Category: Healthy

What are the benefits of antioxidants? From blueberries to pumpkin, and beyond, there are many antioxidant-rich foods. Although the word antioxidants may be a bit of a mystery, what antioxidants do in the body is unclear. An antioxidant is a compound that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce chain reactions and free radicals, and therefore has the potential of doing damage to the body’s cells.

You may already be familiar with some of the most important antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin E, selenium, and carotenoids like beta-carotene. Most of the antioxidant rich foods in which you find them – especially in high quantities – are fruits, vegetables and other naturally occurring plant foods. Berries, carrots, coffee, red grapes, green tea, turmeric, onions, peppers, avocados, radishes, kale and lemon are all great foods to consume in order to get your daily dose.

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When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child, in October 2021, she could not have imagined that she would find herself, hours before delivering her baby, in a crowded distribution queue, pleading for fuel to get to the hospital.

“The majority of the crowd was sympathetic,” Ruchika recalled. “The authorities allowed me to buy the fuel I needed after examining my medical documents to confirm my story, but there were still a few who were shouting at us.”

Pregnant women in Sri Lanka find themselves in a world that was unimaginable just a few months ago. The crisis is critically undermining sexual and reproductive health services, including maternal health care and access to contraception, and services to prevent and respond to gender-based violence have also been compromised.

Patients asked to supply medical equipment

Ruchika made it to the hospital the day after her harrowing wait for fuel,

As ridiculous as it may sound, an argument can be made that we’re currently experiencing the best stretch of wide receiver Curtis Samuel’s tenure with the Commanders.

For the first time this summer, Samuel has been a participant in three straight practices. That includes Wednesday’s workout, which followed a lively, in-pads Tuesday session and Monday’s non-padded action.

This run — and yes, that term is being used seriously — began, henceforth, with Samuel suiting up in Saturday’s preseason opener against Carolina. He caught two passes in that affair and has since been a fixture on the fields in Ashburn.

On Tuesday, Ron Rivera called Samuel’s recent activity “a delight.”

“It’s been kind of cool to watch him come back and really be more and more confident about where he is,” Rivera told reporters.

Samuel’s 2022 training camp got off to an ignominious beginning, as issues with his “football conditioning” prevented

CECILIA, Ky. (AP) — For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.”

“It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps a cheery voice on her laptop screen. It asks her to click an emoji matching her state of mind: Happy. Sad. Worried. Angry. Frustrated. Calm. Silly. Tired.

Depending on the answer, Leah, 9, gets advice from a cartoon avatar on managing her mood and a few more questions: Have you eaten breakfast? Are you hurt or sick? Is everything OK at home? Is someone at school being unkind? Today, Leah chooses “silly,” but says she struggled with sadness during online learning.

At Lakewood Elementary School, all 420 students will start their days the same way this year. The rural Kentucky school is one of thousands across the country using the technology to screen students’ state of mind and alert