Ketaki and Naadanam Academy of Performing Arts Ketaki is a professional Indian classical dancer, teacher & choreographer and has been running her dance institute, Naadanam Academy of Performing Arts for over a decade. She started Naadanam in India and has continued after moving to Seattle. She is very passionate about dance and also about other kinds of…
Fitness
Metrics of Body Weight Management
The height and frame of a person is genetically determined, however, the weight is acquired by lifestyle (sedentary or strenuous) and eating habits. Our diet should be operated like a bank account. The normal Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) of a person is 35Kcal/square meter body surface/hour. Average human body has a surface area of 1.5 meters. So,…
Eat Better and Feel FITTER
Plants are “Autotrophs”, meaning, they are organisms that utilize sun’s energy to synthesize their own food. They are also called “Producers”, since they produce their own food. They belong to the first rung/level of the food chain. We, humans, come in the 2nd rung (herbivores) and 3rd rung (carnivores) of food chain. We procure…