Tips for comfort living

 

  • Best sound from loudspeakers
    • Placement is very important determinant of loudspeaker performance. Here are some helpful tips
    • For flattest frequency response, position the speakers so that the tweeters are close to your ear height while seated.
    • Place the speakers six to eight feet apart and about 1.5 feet away from the walls.
    • However, for greater bass response, place the speakers closer to the rear wall.
  • Chew some cumin and sugar for relief from stomach pain.
  • Eat cumin and dried ginger powder for relief from cough.
  • Suffering from acidity? No problem. Dissolve a piece of jaggary in water and drink after meals.
  • For cracked heels, melt paraffin wax, mix it with little mustard oil and apply on the affected area. Leave it overnight. Repeat the process for about 15 days. Heels become smooth.

  • Remedies for hiccups

    Hold your breath: Gargle with water; place an ice-bag on the diaphragm or sometime; sip ice water quickly, close your eyes and gently press your eye balls, drink a glass of soda water quickly, eat some sugar. Eat one-tablespoon butter.

  • How to wrestle with wrinkles: Eat plenty of papaya fruit. It has loads of vitamin-C, which is a natural ally of skin. The nutrient is essential for making collagen, the protein fibre that gives skin its strength and resiliency. And being a powerful antioxidant, C also disarms free radicals that would otherwise weaken collagen.

     

  • There are many myths under circulation for maintaining health.

    1. One should stop eating carbohydrates to lose weight: Carbohydrates are essential in one’s diet. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with antioxidants and fibre. Going too long without carbohydrates can lead to lethargy, nausea, constipation and weakness.
    2. Stop eating seafood to avoid blood cholesterol: The worst impact on blood cholesterol is from consumption of saturated fats and trans fats. These are present in meats, fried foods, processed and packaged foods and hydrogenated oils.
    3. Dieting is the best way to keep weight off: The most effective way to lose weight and maintain it for good is to eat four to five meals per day, stop over eating, eat only to the point of satiation and drink two to three litres of water. Eat your meals more or less at the same time every day.

     

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    Remedies for acne

     

    • Apply lemon juice regularly to reduce pimples and acne.
    • Rub with raw garlic several times a day. Garlic is known to cure the toughest of acne problems. The external use of garlic also helps to clear the skin of spots, pimples and boils.
    • To cure acne further, eat three cloves of raw garlic daily for a month. This purifies the blood and ensures basic cleansing of blood and keeps acne away.
    • Grated cucumber applied over the face, eyes, and neck for fifteen to twenty minutes is effective as it is the best tonic for one’s complexion. Its regular use prevents pimples and blackheads.

     

     

    Medicinal properties of eggplant (brinjal)

     

    Purple skinned eggplant or brinjal is full of phenols that help one’s body better use blood sugar. In addition to being effective on blood sugar, brinjal’s supercharged phenols may also inhibit an enzyme tied to high blood pressure. Moreover, the phenols have antioxidant actions.

         Remedy for sore throat

 

  • The basil leaves (Tulasi) are beneficial in curing sore throat. Drink water boiled with Tulasi leaves. One may even gargle with that water to get relief.
  • A decoction made from tealeaves and mixed with a pinch of salt may also be used as a gargle to get relief from sore throat.
  •  A gargle prepared from fenugreek seeds also gives relief.