If in any phase of your life you have suffered from acne, you must know how brutal it can get. But one thing that gets more brutal than the acne itself is the remarks and comments made by people. People with serious acne are often regarded as dirty which they definitely are not. This diverts the limelight from acne treatment to acne trauma. Moreover, like every other disease acne comes with a lot of unasked advice from people and false information from quacks. Some will blame your acne on your diet, some will call out your lack of water consumption…
Author: Hiba Batool
Hiba Batool
She is a nutrition graduate from Kinnaird College, Lahore. She is a nutritionist by profession. Her interests lie in medical research and writing. She masters in all topics related to nutrition and health.
Have you always been the chotti in your group? Have you heard people saying to you “dekh ke paon ke neeche naa ajana”? Or are you the one whose driving people don’t trust because you can’t see the road? If yes, then you might be looking for some ways to increase your height, if you think you still can. Or if you have outgrown these years, you must be worried about your children getting the same height as you. Well, it’s not your fault because what you have heard most of your life must have bruised you and created a…
Ramadan comes with countless blessings, innumerable bounties, and several opportunities to get ourselves forgiven. Being Muslims we believe that it is a blessed month. A month where we can get ourselves forgiven for what we have done and prepare ourselves for the best we can do in the future. But being Pakistanis we have made this month too, revolve around Ramadan food. We think more about what to eat in Aftaar than about which Surah to read after it. Unfortunately, food and Ramadan have a stronger bond than prayers and Ramadan. This not only pollutes our intentions for the Holy…
You too must have fallen for those green things usually in brown boxes giving them a touch of organic. Such things usually use the word detox or natural cleanse that will make you lose 10 pounds in 10 days. It was my father’s side table filled with such small bottles or boxes that brought my attention to it. The ones I saw there were either green concoctions of what not or dusty green powders to be consumed with water. This made me think that what actually makes these products work? Is it the green color? Or something else? Do they…
People often talk about turning time back but the only thing you might want to turn back is the scale. Only if you could weigh as much you used when you were 18. You too might often wonder why you can’t lose weight as easily as you used to. Well, an important factor that you miss is AGE. Yes, you age with every passing second with that your metabolism ages and so does your fat. The longer you keep and nurture the fat you have the stubborn it becomes. It might be tough to lose weight in middle age but…
Have you heard of Padman? No, right? because it was banned in Pakistan. The reason the censor board cited for its ban was that it was a taboo topic and thus not fit to be screened in the country. The film showed nothing but the life of a person who recognized the problem of girls not receiving proper menstrual care and how that problem could be solved. Taboo enough? The only thing taboo in the movie was that it talked about PADS and Astaghfirullah is it something to talk about? In Pakistan, going to a shop to buy a packet…
-Shifted to bran bread from white bread. Check. -Banned all soft drinks. Check. -Drinking a glass of milk daily. Check. -Avoiding all sorts of sugars. Check. -Not eating any junk. Check. -Taking lean meat. Check. -Exercising regularly. Check. …
“This (Postpartum depression) is an illness that takes away a woman’s ability to access joy, right at the time she needs it the most.” – Dr. Katherine Wisner “There was sadness in my very bones. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, I cried when the baby cried, I cried when he slept because I knew he would wake up soon. I cried all the time“. were the words of another that underwent postpartum depression. According to the patient herself, after 3 weeks of the birth of her baby, when she discussed her mental condition with her mother she got…
Did you know that Pakistan ranks eighth in the prevalence of kidney diseases worldwide? According to a report by Dawn News in 2019. 20, 000 Pakistanis die every year due to kidney diseases. This means, almost 55 Pakistanis die every day (on average) due to kidney diseases. This could be you or your loved ones and your poor lifestyle and lack of attention towards your health will be the culprit. So if you want to keep your kidneys healthy this might be just the read for you. All you should know about your kidneys and their health. Kidneys are the…
Unless you are stuck in your car for 3 hours on a Motorway and have the urge to urinate, you probably don’t think much about urine. But just paying attention to change in your urine color can help you learn about diet and your health. Isn’t that cool? Let’s look at different colors urine might appear in and when it’s time to talk to the doctor about it. Before we talk about urine colors, let’s pause for just a second. If you or a loved one is struggling with frequent urination, or tingling sensation after urine passing or there is…