You might have listen, seen, or read about this super food called Sweet Potato. Worldwide, sweet potato is the sixth most important crop after rice, wheat, potatoes, maize and cassava. But in developing countries, it is the fifth most important crop. More than 105 million metric tons are produced globally each year; 95% of which are grown in developing countries.
Why it’s called superfood?Sweet Potatoes are good for you. They contain awesome amount of Vitamin A. Sweet Potatoes also contains fiber, excellent amounts of Vitamin C and B-6, manganese, potassium and several other vitamins and minerals. They are even good source of iron and calcium. Sweet potatoes are also thought to be helpful in blood sugar regulation.
Benefits of eating sweet potato
Highly Nutritious. Sweet potatoes are great source of fiber, vitamins, minerals
Promote Gut Health
Have Cancer Fighting Properties
Support Healthy vision
Enhance Brain Function
Support Immune System
Sweet potatoes are rich in:
B vitamins
Vitamin C
Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Potassium
Thiamin
Sweet potatoes are rich in fibre, which can help you lose weight and belly fat. The high fibre content of sweet potatoes makes you feel ‘full’. Sweet potato contains potassium.
A high intake of potassium may not be suitable for people who take beta-blockers. Doctors prescribe these for heart disease.
Sweet Potatoes are also good for your furry friend.
Different ways to have it:
Sweet Potato chips
Drizzle with maple syrup
Mash them
Bake
Roast
Steam
Sweet Potato Fries
Salad Topping
Sweet Potato pan cakes
Add a twist to your sandwich
Grill
So, now you know how useful sweet potatoes are hope you will try to add this super food in your diet and enjoy its benefits.
Welcome to the year 2022. Now on, I will choose a theme for every month and blog according to that theme. All my blogs will revolve around that particular theme. So, the theme for the month January 2022 is, FOOD. Let’s begin.
Hope all are safe and are in good health. With the new year we all are excited what this year will bring. Happiness, peace, health, wealth, we all wish good for ourselves and our loved ones too. Focusing this in mind the very first thing which we can do is, eat healthy. Today, I will tell you the benefits of drinking various soups and may be it will inspire you to give a thought, and health becomes your first priority.
Benefits of drinking soups:
It helps you keep warm.
It can help you loose weight.
It’s good for digestion.
It’s power packed with Nutrients.
It can keep pains and aches at bay.
It is Naturally Healing.
Delicious Soups to try:
Chicken Soup
Tomato Soup
Spinach Soup
Cabbage Soup
Pumpkin Soup
Lentil Soup
Asparagus Soup
Chicken Soup
All Non-Vegetarians love Chicken Soup. It makes us immune in a cold chilly weather. I don’t think there is anyone who will say no to it. The small chicken chunks in it makes it more flavorful and if ginger and garlic added to it makes it more enjoyable. It supports our immune system.
Tomato Soup
What’s better, Tomato Soup also filled with the goodness of Vitamin-K and calcium that improve bone health, along with Vitamin A & C that improves cardiovascular health.
Spinach Soup
Rich in antioxidants and packed with nutrients, a bowl of green spinach soup a great way to warm your body inside out.
Cabbage Soup
Cabbage Soup is packed with fiber along with Vitamin B, C and K. It helps to stay in shape and detoxes the body toxins. Its also good for gut health.
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin Soup is good for weight loss and good option for fighting indigestion and stomach infections.
Lentil Soup
Lentil Soup is good source of protein. It also helps lower bad cholesterol. Good for heart health and digestive health.
Asparagus Soup
Asparagus Soup is good source of fiber, Vitamin A, C, and K. A bowl of Asparagus Soup can enhance insulin’s ability to transport glucose from the bloodstream into cells.
Soups are a healthy option to boost immunity. Not all heathy recipes are boring, so just give a try to all the soup options mention above. You can add more ingredients according to your taste to make it interesting.
‘Eat your food as medicines, so that you don’t have to eat medicines as your food’ – RATAN TATA
As rightly said by Mr. Ratan Tata. Lets start new year in a more healthy way.
Happy New Year to all my readers. Hope that the coming year brings happiness, joy, prosperity, peace, success to all of you. So, tomorrow let’s write the first chapter of the year 2022 by celebrating it with happiness around.
