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From the Archives : Exercises for Healthy and Beautiful Eyes {Eye Care}

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Hope you are all enjoying your vacation.
I wrote this post during the New Year vacation of 2009. 
Well, today I have something really useful to tell you all. Its about cleaning the eyes. We all know the importance of keeping our eyes dust-free and giving them time to relax. Morning eye exercises are most important to keep eyes in good condition. There are various exercises which you can do.

Staring at an Object

Stare at a far away object without blinking your eyes till they begin to water. It will sting badly if you are a starter, but, you get used to it gradually. This is one of the best exercises to remove the toxins from eyes and also improves your self-confidence.
    Tip: Try holding the eyelids with your fingers if you are not able to stare without blinking.
    I have not done this since I wrote the post. Guess, its back to basics!!
    Tighten and Relax
    Close your eyes tightly and pull all your face muscles in a taut condition for 5 seconds. Relax. Rub your palms together to warm them and place them on your eyes for 5 seconds. Repeat the procedure 10 times.
    This works really fantastically.

    Simple Eye Movements
    Look towards extreme right and then extreme left without blinking and without moving the head. Just move the eye balls. Repeat 5 times. Blink several times. Look up and then down. Repeat 5 times. Blink. Look diagonally up on left and then, diagonally down on right. Repeat 5 times. Blink. Follow the same with diagonal right up and diagonal left down. Repeat 5 times. Blink. Finally, rotate your eyes, first, in clockwise and, then, in anti-clockwise direction. Blink several times. 
      Also, do not forget that when we stare at our laptops, we actually FORGET to blink!! Yes, that is true. So, remember to move away from the computer for 5 minutes every once in an hour. Use that time to gobble down some fluids into the system. Sitting at laptop also drains your eye and makes them dry and itchy! 
      These exercises are enough to keep your eyes and the skin around it in good health. There are many others which you can try out. Do not forget to blink. Blinking keeps the eyes in watery condition and eliminates the toxins. The more you blink, better your eyes will look.
      And, do not forget to wash your eyes with triphala infusion. It is so soothing for the eyes and apparently also improves the eye sight!
      PS: The italicized paragraphs are updated.

      Ayurvedic Tips I have incorporated in my Daily Routine

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      Updated from June 18, 2013. It has been a long time since I have followed these ayurvedic tips. Now, I am revisiting them slowly and making them part of my daily life. I shall keep you posted. But, before going, I request you to go through the entire article and please try make them a part of your life as well.

      Have you ever tried Ayurveda in your daily routine? I did it. It had started with one day my mom telling me to wash my eyes with the triphala infusion. She had seen it on some program which imparts these ayurvedic tips for healthy living. And, once it starts, the tips just keep on coming.

      But then how many things can you incorporate? So, I just left it at that. Here I am listing a few steps which have been extremely beneficial for me and do not take much of effort or time. And, their benefits are too good to pass up. I have been doing these things on and off for the past one month or more. And, I can talk about the benefits I have seen in my skin or hair or body!

      Triphala Eye Wash

      Every morning right after I get up, I wash my eyes with the triphala infusion. And, the results?

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      Does milk increase the weight? {Health}

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      Ok, so this is a question for you all! What do you think? Milk or eating dairy products everyday increase the weight?
      Well, in my opinion, yes it does! I have been without milk for almost a year or more and I had noticed a drastic decrease in my weight. Also, its not only my experience but one of the guy colleague who is literally paranoid about weight attests the fact.
      Well, some do say that it actually depends on person to person as to what contributes in their weight increase or decrease. To a lot of extent, that is absolutely true!

      But, when it comes to milk, there are quite a lot of milk types – whole milk, toned, skimmed and what not! Honestly, I can’t even understand what toned, doubled toned and skimmed are for but anyways they are different levels of milk processing.

      Now, whole milk has maximum amount of calories and skimmed non-fat milk has least amount. And, many people are used to adding sugar in milk so that adds extra calories to the body thus resulting in weight gain.
      On the other hand, it comes as a boon for underweight people. Drinking two glasses of milk a day can improve your weighty issues. Also, milk mainly contains proteins which improve the muscle mass. So, a healthy dose of exercise is required to fight off that muscle mass in unhealthy weight gain.
      Now before you start discontinuing milk, let me also state that since it is rich in proteins and helps in building the muscles, not taking milk on a regular basis can actually leave you weak and without energy in the long run. I have myself undergone the situation. I was wan and weak and irritable all the time!
      So, the best bet is to drink a glass of skimmed milk. But, also remember that excess processing of milk actually strips off the nutrients! So, honestly, I have no idea what to drink and what not. I as usual do not mind a lot of fat so I love whole milk 😀 And, btw, I should also add that some people claim milk and dairy products help lose weight!
      What about you? You like skimmed milk? Or, you prefer to do the no-milk show?
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