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Good sleep should have a few key characteristics: undisturbed, a feeling of refreshment upon waking, alertness during the day, a lack of snoring/ fitfulness/ disturbed breathing, and the sleep should come on roughly twenty minutes after lying down with the intention to sleep. If you aren’t getting your seven to nine hours or feel beaten down and tired during the day, there are probably some very good reasons for this. The common tips to ensure a good sleep include: Avoid Late-night Screen Time: In our tech-heavy world, it seems impossible to tear ourselves away from our gadgets and gizmos even long enough to grab some shut-eye. However, playing on this gadgets or watching television late at night gets our brain stimulated and active, making it harder for us to go to sleep. Stop Down on Alcohol and Cigarettes: Alcohol may help you “pass out”, but that isn’t restful sleep. Similarly, cigarettes and nicotine are stimulants, technically making it harder for your pulse to slow ...

With verities of cooking oils available on the market, it’s hard to know which ones are best for your health. Peanut oil, also referred to as groundnut oil or arachis oil, is a vegetable-derived oil made from the edible seeds of the peanut plant. Though the peanut plant flowers above ground, the seeds or peanuts actually develop underground. This is why peanuts are also known as groundnuts. It comes in a number of varieties, including refined, unrefined, roasted, and cold-pressed , which have slight differences in their nutritional value and health benefits. Peanut oil is most commonly used in Asian cultures, including that of China and Southeast Asian nations like Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Nutrient Composition Here is the nutritional breakdown for one tablespoon of peanut oil: Calories: 119 Fat: 14 grams Saturated fat: 2.3 grams Monounsaturated fat: 6.2 grams Polyunsaturated fat: 4.3 grams Vitamin E: 11% of the RDI Phytosterols: 27.9 mg Most of the health b...

Cranberries  (Vaccinium macrocarpon) are one of the native fruits of North America. It’s a versatile fruit and their benefits make them useful in food as well as in medicinal products. Cranberries have a tremendous amount of antioxidant capacity as compared to other vegetables and fruits like broccoli, spinach, and apples. Cranberry juice is rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, and salicylic acid. By containing only 45 calories per cup, cranberry juice fits very well within the dietary guidelines. Cranberry juice also contains 87.13 g water per 100 g. It provides energy, protein, and carbohydrates.   For minerals, it contains calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and zinc. It also contains vitamins like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin E , & K. Health Benefits of Cranberry Juice Soothes Inflammation: The anti-inflammatory properties of cranberry juice work extremely well in treating inflammation, particularly lung inflammation, ca...