Social Media started in year 2003-2004. Myspace, Facebook, Twitter were there since then. Today we can’t imagine even a single day without social media. It has become integral part of our life. It not only make us connected with our contacts but also provide knowledge about things which we don’t know through other mediums.
Social Media helped a lot in these tough times of COVID. It not only provide vital information world wide but also becomes medium of occupation too. Earlier it was just used to stay connected with people who are far from us. But today when people were deprived of meeting each other due to COVID. It becomes life line for all of us to share information, to stay connected, to gain knowledge and much more. Children were not going to school since last one and a half year. And this social media platforms provide them with creative world where they can show their creativity by making wonderful videos, learn music, art and so on.
Many gained and learned new skills. Earlier also Social Media was a vast world but also misused to share hate speech, to spread rumours etc. This time also many rumours about COVID were spread so much misinformation was spread but wise were those who stick to the facts and ignored all the rumours. We all faced this situation around the world.
Social Media played a much responsible role in times of COVID. When we were staying alone at our homes it gives us light of hope. It makes us smile, it boost our moral to stay positive. Now omicron is spreading and still we are not safe. The news from one country to another spread like fire, this is the role played by Social Media.
We were able to help each other just because of social media. We were at our homes but was spreading information like contact numbers of people providing free food, things to do, contact numbers of medical facilities around our areas. We were and still are in touch with other countries and watching how each country’s coping with this new variant of COVID. Learning from each other, what to do next. How to be prepared for future in terms of medical facilities. A simple message can do wonders. So, let’s spread positivity again. Social Media itself becomes world of happiness.
Vaccination drives are still going on and booster dose is also being recommended. We can’t help in making the vaccine, but we can spread information by just a simple message to our near and dear ones to please be safe, follow social distancing, wear mask and wash hands. Try not to be a part of huge gatherings.
Social Media is also used to share jokes to lighten up the mood but many sensible people use it to provide help and spread humanity by which many people get inspired and follow their foot steps. It opens up doors for so many to get help from these warriors.
Social Media is a busy space in India, where almost all the internet access is via mobile phones. It’s increasingly common for people to use social media to ask for help, over WhatsApp , Facebook, Twitter and other platforms. So when people were short of oxygen supply thousands of responders’ step in, tracking and verifying sources of oxygen, drugs, beds. They connected those asking for help to non-profit, on ground volunteers, suppliers.
You might be wandering that from last few blogs I am continuously talking about COVID. Yes, because it has affected our lives so badly, it affected our lifestyle, our mindset, our businesses, studies no one in this world is being spared by this deadly virus. Be it young or old, rich or poor, healthy or ill. This only thing inspired me to write about how social media played its role. Earlier social media was not considered as a good thing, it was thing of people who want to pass their time but now peoples’ thinking have changed drastically.
Though some people might misuse social media with fake accounts but overall it is a very precious medium to be connected and be creative.
I give a thumbs up to social media. And what about you?
Learning is a never ending process. We keep on learning in day to day life. It’s not degrees that tell us how qualified we are. After getting many degrees we still learn from our personal experiences.
Learning new skill is beneficial for our self growth. It makes us occupied with thought process in right direction. It makes us more creative. There are many benefits of learning new skill.
* It can boost your happiness. When we learn a new skill, it increases our level of happiness as we get excited and curious to learn new things.
* It helps beat boredom. Doing repetitive work all day long and daily makes us bore. What we do to kill boredom is turn on the TV. But learning new skill has edge over it.
* It boost confidence. Learning new skill makes us more confident as we gain knowledge about particular field and by being confident about it we fight against fear and anxiety.
* It keeps you healthy. Learning is great for our brain at every age. It makes the brain to think in right direction, makes brain to think positively
* It makes us explore new opportunities. By learning new skill we become aware of opportunities related to that skill which can make us self reliant.
* It gives us reason to smile. It not only make us independent but also respectable. It makes us know our hidden talent and potential.
Now you may know many benefits of learning new skill. Never stop learning. We should keep on learning new skill and explore new opportunities for ourselves. The benefits are immense but it will only help if we first come to know what to learn and how to learn according to your own potential.
We are now in last month of the year, December. Let’s review this year, 2021. This year comes with hope and excitment but in March, April 2021, second wave in India makes everyone go through sleepless nights and many lost their near and dear ones. But we come through that phase too with supporting and helping each other. We were worried throughout the year for Delta variant of COVID. Now the outbreak of Omicron variant shows that we will have to learn to live with COVID for long and keep on taking precautions as earlier worldwide. This was about COVID.
