The right food choices can help reduce anxiety and stress, says Chef Prabhakar Nagraj.
Quit smoking, cut down your caffeine intake and spend more time with your family.
Rediff readers share their experience of eating on the Indian Railways.
Read this before you get started on a 'healthy' eating plan.
'Your fitness doesn't depend on the kind of exercises you are doing.' 'Mostly it is about food.' 'It's about 75% of food and 25% workout.'
For everyone who loved the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, here's some wonderful news!
"Pregnant women should detach themselves from desire, anger, attachment, hatred and lust. Avoid bad company and be with good people," the tract, issued by the government-funded Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, says.
Mumbai-based designer Nachiket Barve talks about his favourite things.
Rediff reader Rahul Datta tells us how he changed his unhealthy diet and lifestyle and reclaimed his life.
We tend to make the things we crave; which does not necessarily mean that they are healthy, says nutritionist Delnaaz T Chanduwadia.
In India, as elsewhere, veganism has spawned an industry of plant-based products such as tofu, tempeh, peanut curd, cashew cheese, almond butter, flax eggs, sauerkraut, seitan, mock meats, apple honey, vegan chocolates, nutritional yeast and plant-based milks. There are vegan cafs and restaurants such as About Vegan (Jaipur), Bodhi Greens (Dharamsala), Carrots (Bengaluru), Earthlings (Mumbai) and Elysian Delights (Gurugram), vegan cooking classes, vegan tours, vegan conferences and vegan e-tailers such as vegandukan.com and veganmall.in. "Plant-based milks such as soy milk, almond milk and oat milk have made promising inroads with Indian consumers. "Estimated at $21 million vs the animal-derived dairy industry at $140 billion, plant-based dairy in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of 20.7 per cent to reach $63.9 million by 2024," write Dhruvi Narsaria and Rajyalakshmi in their 2020 report, "Insights on plant-based milk category in India", published by the Good Food Institute India and Ipsos India.
'I need a haircut, but who can I trust with a pair of scissors?', asks Kishore Singh.
Hemant Kadam tells us how he sacrificed his love for unhealthy junk food and changed his lifestyle to be fitter and lighter.
'Our stomachs, accustomed now only to the blandness of stems and leaves, rumbled at unaccustomed aromas not intended for our consumption.' 'Heaven awaited on a platter -- but not for us,' sighs Kishore Singh.
Did you know Turmeric Latte or Haldi Doodh is trending abroad?
Suhani Sheshodia shares her amazing weight loss journey.
Amit from Belgaum, Karnataka shares his weight loss journey.
'The childhood urge to amass wealth may account for one's inexplicable urge to stockpile change, for there is nothing more gratifying than to lift a box heavy with one's treasure, more satisfying somehow than all the zeroes the Kochhars, Modis and Mallyas appear to have allegedly scammed our banks over,' says Kishore Singh.
Rediff reader Aastha Bhat, 16, from Faridabad, Haryana tells us how she lost weight.
All goods and services have been put in slabs of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%
Besides growing tech and digital enhancements, the firms are ramping up the hiring of more delivery partners and reinforcing existing Covid protocols.
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
In the midst of the agitation the 62-year-ld southern superstar trained in Karate dealt a strike straight in the stomach.
Rediff readers share their experiences of eating on Indian trains.
Chef Karan Kapoor of Raftaar Lounge and bar, New Delhi shares some recipes.
The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
Common items between Centre and states - bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cereals, books and salt - will continue to be exempted.
In the current versions of the Oxford English Dictionary, the synonyms for "woman" include some eye-poppingly sexist words: b***h, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, biddy, filly.
This new mom's Keto transformation is unbelievable!
The actor gets real about the struggles of motherhood and pregnancy.
It is recommended that you consume 1 to 4 gm of carbohydrates per every 2.2 pounds (approx 1 kg) of body weight if you are planning to exercise for longer than an hour.
McDonald's problems couldn't have surfaced at a worse time. Cut-throat competition, rapid expansion and a slowdown in consumer spending in the wake of demonetisation have seriously dented the overall quick-service restaurant business.
'All my life I've walked into hotel rooms and headed straight to the tea tray to make myself cup after relaxing cup of tea in that kettle, never once considering that somebody may have boiled their undies in it,' says Mitali Saran.
Caffeine is a bronchodilator that may improve airflow, says Pavithra N Raj.
Readers share their experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
'The biggest myth is that one can achieve six packs by working out for six months and taking supplements and steroids.'
Rediff reader Navneet, 30 from Vadodara tells us how he lost 15 kg with the right diet and exercise.
The report said that the food served on board the premium train was "satisfactory".
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