Swasthavritta and Yoga

Health officials in Africa are confident and hopeful that the first-ever malaria vaccine ‘Mosquirix’ approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will "dramatically change" the way the continent of 1.3 billion people combats the lethal disease. "The new malaria vaccine is a 'game-changer' in combating the disease which accounts for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year in Africa," said John Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Kenya Medical Research Institute which has assisted in the evaluation of the vaccine said in a statement that the WHO's approval comes as a 'delightment' for the institute. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, which consists of the world's highest cases of malaria with 27 per cent of the total global malaria toll, officials said that they hope Africa's most populous country will get priority when the distribution of the vaccine begins. WHO gives nod to first-ever malaria vac...

We often make losing weight so complicated we end up quitting from sheer exhaustion or frustration. That's why calorie counting is so hard to maintain for months on end. Complicated diet strategies may work for a time, but then life happens. We get busy. We get hungry. We cut corners and reach for a candy bar. Or worse—the drive-thru. Let's simplify our weight-loss plan a bit, shall we? We can do that by boiling it down to a simple phrase, just two easy-to-remember words that aren't just a suggestion but a command: Eat Clean. By eating clean most of the time, you can lose weight without any feelings of deprivation, because you will quickly learn the connection between what you eat and how you feel. Eat Clean is simply a call to action that means eating more whole foods. "Eating clean means eating whole unprocessed foods from the earth most of the time, limiting junk food and committing to a whole food, minimally processed, mindful diet," says registered dietit...