High blood pressure and hypertension are the new lifestyle diseases afflicting India's urban middle class. Dr Ravi R Kasliwal, Chairman, Clinical & Preventive Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. What kind of cooking oil is good for heart & esp for high BP patients? Is it olive, mustard, desi ghee or refined oils like Saffola/Fortune? Asked by: Honey
A. Olive oil, Mustard oil, Saffola / Fortune oil or Rice Bran....
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Besides wielding the megaphone and producing the movie, Prakash Raj will take care of the lead role as well. ...
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Chandigarh: Indian exporters on Tuesday threatened to stop trade with Pakistan via rail route in the wake of the discovery of over 100 kg of heroin along with ammunition from a goods train coming from Pakistan on Monday. "If the concerned authorities, including Railway, did not take adequate measures to contain unlawful activity like recovery of heroin and ammunition and if such things (recoveries of contraband) continues, then we will...
06:44 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Kolkata: At least 15 persons including many school students were injured, six seriously, in a mishap in a reputed amusement park at Salt Lake in Kolkata on Tuesday. The incident happened when a water chute at Nicco Park collapsed on Tuesday. Police said the water chute, one of the most popular rides of the park collapsed due to overcrowding. There were more visitors to the park in view of the...
06:20 PM, Aug 21, 2012
According to latest reports, all the warnings about too much salt leading to hypertension or heart diseases be wrong. ...
10:16 AM, Jun 07, 2012
It seems that the lady luck has blessed Baburaj. With back to back success and handful of offers, Baburaj is gearing up for another film 'Blackberry' in which he will play the main lead. The female protagonist of the film is the talented young actress Mythili, who had many recent hits including 'Mayamohini 'and 'Salt N Pepper'. K B Madhu wields the megaphone for this humor oriented flick . Another...
03:19 PM, Jun 06, 2012
At a time when action films relied heavily on time-tested formulas, 'Vyooham', released in 1990, was distinctive in many ways. The technological brilliance was one and the film introduced Raghuvaran, an accredited baddie of the time, as the hero. Though the movie received average response at the box office, it brought a wind of change to the industry. Two years later, the director of the movie, Sangeeth Sivan, again took...
11:19 AM, May 31, 2012
'Salt N Pepper' fame Aashiq Abu who had been in the pre-production work of his 'Idukki Gold' has suddenly shifted his plans and announced his new movie in the title '22 Female Kottayam'(22FK). Another small film featuring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead cast, the new movie will be scripted by Abhilash Kumar with the support of Shyam Pushkaran. The movie which carries an interesting tag line 'No...
05:25 PM, May 25, 2012
Salt Lake City: Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous. Breaches were reported this week in Boston, Syracuse, New York, Salt Lake City and Greece. Hackers gained access to the Salt Lake City Police Department website that gathers citizen complaints about drug and other crimes, including phone numbers, addresses...
10:25 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: As an actor who has associated himself with most of the brilliant technicians and actors from the state,Prakash Raj was more at home when he turned up for the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2011. It was his friendship with Priyadarshan who had surprised the actor with the lead role in 'Kanjivaram' which won many laurels,that brought him to the IFFK as a guest. Prakash told Express, "When...
12:41 PM, Dec 14, 2011
Dubai: The 100th day celebration of the superhit Malayalam film 'Salt N' Pepper' will be held here with a concert by Avial, a popular band from Kerala. Award-winning actress Shweta Menon and Baburaj, who star in the film, will join director Aashiq Abu and the Avial team for the musical evening. Composer Bijibal, whose songs for 'Salt N' Pepper' are a hit in Kerala, will also perform at the event...
04:32 PM, Oct 25, 2011
Kolkata: Monday is Mahasaptami and it begins the Durga pujo tour with the biggest durga idol ever made. Salt Lake has a 52 feet high fibre statue of Ma Durga and the organisers say the response is overwhelming. Organiser Sumit Chatterjee said," We can't count exactly but the last three days have seen a lot of people coming and appreciationg our idol." Visitors to the pandal say that it has...
09:20 AM, Oct 03, 2011
New York: Mahatma Gandhi-led Salt Satyagraha during India's independence movement has been named among the 10 most influential protests in the world by America's prestigious Time magazine. In March 1930, Gandhi embarked on a 24-day march from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to the small seaside town of Dandi, attracting followers along the way. The assembled throngs watched as he and dozens of others dipped into the sea to produce salt....
11:58 AM, Jun 29, 2011
Fulton, Mississippi: When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky. Some say the effects of the powders are as powerful as abusing methamphetamine. Increasingly, law enforcement...
11:43 AM, Jan 23, 2011
Washington: Scientists have found 34,000-year-old bacteria trapped inside tiny bubbles of salt crystals that could be the oldest living organisms on Earth, according to a report in the latest edition of GSA Today. The salt crystals containing the bacteria were found buried in the Death Valley of California. "It was actually a very big surprise to me," the Christian Science Monitor quoted Brian Schubert, who discovered the ancient bacteria living...
11:21 AM, Jan 15, 2011
Melbourne: A saltwater crocodile, admired for his prowess at predicting the future, has reportedly tipped Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard as winner of the federal election to be held on Saturday. Harry, a 4.9-metre-long crocodile, was given the choice of munching on one of two chicken carcasses - one tied to an image of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the other attached to a picture of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott....
01:41 PM, Aug 20, 2010
The 'Salt' star talks about the stunts she played for the spy thriller. ...
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