ten ways to eat more fruit

1.At breakfast top tour creal with sliced bananas,kiwifruits,berries or dried raisins or apricots and drink a small glass of juice..

2.Fill a cantaloupe or other melon with low fat cottage cheese..

3.Carry single serving cans of unsweetened fruit for snacks at work..

4.Pak your brief case or hand bag with easy to carry fruit such as apples,pears,bananas or dried fruits..

5.Make a smoothie with yoghurt,milk or soy beverage mixed with a variety… Continue

Cakes are loved by one and all..Why should you go to the bakery and but when you can make your own at home!!??My daughter loves cakes..So i have decided to do a bit of baking every now and then..I should sumhow squeeze in some time and do this..Xmas is going to be here in 2 months..iam just waiting for the same!!Here i go with this very easy tea time cake with tutti frutti...

Ingredients :

All purpose flour : 2 cups

Sugar : 1 and half cups

Tutti frutti : 1/2 cup

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Do's and Dont's



-Do set a good example for your child to copy...Share mealtimes and eat the same healthy foods..

-Do discourage snacking on sweets and fatty foods...Keep plenty of healthy foods such as fruits,raw vegetables,low-fat crackers and yoghurt around for children to eat between meals..

-Do allow children to follow their natural appetites when deciding how much to eat..Never force them to eat more..

-Do encourage children to enjoy fruits and vegetables by… Continue

When babies are about 7 to 8 months old,most of them would have developed enough eye - hand coordination to pick up finger food and take it to their mouths...The teeth are also beginning to come in at this age..Giving a baby a teething biscuit or cracker to chew on can ease gum soreness as well as provide practice in self feeding..Other good starters are finger foods which could include bite-size dry cereals,bananas,slices of apples and pears,peas and cooked carrots and small pieces of soft… Continue

Here is a list of the vaccines that your kids are to get during the first few years of their lives..Please make sure you give it to them correctly at the right time..



Within 2 weeks : BCG,Oral Polio,Hepatitis B vaccine I



6th week : DPT vaccine,Oral Polio,Hepatitis B Vaccine II,Brain fever HIB I



After 6 weeks : Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine



10th week : DPT vaccine,Oral Polio,Brain Fever HIB II



14th week : Oral Polio,Hepatitis B vaccine… Continue

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is acre of a small baby who is continuously carried in skin to skin contact by the mother and exclusively breastfed...It is the best way to keep a baby warm...KMC can be started as soon as baby is born and when the mother is ready right from the hospital..KMC requires the mother to be with the baby all the time..



Ensure that the mother is fully recovered from any child birth complications before she begins KMC.Ensure that the mother has support from her… Continue

This is highly irritating,prickly red rash that most commonly occurs in hot weather..It develops when sweat glands are blocked by bacteria and dead skin cells...The rash affects areas where sweat is trapped and cannot escape or evaporate such as feet...People who sufffer from prickly heat may also be prone to heat stroke...



Your aim should be to relieve the person from discomfort and pain..There may be prickling or burning sensation in the affected area..There can be rash of tiny red… Continue

-J.B.Dunlop was the first to put air in to tyres...

-Alexander Graham Bell,who invented telephon also set a world record for water speed of over 70 miles an hour at the age of 72..

-Muscles are made up of bundles from about five in the eyelid to about 200 in te buttock muscle...Muscles in the human body make up about half of the body…

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Lactogen and other hormones secreted by the placenta and prolactin secreted by the pituitary influence the preparation of mammary glands for lactation during pregnancy.

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The breast tissues develop the glandular system which will secrete milk and advance it to the surface of the tissue through a combination of alveoli and ducts...Groups of alveoli connect through milk ducts to lactiferous ducts..Each of these lead to a lactiferous sinus..And these again open at the nipple..Each nipple… Continue

Pregnant women who have their teeth scraped of plaque and calculus may dramatically reduce their risk of having a premature baby..Women with gum disease who have a simple scaling and root planing treatment cut their risk of going in to spontaneous preterm labour by as much as 84 %

The study builds on research that shows pregnant women with red,inflammed or bleeding gums are up to eight…

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1.Psychological factor :

A shock,strong pain,anger,anxiety or worry can affect the "Let down reflex ".The mother should be encouraged and given support by a calm and positive attitude to develop confidence that any difficulties may be overcome..She should get a lot of moral support from her husband and her family..The proper technique of feeding should be…

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After the first few weeks many mothers bottle feed..This is beacuse of the change in the lifestyle..Many mothers are employed and cannot breast feed all the time..Mothers sometimes wonder whether bottle feed gives whatever the baby needs for growth and development..Mothers should be assured that commercial formulas provide all the essential nutrients and when used according to the manufacturer's instructions,babies thrive on…

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