Noma has been voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine. It has a simple looking menu and must be expensive. What intrigues me is that they are priced to serve only 20. Perhaps as a group?
I have often felt that peace can emanate only from doing peaceful things. The smooth, calm and serene approach to life brings about peace. I have been into Yoga for several years and have tried to analyse its origins and purpose. It is a whole deep system, not just an exercise. Let me start with […]
It was the American insurance companies that introduced the idea of the height-weight chart. They wanted people to be fit and claim free, alas by a standard assuming one size fits all. There may be numerous researches to show the relationship between good health and fitness. True that people have stopped using their limbs and […]
Global fatness is a reality. Weight loss is an industry that has come up as a result of it. A simple way out of it is to walk more. Here are some facts about weight and tips to loose it: You are not born fat; you become fat as you grow. Fat cells multiply in number with […]
An interesting co-relation between energy, fatness and global warming is of relevance today. Perhaps not entirely, as I wonder if it really affects some parts of the world where human energy is utilized to optimum levels. I was not totally convinced after watching the Inconvenient Truth, which spoke of the problem of global warming but failed to point to the perpetrators of this slow death of […]
Why Indians are more likely to have a heart attack than others: Research points to the South Asian communities being at a higher risk of heart attacks than others. I cannot agree anymore, but have certain cynical reservations about medical research. Medically profiling races and communities have helped the drug companies identify their markets […]
