Apples for Health

The proverb "An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, yellows. Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free. Apples are delicious and a natural mouth freshener. Apples are a source of both soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber such as pectin actually helps to prevent cholesterol buildup in the lining of blood vessel walls, thus reducing the incident of atherosclerosis and heart disease.

It is a good to eat apples with their skin. Almost half of the vitamin C content is just underneath the skin. Most of apple's fragrance cells are also concentrated in the skin. Apple juice is good as a nutritious drink but excellent in overcoming a liverish feeling, in helping sort out digestive disturbances and for flushing the kidneys. Many of these health providing properties are retained in cider vinegar, so if you cannot obtain apples to prepare your juice you can use instead two teaspoonfuls of cider vinegar in a glass of water. Apples may reduce the risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer apples contain relatively low amounts of Vitamin C as well as several other antioxidant compounds. The fiber content, while less than in most other fruits, helps regulate bowel movements and may thus reduce the risk of colon cancer. They also reduce the risk of heart disease, promote weight loss and controls cholesterol.

Apples are a good source of dietary fibre and vitamin C. Most of the apples fibre is contained in its skin. It contains numerous nutrients, including carbohydrates, sugar, sodium, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids and more unfortunately, in conventionally grown apples, the apple skin is also the part most likely to contain pesticide residues. Since pelling results in the loss of its valuable fibre, choose organically grown apples whenever possible. Rinse apples under clear running water like you would any fruit. To prevent browning when slicing apples for a recipe, simply put the slices in a bowl of cold water to which a spoonful of lemon juice has been added.

Custard Apple

Custard Apple or Seethaphal is a tropical fruit tree that grows easily. It was first culivated in West Indies. Its botanical name is 'ANNONA SQUAMOSA'. It is very popular in India. The pulp of the fruit is mixed with milk to make custard. As it has the taste of custard it is called 'Custard Apple'. The fruit has a peculiar aroma. Custard Apple is used to make Jams, Jellies and sherbets. 

The plant is propogated by grafting as well as through the seeds. Grafted plants produce fruits from the first year itself. The plant usually flowers between March and July. The fruits should be plucked before they are ripe and stored for ripening. 

Custard apple promotes digestion and is used as a cure for vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentry and vertigo. The unripe fruit is dried and powdered and is used as a cure for treating lice. The fruit is low in calorie content and contains minerals like iron, phosphorous, calcium and riboflavin. 

The plant is a evergreen shrub and reaches a maximum of 6 mts. The plant bears flowers in the mature branches and the fruits develop in the mature branches and are usually round. The flesh is white and creamy with a sugary taste. The seeds are black in colour with a shine. The seeds are not consumed for they are slightly poisonous.

Health and Fitness

Health and Fitness is now one of the major concern areas across the world. Easy lifestyle is what we are moving towards. Very less of effort spent on most activities like, travel by motor vehicles, air-conditioned environment, ready-made food stuff, etc. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living, due to which their body had to undergo a lot of physical exercise. Every part of the body was exercised and the intake was more of natural substances. Today, we hardly do any of those. Even a simple 30 mins per day of workouts and one good nutritious meal a day can help improve our health. This easy life has restricted humans to do that bit of physical exercise which is required to keep the body fit and healthy. How do we ensure that we have all that is required for a healthy living? This is a big question among everyone. We need a fit and healthy body. Good Health is all that one craves for. Becoming healthier and fitter though not very difficult needs dedicated efforts. Nutrition and Health Diet

