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From Water to Super-Water

In the age of modern medicines, where we run to medical stores to take a pill to cure even minor health issues, it's better to call up your mother or grandmother and ask what they would do in the same condition. This does not mean that you would not need to take any medicine but then medicine consumption would only provide temporary relief from the symptoms, rather than providing you with a long-term solution. The idea to prepare super-water is to extract important oils of the plant which have several healing properties into the water. Water is considered as a powerful therapeutic tool, whereas herbs & spices have been used for centuries to treat different health concerns by simple method - SOAKING. To prepare your super-water, you just have to soak some herbs in a jug full of water, leave it overnight, and drink it in the morning. You can also mix powdered herbs into the water and drink. CLOVE AND BLACK PEPPER WATER Clove contains eugenol that is known to promote digestion and

Do You Always Feel Hungry?

So if we think about what controls our appetite, is it physiological or does our mind play a role in it as well? It cannot be just physiological right, it has to be a combination of both! In us humans, the desire to eat is not only when you have a rumbling tummy which is a sign of hunger. Many times we simply eat, because food is in front of us, or there's seemingly the right time to eat - for example, you had your lunch and then you saw a leftover piece of cake in your fridge from last evening. Now, you might not feel hungry at all by that time but that sight of cake might tempt you to eat it, not to fulfill your hunger but because it is simply available and you can't say no to that. So, we don't only eat when we feel hungry, but many times we eat when we see something tempting. Our energy intake is stimulated by the presence of food and it also increases with more variety or food. Thus, our appetite can be affected by a wide range of factors including physical activity, p