Is Canola oil healthy?
Life Desk : Canola oil or LEAR (low-erucic acid rapeseed) is the edible version of rapeseed oil. Rapeseed belongs to Brassicaceae family including three different species- B. rapa, Brassica napus, and B. juncea.Rapeseed oil...
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Saudi Arabia celebrates first ever Women’s Day
Life Desk :International Women’s Day is widely celebrated across the globe where people pledge their support for gender equality and celebrate the achievements of women and has become a regular event in the social...
Happy Rose Day: Each rose has a meaning
Life Desk :When you decide to pick roses for your loved ones, this week, keep in mind each colour connotes to a different meaning. There shouldn’t only be a single day in the year...
Tattoo removal methods
Life Desk :One in three American adults have at least one tattoo, according to the ‘The Harris Poll’ 2015. Around 47% of them are Millennial and one-third of them are Gen Xers. Compared to...
Sitting time may not be directly related to diabetes
Life Desk :Sitting time is closely associated with a sedentary lifestyle and is considered as a risk for diabetes.Results of a 13-year study indicate that there was little evidence for associations between sitting time...
How brains make meaning
Life Desk :We all have particular experiences or particular things -a favorite song, for example- that mean much more to us than others.Now, researchers who’ve studied how perceptions of meaning change when people take...
Women getting more seats in the boardroom
Life Desk :The number of women sitting at the table in corporate boardrooms across the country is rising very slowly, but it’s rising.Just over 15 per cent of all director seats at publicly traded...
Gun violence research underfunded in USA
Life Desk :More than 30,000 people die each year from gun violence in the United States, a higher rate of death than any industrialized country in the world.Funding and publication of gun violence research...
Fight cancer with nutrition therapy
Fahmida Hashem :Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, cancer is the sixth leading cause of death. There are 13 to 15 lakh...
Gardens in a glass
Life Desk :Imagine a world in a glass. The deep, dark earth, lush green plants and even tiny living beings all living and breathing in a bottle. This is not a modern-day Alice in...
Are you drinking too much water without realizing?
Life Desk :We are often told to drink as much water as possible. Celebrities’ often cite this elixir as their beauty secret and we are told that it can cure our many maladies. While...
Earthen cookware
Life Desk :A new generation of ceramic makers is dishing up some highly-creative crockery, especially with the return of slow cooking.Who doesn’t love fine crockery? Now you have all the more reasons to rekindle...