Thursday, October 13, 2016

Thulsi water

Storing water in copper vessels kills germs like virus and bacteria. Improves Memory Power: Daily intake of tulsi remarkably improves memory power and intelligence. The tulsi leaves acts as a nerve tonic that sharpens and boosts the memory power.

Also some people put tulasi leaves in a brass/copper vessel in water overnight and drink the water next morning.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Sugar and glucose

First, what is the difference between “sugar” and “glucose”? Sugar is the general name for sweet carbohydrates that dissolve in water. “Carbohydrate” means a food made only of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.

There are various different kinds of sugars. The one our body uses most is called “glucose.” Other sugars we eat, like fructose from fruit or lactose from milk, are converted into glucose in our bodies. Then we can use them for energy. Our bodies also break down starches, which are sugars stuck together, into glucose.

When people talk about “blood sugar,” they mean “blood glucose.” The two terms mean the same thing.

Friday, September 16, 2016

Human Blood

Blood is composed of cells suspended in a liquid called plasma.

Suspended in the plasma are three types of cells:
Red blood cells carry oxygen
White blood cells fight infection
Platelets stop bleeding in injuries
The most common type of grouping is the ABO (either uppercase or lowercase) grouping.

The varieties of glycoprotein coating on red blood cells divides blood into four groups:
A (A oligosaccharide is present)
B (B oligosaccharide is present)
AB (A and B oligosaccharides are present)
O (neither A nor B, only their precursor H oligosaccharide present)
There are subtypes under this grouping (listed as A1, A2, A1B or A2B…) some of which are quite rare. Apart from this there is a protein which plays an important part in the grouping of blood. This is called the Rh factor. If this is present, the particular blood type is called positive. If it is absent, it is called negative.
Thus we have the following broad categories:
A1 Negative (A1 −ve)
A1 Positive (A1 +ve)
A1B Negative (A1B −ve)
A1B Positive (A1B +ve)
A2 Negative (A2 −ve)
A2 Positive (A2 +ve)
A2B Negative (A2B −ve)
A2B Positive (A2B +ve)
B Negative (B −ve)
B Positive (B +ve)
B1 Positive (B1 +ve)
O Negative (O −ve)
O Positive (O+ve)