by Hamna Qasim | Sep 28, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Fat Tissue Probably the most important nutritional problem in today’s society is obesity. Now, what is obesity? Essentially obesity is having too much fat in your body. Now, what is body fat? Body fat is composed of adipocytes or fat cells stored in...
by Hamna Qasim | Sep 10, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Intro to Lipids Image Source: microbenotes.com Do you know that fats/lipids are the same? Lipids are just a more fancy word. And we eat and also store fat. But what is fat really, how is it processed, and what’s the difference between saturated and unsaturated...
by Hamna Qasim | Aug 16, 2020 | Food & Nutrition, Self Care
Now, what are carbohydrates? Is sugar a carbohydrate? Yep. What about starch? Well, starch is also part of the carbohydrates. Fibre? Fibre is also part of the carbohydrates, but a special kind, as we’ll see. We’ll start by looking at the chemistry of...
by Hamna Qasim | Aug 9, 2020 | Lifestyle
What is Love for Me? I think love is inside you; something within your soul. It’s not defined by others. It’s not about loving XYZ. Whether you have that strength or not, it’s not dependent on another person. It’s your capacity to love. You never have to plan love...
by Hamna Qasim | Aug 9, 2020 | Lifestyle
From the days of yore, the joint family system is coming through the ages. All older people and their children (more than one generation) live together. For the respect of elders, everyone accepts their decisions and shows dignity to them. On top of that, everyone is...