We all think that a bowl of fruits and vegetables is the best kind of meal one can have. We chop all the fruits and salad vegetables that our refrigerator has, squeeze a lime, add a dash of salt and we believe it to be the healthiest ever.
But is this the right way to go about it?

Acidic, sweet or neutral - If this isn't how you categorize your fruits when combining them, you need a lesson in how to go about your salads. First of all, you shouldn't mix fruits and vegetables with each other. Second of all, you shouldn't even combine certain fruits with each other.

This basically depends on the speed of digestion of different fruits and vegetables. Many permutations that you are making are perhaps hindering optimal digestion and assimilation.

Here's how you can decide what to pull in that bowl of yours the next time.

Never have acidic/sub acidic with sweet fruits:
Try not to mix acidic fruits, such as grapefruits and strawberries, or sub-acidic foods such as apples, pomegranates and peaches, with sweet fruits, such as bananas and raisins for a better digestion. However, you can mix acidic with sub-acidic fruits.

For a similar reason, you should not mix guavas and bananas. Some studies claim that the duo can even increase your chances of nausea, acidosis and headaches.

Never have fruits with vegetables
Fruits and vegetables digest differently. Fruits have a quicker pace of digestion and in fact, many nutritionists say that they are partially digested by the time they reach the stomach. Also, fruits have more sugar content, something that can hinder the digestive process of vegetables.

For the same reason, one shouldn't mix orange with carrot as when taken together, they may cause heartburn and excess bile reflux.

Researchers suggest that people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, may see a similar or greater reduction in systolic blood pressure after following a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and low-salt diet as people who take antihypertensive drugs.

Blood pressure is the force of blood that pushes against the walls of the arteries. It is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), and it is assessed using two numbers: systolic (the top number) and diastolic (the bottom number).

Systolic blood pressure refers to the force of blood pushing against the artery walls when the heart beats, while diastolic blood pressure refers to blood pressure between heartbeats.

High blood pressure occurs when this force becomes too high. If uncontrolled, it can increase the risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.

Lifestyle changes, such as increasing exercise and adopting a healthful diet, are considered key for lowering blood pressure, but some individuals may also be prescribed antihypertensive medication.

The new study, however, suggests that the DASH diet — in combination with a low salt intake — could eliminate the need for medication for some adults with hypertension.

The DASH diet — supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — is an eating plan consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans, fish, poultry, and fat-free and low-fat dairy products. The diet limits foods high in saturated fat and sugar.

Combining the DASH diet with low sodium intake, however, appeared to produce better results.

30s is the best time of your life. You have a stable career. Most probably stable-ish relationships, you have figured out almost everything in your life by the time you are 30 except for one thing, a great skin. Yes, a great skin is a tough nut to crack. If you are thirty, here are some skin care tips that might help you to get a beautiful skin. Take a look!

A healthy lifestyle
This one is the trickiest yet the most important thing. However, it is quite a simple phenomenon. If you are not healthy, you won’t shine. The glow, the beautiful skin that you long, the blemish free face, it all comes from within. If you are healthy, if you have a good working physical system, it will reflect as a natural glow.

Moisturise well
Some of the early signs of ageing include crow feet, wrinkle, and fine lines and so on. When we age, our skin tends to dry out and lose the elasticity with the lack of moisture. The mistake that we make as we age; we stop or hardly moisturize our skin, which ultimately dries out our skin and causes the early signs of ageing such as wrinkles. Just moisturise your skin well, after showers, every time you wash your face. Use moisturising creams and lotions or you can go for natural moisturizers such as honey and milk cream.

Stay hydrated
Drink plenty of water to keep your naturally moisturised and hydrated. Deficiency of water can cause dry skin, drinking water daily can keep your skin moisturised along with hydrated; preventing signs of ageing such as fine lines and wrinkles.

Protect your skin from dust and sun
You may not know but the harmful UV rays are cause of 80 percent of skin ageing. Exposure to sunlight causes pigmentation, one of the early signs of ageing. Researches show that the impact of UV rays on skin can increase with age. Use a good sun-block cream to protect your skin.

Making kids understand the value of healthy food is quite a battle these days.
First of all, kids don’t listen and second, kids are inclined more towards fast food, junk food, sweets and everything that is tasty and can damage their teeth and have absolutely no nutritional value.
Healthy eating does promote good health and along with that healthy eating can allow a kid to have good oral health. Of course, eating unhealthy foods can lead to teeth decay, bad breath and other oral troubles.

Now, so that your kids can have a healthy oral and dental health, you must teach your kids the right eating habits. In the video our experts tells us that kids in age group of 7 to 17 years old should have a balanced diet.

You must give your kids a diet rich in proteins, minerals, calcium and fibre. Kids can easily get fiber in fruits, vegetables and if a kid is non-vegetarian, they he or she can have a protein rich diet of meat and eggs.

Dairy products are also very important. For a better oral and dental health, for more energy, food rich in carbohydrates is something that kids require.

Ghee is better than butter

The process used to make ghee remove all the allergens such as lactose and milk protein, making it suitable for those who are intolerant to lactose. Ghee also has much more medium and short chain fatty acids than butter, medium and short chain fatty acids do not cause heart diseases unlike other fats.

Nutritional value
Ghee contains high amounts of Vitamin A, D and K. Vitamin A and D both are important for healthy eyesight, bone development and a number of other body functions. Vitamin K, has been related to healthy teeth and bone formation in babies, so if you are going to be a mother, ghee is good for you, although in limited amount.

It can help heal your digestive tract
It has been long prescribed in Ayurveda to have khichdi, a rice and lentil preparation, with ghee when your stomach is upset. Now we know the reason why it soothes an upset digestive tract. Ghee contains butyric acid which nourishes the cells of intestine and repairs the mucous layer.

Ghee for beautiful skin
Just like other kinds of fats, ghee can make your skin softer and more supple, but due to its rich nutrient content it also helps heal your skin. It has been used for ages by Indian mothers to soothe their kids’ chapped lips. Applying ghee once in a while might be a good idea to get that flawless skin.

Antioxidant and Antiviral
Ghee made from milk of cows who are grass-fed has CLA, or Conjugated Linoleic Acid, which is an antioxidant. It is also known to have antiviral properties which might benefit you in case of a minor flu.