The Nutritional Powerhouse: Solving Health Woes with Dates

Searching for a natural and delightful way to enhance your health? Enter dates! Beyond their deliciousness, these fruits are a nutritional powerhouse that holds the answer to various health concerns. Let's explore the world of dates and unveil how they offer the solution you're seeking.

1. Nutrient-Rich Goodness:

Struggling with nutrient deficiencies? Embrace dates, a nourishing treasure trove containing dietary fiber, vitamins (like B vitamins and vitamin K), and essential minerals (potassium, magnesium, and copper). These elements fortify your health, revitalizing your body and optimizing its functions.

2. Energizing Fuel:

Do energy crashes plague your days? Discover dates, a source of natural revitalization. Bursting with glucose, fructose, and sucrose, they offer rapid and sustained energy, vanquishing midday slumps and invigorating your active lifestyle.

3. Gentle on Your Gut:

Suffering from digestive discomfort? Dates are your gut's best friend. Abundant in fiber, they ease digestion, promote regularity, and foster a harmonious gut microbiome.

4. Heart Health Ally:

Concerned about your heart health? Rely on dates as your heart's ally. Powered by potassium, they regulate blood pressure and fluid balance, ensuring a healthy cardiovascular system.

5. Bones Love Dates:

Worried about your bone strength? Trust dates to be your bones' natural guardian. Their trio of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium fortifies bone density, enhancing your skeletal foundation.

6. Antioxidant Magic:

Battle oxidative stress with dates' antioxidant magic. Infused with flavonoids and phenolic acid, they combat inflammation, shielding your cells from chronic ailments.

7. Aiding Weight Management:

Struggling to manage your weight? Dates are your weight management miracle. Despite their sweetness, their low glycemic index and rich fiber content help control cravings and support balanced weight.

8. Skin's Best Friend:

Yearning for vibrant skin? Embrace dates, your skin's best friend. Loaded with vitamins and antioxidants, including vitamin C, they boost collagen production and maintain youthful elasticity.

9. Nourishing Your Mind:

Is your mental clarity wavering? Nurture your mind with dates. Brimming with vitamin B6 and folate, they act as mental boosters, enhancing mood, memory, and cognitive sharpness.

 10. Kind to Your Digestion:

Digestive discomfort hindering your enjoyment of meals? Embrace the digestive soothing power of dates. Their enzymes, like amylase, aid digestion by breaking down complex carbs, easing discomfort.

11. Iron-Boosting Benefits:

Fearing low energy due to iron deficiency? Trust in dates, your iron-boosting allies. Rich in iron, they support blood health, preventing anemia and enhancing oxygen transport.

12. Sweetening Naturally:

Yearning for healthier sweetness in recipes? Turn to dates. As a natural sweetener, they replace refined sugars, allowing guilt-free indulgence while promoting overall well-being.

Incorporating dates into your diet can transform your life, addressing various health concerns and rejuvenating your well-being. However, dates' calorie density due to natural sugars warrants moderation. For tailored guidance, consult a healthcare professional or registered dietitian. With their rich history and undeniable health benefits, dates are your solution to a healthier, happier you.

AIR CONDITIONER IN COVID-19 CRISIS

Should compromise Comfort for COVID-19

With the outbreak of COVID-19 there are speculations going regarding the usage of air conditioners through social media. I have gone through the latest guidelines provided by the ISHRAE and excited to share via my blog.

In the present article I would like to limit with Room Conditioners as most of the commercial activities are not operational.

Effect of Environmental Conditions on COVID-19:

• Relative Humidity:It is found to affect the infectivity (the ease with which infection can take place) of virus through the respiratory route. When we breathe dry air the mucous membrane in the lungs become dry. The fluid over lining the cells becomes more viscous, and the little hairs called cilia, which protect our lungs from deep settling of viable & non-viable particles, cannot work and particles settle more deeply in the lungs. If we consider oxygen & CO2 transport and the blood, it is only one cell membrane that separates the airspace from the blood. So, if something goes from our lungs into the blood, we get infected. 

• Moisture in the air is the first arm of our immune system and we now know that our body cannot fight off foreign particles or invaders as adequately as when we're in a dry environment.
• All things considered, the relative humidity level of 40%~70% is considered to be the most suitable environment for humans & decreases problems from pathogens

•  Temperature: It tends to be a factor that directly affects the comfort of building or hospital occupants.
• Normal comfort conditions:24 to 30 degree centigrade(depends upon the individual and physical activity).
• Studies conducted at various RH levels have shown that using viral culture methods low temperatures (7–8 °C) were optimal for airborne influenza survival, with virus survival decreasing progressively at moderate Temperatures (20.5–24 °C) and further decreases at higher (greater than 30 °C) temperatures.
• As per some recent studies, SARS-CoV-2 has been found highly stable on surfaces for 14 days at 4 °C; one day at 37 °C and 30 minutes at 56 °C were needed to inactivate the virus.

• Room Air conditioners:
• Room air conditioners re-circulate air within a single occupied zone. 
• This is the main limitation of the room air conditioners.
• To overcome this, the room need to be ventilated properly by slightly opening the  window. This will allow to introduce fresh air in the room.

Slight opening of a window

• People close the openings in the room (especially provided at the top) to make air not to escape. This will not allow air to move outside and which in turn  increases carbon dioxide levels. The increased levels of carbon dioxide is not a healthy sign.
•  The closing of openings will also build pressure in the room and not allowing fresh air to enter. 
• Not ventilating room will create dizziness and one may feel lightheaded.

• Evaporative Coolers:

• Evaporative coolers, often known as desert coolers provide effective cooling in Hot and Dry Climates. A Fan draws hot and dry outdoor air over water-saturated pads, causing the water to evaporate and cool the Air. Air leaving the Evaporative Cooler, is up to 15°C cooler than outdoor air, is directed inward.
• Evaporative cooler tanks must be kept clean and disinfected and the water drained and refilled frequently.
• Evaporative coolers must draw air from outside to ensure good ventilation.