Entering your 30s is a real turning point in life. It's that delicate phase where the pressure to balance career and family peaks - but so does the need to take care of your emotional, physical, and hormonal health. Image source: AI-generated Turning 30 is not just about blowing out new candles. What you do in this decade lays the foundation for how gracefully (or stressfully) you'll age in your 40s and beyond. Subtle health shifts begin - less energy, mood swings, skin issues, digestion problems, hormonal imbalances, and fatigue that rest no longer fix. And yet, modern life often tells us to push harder instead of pausing to realign. This is where Ayurveda steps in, with timeless wisdom tailored for this exact life stage. In this article, you will learn: Why your 30s demand a different approach to diet, lifestyle, and exercise. Key Ayurvedic practices to support hormones, immunity, skin, digestion, and mental clarity. What every man and woman must know to...
If you are concerned about being healthy and staying fit, then you cannot overlook the digestion and absorption process. It is important to understand that different food takes different times to digest and absorb. Some food digests quickly while some food takes a little longer time to digest. Avoid mixing slow and fast-digesting foods in the same meal. Always eat fast-digesting food first, then move on to slower-digesting foods for proper digestion and absorption of nutrients. Taking a balanced diet for good health is important but, randomly mixing foods to achieve it, is not a good habit. Examples of food and their digestion time are given below: FOOD EXAMPLES APPROX. TIME OF DIGESTION MOST FRUITS orange, apple, pear, kiwi, cherries 25 -30mins MOST VEGETABLES (cooked) leafy green, cauliflower, broccoli, pumpkin, carrot 40 - 60mins VEGETABLES (used in salads) lettuce, t...