Health & Food

For marinade: Paneer - 250 gms Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder / Jeera - 1/2 tsp Corn Flour - 2 tbsp Chili powder - 1 tsp Curds/ Yogurt - 1 cup, hung Salt to taste Oil - 2 tsp For Garnish: Capsicum - 1 Tomatoes - 1 Onions - 2 Method: 1. Mix the Paneer cubes along with Onion, Capsicum, Tomato pieces with the marinade and keep it aside for 15 mins. 2. Arrange the...

Dec 25: There’s a reason why you’re spending countless hours in the gym but still looking scrawny and not brawny: muscle mass isn’t built solely in the weight room. In fact, what you’re doing at the kitchen table–and even in the bedroom—may be more important for gaining muscle mass than what you’re lifting. (Of course what you’re lifting, and how often you’re lifting it, matters a lot too.) For...

Dec 16: They are marketed as being healthier than conventional cigarettes, but new research suggests people who smoke electronic cigarettes could still be inhaling a host of dangerous chemicals. People who smoke e-cigarettes may inhale higher concentrations of nicotine and of other toxins, say U.S researchers. Nicotine is both addictive and, in large quantities, toxic - and some of the other...

Dec 15: Nuts to you! No, that’s not an insult. It’s a recommendation to add nuts to your diet for the sake of health and longevity. Consistent evidence for the health benefits of nuts has been accumulating since the early 1990s. Frequent nut consumption has been linked to a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, including heart and blood vessel disorders and Type 2 diabetes. The newest and most...

Ingredients: White bread slices - 8 slices Sesame seeds (til), toasted - 1/2 cup Corn Kernels, boiled and crushed - 1 cup Potatoes, boiled and grated - 3 medium Green capsicum, seeded and chopped - 1 medium Onion , chopped - 1 medium Garlic, chopped - 4-6 cloves Green chillies, seeded and chopped - 2-3 Fresh coriander leaves, chopped - 1 tbsp Ginger, chopped - 1'' White pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Soy...

Jerusalem, Dec 6: Your choice of coffee or beer can not only affect your mood, but also influence a part of DNA linked to ageing and cancer, a new study claims. Working with a kind of yeast that shares many important genetic similarities with humans, the researchers from the Tel Aviv University found that caffeine shortens and alcohol lengthens telomeres - the end points of chromosomal DNA...

Dec 6: A bulging stomach is a problem area for most mortals. Even those who are naturally thin tend to develop a paunch as they step into their 30s. Our stomachs store fat for a number of reasons; these reasons range from the genetic to plain abuse of food and drink, with little to no exercise. Often, those who invest heavily in exercise and diet to banish the bulging stomach, do so with a vague...

Washington, Dec 2: In a first, an Indian-origin doctor in the US has performed a unique "life-saving" heart procedure - that involves injecting the patient's own stem cells into the organ - on Hollywood actor Ernie Lively. Amit Patel from the University of Utah performed the historic procedure on Lively - 'Gossip girl' actress Blake Lively's father - using new technique of retrograde gene therapy...

Washington, Nov 23: In the study of Icelanders, researchers uncovered an intricate pathway involving the interspersed DNA sequence, or non-coding region, of a gene that is among a few dozen associated with human pigmentation traits. It is more common to find people with ancestors from geographic locations farther from the equator, such as Iceland, who have less pigment in their skin, hair and eyes...

When John Castellano feels like a smoke, he simply heads to the break room at Kraft Foods’s factory in Garland, Texas. The technician has been able to indulge his habit in common areas at work since he started using electronic cigarettes, which emit vapor rather than smoke. E-cigarettes are “very liberating,” said Castellano, 39, who used to join the other cigarette addicts at the factory’s...