Health & Nutrition

CYCLING POWER What is super bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s latest fitness fixation? Wattbike, the snazzy indoor bike, from Grand Slam Fitness. Watch him in action as he pedals away to glory, and some rocking music…💪

BE COVID-SAFE WITH COVERALLS Coveralls or jumpsuits are the new buzzword in apparels… Nanochemiqs has launched an anti-viral and anti-bacterial jumpsuit that can supposedly reduce the virus infectivity by 99%.

QUICK FIX Looking for an easy and safe way to clean fruits and vegetables? Sanitab, a disinfectant tablet from Trends Pharma, has the answer. Soak your vegetables in water - in which you’ve added a Sanitab tablet - for 10 minutes. Remove, rinse, and your veggies are virus-free.

Robotics are changing healthcare in India in a big way. Invento Robotics’ latest offering C-Astra uses state of the art UV-C radiation to disinfect rooms with COVID-19 patients at Apollo Hospital, Bengaluru. C-Astra, with its 250 W radiation, can also disinfect lobbies etc.

D LINK Fermenta Biotech Limited and Indchemie Health Specialities Private Limited have supplied the Maharashtra Police 250,000 strips of DV 60K, each strip containing sufficient dosage for an individual’s recommended regime of 60,000 IU of vitamin D3 per week for two months.

PROTEIN POWER Build muscle and immunity with protein powders in interesting new flavours. Myprotein shakes things up this season with products in delectable flavours of orange and mango, and coffee. Stir in a scoop in milk or water and enjoy!

EYE LIGHT Glued to the screen all day long? Take a break and do these eye exercises for good eye health...

SORE FEET? While standing for long can give you sore feet, a sedentary lifestyle (courtesy prolonged sitting at your desktop) can also give foot and leg problems. Poor circulation can give rise to cramps and pain in the feet. Follow these simple foot exercises to treat achy feet.

NECK CHECK!! One of the downsides of the current lockdown for those working from home is a sedentary lifestyle. Follow these neck exercises, especially if glued to the laptop for a major part of the day, to avoid nagging aches and sprains.

IN THE FRONTINE: DR SUNITA DUBE To create a corona-free world is the mission of the ‘WE DOCTORS’ campaign initiated by renowned radiologist and founder of MedscapeIndia, Dr Sunita Dube. The dynamic Dr Dube speaks here about how she and her team are battling it out...

CLOSE RED LIGHT AREAS TO BRING DOWN COVID BY 70% India could avoid 72% of COVID-19 cases after lockdown by closing red light areas, say academicians from Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Hope our powers-that-be pay heed and take appropriate action!

MUMBAI TEEN ROCKS PHARMA INDUSTRY! Ratan Tata invests in 18-year-old Arjun Deshpande’s pharmaceutical business, Generic Aadhaar, to bring affordable medicines to the masses. Kudos to Arjun for his noble venture, and to the tycoon for helping his dreams reach loftier heights!

ROBOTS TO ASSIST DOCTORS TO FIGHT CORONA Cricketer Yuvraj Singh backed Healthians joins hands with Invento Robotics to deploy robots to assist doctors at Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. #BeHealthRich #HealthyIndians #MitraBot #IndiaFightsCorona #Corona #MitraScreening #Covid19

Stay in. Practice social distancing. Cook at home. Avoid junk. Return to Ayurveda. Form good hygiene habits. Walk. Cycle. Sweep. Mop. Stay fit. Build immunity! 2020 health mantras!!!

Don’t forget to S-T-R-E-T-C-H for better Health now, believes fitness enthusiast Nawaz Modi Singhania! ✅🤸🏽‍♂️🎽🍀🌿 #bodyart #instafollow #followback #nawazmodisinghania #instaphoto

VIRUS WILL RETURN IN WAVES!! PERSONAL LOCKDOWN TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS Dr K K Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation Of India, and former President, Indian Medical Association, warns people to change their lifestyle. To fight COVID. Social distancing, the new norm!