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Save your Bones

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Boon is being healthy and active. The robust lifestyle dooms as our body gets weak. The vigorous momentum of life fades as we experience a bone ache. In the chaos of daily life, health is the latter thing we care about. Synthetic food, a hectic schedule, and a lack of self-care made it susceptible to suffer from osteoporosis. even before the 50s. This skeletal disorder starts with aging. When bones start becoming fragile and brittle. The potential threat is pain is extreme pain and disability. The increasing rate of diseases is very startling in Pakistan.  It is estimated that about 9.9 million people in Pakistan  have osteoporosis  of whom 7.2 million are women. This demonstrates the disastrous health condition of women and lack of awareness . Low Estrogen Level : Human cells regenerate automatically similarly l bone cells also renew after loss. But in osteoporosis, they cease to regenerate. The reason for failure is ascribed to a low level of estrogen. estrogen is the h...

Grievances of a Working Mother

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From women's eyes this doctrine I derive They sparkle still the right Promethean fire They are the books, the arts, the academies That show, contains, and nourish all the world. (Shakespeare's Love Labor Lost) The status of society ascribed  to the status of women :      The position of women in the scale of public opinion varies from society to society. In some societies, they are mere chattels while in some others they are deemed assets. The degree of the civilized or uncivilized community depends on the standard of how they treat their women. But this is not the same everywhere.  The challenges working women confront are very crucial. Do they get the acknowledgment they deserve?  The two-tier role of female  : Pakistani society, which is typically founded on patriarchal culture. Man is considered the supreme power and breadwinner for his family. The primary role which is assigned to a woman is a house maker. Within the embankments of her house, she ...

Body Shaming,a Contemporary Matter

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Oh , You have put on weight, your body is not in shape. You look fat in these clothes. You shouldn't wear such dresses. Your figure is getting broader. Your hairstyle making your face chubby. Why don't you hit the gym? No one will marry a fat girl, you must pity yourself. Why your tummy is bulging out... It doesn't end up here. If you are thin you will also be called skeleton, flimsy and you must start eating lest you tumble down and so on. People are not pleased in either way. Materialistic social judgments:  If you go to any gathering after a long time it is compulsory to hear remarks on your body. People will tell you how much weight either you lost or gain. In case of gaining weight, they start to penalize you with their pungent remarks as if it is their birthright. They reckon you like your property and their demanding tone adds salt to burn. And you give them more opportunity to judge you by not responding. This judgemental attitude of weighing bodies is demoralizing....

Rejection, a Confession.

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L ife is full of trials and ordeals. The ebb and flow of time keep us going but when someone rejects us, it wounds us deeply and stops our progress. Many of us are more susceptible to this trauma, making us more vulnerable, taking a very long while to recover, and sometimes the abrasion is lasting.        Unfortunately, we all experience rejection ache at some point in life. Our emotional control makes it tolerable but a few of us couldn't succumb to the lash of rejection. Consequently, it shatters not only our health but also our mind. Because we are not immune to rejection. Our mind does not accept the bitter reality. The outcome of repudiation is frustration, depression, aggression, and seclusion. There are many rejections we come across, rejection from love, job, family, and suitors. For being very sensitive some people take it to heart and it interferes with their day-to-day life.  How does this seed grow? From childhood, the process commences when we rejec...

Selfies, Blame to Shame

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Mobile Selfies, Blame to Shame S hhhhh... It made me feel to think over and over, shall I discuss this topic? Why it is striking my mind? Why it is not a matter of debate? The lives of our children are much more challenging than ours. In the ocean of the internet, there are millions of vices and virtues floating around. They have to choose between constructive and destructive paths.              Certainly, this is a very stupendous task, a mid of this, the responsibility is laid on the shoulders of parents and elders on how to educate them to be defensive and protective. Recently, social media usage has burgeoned in youth. Each teenager is well equipped with this trouble called a mobile phone and the social media craze is driving them to click and share their every moment along with their personal life and private essence too. Mobile Pandora's box :        More than a million cases have b...

