Health
Sleep pattern adjustment during Ramadan
Where Ramadan is a time to get closer to our religion through abstinence and discipline, more often than not, sleep and routine disruptions cause crankiness and low productivity levels during...
Are you dehydrated?
A lot of people get sick, and some even die as a consequence of dehydration. It is estimated that one in nine people around the world does not have access to clean drinking water, and dehydration...
Sleep pattern adjustment during Ramadan
Where Ramadan is a time to get closer to our religion through abstinence and discipline, more often than not, sleep and routine disruptions cause crankiness and low productivity levels during...
Ramadan and Diabetes: Everything to know while fasting
Diabetes can really bring one down to their knees especially during Ramadan by causing their blood sugar levels drop, making one feel more fatigued and weaker.
Managing migraines during Ramadan
Migraines are headaches, typically on one side of the head, and often of a pulsating quality, lasting anywhere between 4-72 hours at a stretch.
Ideal calorie count during sehri and iftar
There is no general guideline for how much food to consume since everyone's calorie demands vary. Generally, 500–600 calories should be consumed at sehri. Whether you consume 400 or 1,000...
Why do we feel so tired after iftar?
Food coma isn’t harmful to the body but it can be inconvenient.
10 ways to maximise the strawberry season
Bold red, juicy and tantalizingly sweet - strawberries are beloved by many. There are always ways to maximise your enjoyment of strawberries even as the season wanes.
Dazed and confused
Bangladeshi adolescents and their limited reproductive health knowledge.
Did British colonialism make South Asians prone to diabetes, cardiovascular diseases?
South Asians, especially people from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, are six times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to Europeans.
All you need to know about vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency has been on the rise in recent times across all age groups. Even in a country like ours with a fairly warm weather, people are struggling to keep their ‘sunshine vitamin’...