How can Women Improve their Health during Quarantine
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How can Women Improve their Health during Quarantine

As the lock down is still going on all of us our spending more time in our homes watching Netflix and chilling with our family. Women are also cooking a lot more during quarantine. Women have a lot of pressure on their shoulders because these days they are managing the household work alongside doing their office work from home. Dr. Rohini Somnath Patil says, “connecting the dots between food, exercise, and sleep can make a big difference for your health”. “If you can exercise and you can have a healthy nutrition program, often times that’s just as effective as taking medication for high blood pressure, for high cholesterol, for diabetes, for weight control, there are so many benefits to lifestyle therapies.” Here are most important points that are must for a woman to keep herself healthy. Make self-care a priority: The first and the most important point is to make self-care a priority. It’s natural that women tend to give all their attention to their kids and family and to every other thing around. Prepare a diet for yourself and include necessary nutrients. Drink plenty of water. Get between seven and nine hours of sleep each day. High protein diet: After the age of 35, wear and tear happens at a faster pace in the body. So it is very important that your diet is rich in protein which helps in enhancing the regenerative metabolic processes in the body.” Eat meat that is antibiotic free and hormone free. It’s also important to make sure you’re getting enough fiber and vegetables in your diet. Have six servings of vegetables a day, two or three servings of fruit and make sure you’re getting enough protein in your diet. Having a healthy diet also means having a healthy sleep schedule. Sleep is really an important part to being healthy. When you sleep you make growth net hormone. Growth hormone is necessary to building healthy skeletal muscle. So you can see how everything is connected. If you’re not building healthy skeletal muscle you can’t metabolise and burn your calories. Calcium and Vitamin D supplements: Bone density, calcium and Vitamin D starts reducing significantly after the mid 30s. So regular check up of these parameters and taking the right supplements is very important to maintain a strong health in 40+ women. Vitamin D supplement can be taken with or without food and the full amount can be taken at one time. While your body needs Vitamin D to absorbs calcium, you do not need to take Vitamin D at the same time as a calcium supplement. Multivitamin Supplements: There are multiple nutrients which lack in our day to day diet and the best way to restore that is by taking a good multivitamin supplement. Women can ask their physician and take the right supplements. Eat one bowl of fresh fruits and sprinkle flax seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds on it. Diet rich in antioxidants: Antioxidants are compounds produced in your body and founds in foods. They help defend your cells from damage caused by potentially harmful molecules as free radicals.Antioxidants rich foods like turmeric, garlic, berries, green tea, cinnamon, amla, nuts and seeds help you reduce the oxidative stress in your body thus slowing down the ageing process in the body. Physical health and exercise: It’s very important to be physically active. It can be anything from just a 40-minutes walk everyday to doing online Zumba or pilates or yoga or swimming or aerobics or just simple suryanamaskar for 30 minutes daily. This will also ensure that you feel fresh, energetic, positive and happy throughout the day. Doing exercise and workout can really work wonders for your health. Mental Health:Mental health is one of the most important aspects of health in 40+ women. Here are some things that you can do to ensure a good mental health:  1) Practice meditation for 20 minutes every morning. 2) Practice pranayama and breathing techniques every morning and evening. 3) Practice any of your favourite hobbies like singing, dancing, drawing etc for an hour everyday. 4) Take out time to do things that make you happy. Lastly, Don’t be too hard on yourself. Let things go. You don’t have to be on your toes all the time. Take care of yourself and make self-care a priority. How can Women Improve their Health during Quarantine

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7 things to do at home during Quarantine!
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7 things to do at home during Quarantine!

The world is going through a tough time but remember that we’re together. Some of us are in quarantine because of COVID-19, some are with their family while some of us are living alone in other cities or countries. While we’re all feeling stuck or bored, The Wedding Brigade, India’s only one-stop-platform for everything weddings: content, e-commerce, and services got you covered. Listing below a few amazing ideas to keep the spirits up and positivity going! 1. Skincare Session If you’re one of those lucky ones who get to spend time with their family then why not make the most of it? Now is the time to put that clay face mask that has been resting on your cabinet. Or you can whip up some DIY Face mask with ease from your kitchen ingredients. Ask your parents or sibling to join you in a skincare session. This will be a wonderful opportunity to bond with your loved ones. If you’re living alone then indulge, girl. Give yourself a break. 2. Paint Your Toes! How about honing your inner artist and creating some art on a canvas, I mean..toes and tips. You never know, you might discover the artist inside you. And if you’re a bride-to-be this is the best time to try out some cool nail art all by yourself. 3. Decor Decor Decor Trust me when I say this, you’re never going to put up those fairy lights. You’ve been avoiding it for a long but now’s the time! Put up those lights and artsy pieces and add a new life to your room. 4. Talk To Your Plants Did you know that there are a lot of studies that recommend this? Talking to your plants not only nurtures them but proves therapeutic to us as well. Studies also suggest that plants can respond to music as well. Interesting, right? 5. READ THAT BOOK A lot of us are guilty of buying a book, promising to read it and then eventually delaying it. Now is the time to blow the dust off from those books and escape into a wonderful world without leaving the room. If reading is not your thing, maybe it’s time for you to add a skill or two in your kitty by taking an online course you always were interested in. Think about it. 6. Dress Up! Wear that dress you’ve been meaning to wear. Most of us have been working from home which ensures that there’s a set timetable despite anything. Wear nice clothes instead of sitting in your pajamas and your mood will automatically lift. 7. Block Negativity With self-isolation, we’re all doing our bit. Don’t indulge in the news if it gives you anxiety, allow yourself a ‘worry period’. Worry about things to your heart’s content then concentrate on something for the rest of the day. If you are planning your wedding this is a good time to do research / incorporate all the fun ideas you didn’t have time to think about earlier 7 things to do at home during Quarantine!

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Fitness Regime You Can Follow On Your Own
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Fitness Regime You Can Follow On Your Own

Don’t stress if you cannot head to your favourite yoga studio or your health club these days. Make quarantine the best time to lose weight and detox your body. Though the quarantine is a great way to lose some weight and tone your body, it can actually bounce back on you and make you gain weight too. Take caution, since you’re spending more than the usual time at home, many of you might eat anything and everything at any given time, resulting in more weight gain. Eating packaged foods, chips, chocolates, cakes, cookies, peanuts etc won’t do you any good either, so try and avoid. Stick to a few simple exercises every day. Yoga guru Hemalatha K shares some simple yogasanas that you can follow at home. Here are some tips and exercises that will help you lose weight and detox. Don’t strain yourself, the main key is to listen to your body and exercise accordingly. Squats, lunges and leg kicks gives greater shape to the lower body. Yoga asanas like Tadasana Improves postures, reduces flat feet and firms abdomen and buttocks. Padahasthasana Improves digestive health, reduces lower belly fat, improves blood circulation. Trikonasana+ Stimulates functions of abdomen organs, beneficial to burn fat from stomach, waist, thighs and back. Naukasana Tones legs and arm muscles, helps to reduce belly fat and strengthens back and abdominal muscles. Bhujangasana Decreases stiffness of the lower back, stretches chest and abdominal muscles reducing belly fat. Pawanamukthasana Massages the organs of the abdomen and also eases tension that occurs in the area of the belly and lower back, reduces stomach gas. Suryanamaskara Helps lose weight, gives glowing face, helps your body to detox. Do 2-3 cycles at a slow pace. These asanas will help you keep balanced, calm and fit during these stressful times and help you keep focussed on your goals.

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