A recent topic of heated debate has arisen on whether to vaccinate your children or not. From celebrities to political figures to scientists to other parents at your child’s school, everyone seems to have an opinion. While discussion is a healthy aspect of health care, most medical experts still agree that it is best to have your children vaccinated, not only for their wellbeing but the wellbeing of other children around them as well. Routine vaccines have saved countless lives and keep the population healthier. We live in a world where travel to and from other countries is common, and this travel increases the risk of exposure to diseases. In some rural areas, where modern healthcare systems are virtually non-existent, serious diseases are much more likely to be found in children who did not have access to vaccinations. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccination is one of the best ways parents can protect infants, children, and teens from 16 potentially harmful diseases. The thing that parents need to be reminded of is that it really wasn’t that long ago that these diseases were once common causes of death among children. Vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio or measles can be very serious, may require hospitalization, or even cause death in infants and young children.

If you suffer from diabetes , then it’s a given that you will face certain dietary restrictions. But that does not necessarily mean that you have to neglect your taste buds. You can maintain your blood sugar level and still keep your taste buds happy. Wondering how? Well, here are five lunch recipes for diabetics that will be you with that goal: Salmon Tacos A delicious recipe for four servings, with a serving size of two tacos.  The ingredients required are as follows: Half cooked salmon (Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes) One tablespoon of lime juice Eight six-inch warmed corn tortillas One cup of packaged shredded cabbage and carrot (coleslaw mix) Half cup of red sweet pepper (thinly sliced) Sour Cream Drizzle Snipped fresh cilantro Lime wedges (optional) How to prepare: Take a small bowl.  Put the salmon and lime juice in it.  Keep 2 tortillas on four serving plates each.  Top each half of the tortilla with sweet pepper,  cabbage, and salmon mixture.  Fold the remaining half to form a taco.  Top each of the tacos with Sour Cream Drizzle.  If you want, sprinkle snipped cilantro.  Serve with lime wedges. Saucy Thai Pork If you love pork, then this recipe is for you.

Is your kid gets very anxious when you are not around? And no amount of cajoling is helping? Don’t worry! This is normal. Every kid expresses this anxiety , and every parent faces this. Want to know more about what you’re dealing with? Then read on. What is separation anxiety? When your baby is born, it spends most of its time with you. After being cared for round the clock, the baby becomes very attached to you. It is not just an emotional attachment, but also physical attachment, in the form of hugs, etc. So the baby is absolutely dependent on you for everything right from eating, sleeping, etc. Their touch receptors respond to you better. Once the child is able to recognize a smile, they respond well only to someone familiar; and in most cases, this is the mother.The baby creates a world of their own in their brain. A world that is made up of the baby, the mother, and the immediate surroundings. So when there is any alteration, however small, in this world that the baby has created, it becomes anxious. This is known as separation anxiety. Here are few things that make the kid anxious: When the kid misses the mother.

We live in a world inundated by diet suggestions. From print media to social media, we are badgered 24/7 by claims that some diet or the other is the “perfect diet” that will give us our “perfect body”.  And the question at the top of any discerning individual’s mind is – Do these diets actually work? It’s definitely better to be safe than sorry when it comes to following a diet. There are diets which claim to cause exponential weight loss, but in fact, only end up causing long-term damage to one’s body. In the worst case scenario, a bad diet could even cause death! Keeping this in mind, it would be in your best interest to learn everything you can about fad diets; so that you can identify and avoid them before they derail your health and fitness program, or worse. What is a fad diet? A fad diet is nothing but a series of simple dietary procedures, that come attached with unrealistic claims of losing weight or slimming down your body at an unrealistic pace. For instance, if you have come across ads that claim that their proven solution will make you lose weight in three days, then it is nothing but a fad diet.

Most Americans don’t exercise. They try to find reasons to start exercising. They sometimes do in fact find reasons to exercise. But before long, they lose that sense of motivation and return to the monotonous cycle of work-home-eat-sleep. The results are evident. Obesity levels are higher than ever before, deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are rising, other lifestyle-related problems are on an upward trend, and cases of psychiatric problems, some leading up to suicide, are becoming alarmingly more frequent. Experts state that one of the major reasons for this explosion of lifestyle-related diseases and disorders is the lack of exercise. Most people who begin their year with a resolution to exercise more, ultimately end up procrastinating year after year, with their fitness levels going from bad to worse. So if you’re someone who feels the need for a little extra motivation in order to get yourself back on the saddle as far as exercise concerned, then read on to learn about the lifelong benefits of exercise: Exercise makes you look younger than your age One of the straightforward benefits of exercise is that you look younger than your age. Take a look at an aging celebrity. Chances are, they look a lot younger than are.