Category: Body & Soul

Mission: Zero Cavities

Mission: Zero Cavities

| December 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

HYDERABAD: The Indian Dental Association (IDA) and Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited recently rolled out their national awareness programme Oral Health Month. Spread over two months, the focus of this programme will be on creating awareness to fight cavities and instil the importance of good oral hygiene across the country. Towards this aim a ‘Adopt a School’ [...]

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A treat for the senses

A treat for the senses

| December 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ladies, if there’s anything that will put that smile back on your friend’s face, then it is a trip to the spa; and in case you have been feeling down of late with all the holiday work piling up, then take a trip to your nearest spa and rejuvenate those tired nerves Stress and tension [...]

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In search of the past

In search of the past

| December 11, 2011 | 0 Comments

Alternative healing has been in the limelight but what has caught the fancy of all is the new-age past-life regression therapy. Postnoon explores Talk about feel-good therapies and you have a list of new-age therapies all around you. From age-old Ayurveda and Yoga to the modern Reiki, Feng Shui, meditation and much more. Apart from [...]

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Workout myths busted!

Workout myths busted!

| November 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

For every myth, lies a truth in hiding. Enough has been read about and discussed about workouts, weight-loss regimes, and wonderful waists. But obviously, there is something that we are probably doing wrong, or believing to be the truth, when reality is far from it. We dispel some of the popular myths about gymming It [...]

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Slim fast plans: Look a little slinkier

Slim fast plans: Look a little slinkier

| November 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

Recent studies show that high-protein diets not only produce the fastest weight loss but also help women retain muscle. As muscle burns more calories than fat, this is important to keep the weight off. Snapped as she sashayed down a London street, Nigella Lawson cut a svelte figure. The curvaceous cook, 51, had clearly lost [...]

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Weatherproof your face

Weatherproof your face

| November 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

It is a cruel quirk of fate that as the clocks go back and we shiver as winter looms, our skin protests as well. It feels dry — thanks to the heating and the colder air — so you slather on more moisturiser, or use a thicker one. Then you get spots. So you stop [...]

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Nature’s happiness hormones

Nature’s happiness hormones

| November 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

You know that feeling you get when you have just completed a tough workout? Or that warm cosy feeling after you treat yourself to some of your favourite chocolate? Or even that glorious post-coital bliss? Well, that elated feeling has a scientific explanation, it comes from the release of endorphins Drugs such as morphine, heroine [...]

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