EPI Pen - what is it
The miracle of modern medicine
Ritesh Bawri
Food - The Fortress against stress
Neurotoxicity is toxicity in which a biological, chemical or physical agent adversely affects your nervous system. In simple terms, when you experience stress in any form. Researchers have shown that neurotoxicity has three paths. Excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation. Sorry for the complex words, I promise to simplify soon. Excitotoxicity
Glutamate - the powerful effect of food on your body
Food has a powerful effect on our body, something I have said for over a decade. How powerful is a lesson I continue to discover. To illustrate, let us look at the effect of glutamate on our body. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitter means something that transmits signals through
Personality - can you change?
Is your personality fixed or malleable?
Old Age - Bullet Proof Yourself
I’m unsure of your age. Regardless, age creeps up faster than you expect. What is the best way to bullet-proof yourself from old age? Obviously, eat well, exercise, sleep. But the thing that constantly surprises me is the value of staying busy. Staying busy has many connotations. My grandfather
Dopamine - its role in memory
Popular literature refers to dopamine as the pleasure molecule. It is the hormone released when you are happy. But did you know it plays a vital role in memory and cognition? In fact, the very action of giving pleasure helps you learn and recall. Let us understand how. Each time
Gratitude to be alive
Life is a blessing
Allostasis - how your body adapts
how does your body adapt to stress
Beta Blockers - how do they work?
The role of beta blockers in managing blood pressure
Coping - what strategy do you use?
Align your coping strategy to the problem at hand
Fascia - The tissue you never heard of
Your fascia is the largest tissue in your body
Loss of Appetite
Why would you not want to eat?