MUST SEE

■ ROBSON GREEN'S EXTREME FISHINGCHALLENGE, SONY BBC EARTH, 3.00 PM:Actor and fishing enthusiast RobsonGreen travels around the world ex-ploring the best fishing destination.He challenges local fishermen overfive rounds of competitive fishing.

■ WILDEBEEST: BORN TO RUN, NAT GEOWILD, 5.00 PM: The survival skills ofwildebeests and the way they devel-op high awareness and warning sig-nals against the threats from poten-tial predators.

■ BEST OF BEAR GRYLLS, DISCOVERYSCIENCE, 7.00 PM: A compilation ofhighlights and memorable momentsfrom the British adventurer BearGrylls's feats wherein he performsseveral challenging activities in ex-treme environments.

■ WHERE TIGERS RULE, ANIMAL PLAN-ET, 8.00 PM: Hunters combine cen-turies-old techniques and state-of-the-art tools to hunt for a man-eating ti-gress that has killed and eaten tenpeople in Northern India.

1774: Oxygen was isolated from airsuccessfully by Carl Wilhelm andJoseph Priestly.

1834: Slavery was outlawed in theBritish empire with emancipation bill.

1873: Andrew S Hallidie successfullytested a cable car.

1893: Shredded wheat was patentedby Henry Perky and William Ford.

1899: Kamala Nehru was born.

1907: The US Army established anaeronautical division that laterbecame the US Air Force.

1914: Germany declared war onRussia at beginning of World War I.

1916: Annie Besant started the HomeRule League.

1920: Bal Gangadhar Tilak died.

1936: Adolf Hitler presided over theOlympic games in Berlin.

1957: The North American AirDefense Command (NORAD) wascreated by the US and Canada.

1975: Durba Banerjee was the first professional lady pilot in theworld to command a commercialpassenger flight.

THIS DAY THAT YEARTELEVISION

■ THE EQUALIZER 2, &FLIX, 4.05 PM:Robert McCall's best friend, SusanPlummer, is murdered while investi-gating a murder-suicide crime. As aformer spy, he leverages his skills andresources to find the culprit.

■ THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, MOVIESNOW, 6.15 PM: Peter Parker, an outcasthigh school student, gets bitten by aradioactive spider and attains super-powers. While unraveling his parents'disappearance, he must fight againstthe Lizard.

■ THE MUMMY, SONY PIX SD, 6.31 PM:Adventurer Rick O'Connell and Egyp-tologist Evelyn, along with a bunch ofarchaeologists, inadvertently wake upa bedevilled mummy during an ar-chaeological excavation at the ancientcity of Hamunaptra.

■ TITANIC, STAR MOVIES, 8.50 PM: Seventeen-year-old Rose hails from anaristocratic family and is set to be mar-ried. When she boards the Titanic, shemeets Jack Dawson, an artist, and fallsin love with him.

MOVIES ON TV

MUST DOAUGUST01, 2019

“He who has health has hope; and hewho has hope, has everything.”

ARABIAN PROVERB 03HEALTH & FOOD SPECIAL

The arrival of monsoon season isembraced as a relief from thescorching heat of the sun after

summer is over. But the rainy weath-er is also accompanied with a num-ber of health problems. Doctorsoften warn against eating out during

this season as your immuni-ty and digestion is at an

all-time low. The moisture inthe air makes it easier for the

harmful bacteria to breed, andyou must safeguard yourself fromthese infectious germs. However, ifyou still can’t hold back and want toeat outside, take notes of the follow-ing dos and don’ts to keep diseasesand infections at bay. Happy eating.

Stay safe while eating out in MONSOONMONSOON BITES

FOOD TRIVIA

Actually, it’s a dessert beverageFalooda is actually a dessert bever-

age. Now, what’s that? It’s some-thing that you cannot just sip away

at; you have to spoon the edibleingredients as well such as falooda

sev, jelly and nuts. Varieties of faloodaversions are available today with different flavours of sugar syrups andfaloodas served as milkshakes.

HEALTH

Researchers identified nearly400 common medical practicesthat were contradicted by rigorous studies. Here aresome notable findings

At one point, the notion that fish fats preventedheart trouble did seem logical. Peoplewhose diets contain a lot of fatty fishseem to have a lower incidence of

heart disease. Fatty fish containsomega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 sup-plements lower levels of triglyc-erides, and high levels of triglyc-

erides are linked to an increasedrisk of heart disease. Plus omega-3fatty acids reduce inflammation, akey feature of heart attacks. But in a

trial involving 12,500 people at risk for hearttrouble, daily omega-3 supplements did not

protect against heart disease.