Now let’s review what changes we go through this year, how was the year and what we must not miss in last month of the year. Take a notebook or journal and write down 5 good things which happens to you starting from first month, January till November. You will be surprised to know what all good happens to you. As we are in second week of December it’s the month to celebrate Christmas and New year Eve. So, enjoy the festivity.
I love festive season, be it a birthday, a wedding, or celebrating any festival. Just a thought of festivals makes us overwhelmed and feeling of happiness follows. You see markets, malls, the city all are ready to welcome happiness. Like they are magnetic force attracting happiness towards them. Traditions and rituals to follow, it makes the environment worth it. Focus on enjoying the festival and togetherness of people.
Become a Santa for someone in need, gift them your care and kindness wrapped in love. Be the one whom anybody see and their eyes fill with hope and happiness. The message is to spread peace and prosperity all around the world. The wedding season is also round the corner. I see so much enthusiasm in people purchasing stuff, dresses, winter wear to welcome winter as well as wedding season. Happy are those who welcome happiness with a smile and grab it with both hands.
What are your plans for last month of the year? Are you also excited about it? If yes, then do comment your plans, how you will spent last month of the year. It is last month of the year but definitely not the least. See you with more blogs. Have a good day.
Motherhood is a blessing. In this blog I will highlight the role of a mother in shaping up her child’s future and her contribution to make her child a good human being.
Mother plays a crucial and most important role in upbringing of a child. But her sacrifices and contribution is underestimated. The emotional, moral values, child’s overall growth, a mother does it all. Sometimes she has to become a shield for her child, to protect child from all the evil. Mothers are full of emotions and love when it comes to her child. She supress her feelings when she is taken for granted at times just for the sake of giving good environment and happiness to her child.
I will still say, motherhood is a blessing because your child’s love makes you feel so. The day your child is born, you also born as a mother. It’s your birthday too. Your child is always at back of your mind. Wherever a mother goes she is always worried and concern about her child. Motherhood becomes mentalhood when she has to perform all the duties by her own be it household work, helping child with homework, socialising, taking care of all the family members etc. I am saying so because a mother puts all her heart in raising her child and the family. But instead of being appreciated, listens to taunts, that she has done nothing new. These taunts and non- appreciable behaviour by others makes her go into depression.
A mother sacrifices her career for the good of the family but not recognised by others shows, how man dominated this society is. Imagine if mother is ill, whole family gets disturbed. So, it’s important to give utmost respect and appreciation to the woman of the family for her happiness and good for the family. Being a mother is a blessing because not all woman are so blessed. A mother’s happiness is very much important.
When we appreciate someone it makes them happy. So is the case within the family, if the efforts of a mother is respected and recognised she will do more than she can for the family with happiness. When a mother makes you feel that family is her world. So it’s duty of the family members that they make this world more happy place to be. Life of a woman changes when she becomes a mother. Her time is being divided. She devote more time with her child and due to which the time which she has to be with other family members is compromised.
A mother is said to be busy with some course or hobby when her care is not needed anymore by the family. Everyone is independent and can take care of themselves. Funny part about motherhood is that you keep on making plans to visit your friends but unable to fulfill all the promises. Household chores is considered as most unproductive work which a woman does her whole life. Grocery shopping, it takes so much time thinking and making the right choices for the family. A woman or mother is the backbone of a family.
The emotional, spiritual, academic, mental growth of a child is result of 90% contribution of his mother. Mother makes her child a good human being by giving him good moral values, by performing good deeds by self, and encourage child to do the same. Repetitive action of child makes him aware of good which he is doing for the society. The child will be spiritual if he see it in family and learn from it. Academic performance of a child will be good if he is encouraged and supported all the time. The knowledge should be above the grades which he get. When a mother wins confidence of a child she not only becomes a mentor for his child but a friend too.
It’s the intelligence of a mother in everything she do for his child and family which makes a happy child and a happy family altogether. Motherhood should be celebrated everyday and not only on mother’s day. Because she is the one who look after her child and family everyday ignoring her interests and health. A mother should always be respected, be it a working mother or full time mother. Her contribution is unmatched.
World of Happiness 
You must be logged in to post a comment.