Why Vitamin B Is So Vital For Women?

We’ve heard it several times right—The B group of Vitamins are absolutely necessary for the body. But have you actually deciphered why our doctors can’t stop stressing on the intake of this nutrient? Here’s why they’re so important for the body.

Vitamin B1

Also called thiamine, Vitamin B1 acts as a co-enzyme in oxidising sugar in order to produce energy for the proper functioning of the body organs. It also helps improve brain function by improving memory and concentration. The best thing is that it will de-stress you by calming your nerves.

Where to get it: Sunflower seeds, barley and green peas are known to be rich in Vitamin B1.

Vitamin B5

This vitamin is essential for the formation of fats, carbohydrates and amino acids while also stimulating adrenal hormones. A deficiency of vitamin B5 limits fat metabolism. This is when the excess fats are pushed through the skin as sebum, which is a catalyst for acne, which essentially means that if you’re looking for healthy skin (and who isn’t?) you should get your daily dose of this vitamin.

Where to find it:  Broccoli, avocados and potatoes.

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Homemade Hair Packs for Monsoon!

While the monsoon brings with it a fair share of romance, chances are your hair isn’t taking too well to the rains after all! It is only fair that you take some extra care of your tresses and pamper them with some extra love. And it is not even too much hassle with a few easy-peasy home packs. Here’s how...

For damage free hair
For unruly hair that is unhealthy and damaged this pack comes in handy to do some damage control. Mix in curd, lemon and mustard oil to make a hair pack and let it dry, then wash off with water. Now heat some hibiscus leaves in water and bring to boil. Squeeze a lemon into it and apply it onto your hair. Leave it for around 20 minutes and again wash it off with a mild shampoo.

For an oil free scalp
For a clean, oil free scalp mix in two egg yolks, an egg white, lemon juice and a few drops of honey. Generously apply it onto your hair, let dry and wash off with a deep cleansing shampoo. This should leave your scalp oil free and hair supple.

For straight and frizz free hair
Mix in equal quantities of vinegar and honey in a cup of hot water and let it stand still for a few minutes. Then apply it onto your hair, leave it on for a few minutes and wash off with a mild shampoo. This should straighten out the monsoon frizz and deep condition your hair.

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My Gold Guide!!

Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials. Gemstones and similar materials such as amber and coral, precious metals,beads, and shells have been widely used, and enamel has often been important. In most cultures jewellery can be understood as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, fromhairpins to toe rings. The patterns of wearing jewellery between the sexes, and by children and older people can vary greatly between cultures, but adult women have been the most consistent wearers of jewellery; in modern European culture the amount worn by adult males is relatively low compared with other cultures and other periods in European culture.

Modern fine jewellery usually includes gold, white gold, platinum, palladium, titanium, or silver. Most contemporary gold jewellery is made of an alloy of gold, the purity of which is stated in karats, indicated by a number followed by the letter K. American gold jewellery must be of at least 10K purity (41.7% pure gold), (though in the UK the number is 9K (37.5% pure gold) and is typically found up to 18K (75% pure gold). Higher purity levels are less common with alloys at 22 K (91.6% pure gold), and 24 K (99.9% pure gold) being considered too soft for jewellery use in America and Europe. 

MyGoldGuide

My Gold Guide

The gems and jewellery industry plays an important part in the Indian economy. In addition to boasting a large gems and jewellery market, India has a unique situation in terms of both demand and supply. The domestic gems and jewellery industry had a market size of INR 251,000 Cr in 2013, with a potential to grow to INR 500,000–530,000 Cr by 2018.

The demand in India can be segmented into consumption and investment. Unlike most other countries, investment demand for gold is important in India and accounts for about 45 percent of total market demand. Around 57 percent of the investment demand comes from bars and coins, while the rest comes from jewellery. The high investment demand is driven by a lack of alternative financial institutions for a large section of society, a perceived capacity to hedge against inflation, ability to invest smaller value in gold, high returns in gold over the past 12 years and ease of investing unaccounted money in gold. Also, while the volume demand for gold as jewellery has remained more or less constant over 2005 to 2013, the volume demand for gold bars and coins have grown at a CAGR of around 13 percent in the same period.