The 7 Dangerous Acts after meal

1. Don't smoke: Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).
2. Don't eat fruits immediately: When you eat your fruits with meals, the fruit is stuck in the stomach along with the contents of the meals and cannot reach the intestines in time. Lying there they get spoilt and spoil the remaining food in the stomach too. Thus it is recommended that you eat a fruit at least one hour after eating a meal or before your meal and preferably in the morning with empty stomach. It is in the morning that the body can best use the nutrients in the fruit and get enough energy to start the day.
3. Don't drink tea: Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.It is preferable to drink tea an hour after meals.
4. Don't loosen your belt: Fiction, not particularly bad for you! We generally have an attitude that a good meal is that which forces us to loosen our belts. However, loosening the belt is bad, not because it causes the intestines to twist or block but because it means that you have over eaten to a level that you are uncomfortable. Loosening of the belt may also cause you to feel comfortable once again which means you may continue overeating. So eat only to the extent that you can be comfortable without loosening your belt!
   
   
   
   
5. Don't bathe: Bathing after meal will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.
6. Don't walk about: Fact, it is bad for you! Walking directly after meals is a bad idea, it can result to acid reflux and indigestion. However, walking about half an hour after meals is known to be good for you. Researchers in the Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina, have found that walking after exercise is a good way to burn energy. The point to note is when to walk, you should ideally walk for about 10 minutes and only 20-30 minutes after meal to prevent acid reflux and stomach upsets.
7. Don't sleep immediately: The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine. Courtesy: Conscious Life News's

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‘Pesticide Menace’: Now central government at the rescue

The report submitted by Consumer Voice on ‘Pesticides in Vegetables’ way back in 2010 is finally spelling success. Authorities have initiated reform measures, i.e., the way situation needs to be dealt from the grass root level. With the intervention of the central government the problem can be tackled in a more smooth and refined manner. 

In a recent development the Delhi government told the Delhi High Court that tackling the problem of pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits sold across the Capital will need Centre’s intervention.

Several reports have pointed out a high content of pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits sold in Delhi that can cause various diseases, including cancer.

Amicus curiae Sanjay Jain submitted before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw that the problem cannot be addressed by Delhi government alone.

“Delhi is a consumer market. The problem starts at the point of cultivation when various pesticides are added. Remedial measures have to start from the point the cultivation begins,” Jain said.

The high court, however, declined to accept Jain’s plea to include all the state authorities as a party in the case. “If some policy has to be made and implemented, the Union government is going to the implementing agency,” it said.

The agriculture ministry also informed the court that an extensive media campaign has been initiated to educate the people regarding safe use of pesticides in fruits and vegetables.

The ministry, in its affidavit, said the “Ministry of Agriculture has decided to extend all assistance to the state government of NCT of Delhi in setting up requisite infrastructure for enhancing its capacity to carry out sample testing of pesticides in fruits and vegetables”.

The Delhi government, represented by counsel Zubeda Begum, also informed the court that it was adhering to periodic monthly sample tests of fruits and vegetables sold in the city. The HC had acted suo motu on a report by NGO Consumer Voice, which in 2010 found that 35 varieties of vegetables and fruits, picked from Delhi markets and tested for pesticide content, had toxins beyond the permissible limits.

The report claimed that pesticides such as chlordane, endrin, heptachlor, ethyl and parathion were being used in growing number of vegetables. These pesticides can cause serious neurological problems, kidney damage, skin diseases, cancer and other diseases. Source: HT 

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