Smartphone Nuisance

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  E very epoch and era is illustrated for its traits, which show the peculiarities of the civilization that lived through. Some ages are notable for their bravery, while others are distinguished for victories. Several got prominent for their knowledge and numerous are celebrated for their discoveries.  The era of the 21st century;  we are living in will be marked by inventions and technology. Technology has given birth to an entirely new type of culture and civilization. It has changed the perspective of life and made it full of facilities, ease, and comforts. Though we feel fortunate enjoying such effortless life that is not less than a boon yet some inventions have more disadvantages proved as a bane. The worst affliction which befell upon us is an affiliation of mobile phones.                We use phones everywhere while walking, talking, shopping, driving, and even in the washroom.  No hand is spare from its clasp. The dev...

Depression a common Foe

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  D epression is the fundamental cause of disability. Globally it's an extensively rampant psychic disease.  More women than men are suffering from this disorder.  Here, my concern is not about clinical depression which is drastic and major, but the ordinary depression that is experienced by almost everyone.  The silent rival clings to us and paralyzes our entire nervous system. Consequently, we lose control over emotions, react aggressively, and feel discontented. It comes as a bolt from the blue, interferes with our ability to work significantly we lose interest in things we normally enjoy. Loss of energy, poor concentration, changes in appetite, mood swings, recurrent thoughts of unsatisfaction, and gloomy disposition are some symptoms.   How our brain perceives depression:  It's common lore that emotions are connected to the heart whereas science claims it is the brain that solely controls our emotions. This is scientific evidence that a few chemica...

When Father is not a Father

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" M an shall protect and take full care of a woman with the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly than the latter" (Al Quran, Al Nisa, verse 34)" .   T his injunction implies physical maintenance and protection of women as a matter of moral obligation and responsibilities. While living in a patriarchal society where men are assigned as the head of the family. He neglects and mutilates God's commandments. Though, we are heading towards progress yet we are not over with this male hegemony and a false sense of superiority. Our culture promotes male dominance:    As there is a misconception that religion gives rise to conservatism. This is a false idea. This is the culture that bring about inheritance of social vice. Here in Pakistan I would say, the social structure and conservatism are inherited from pre-partition culture. The intra-culture exchange makes permeable, to absorb one culture rites into another. When people having different beliefs live together ...

Self Confidence- Indispensable

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       I came across many people in my  life they are diligent, creative and efficient. But what they are lacked in is confident.Why confident is so much necessary and how we can get it? Why does it matter to you?    When you believe in yourself means you make other people to consider you a trustworthy person. When you are not educated, skilful, strong, healthy, and beautiful you fell a prey to this disorder. That will be the reason of your collapse.                        Throughout my life I have been struggling to be more confident when there was time in my school I wish I would not have been there in class or had the teacher asked someone else. My turn of speaking shattered my words and ideas I became so much depressed with the idea of expressing myself and assignments . It was not ceased here, even with friends I was not much affable. I felt sometimes their ideas and notions are wrong...

Self-care is Key to Robust Living.

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   Day no matter where you live Speaking of Mother's an idea that always sparks me it also got me thinking about what does it mean to be a good mother.          Thinking back, I remember how my mother worked hard, we were four in all. She was burdened with the responsibilities of upbringing three daughters and one son. Along with doing a job in a school, giving tuition in the evening, and house chores without any external help.  I saw her doing extreme things like rushing back from school preparing lunch and going to see her sick mother too. What she was focused more on was our studies and she took a loan to get us an education from the best institute.   Her lack of care about herself led her to very devastating consequences. The deficiency of calcium led her to arthritis. It was the just beginning of malaise. Then she was found with hepatitis and cancer too. It seems quite fictional but when trouble starts it never ends for her. Still, ...

Do hormones really matter?

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H ormones are natural substances produced in the body. They help to relay messages between cells and organs and affect many bodily functions. Everyone has what are considered “male” and “female” sex hormones. We female least care about hormones and how they are interlinked with our body. They are much similar to the blood vessels  channels. Their function is to pick  up all the end products from the cells of the body and deliver these metabolites into the circulation and  from the circulation how does it get out of the system?  It occurs through three things through three ways : Excretory organs in the body that is the skin so if you sweat more. Your health gets improved and how do you sweat, yes through exercise. The second is via kidneys so drink more of water excrete the metabolites. Therefore, drinking lot of water can increase electrolytes  which means whether it's coconut water Or nimbu sharbat with salt.  Secondly,  lots of fruits and eat lot of...