You probably don’t need anyone to tell you that rest and relaxation are important, but have you ever put thought into how to relax? It might feel like a weird question, given that rest can seem deceptively straightforward, but hear me out. Plenty of things can get in the way of restful, restorative downtime, and the truth is, a lot of us aren’t great at relaxing in practice. It’s a skill worth refining, though—we all need ways to recuperate from the many stressors of the world for the sake of our mental health.

•  Know what actually relaxes you.

It might sound obvious, but tons of people aren’t very discerning or creative about how they spend their downtime. “People often think they’re resting when they’re really not,” clinical psychologist Ryan Howes, Ph.D., tells SELF.

For example, maybe you tend to count scrolling through Twitter for a couple of hours as relaxation. That might be restful to some people, but for many, it’s more stressful than anything. Or maybe you force yourself to do things that you’ve heard are supposed to be relaxing—like meditating, napping, or taking a bubble bath—when you actually find them super boring or unhelpful. Relaxation isn’t one-size-fits-all

योग शारीरिक समस्याओं को दूर करने के साथ-साथ मानसिक आनंद भी प्रदान करता है। इसलिए योग करने के लिए सबसे पहले आपको खुद को तैयार करना होगा। इसके साथ ही योग से जुड़े आहार को बनाए रखना महत्वपूर्ण है। हम आपको बताएंगे कि योग से पहले और बाद में क्या खाना चाहिए।
नाश्ता हल्का होना चाहिए: यदि आपके पास सुबह का योग समय निर्धारित है, तो शुरू करने से लगभग ढाई घंटे पहले नाश्ता करें। नाश्ता हल्का और ताज़ा होना चाहिए। आप चाहें तो पोहा या ओट्स का दलिया खा सकते हैं।

When food does not get digested well, it can cause a host of problems including feeling bloated and nausea. Digestive health is important, and as experts say, the gut ultimately dictates how your body and mind function.
According to nutritionists when digestion does not happen as it should, “your body sends you clear signals, such as excessive gas, bloating, high acidity, frequent loose motions, or bowel irregularity”.

आज महाशिवरात्रि है, जो पूरे देश में मनाई जाती है। पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार इस दिन भगवान शिव की विशेष कृपा होती है। उपवास, पूजा और आराधना इन सभी तरीको से  लोग भगवान शिव को प्रसन्न करने का प्रयास करते हैं। हिंदू धर्म में उपवास को बहुत मददगार माना जाता है; चिकित्सा विज्ञान भी शरीर को उपवास के सभी प्रकार के लाभों की पुष्टि करता है। उपवास शरीर को अंदर से साफ करता है और आवश्यक अंगों को आराम देता है। उपवास को कई तरह के स्वास्थ्य लाभों से जोड़ा गया है, जिसमें बेहतर पाचन से लेकर अपशिष्ट हटाने तक शामिल हैं।
अगर आप शिवरात्रि का व्रत कर रहे हैं तो इस दौरान सेहत के प्रति लापरवाह न हों। चलिए उन चीजों के बारे में बताते है जो आपको स्वस्थ और हाइड्रेटेड रहने के लिए रखेंगे। यह शारीरिक और आध्यात्मिक दोनों रूप से शरीर को शुद्ध और पुनर्जीवित करने के मामले में अच्छा माना जाता है।

1. Exercise Daily

Exercise daily for at least an hour. You do not have to kill yourself from running, jogging, etc., but you should have some sort of moderate physical activity in your everyday life. If you're looking to shed a few pounds fast, do a higher-level intensity workout. Make sure to stay hydrated, stretch, and eat foods with a decent amount of protein after each workout. The protein will help keep your muscles, not fat, rebuilding.

Maintaining a trim midsection does more than make you look great—it can help you live longer. Larger waistlines are linked to a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. Losing weight, especially belly fat, also improves blood vessel functioning and also improves sleep quality. 

• Try curbing carbs instead of fats.

When Johns Hopkins researchers compared the effects on the heart of losing weight through a low-carbohydrate diet versus a low-fat diet for six months—each containing the same amount of calories—those on a low-carb diet lost an average of 10 pounds more than those on a low-fat diet—28.9 pounds versus 18.7 pounds. An extra benefit of the low-carb diet is that it produced a higher quality of weight loss, Stewart says. With weight loss, fat is reduced, but there is also often a loss of lean tissue (muscle), which is not desirable. On both diets, there was a loss of about 2 to 3 pounds of good lean tissue along with the fat, which means that the fat loss percentage was much higher on the low-carb diet.