Could we get soda machines out of hospitals?
My earliest memories of going to a hospital somehow always comes with a memory of a bunch of healthcare workers smoking in the parking lot. It didn’t fit and probably that’s why it stayed in my memory...
Fast foods: Then and now
Believe it or not, McDonald’s has a food philosophy around how wholesome their offerings are. It has recently turned to fresh beef, real white meat chicken, real eggs and fresh buttermilk. Uh! what were they serving before...
Short sleep, short life
You don’t get to bed until midnight. You need an alarm to wake up every day. The first thing you grab out of your bed is coffee. You toss and turn in the middle of your sleep....
Hungover?
Is it one of those mornings when you wake up thirsty, fighting to get up from your bed, aching muscles and feeling still dizzy from all that blast you had last night? Yes, I am talking about...
Is there a sunny side to eggs?
I have eaten eggs almost all my life and I guess it’s one of the breakfast staples at your house too. Until recently, I thought I knew everything about nutrition from eggs. Now, my understanding on nutrition...
How fake is your food?
Large corporations in America use every trick allowed by law of the country, and some tricks manipulated by industrial lobby and government nexus to manipulate the food they produce and feed to naive population. This is well...
The Rise of Coconut
Just a couple of years back, it would have been very hard for someone in America to find coconut oil on supermarket shelves. One had to make a trip to Indian or other ethnic grocery stores for...
Pay per laugh – the new economy
If someone asked you how can you help a comedy club with their falling revenues, if you are a data scientist, your approach will be to first understand their clients, demographics, competitions and so on, ingest all...
Nourishing The Ecosystem
Bacteria! Ew! The kind of bugs we are always washing our hands to get rid of, the ones responsible for runny nose, bad cough and pesky pimples are actually something that are actually a big part of...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a sweet smelling spice with a very unique aroma and flavor. The spice goes well with both sweet and savory dishes alike and has been prized for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Modern...
Nutrition fashion 2017
Every year we come across new crash diet and fashionable nutrition trends that we haven’t seen before. From Quinoa, Chia seeds, Acai berry, Coconut oil, Garinia Combogia to Kombucha tea, people like Dr. Oz and millions of...
Terrific Turmeric
Like the orange of the rising sun everyday, the one ingredient that was de-facto spice in the kitchen growing up, was turmeric. I don’t think I have seen my mom cooking any curry, soup or dal without...
Magnesium Magic
Are you feeling anxious for no reason? Stressed? Have trouble sleeping? It’s likely that you are not getting enough youth preserving magnesium in your diet and possibly depleting its store in the body under stress. Even small...
The master antioxidant
The subject of food and nutrition came up recently at a gathering, as it usually does, and it was comforting to know that most people know and understand the value of nutrients such as vitamins and minerals....
Sweet potatoes or Yam?
Here is a fact that my daughter will immediately call “bizarre”. Sweet potatoes are not potatoes and Yam is not sweet potato! In fact all of these similar looking tubers are very different, Yam was brought to...
Teaching our kids to grow up unhealthy?
If you are a parent like me with kids in public schools, most of our attention to schooling lies in academics, grades and social development. But, one aspect of public schools that always gets a solid “F”,...
