beauty of eyes

Eye Care




Eyes are the most highly developed of all the sense organs. They need proper care and attention particularly as they are constantly exposed to dirt, dust, pollution, smoky atmosphere. Abusing your eyes by letting them become over-tired can result in headaches.       
 

 
 
Avoid using too much of eye drops, rather it is better to squeeze fresh cucumber juice into your eyes.

Don't read in poor light; the light should come from behind or above rather than from the front.


Don't read for more than two hours at a stretch. Give a rest in between to your eyes for 10 min by putting the palms of your hands over them and shutting out the light.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Keep the use of eye creams to minimum and be careful not to get them into your eyes. If you do, wash your eyes immediately with warm water
 
 
 
 
 
Make sure to remove all traces of eye make up before going to best for it might cause infection in the roots of eyelashes
 
 
 
 

Your sleep pattern should be composed of at least 7 hrs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

youga for body fitness

Dandayamana-Dhanurasana- Standing Bow Pulling pose

Method:

Begin in Tadasana, Mountain Pose

Inhale the right arm up keeping it rooted in the shoulder socket but extending through the finger tips.

Bend the left arm so the elbow is close in to the body and the finger tips are away from the body, palm faces the sky.

Engage the muscles of your right leg as you bend the left leg behind you and catch the inside of your foot with your left hand.

Draw both knees together while keeping the tailbone tucked.

Exhale, press your left foot into your hand extending from the left top thigh. As the leg raises begin to hinge at your hips bringing your upper body parallel to the ground.

Allow the heart to melt as the left hip bone and shoulder softens and surrenders.

Reach through the ball mounds of your left foot as your upper body reaches forward.

Find the arch in the spine to be equal through out by extending though the heart and rooting the tailbone down, away from the body.

To release: Exhale, come back through standing and repeat on the other side.

Benefits: Strengthens thighs, buttocks, hips, abdomen, and arms, reduces abdominal fat, Helps manage anorexia. Good for posture and natal care. Helps in healing tennis elbow and frozen shoulder

Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss

Some people simply fail to lose even an ounce, no matter how rigorously they work out or how little they eat. These people often have to cope with obesity and related problems. Although, there are a myriad other factors which prevent you from losing weight, insulin resistance is considered as one of the most common cause. Insulin resistance and weight loss are very closely associated. However, some people have many misconceptions regarding this fact. While most people think that insulin resistance is observed only in people who are overweight or those who eat plenty of sweets, others might also believe that insulin resistance invariably leads to diabetes and there is nothing you can do about it. To understand how insulin resistance affects weight loss, we need a thorough understanding of the function of insulin.

Function of Insulin
Insulin is primarily responsible for maintaining the glucose levels in the body. Every cell in the body needs a continuous supply of glucose to fulfill its energy demands. Cells cannot directly absorb glucose from the food. Whenever you ingest refined carbohydrates, your body breaks them down to glucose. This glucose is carried to the cells through the bloodstream. However, glucose molecules cannot penetrate the cell wall on their own. This is where insulin comes into picture. Insulin acts as a gatekeeper for the cells by opening and closing the entry to the cells. Insulin helps glucose molecules to gain access to the cells and then seals the entrance so that glucose is not released back. Inside the cell, glucose gets converted into fats and is stored in the form of fat cells.

What is Insulin Resistance
As mentioned above, insulin is directly concerned with the absorption of glucose in the cells. Thus, whenever you eat processed food rich in carbohydrates, your insulin levels are bound to surge. If this happens too often, your insulin levels may remain chronically elevated. As a result, the responsiveness of the cells to the insulin also begins to diminish. The body takes this as a signal to produce even more insulin in order to invoke the cell response. This worsens the situation, as the cells do not get their usual supply of glucose, thereby depriving them of energy. This is the reason why many people with insulin resistance experience fatigue, low energy levels and muscle weakness.

Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss
High levels of insulin in the body are an indication that glucose is not properly utilized by the body. As a result, more amount of glucose is converted to fat and stored in fat cells. Further, insulin also prevents the release of fat from the fat cells. The blockage of fat release results in weight gain. Since, the fat remains trapped inside the fat cells, no amount of diet or exercise can help to reduce this fat. As a result, people with insulin resistance often have trouble losing their weight. If insulin resistance is not controlled on time, it may lead to an array of metabolic disorders. The most serious of these is metabolic syndrome which is a precursor to type 2 diabetes. Fortunately, insulin resistance is not something you can never cure. With proper diet and exercises you can control this disorder.

How to Control Insulin Resistance Insulin resistance diet is the first thing you should consider while controlling insulin resistance. Steer clear of high carbohydrate processed foods. Also avoid sweet, sugary foods which can elevate the insulin levels. A low carb diet rich in natural foods is best for insulin resistance. Similarly, exercising also helps to control this disorder as it increases the insulin response of the cells. As a result, body can continue its normal functioning even with little amount of insulin. Weight training exercises in particular are known to be of great help to people with insulin resistance. Every day, make it a point to exercise for at least 30 minutes, to significantly drop your insulin levels.