Month: September 2022

When it comes to maintaining their children’s health, it is every parent’s responsibility to provide them with a balanced diet. As parents, you must ensure that they receive all the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to grow healthy and fit. This could occasionally leave you elements of what is and isn’t appropriate when it comes to child nutrition.

As a result, many mothers who may be concerned about their child’s nutrition may mistakenly believe misconceptions! That’s why we’re here to help and bust myths you may have about child nutrition and diet.

Health Shots got in touch with Dr Rahul Nagpal, Director and HOD Pediatrics, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, to find out all the myths around child nutrition.

Here are 5 myths about child nutrition:

Myth 1: Children need to drink milk daily

Fact: Milk is an essential source of calcium for your kid in order to strengthen their bones

While some stress is a normal part of life, chronic or ongoing stress can lead to serious issues. Thus, stress is not an illness, but ongoing and unmanaged stress can lead to a host of negative outcomes. Imagine what one stressful thought after another feels like in your body. If you take the time to pause and notice, you will notice that you feel tired and drained. However, very few people realize you are also destroying your health and brain with chronic stress. Many people remain unaware of the damaging impact of stress on the mind, body and overall wellbeing. (Also read: Here’s how meditation can do wonders in relieving stress )

Psychologist, Dr. Ketam Hamdan, suggested important facts about stress that you may not know in her recent Instagram post.

1. Stress shrinks your brain

Chronic stress results in higher cortisol levels. Studies found high cortisol lower brain volumes

Australian states and territories are no longer going to publish daily COVID-19 case numbers, with health ministers deciding to move to weekly updates on new infections.

The final daily case numbers will be issued on Friday September 9, and the first weekly report will be made available on Friday September 16.

The new weekly figures, which will be consistently reported across jurisdictions, will include case numbers, new and total deaths, vaccination rates, and a breakdown of ICU and ventilated patients in hospital.

The decision follows a meeting of health ministers last Friday, but was not made public until Wednesday.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said health officials had backed the changes.

“The move is