In spite of sound sleep at night I always feel tried, why?

There are many people who have this problem. In many cases the villain may be the iron deficiency.

Consult your doctor, ask him to estimate your blood values of iron, ferritin and haemoglobin and try to correct the iron deficiency with food, or with iron supplement. The iron supplement should be taken only for only 14 days to 3 months; otherwise more free radicals will be produced in your body due to Fenton’s reaction.

Foods rich in iron include:

• Red meat
• Eggs
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Nuts
• Legumes and pulses

After your meals, take one glass of either orange juice or one kiwi fruit that contains vitamin C. We need vitamin C for iron absorption.

Excess aluminium disturbs the absorption of iron; since vitamin C favours the aluminium absorption, avoid tea and cucumber with your meals. Avoid also calcium tablets after meals since they could also affect iron absorption.

All deodorants contain lot of aluminium salts and use them only under the arm and also very little. Aluminium cooking vessels and aluminium foils to pack the food must be avoided completely if you have iron deficiency.

Is it safe to eat sambar, coconut chutney or other food from plastic foils and aluminium foils?

Plastic foils and aluminium foils are not good to keep prepared food. The poisons from the plastic foil and aluminium go immediately to the food.

The phthalate from the plastic foil goes to the food immediately. But, as long as your detoxification system is good, you have no problems, if not it is bad for you.

In the case of aluminium foil there are two important adverse effects; if the food is acidic lot of aluminium could reach the food which may affect the absorption of iron in the small intestine, resulting to low haemoglobin and anaemia. Moreover, aluminium can cross the blood – brain barrier and may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

These aluminium foils are very dangerous environmental poison; in our institute we collect this separately and send it to special companies which recycle this or dispose it properly. Here we are also prepared to pay the fees because it helps our environment.

Avoid the use of plastic foils and aluminium foils to transport food.