TOI Health Plus

We have enough and more sunlight in India, then why do we lack in the one vitamin that sunlight provides — vitamin D? Is it because of our modern indoor lifestyle, or the rising pollution levels? In this episode, host Anuja Jaiswal, a Senior Assistant Editor with TOI, has a candid chat with Dr Ravinder Goswami, AIIMS professor and a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-winning endocrinologist. Together,...

Jonty Rhodes’ eyes just light up when he sees a red cricket ball. You throw one at him, he catches it cleanly and then pretends to throw it back, startling the daylights out of you. This is Jonty that world’s top cricketers had come to fear in the 90s and early 2000s. He was lightening quick in the outfield, could pluck impossible catches out of thin air and hit the stumps from any angle. At the c...

Why do we get “butterflies in the stomach” when we’re nervous? We have all felt that at some point in our lives, right? It’s because our gut microbiome directly communicates with the mind. That’s why the gut is often called “the second brain”. In this episode, host Srirupa Ray, an Assistant Editor with TOI, dives deep into the fascinating world of the gut-brain axis. Joining the conversation is Dr...

Anxious, agitated, angry? Does this describe your day? It doesn’t have to be that way. Yoga coach Pragya Singh speaks to Himanshi Dhawan, senior editor with The Times of India on how to move beyond Instagram-worthy poses towards meditation, pranayama, and stillness. Singh, who is a founding member at Lifeyoga, an immersive yoga centre in Delhi, shares how yoga is far more than a physical workout....

Feeling jetlagged on Mondays even though you haven’t flown across time zones? It’s called social jetlag, where you have to literally drag your sleepy self to work after a weekend of partying or OTT binge. It’s not just your mind refusing to wake up to the grind, it’s also your body telling you it’s not ready for the rigour yet. In this episode, host Srirupa Ray, an Assistant Editor with TOI, explo...