugar attached to LDL) is what causes plaque via infiltration into the endothelial walls of arteries. Thu...