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Whip up lip-smacking recipes at home this Valentine’s Day!

Historically, St. Valentine is known to only spread love amongst humans. Nevertheless, what if this was extended to one’s love for food? Cupid might as well strike a juicy burger or a sumptuous brownie! The opportunities are endless.

Prepare to fall in love forever as you celebrate this Valentine’s Day with a lot of love and some beautiful flavours. Chef Gaurav Chadha, in-house Chef Dr. Oetker India, Chef Nader Shaikh, Executive Chef at Sheraton Grand Pune Bund Garden Hotel and Chef Shreyas Gharat, Sous Chef, Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar Resort, and Spa will help you make your Valentine’s Day special at home.

Chocolate Cake with Raspberries Valentine Day recipes

  • Chocolate Cake with raspberries: Pre-heat oven to 180°C. Mix chocolate bake mix, butter, milk, water, sugar & cocoa powder until batter is smooth. Bake for 30 mins in a heart-shaped mold or until a toothpick inserted in the center, comes out clean. Let it cool for 10-15 minutes and then cut it horizontally, into 2 parts. Take one piece of cake and spread a layer of cream, place the second piece of cake on top and finally cover it with another layer of cream. Decorate the cake with berries, rose petals and relish it with your love.

 

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  • Ginger Berry passion – Wash and clean all berries and cook with sugar for 10-15 min on slow flame add agar-agar. Using hand whisker combine cream cheese, milkmaid & whipped cream. Add puree and mix well. Line heart shape mold with ginger cookies. Pour mixture into the mould set it in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Boiled passion fruit puree & agar-agar. When coming at room temperature add heavy cream and soften butter and blend it nicely. Pour the mixture into half hemisphere mold and frizz it for 2 hours.

 

  • Red Velvet Cheese Cake – Stir together vanilla biscuit crumbs, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; press mixture into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Beat 220 gms packages cream cheese and 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar at medium-low speed with an electric mixer 1 minute. Mix eggs, unsweetened cocoa, Sour cream, whole buttermilk, vanilla extract & white vinegar until fully combined. Pour batter into prepared crust. Bake at 160°C for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 145°C, and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until center is firm. Run a knife along outer edge of cheesecake. Turn oven off. Let cheesecake stand in oven 30 minutes. Remove cheesecake from oven; cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Cover and chill 8 hours. Beat 80 Gms package cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla, beating until smooth. Spread evenly over top of cheesecake. Remove sides of springform pan. Garnish, if desired.

Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day

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International Epilepsy Day

International Epilepsy Day

Each year on the second Monday of February, people around the world join together in observation and highlighting the issues faced by people with epilepsy, their families, and cares. It is an opportunity for everyone associated with epilepsy at any level, to raise awareness about the disease – What it is?  How it can be treated?  And what is needed to bring treatment to all people who need it?

Epilepsy – It’s causes and symptoms

As a result of the sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain, which results in a temporary disturbance in the messaging system between the brain and the cells, people suffering from epilepsy experience recurrent seizures. Every function that we perform is triggered by the messaging system in our brain and epilepsy occurs when the messaging system gets disrupted or the electrical activity goes faulty. The exact causes of such pattern are however not clearly known but inherited genetic factors are considered as one of the major reason.

Some of the common facts about epilepsy are:-

  • It is a neurological disorder.
  • The range and severity of seizure vary from one individual to other.
  • The most common and primary symptom is a seizure.
  • Common treatments are prescribed anti-seizure medicines.
  • Diet can play a crucial and important role in the control and treatment of epilepsy.

Factors that may be responsible for the cause are:-

  • Some sort of trauma caused due to sudden incidences of accidents.
  • Stroke or tumors causing adverse brain conditions.
  • Brain damage or prenatal injuries before birth.
  • Developmental disorders like autism.
  • Infectious diseases like AIDS.

 

Diet and Epilepsy

A balanced diet with food from different group helps in proper brain functioning, provides essential nutrients and helps in keeping steady energy levels. Good and proper food with adequate sleep also helps the brain against risks of seizures. A diet makes one feel positive, have more control over life and thus over epilepsy.

One diet option that has worked in controlling the seizures in children with epilepsy is the Ketogenic Diet, where anti-epileptic drugs have failed. This diet has helped reduce the number and severity of such seizures and brings positive changes in the behavior of epileptic patients.

 

The Ketogenic Diet

This high fat, low carbohydrate, controlled protein diet has been used since 1920 for treating epilepsy. This diet is also considered as a medical treatment and has been used when two or more medicinal treatments have failed.

Now how it works? – The body uses glucose derived from carbohydrates (found in foods like bread, pasta, and sugar) for its energy needs. When the body uses fat for the enemy (in the absence of carbohydrates), the process is called as Ketosis, chemicals called ketones are made. The body uses these ketones instead of glucose for its energy needs and as a result of another chemical called decanoic acid is also produced as a result. These decanoic acids are responsible for the control of seizures.

In order to make sure that you have a balanced and nutritious diet to fight against epilepsy, it is very important to consult an expert dietician who understands that how much of which food is to be prescribed each day. It is also important to avoid certain foods while on a Ketogenic diet plan that an expert can guide.

The article is authored by famous Dietitian Sheela Seharawat. She is the founder and chief mentor of Diet Clinic Health Care Pvt. Ltd. Also, she is one of the youngest successful entrepreneurs of India.

