Second Thought

Hormones have profound effects on mental, physical and emotional health. They are like messengers that have overpowering affects on your mental, physical and emotional health. Hormones plays a key role in controlling an everyday activity like growth, weight, mood, appetite, metabolism and reproduction. The endocrine glands secretes the right number of hormones required for various body functions. Hormone imbalance is a most common problem in today's lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle and mindful eating habits are the keystone that help you streamline the hormones and maintain overall health. Choosing the right food is essential for quintessential for maintaining hormone  balance. Here are 5 Best Food to Balance Your Hormones: 1. Omega 3 rich foods: Essential fatty acids are vital for hormone production. Include these healthy fats like flax-seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, sea foods and fish (especially cold water fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel).   2. Vitamin B Complex rich

Litchis are usually a favourite with most, but it's not without its deadly side, literally.  Eating unripe litchi on an empty stomach has been linked with outbreaks of high fever followed by seizures and death in young children from poor socio-economic backgrounds in rural Muzaffarpur in Bihar and other litchi-growing regions in India during the harvest season in May and June. The summer fruit could be rich in Vitamin C but having it on an empty stomach should be a strict no-no. Also, skipping a meal after eating the fruit might not be advisable as unripe litchi contains a toxin, called methylene-cyclo-propyl-glycine (MCPG) , which can drastically bring down the blood sugar level, especially in children, making it lethal for them. Malnourishment adds to the fast deterioration of an affected person's health.  Reports showed that the dangerous combination of eating litchi on an empty stomach and skipping meal could result in acute low blood glucose level and lead to ac