Dr BASAVARAJESWARI B responds to ThinkWellness360 questionnaire. Why and how did you think of becoming a doctor? My father always dreamt of seeing me in a position of respect and service. He strongly believed that a doctor’s profession juxtaposed compassion with responsibility and respect. His vision became my purpose; I strive every day to live
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Belief is essentially the feeling that helps you go through your actions and on to successful completion of goals. But, for belief to entrench, you must first have faith in yourself and be able to direct any outcome. To begin with, you need to have a clear understanding of trust, nay
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 The physically fit look good and feel good, because exercise helps pump-in more oxygen and nutrients to the skin. Exercise not only slows down aging, it also helps extend your life, improve your appearance, self-confidence, and your overall figure. It goes without saying that exercise benefits for the skin are immense. Exercise
Words: Drs Kimberley BAXTER & Rebecca BYRNE Feeding babies and toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. But when families can’t afford enough food, let alone the recommended range of different coloured vegetables, or iron-rich meats, it’s tougher still. In our recently published research, parents told us how much effort they put in to feeding children when there is little
Words: Andre ZIZI The reality of our daily observations is far deeper than the rabbit hole. People who are sceptical about what makes our potential infinite consciousness real, and of what we can create beyond our wildest imagination, need to take a deeper look at what quantum physics has to offer. Well, if you find
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The mind is akin to your TV monitor flashing images and information in the background as you do your work-out. If you are observant, you will notice what it adds to your understanding of what is actually happening as you go through your exercise routine. The mind gives clues for you
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Steve was the highly paid, highly acclaimed, highly stressed producer of a popular New York TV news programme. This pressure-cooker of a job granted Steve little sleep. He was constantly getting up early to make it to the studio before anyone else, so that he could organise the day’s show and
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV Dengue [break-bone fever], as WHO explains, is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people. It is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. Most people who get dengue will not have symptoms. But, for those who do, the most common symptoms are high fever, headache, body aches, nausea, and
The garden, or table, beet is the type most commonly grown for human consumption. Three common varieties are the Lutz salad leaf beet, the Detroit dark red beet, and the Chioggia beet, an Italian favourite with alternate red and white concentric rings. Yet another type of beet is the spinach, or leaf beet, grown not
Words: Dr Narayan C Deshpande Our digestive physiology, as a standard textbook puts it, is the component of ‘nutriture’ that provides the substances necessary to support bioenergetics. That is, the role of the digestive process is to prepare and separate individual nutrients from the complex food matrix that enters the body. This process begins with
