Iron & Vegetarian And Vegan Infants

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Infants, that is babies between 0-11 months, have enough iron reserves in their body to last them until 4-6 mths of age. After that, one has to ensure that adequate iron is being provided through their diet. This is not an issue for infants whose meals includes non-vegetarian food eg pureed chicken. Vegetarian and vegan infants however, need to be given iron fortified commercial baby food, in addition to providing iron via iron rich vegetarian food sources eg pureed spinach combined with a base like mashed rice. If your baby is vegetarian or vegan, after the age of 4-6 months, you will have to select baby food which is fortified with iron. Read the Nutrition Information Panel on the product, to see if your choice of baby food is iron fortified.

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Food Fussy Grandparent? Not Without A Reason.

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When an elderly person, say a grandparent, fusses over salt being less in the food, or the food smelling `funny', know that their concerns are genuine. The elderly (>65 years) undergo many physiological changes which affect the way they smell, taste, chew or even swallow food e.g. ageusia, is a condition in the elderly, where there is loss of sense of taste. Similarly, many also develop hyposmia or a decreased sense of smell. All these impact how food appeals to their senses. Modifying their diet (e.g. instead of increasing added salt or spices, a dash of lemon juice will heighten the taste perception of a dish) helps overcome these problems and makes life a bit more comfortable for them.

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Your Herbal Tea May Not Be....Well, Herbal!

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Most herbal teas are just regular tea leaves, honey or a sweetener, a significant portion of appealing flavour and a tiny amount of herbs thrown in. While buying any herbal tea, read the  "Ingredients" label provided (usually at the back) carefully. This label should  provide the name of all the herbs the tea claims to contain e.g. Mint, Rosemary, Tulsi etc. The percentage content of each herb in the tea should also be mentioned and in a descending order e.g. Mint (5%), Tulsi (2%) and so on. No information or non-specific information, means the brand is not worth buying. Skip.

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The Dessert Dilemma

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A peril of eating out is that you are mostly likely to succumb to the waiters cajoling and order their `best' dessert. Eating out per se, makes you consume extra calories. Add a dessert to it and what you have are hundreds of calories your body doesnt require. What can you do?

1. Under eat during the main meal i.e leave some space in your belly, for that dessert which you know, you will surely have.

2. Be large hearted and share i.e order one dessert and split it with everyone on the table. Works if you have understanding meal companions. If eating alone, or with people who will brand you as a miser, implement tip 1.

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Why No One Can Eat Just One Potato Chip

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Wondered why you really cannot, EVER, eat just one potato chip? The fat* in potato chips and French fries may trigger the body to produce natural marijuana like chemicals called endocannabinoids. These chemicals in turn make all fatty foods irresistible and kick start a biological mechanism that encourages eating more.

*Since potato chips/French fries are deep fried. Otherwise, potato in its raw form has a negligible fat content, 0.1 g per 100 g to be precise. Also, the endocannabinoid theory is said to apply to all foods rich in visible or invisible fat.

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Alcohol and Football

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Its common in team sports to celebrate wins by consuming a few drinks. Alcohol unfortunately is a diuretic i.e. it increases urinary output. This in turn slows down the important process of rehydration or replenishing of the body`s water stores, which is so vital to any sports person.

Thus, post-match its vital that a footballer should rehydrate with water or sports drinks. This should be followed by `refueling' using high carbohydrate foods and only then, should he consume any alcoholic beverage and that too, in moderation.

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All Ye Men! Measure Thy Waist Now!

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Men pile on abdominal or belly fat, more easily due to the hormone testosterone. An increased abdominal girth is one of the biggest risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in men. So if your waist measures more than 40 inches, its time to trim it down and soon.

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