Health & Safety

Health Benefits Of Ghee G hee is the new liquid gold rediscovered by the West. For ages we have been using this flavorful fat in our cooking.  It was only in the mid-20th century when the vegetable oil industry started to push their products as the healthier choice that the usage of ghee in India dropped. The switch to vegetable oil led to an increase in cardiovascular disorders and diabetes.  The zero fat diet of the mid and late 20th century literally banned fats from diets which further aggravated the cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.  Truth eventually comes out and so did the truth about the benefits of ghee. All fats are not equal and ghee is a type of fat called MCT; medium chain triglycerides.  This type of fat has a high smoke point and hence doesn't form the harmful chemical called acrylamide when heated. Also, the MCT in ghee reduces cardiovascular risk factors and prevents diabetes.  Ghee also has butyric acid which improves immune funct...

It was a Monday morning. Just after 7 am me and my colleague were settling in for our day’s work.  ‘Do you have any ibuprofen or acetaminophen?’ my friend asked me. ‘Why do you need it?’ I asked her. I could guess the reason but, I wanted her to confirm the reason for seeking pain medication. ‘I have severe stomach cramps,’ she confirmed. ‘I am afraid I won’t be able to stay at work but, I don’t think I can drive home either.’ ‘I don’t use any pain medication,’ I informed her and I could see the dismay on her face. ‘But, I have the best remedy for cramps or any kind of pain.’ I took out a small bottle of cloves from my cabinet. ‘Trust me,’ I told her. ‘Take just 2 cloves and the pain will be gone in 5 mins.’ I could see that she didn’t believe me but, she was also in such a position that she was willing to try anything. She took 2 cloves from me and chewed on it. I let her savour the cloves and returned to work. Hardly 2 minutes had gone by when she called me again. ‘...

I have heard people say that speeding is not wrong. Many people claim that speeding is safe. On an empty road if you speed, probably you won’t run into many concerns. The problem occurs in a collision. The fatality of a collision is proportional to speed . We have all studied the momentum equation in high school. We have studied the different types of collisions and have calculated the force generated during a collision.  Let us take a look at the following to see the effect of speeding. (It has been many years since I worked out these problems. Please feel free to let me know if you find any errors). This is mainly for youngsters who argue against speed limits. Please refer to basic physics to refresh your memory on vector and scalar quantities. The direction of travel to the east is taken as a positive quantity and West as a negative quantity. In a collision, a force acts upon an object for a given amount of time to change the object's velocity. The product of fo...