FISH OIL REDUCES THE RISKOF HEART DISEASE5Y ou might assume that standard medical advice was sup-

ported by mounds of scientific research. But researchersrecently discovered that nearly 400 routine practices wereflatly contradicted by studies published in leading jour-nals. Of more than 3,000 studies published from 2003

through 2017 in ‘JAMA’ and ‘The Lancet’, and from 2011 through2017 in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’, more than one in10 amounted to a “medical reversal”: A conclusion opposite of whathad been conventional wisdom among doctors. Here are some find-ings that contradict what were once widely held theories...

Paediatricians have counselled parents to keep babiesaway from these nuts for the first three years of life. As itturns out, children exposed to these protein-rich nutsbefore they were even a year old have no greater risk ofpeanut allergies than those who have not had peanuts.

PEANUT ALLERGIES OCCUR WHEN A CHILD ISEXPOSED TO PEANUTS BEFORE AGE THREE1

Snacking in between meals is good, but teensshould not have food all-day-long. Also, snackingmeans healthy snacking. So when teens socialisethey should not eat much potato chips, deep-friedfoods and colas. Junk food is bad for the body,young or old. It’s not that one can go overboardwith such foods in growing up years.

TEENS NEED SNACKS ALL THE TIMEBECAUSE OF GROWING AGE 4

FITNESS AND CALORIE TRACKERSLEAD TO WEIGHT LOSS2In fact, the reverse is true. Among 470dieters — followed for two years — thosewho wore devices tracking the steps theytook and calories they burned actually lostless weight than those who just followedstandard advice.

The advice from leading medical groups has been to rid your home ofthese pests if you have asthma. The theory was that allergic reactionsto mites can trigger asthma attacks. However, it has been found thatintensive pest management in homes with children sensitised tomouse allergens did nothing to reduce the frequency of their asthmaattacks. Quite a revelation, isn’t it?

TO PROTECT AGAINST ASTHMA ATTACKS, IT HELPSTO KEEP YOUR HOUSE FREE OF DUST MITES3

Carry your own drinking water instead of beingdependent on other sources as they may notbe safe for consumption. Also, drink enoughwater to flush out toxins from your body.

Make sure your hands are clean. Keep a handsanitiser handy as hands are thebiggest carriers of infection.

Consume fried foods in moderation.Excessive consumption of fried foodscan cause acidity and bloating.

Go for medium or mildly spiced food.Excessive spices promotes waterretention and bloating and can alsoupset your stomach.

Try to consume roasted or grilled fooditems as they are dry in nature and canbe easily digested.

Avoid eating pre-cut fruits from vendors. Whenfruits are cut and kept open, they are prone tocatching bacteria and germs.

Avoid consuming raw foods and salads as theycan cause infections. Don’t have fizzy drinks as they slow

down the enzyme activity in the gut,which leads to reduction of minerals

in your body. Avoid having dairy products like

milkshakes as they are prone to breedmore germs during wet weather. Stay away from street foods,especially water-related ones like

panipuri and chaat. Cold chutneys (ifthey are not freshly-made) can lead to

stomach ailments.

DON’TS

T he creamy, sweet and refreshing Indian delicacy ‘falooda’, is a layered summer dessertdrink made with vermicelli noodles, rose

syrup, sabja seeds, milk and ice cream. Dependingon the recipe, you might see some almonds and pis-tachios as topping. But are you aware of falooda’s story? Is it a beverage or a dessert? Let’s find out

M aking a delicious falooda at home is easy. Most ofthe ingredients are readily available in the super-

market. Here’s the recipe: Buy falooda sev, a packet of sabja seeds, dry fruits,

rose syrup, milk and ice cream. Sabja seeds are to bepre-soaked in a bowl of water a day before.

Then sweeten some hot milk (with white/brownsugar) and let it cool down later in the fridge.

Once chilled, pour the milk, soaked sabja seeds,boiled falooda sev and rose syrup in a tall glass.

Top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and garnishwith almonds and pistachios. Serve fresh. TNN

Sabja seeds is a superfoodSabja seeds, an ingredi-ent of falooda, alsoknown as basilseeds contain solu-ble fibre, whichpromotes good guthealth and controlsappetite too. It’s greatfor those trying to managetheir weight as once soaked the seedsbecome gelatinous that helps keep youfeeling full for a long time.

ADAPTED FROM NYT

Where was falooda born? Originally, falooda was part of Persian cuisine

where it was known as ‘faloodeh.’ But soon it travelled to several South Asian countries includingIndia, Pakistan and Bangladesh with Persian merchants and rulers who invaded the region.

Introduced by Mughals in India, falooda was initiallya rich jelly-like drink made with strainings of boiledwheat which was mixed with fruit juices andcreams in a bowl.

Jahangir — Emperor Akbar’s son — was fond offalooda and so the dish was served only in royalfamilies during that period. Later, falooda travelledthroughout the world and transformed into a cooldessert drink that it is today.

How to make ‘falooda’ at home

DOS

IS FALOODAA DRINK ORDESSERT?

COMPILED BY PRIYANSH JOSHI