 

 

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Luxury Jewelry brand Anokkhi Diamonds and Jadau’s #LOVENEST campaign is here to steal hearts this Valentine’s week

Special Surprise: End of Season Sale from 10th – 15th February, 2018

Mumbai, February 06 2018:  Love is an establishment which stands tall and grows into the darkest shade of red only when supported by six irreplaceable pillars. So this Valentine’s make sure your love happens to be everlasting by creating a #LOVENEST of your own and putting in it all your Trust, Honesty, Respect, Support, Sacrifice and Loyalty and watch it turn darker.

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Lastly, adds gifts to glow like gold and shine like diamonds. How? Be a part of the largest End of the Season Sale by Anokhhi Diamonds and Jadau and make your loved ones feel equally unique. Celebrate the week of love like never before and surprise your dear ones with a gift of love from 10th February – 15th February.

(Grab our exclusive designs at exclusive discounts of upto 30%)

The #LOVENEST campaign by Anokkhi Diamonds and Jadau emphasizes on building relationships, spending time together this Valentine’s and not just with your partner but with your parents, children, friends and family. The campaign is designed by Brand Shape marketing innovation agency.

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Tanvi Shah, Product Director, Anokkhi Diamonds and Jadau shares, “Valentine’s is all about gifting and we want to give our customers an unforgettable experience this Valentine’s week. We have pieces that satisfy all desires with fine jewelry from diamonds to Jadau from INR 25000 onwards. The #LOVENEST campaign is our way of saying that all these pieces are made with love for your loved ones”

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Prerrna Seth, Chief Design Officer, Brand Shape says, “Relationships make you feel warm and protected and that was the idea behind the #LOVENEST campaign. Jewelry is a very personal investment and most of us prefer to buy it from trusted sources. #LOVENEST portrays warmth and trust, the two most important elements of a relationship and what better than Valentine to launch it. Add to it the discounts at the Anokkhi Diamonds and Jadau’s Santacruz store and it’s a big plus.

About Anokkhi Diamonds and Jadau

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#Anokkhi represents the woman of today and our collection designer diamond and jadau jewellery is an ode to them. We focus on customer centricity and understand that a woman’s jewellery is not just an ornate piece but reflects her true unique self. It’s an emotion that defines our brand ideology and message #IamUnique.

Our exclusive boutique is present at the posh suburb of Santacruz where we offer an exclusive buying experience to our esteemed customer.

To know more, kindly visit our website www.anokkhi.com.

Price on Request

For More details please write to us on pr@brandshape.in

 

About Brand Shape

Brand Shape is a Marketing Innovation Agency that has proven expertise in the domain of Ad Films, Animated Av, Public Relations, Corporate Videos, National Print and Ad campaigns, Celebrity Endorsement and Brand Fit TV Shows.

 

Some of our clients: Tata Teleservices, Tata Sky, Western Union, Mastercard, Make my Trip, Matrix International Card, Videocon.

Here’s the link to our showreel for a preview into Brand Shape world.

 

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World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is an international event, marked every year on the 4th of February, in order to create awareness and to encourage people all across the globe on its prevention, detection, and treatment. A global initiative to unite the world against the fight against deadly cancer. It is believed that cancer is a preventable disease and people can be saved from it by raising awareness and education them about the disease by pressing governments, medical organizations, health channels and people around the world.

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Each case of cancer is unique, and it affects only one person – the one affected, the patient. In order to save this problem we all just need a few simple things – a doctor who can treat cancer, proper diagnosis and treatment, adequate treatment centers, and the most important, support from the loved ones. After saying all these, it is of foremost importance to understand what cancer is all about. It is all that more important because it has been observed that the lack of knowledge and basic misconceptions about the reasons behind the type of cancer have turned small tumors into deadly monsters. Unless we change our perception of what cancer is all about, we will resist treatment particularly the easiest and commonly available ones. The day we all start understanding that cancer is not something superficial and induced from outside as a disease, but simply is the body mechanism of survival response, we will be in a better condition to eradicate cancer forever.

Diet and Cancer

The relationship between diet and cancer is very intricate. Researchers and doctors have revealed that proper intake of food plays an all-important role in the prevention of cancer. Studies show that many different kinds of cancers have shown positive response towards proper dietary intakes. Gastric, colorectal, breast, prostate, and lung cancers are a few to mention. Do you know that vegetarians have nil chances of developing cancer conditions? Foods like processed meat, dairy products, alcohol and saturated fat have shown an increase in the chances of contracting cancer.

Some specific food groups are related to specific kind of cancer. Facts have proven that eating red or processed meat increases the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and pancreatic cancer, chewing beetle nuts causes oral cancer and pickled foods increase risk of many cancer types.

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How turning vegetarian can help in cancer prevention?

Vegetable and fruits contain high levels of carotenoids. Carotenoids are found in carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, papaya, and tomatoes amongst a few. Cruciferous vegetables are also rich in carotenoid. Cauliflower, cabbage, cress, and broccoli also have antioxidants along with foods like blueberries, blackberries, green tea, and garlic.

Fruits and vegetables constitute an important part of a healthy diet, as they are great sources or vitamins and minerals, and also fiber. It helps you keep a healthy weight and are relatively low in calories. Fiber also relatively helps gut bacteria produce helpful chemicals that change the conditions in our bowel. All these things could help to reduce the risk of cancer.

 

The article is authored by famous Dietitian Sheela Seharawat. She is the founder and chief mentor of Diet Clinic Health Care Pvt. Ltd. Also, she is one of the youngest successful entrepreneurs of India.