The basic foundation for a healthy individual starts from his foetal stage with proper and healthy nutrition derived from his or her mother. Hence, a pregnant woman's diet stands atop all diets. Your food shall be your medicine. Ayurveda has postulated the role of food and especially nutritive foods for maintaining health as well as cure of diseases. Nutrients are necessary for the proper functioning of mental, physical, metabolic, chemical and hormonal activities. The body is like a machine that will repair and rebuild itself if proper nutrition is provided by way of food. Sumptous nutrition is available in fruits and vegetables. Fruits have the capacity to give all that a body needs. How to consume? What to consume? Which fruit helps in which way? The answers to these questions can be found in our Nutrition and Healthy Diet Section Exercise and Fitness Simple fitness exercises can help to have a fitter and healthy life. Stretching exercises can help in many ways in mainting a fitter body. Weight loss can be achieved by following simple effortless regular exercises. Medical breakthroughs can happen by regular meditation and exercising. Yoga and other workouts which can be performed easily are available in this website to keep you fit and healthy. Health and Fitness can make all that difference in one's life. Healthy living is all that one needs, and to achieve that we picked up the best of the articles from reliable sources and have presented here in an organized manner. You might not be able to spend your valuable time on complicated medications and diet controls, but, you can find articles to help you have a better living using simple and easy technics. Ayurveda, a science in vogue practiced since centuries, uses a wide variety of plants, animal origin substances, mineral and metallic substances to rebalance the diseased condition in the sick. A few tips on simple treatment of life style diseases have been carefully picked for the visitors of this website. These tips can help reduce or control diseases like diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.

Socialization for Toddlers

Learning social skills is certainly very important for young children. The more experience they have interacting with peers, the more they learn about how to get along with others, and the richer their world becomes as they develop new relationships.

Interactions with other children can happen in many different ways. It is not necessary to send a child to child care solely to provide peer experiences.  Other options are: joining parent-child classes, meeting other families with young children in your neighborhood and inviting them over to play, or going to the playground and other places where you would find families with young children.

Developing social skills is a process that takes time and experience. For example, learning to take turns and share are skills that evolve over several years, as children practice over and over how to handle these challenging situations. It is very helpful to young children when parents and caregivers coach them in this process, act as good role models for self-control and other social skills, and keep their expectations for children in line with their developmental age and stage.   

Childcare tips for working parents!!!!!!!

As part of our commitment to our young parents, Get Ahead presents a guide to childcare for working couples. This is the first in an ongoing series.

You are a working couple. You decided to work perhaps because you need to work or because you want to work.

Your motive is simple: you want the best for your child.

Slowly, your ambitions, work pressures and circumstances prevail.

This affects your family life in little ways -- you have no time for your child, no time to cook, no time for your husband.

But here is something you must know: your child's real needs will not be fulfilled by money alone.

Spend time with your child. Watch him/her grow. Be an active part of that growing process!

• Are you spending enough time with your child?

Get started!

The first question you both must ask is: do both of us really, really need to work? Are we putting our personal priorities ahead of our children?

If not, decide on the following: 

i. Who among the two should work. Traditionally, it would be the male. But, of course, it depends on both of you. 

ii. Check if one of you can get a part-time job.

iii. Try and get a job that can be managed from home.

iv. Can you go on long leave from your present job? You need to check about that.

If both of you decide to work, here are certain measures you will need to take:

• Alternate childcare
• Preparing your child psychologically to accept your absence and to be self-dependent 
• Spending quality time with children whenever possible.

Note: Compensating with gifts and overindulgence on weekends will not help.

Making your child believe this is the way life is. It will make things easier for all of you.

• Has your child drunk milk today?

Alternate childcare

~ When grandparents are at home

Having grandparent/s at home with the help of a maid may be the best solution for your child.

Children tend to feel safer and more secure in their own homes. They find it easier to move along and their psychological needs are satisfied since they are the centre of attention.

i. Keep a part-time maid to take care of the physical tasks. They are too taxing for your elderly parents.

ii. Make charts of rules/ schedules/ medicine timings (if applicable), so that nobody forgets things.

iii. Keep a list of emergency telephone numbers, in bold, near the phone. Also keep a list of first-aid instructions, if your child is small.

iv. Make sure your home is child safe -- close all balconies; no sharp tools and dangerous liquids/ tablets, or small objects like marbles lying around; ensure your door has a safety lock.

