Tips to grow taller / Tips to gain height

Height is determined by genetics and one’s growth is according to heredity.
However, some efforts will help us to grow taller.

• Jumping, cycling and swimming, running, pull-ups, skipping or jumping rope and participating in games like volley ball and foot ball are some good exercises to grow taller.
• Adequate sound sleep also helps to improve height.
• Eating healthy and nutritionally balanced food for the development of muscle and for strong bones is also important to grow tall.
• Drinking plenty of water helps in metabolism and flushes out toxins from the body more readily thereby helping to grow tall faster.

Tips for healthy, strong, long and shiny hair

• Handle your hair gently and carefully while combing and brushing.
• Try using wide teethed combs or own fingers to detangle hair.
• Don’t take a bath in very hot water. It will stress the hair and affect its growth.
• Gently massage the scalp to stimulate the hair follicles and to enhance the growth of hair.
• Trim the hair periodically to eliminate split ends.
• Take adequate rest. It makes the growth of hair fast.
• Remove all the tangles before washing hair.
• Don’t rub hair vigorously using towel to dry.
• Eat a healthy diet.
• Avoid foods that are high in sugar or fat.
• Hair is made up of a kind of protein called keratin. Therefore intake of protein is necessary for the healthy and shiny growth of hair.
• Fish, beans, yoghurt, soybean (soyabean), eggs, red meat and chicken are examples of good source of protein.
• The diet for healthy hair should include beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, B-complex and biotin.
• Beta-carotene, Vitamins C and E are antioxidants that reduce hair loss.
• Vitamins C and E help to keep hair healthy, shiny and lengthy.
• All citrus fruits, tomatoes, cabbage, potato, strawberry are examples of good source of vitamin C.
• Biotin prevents scalp from itches.
• Nuts and most fresh vegetables are good source of Biotin.
• Iron, zinc and copper provide nutrients for hair follicles for strong hair growth.
• Enriched cereals, millets, pulses, green leafy vegetables contain iron
• Omega-3 fatty acid provides luster (lustre) to hair.
• Tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts are good sources of Omega-3.
• Fruits like berry, orange, lemon, grape and melon contain necessary nutrients required for hair.
• Vitamin A is very effective in preventing hair loss and hair thinning. Carrot, milk, butter, dark green vegetables are some good source of vitamin A.

Increase your weight in a healthy manner

• Being lean is good, but being very lean and thin and underweight is bad.
• A lot of medical tests are there to find out why a person is underweight.
• To gain weight and be healthy you need to consume more calories than you burn them every day from healthy, protein enriched, and nutritious foods and choose the right types of exercise.
• Exercise a little like mild weightlifting so as to feel hungry, to eat more balanced food and to develop muscle.
• Take tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts. They contain healthy fats like omega-3.
• Take meat, fish, poultry, nuts, and legumes. They contain protein.
• Take fruits, vegetables and whole grains. They contain carbohydrates.
• Take healthy beverages like milk and fruit juices to add calories instead of sweetened aerated sodas.
• Take food supplements after consulting a physician to get all required vitamins and minerals.

Tips to reduce weight / Tips to avoid obesity

• Drink two tumblers of water on rising from the bed, and in a day drink at least three litres/liters of it.
• One third of your food should be low calorie salad. It fills the stomach and gives less calories of energy.
• Take fruits and sprouts raw.
• Avoid refined food item like polished rice, refined sugar, white flour (maida).
• Avoid potatoes, nuts, cream, ghee, sweets, fried food, and dairy products.
• Take regular exercise sufficiently, so as to burn more calories of energy, than its intake.
• Participate in games without taking glucose in between.
• Go for brisk walk, jogging or running.
• Avoid eating outs with friends; say you are dieting.
• Fast once a week by only drinking adequate water or fruit juice.
• Don’t overeat. Eat slightly less than your requirement. When you feel to have some more food, control the desire.
• Use skimmed milk instead of full cream milk.
• Use yoghurt instead of cream or curd.
• The order of preference of food is (1) steamed, (2) boiled, (3) baked, (4) roasted, (5) grilled, and (6) fried.
• If frying is unavoidable, use oils like sunflower oil, safflower oil, etc having less bad cholesterols to stay slim.

Eat to live and don't live to eat. This is a popular saying.