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Jan 11, 2025 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Kashmiri Brahmins or Pandits are the original remaining Hindu population after a large-scale conversion of the valley’s population to Islam in the 14th century. The Pandit community is a part of the tumultuous history of Kashmir. Kashmir was an important center of Hinduism in the first millennium.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped small gland in the front of the neck, just below the Adam’s apple and is less than 20 grams in weight. It is a very important organ that produces hormones that regulates many of the body’s functions: These include regulation of the body’s metabolic rate, which controls how the body uses energy and affects weight and digestion. It also regulates the body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Coffee as a beverage in Kashmir is a relatively recent entrant and the land of “Noon Chay” and “Kahwa” is steadily getting into a coffee age. The city of Srinagar has several places to get coffee in style. Some of the names which come to my mind are: Black Bear Brew, Bistro Boulevard, Chai Jaai, Gulshan-The Book Shop the Coffee Shop, Auburn by Arwa, 14th Avenue Café and Grill, Jhelum Café and many more. History of coffee is centuries old.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
We often refer to high cholesterol levels to be bad for health especially the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) component. High density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol however is often referred to as good cholesterol. Lipoproteins are complex particles composed of multiple proteins which transport all the fat molecules (Lipids) around the body within the water outside cells.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Our Kashmir valley as per geological facts was a huge waterbody around 4.5 million years ago. This lake was formed as a result of tectonic activity which caused valley to sink and fill with water. Over time this lake began to drain due a devastating earthquake which broke open the mountain wall at Baramulla, and the water flowed out from a gorge leaving behind sedimentary rocks lacustrine mud, known as the Karewas, along the margins of mountains.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Winter is almost here and with the health hazards associated with it. These are seen more often in the vulnerable populations like in extremes of age, people with co-morbidities like diabetes, high blood pressure and in those with previous heart ailments like previous heart attacks, weak hearts (heart failure patients) and with chronic lung problems like asthma and chronic bronchitis. Cold weather is usually defined as an average temperature around 10 degrees Celsius or lower.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
There is a common myth that high Blood pressure is less prevalent and less dangerous for health in women. While this may be true before the menopause but later in life the prevalence and associated risks becomes equal. In fact, after the ages of 65 years more women have hypertension (HT) as compared to men. It should be remembered that the life expectancy in women with HT is shortened by an average of 5 years.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Maturity onset Diabetes also called Type II diabetes is a common medical problem seen with an estimated prevalence of 11.4% as per the recent ICMR-INDIAB-17. The figures are not very different in the population of Jammu and Kashmir. India has an estimated 100 million people formally diagnosed with diabetes, which makes it the second most affected in the world, after China. Furthermore, 700,000 Indians died of diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease and other complications of diabetes in 2020.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
Tea or Chai is one of the cheapest beverages humans consume. Its consumption as a beverage has been considered a health promoting habit since time immemorial. Tea plant Camellia sinensis has been cultivated for thousands of years and its leaves have been used for medicinal purposes. Tea is used as a popular beverage worldwide and its ingredients are now finding medicinal benefits. India is the second largest producer of tea in the world after China.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
greaterkashmir.com | Upendra Kaul
This wonderful season in many languages including in Greek and of course English is synonymous with the harvest season. Later as populations started moving to towns and away from the fields it became known as a season between summer and winter, a period associated with falling of the leaves and the season thus became known as the “Fall”, which predates the gloomy and cold winter months. Autumn in Kashmiri is called Harud and Khizan in pure Urdu.
