Saturday, July 16, 2011

CALORIES CHART


Vegetables (per 100 grams)
Calories
Cabbage
45
Carrot
48
Cauliflower
30
Corn (baked)
84
Cucumber
12
Eggplant (Fresh)
24
Eggplant (Cooked)
69
Fenugreek (methi)
49
French Beans
26
Lettuce
21
Onion
50
Peas
93
Potato
97
Potato (fried- 1 cup)
450
Potato (baked- 1 cup)
100
Potato (mashed- 1 cup)
245
Potato (boiled- 1 cup)
83
Pumpkin (cooked)
33
Spinach
26
Tomato (fresh)
21
Tomato (stuffed and baked)
58
Tomato (baked)
39




    

Fruits (per 100 grams)
Calories
Apple
56 
Banana
153 
Black Grapes
45 
Chickoo
94 
Cherries
70 
Dates
281 
Guava
66 
Litchies
61 
Mango
70 
Melon
74
Orange
53 
Papaya
32 
Peach
50
Pears
51
Pineapple
46
Plums
56
Pomegranate
77
Watermelon
16

Cereals (per 100 grams)
Calories
Bajra
360 
Maize flour
355 
Rice
325 
Wheat flour
341 
    

Breads (per slice)
Calories
Chapati (wheat bread) (medium)
119 
White bread
60 
Paratha (not stuffed)
280 
    

Desserts (per 100 grams)
Calories
Biscuits
399
Boondi ladoo
150
Cake (with icing)
302
Cake (without icing)
218
Cookies (butter cookies)
482
Custard
205
Fruit pie
236
Fruit salad
80
Gujia
501
Gulab Jamun
387
Halwa (atta)
263
Halwa (rawa)
181
Halwa (sohan halwa)
399
Jalebi
494
Jelly
65
Kheer (rice)
141
Kheer (rice-carrot)
226
Maalpua
325
Sandesh
57




    

Milk and Milk Products (per cup)
Calories
Buffalo milk
115 
Butter (100gms.)
750 
Buttermilk
19 
Cheese
315 
Cow milk
100 
Cream (100gms)
210 
Ghee (100gms)
910 
Skimmed milk
45 
    

Miscellaneous
Calories
Coconut water (100 ml)
25
Coffee
40 
Honey (1 tbsp)
90 
Orange juice (100 ml)
47 
Sugar (1 tbsp)
48 
Tea
30 
Tomato juice (100ml)
22 






Activity (30 minutes)
Calories
    

Aerobic Dance
178
Basketball
258
Bicycling (10 mph, level ground)
189
Bowling (competitive)
108
Canoeing (vigorous)
192
Croquet
111
Field Hockey
249
Fishing
114
Golf (carrying clubs)
162
Golf (power cart)
108
Handball (leisure)
270
Handball (vigorous)
297
Horseback riding (galloping)
255
Horseback riding (trotting)
204
Horseback riding (walking)
75
Ice skating (fast pace)
315
Ice skating (slow pace)
199
Judo
363
Jumping rope
223
Mountain climbing
270
Rowing machine
378
Roller skating (fast pace)
315
Roller skating (slow pace)
199
Running (5.5 mph)
295
Running (7.5 mph)
426
Skiing (cross-country, 2.5 mph)
252
Skiing (cross-country, 8.0 mph)
459
Skiing (downhill)
247
Sleeping
32
Squash
393
Swimming (breast stroke, 1.0 mph)
300
Swimming (crawl, fast)
291
Swimming (back stroke)
341 
Tennis (singles)
216
Tennis (doubles)
162
Volleyball
93
Walking (3.0 to 3.5 mph)
130




Friday, July 15, 2011

Softening Cracked Heels through herbal ayurveda remedies







Cracked heels are one of the most common beauty problems caused by
drying of skin. The desire to wear attractive foot wear will remain
just that with cracked heels. Cracked heels are also referred to as
heel fissures. When these fissures are deep they may bleed and become
painful. Some times they may also get infected.
Ayurveda classifies cracked heels under "kshudra rogas" (common
diseases without much complecations) and explains the causes and
remedies for cracked heels.

Cracks or fissures usually appear on outer edges of heels when the skin
on these parts is dry and thick.

What causes cracked heels?
According to ayurveda  the cracked heel is caused by vitiation of Vata.
Due to vitiation of vata the skin becomes dry, rough and  fissured.

Walking bare foot for long distances vitiates vata  causing cracked
heels.

Dry and cold weather increases vata in body and may cause cracks on the
heels. The same weather conditions worsen the already present cracks or
fissures on heels.

Usually the process of sweating keeps our skin moist and soft. Absence
of or inactive sweat glands cause dryness of skin. Vitiated vata dries
up sweat glands.

People who have dry skin tend to develop cracked heels easily.
Continued pressure on feet causes cracking of skin on heels. This may
be due to prolonged standing or over weight.

Thin soled shoes, Open backed shoes, heel spurs, Surgery of lower
extremities, flat feet, high arched feet and diseases like psoriasis,
eczema etc also cause fissured heels.

Self care for cracked heels
Avoid thin soled shoes or footwear and open backed shoes.
Use  pumice stone bars to remove thick, dead skin of heels.
Apply medicated herbal balm which keeps the skin of heels soft and
closes fissures.