v. Keep healthy snacks, good food, activity materials, daily stationery, clean and neat clothes available and within reach. This way, your child will find it easier to do things independently.

vi. If things go wrong once in a while, do not blame or criticise your parent/s. Work out a solution to avoid it in future

vii. Work out a positive relationship by ignoring certain things, especially if the carer is your mother-in-law.

viii. Avoid asking your child or the maid what went wrong during the day in your absence and who was responsible for them. It does not help things, and has an adverse effect in the long run.

ix. Use smart methods to judge and correct the situation.

x. As far as possible, give advance notice of your changed schedules, travel plans or latecoming. Unpredictable acts may harm your child's psyche.

• Too much television can make your child a bully!

~ Crèche or babysitter care

i. Select the right place, even if it is at a distance away from your home/ workplace.

The crèche next door, though convenient, may not be really suitable for your darling child.

ii. Select a person or crèche with a reputation; consider others' experiences with them.

iii. Study the carer's body language and viewpoints on various matters. Ascertain whether they will handle your child with care or not.

iv. Check whether the place is child-friendly, clean and maintains general hygiene.

v. Check whether child safety measures of all kinds are in place.

If the carer is simple, kind and loving, but unaware of child safety, please educate the carer.

Encourage and make her do the necessary modifications in the house and demonstrate certain measures.

vi. Make random checks to ensure your child is engaged in meaningful activity and is eating food properly

vii. Make sure that they are not sent out for a shopping trip or elsewhere through the day.

viii. Make sure you give a schedule to follow -- rest/ reading/ study/ play time.

ix. If your child has to attend hobby or study classes, make proper arrangements. Do not deprive your children from attending such classes because they are at the babysitter's.

x. Get to know parents of the other children who are attending. You can build a positive group together and children will feel more comfortable with each other.

xi. Keep a watchful eye. Demand for supervision of the right kind. Teach you child to take care of himself/ herself and to keep a safe distance from others.

Aaruna Jain has 22 years of experience in counselling. She holds an MA in Family and Child Welfare from the Tata Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She now consults as a counsellor at the Indian School, Muscat.

Performance Tunning

Memory Management

We need to create / modify registry keys. Run regedit and locate the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

PagedPoolSize

Typically a DWORD value for PagedPoolSize will exist. If it does not exist, then create a new DWORD value called PagedPoolSize. Modify the value and enter a value of ffffffff (hexadecimal) – that is eight 'f's.

PoolUsageMaximum

Create a new DWORD value called PoolUsageMaximum and specify a value of 60 (decimal).

SessionPoolSize

Typically a DWORD value for SessionPoolSize will exist. If it does not exist, then create a new DWORD value called SessionPoolSize. Modify the value and enter a value of 48 (decimal).

SessionViewSize

Typically a DWORD value for SessionViewSize will exist. If it does not exist, then create a new DWORD value called SessionViewSize. Modify the value and enter a value of 68 (decimal).

The default value for SessionViewSize is 20 (MB). Increase this value by multiples of 16 (MB) as needed.

Lanman Server

We need to create / modify registry keys. Run regedit and locate the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Parameters

Size

A DWORD value for Size will exist with a value of 1. Modify the value and enter a value of 3 (decimal).

IRPStackSize

The IRP Stack Size specifies the number of stack locations in I/O request packets (IRP) that are used by the operating system. This value may need to be increased for certain transports such as Media Access Control (MAC) drivers and file system drivers. Each stack uses 36 bytes of kernel memory for each receive buffer. The default value is 15. Valid range of values are 11 (0x0b hexadecimal) to 50 (0x32 hexadecimal).

Typically a DWORD value for IRPStackSize will not exist. This indicates that the default value of 15 is in effect. If it does not exist, create a new DWORD value called IRPStackSize. Modify the value and enter a value of 24 (decimal).

If the problem with resources still persists after completing this procedure, increase the value by small increments.

Platforms affected

Windows Small Business Server 2011

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 R2

Windows Small Business Server 2003

Windows Server 2003

Windows 7