KASHMIR LIFE (KL): How important is food and nutrition in times of health crisis like Covid-19?
BEENISH ZOHRA (BZ): It is said that we are what we eat. Although food cannot prevent one from getting infected by Covid19, it can play a vital role in building our immune response. Covid19 is harsh and lethal for patients with co-morbidities like diabetes, cardiac issues, hypertension, etc. In such patients, diet is of utmost importance to have pre-existing issues under control.
KL: How does our daily diet affect our immune system?
BZ: Malnutrition impairs the production of immune cells, while a proper diet rich in all nutrients, multivitamins, and antioxidants, increases the production of healthy immune cells and their response to infection. Adequate and appropriate nutrition is required for all cells to function optimally and this includes the cells in the immune system. Eating a varied diet helps to ensure that you receive all the nutrients and antioxidants, which are necessary for a healthy diet. This increases the immunity of the body to fight against infection.
KL: What would be an ideal diet chart for a Covid-19 patient?
BZ: Always prefer unprocessed foods, a fiber-rich diet, and fresh fruits and vegetables. Drink plenty of fluids as hydration is very important
Breakfast: Try to eat healthy carbs, which digest slowly and make you feel full for a longer time include eggs, dairy, and dairy products. One should try not to consume food that has been labelled as “refined”.
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Before The Kabul Retreat
Described as the ‘Graveyard of Empires’, Afghanistan was always termed to be at peace when it was at war. But the land-locked desert country that was always in turmoil and one of the worst targets of the Great Game suffered immensely throughout, especially in the last 40 years, Masood Hussain writes
FINGERS CROSSED
Almost everybody in academia and politics that Khalid Bashir Gura spoke to, the response over Kabul happens was simple – wait and watch
Parliamentary Committee In Srinagar
The visiting 28-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs have had detailed interactions with top civil administration and discussed developmental scenario and people’s welfare measures in Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a 4-day visit. Congress leader and MP Anand Sharma is heading the committee.
MUSIC IN MUD HOUSE
Deep into north Kashmir, Faheem Mir meet a small community that sings and lives on folk music but is facing a tense situation in the last few years
THE KABUL SPILLOVER?
Security experts are divided over the possible impact of the Kabul situation on Kashmir. But the dramatic Taliban triumph has altered the region’s geopolitics, for the time being, writes Riyaz Wani
Durga Bhawan At Katra
To enhancing facilities for the convenience of the Vaishno Devi pilgrims, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation for the Durga Bhawan, a high utility pilgrim-centric facility worth Rs 24.4 crore. The facility will accommodate 4000 pilgrims.
Women Empowerment
In the first, 480 talented girls from Jammu and Kashmir were included in the degree and diploma courses of the Pragati Scholarship. Jammu and Kashmir has also got nine scholarships under the Saksham Scheme for Persons with Disabilities.
‘SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IS THE OUTCOME OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN KASHMIR STAND-OFF'
Foreign policy expert and editor of HardNews magazine, Sanjay Kapoor believes that Taliban 2.0 has more legitimacy unlike in the past as it had signed a deal with the US and negotiated with other countries of the region, but the final verdict can be passed only after it manages ticklish issues involving half of its population, the women
Boredom Is Creative?
Getting bored is not as boring as it gets, writes Azra Hussain
LG In Bangus
Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Bungus Awaam Mela amidst grand arrangements for village games, exhilarating local performances, and other activities to celebrate the 75th year of Independence.
