Are you a frequent traveler? Do you fall sick often, especially after your travel? Not able to find out what’s wrong? Then you definitely need to read on. Most experts agree that most cases of travel sickness boil down to one thing – diet. It is understood that it is difficult to maintain and follow a diet during travel, especially when you constantly travel between time zones. This particularly becomes a problem when it comes to eating meat. You tend to eat processed meat and refrigerated poultry, as opposed to the fresh meat and chicken that you get at home. Some microbes grow exclusively on processed meat, and these can adversely affect your health. Additionally, you cannot ensure the sanitation of the places where the food is prepared. These two factors, in the long run, lead to poor health, and in the short term, leave you potentially vulnerable to traveler’s diarrhea. Considering all this, it makes sense to restrict yourself to a vegetarian diet while traveling. Of course, that’s easier said than done. But fret not! We’re here to help you with that. So here are a few tips to maintain a vegetarian diet while traveling: Be disciplined Any measure you take to keep yourself healthy first and foremost demands one thing of you – discipline.

Proteins are the building blocks of our body. Right from hair, skin, and nails to the DNA – all of these are comprised of protein. But the most noticeable part of our bodies, full of protein, are the muscles. Muscles contain a large amount of protein. So needless to say, if you want to build your muscles, you need to consume a lot of protein. At the beginning of the twentieth century, animal proteins were considered superior. This explains why poultry, beef and other animal proteins were always a part of the diet of a body builder. Of course, this put vegetarians at a disadvantage. But things have changed. Studies have since demonstrated that you can bulk up your muscles without animal meat. Whether you are an athlete or a bodybuilder, there are few things that you must know if you are a vegetarian, and are looking to boost your nutrition: Know what type of vegetarian you are Different types of vegetarians are classified based on what they eat: Vegans (No animal products of any kind are allowed). Lacto-vegetarians (If dairy is allowed). Pescatarians (If fish is allowed). Lacto-Ovo vegetarians (Dairy and eggs are allowed). It is important to know this, because each type of vegetarian has their own set of constraints, and need to structure their diet differently.

Ever seen how an athlete prepares for the race? Or have you seen your favorite soccer team getting ready just before the big game? If you have, then you would have noticed that they engage in all types of stretching, jogging, running, etc. Why do they do it? Here is the simple physiology behind this – Your body is a dynamic system. When it is not put to full use, it will recruit only those areas of your body that are necessary and sufficient, and the rest goes into slumber. And when you want to bring these dormant muscles into action, you will find them to be dull and inactive.Which is why you need to warm up – to kick those muscles into action, and prepare them for use. A good warm up prepares you for greater exertions ahead, not only physically, but mentally as well. Why do you need to do a warm up? Warm up for better blood circulation: For a great workout session, we need our body to circulate blood at an increased rate to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and to the heart itself. A warm up for 5-10 minutes will make the heart pump faster, and the blood circulation increases automatically, preparing us for the workout.

The Calendar Based Method of Family Planning is a contraceptive method that aims to prevents unwanted pregnancy without the use physical barriers like condoms. Using this method, the time to engage in sexual intercourse is determined by monitoring the woman’s period, and thus understanding when she is least fertile, and when she is most fertile/productive. If you are a woman planning to use this method, then you can track your menstrual cycle for six months to a year. This will give you an idea about which days you are fertile, and which days you are infertile. You can then avoid pregnancy by having sex only during those days of infertility. What is the basis of this method? The lifespan of an egg or ovum is short. Many things need to fall into place at the same time for a normal fertilization. The fertile period for any woman doesn’t last more than 5-6 days. Even within that period, when the egg is released from the ovaries, if it doesn’t get fertilized by male sperm within 24 hours of its release, it will run down through a vaginal opening in the form of menstruation. The egg, after it’s release, travels through the fallopian tube; and if there is male sperm present which can fertilize the egg, then the woman conceives.

Depression has been the constant companion of the human race since its very beginning. But it is only fairly recently that people have started to talk about it openly, without the fear of being judged as being mentally ill. Depression is a common phenomenon in today’s life, and it can affect people of any age. But teenagers who are depressed are the ones who suffer the most,  as they cannot understand it or talk about it openly with their parents or friends. Adolescence is the part of life during which a person develops emotionally; the phase when they start to understand themselves and find their individuality. But due to various pressures, familial and social, they sometimes find themselves drowning in a pool of depression, without realizing how or why! What is teen depression? The competitive and ever-changing world we live in places overwhelming pressure on everyone; and this is perhaps doubly true when it comes to teenagers. The pressure to do exceptionally well academically, project an image that is often at odds with one’s true feelings in order to be accepted by others, and the exceedingly high expectations of parents; all of this creates a gives rise to a feeling of rejection among teenagers – which leads to crippling disappointment, and ultimately, depression.