The Silicon Valley Dreams That Cost Us Our Sleep: A Doctor’s View from Bangalore
“I can’t remember what silence sounds like anymore,” confesses the 29-year-old tech lead sitting in my clinic, his eyes fixed on his phone. Three missed...
Author : Dr. Brahmanand Nayak
Hair colour: Why Grey Hair Adds 5 Years to a Woman’s Age But Subtracts 10 From a Man’s
The 28-year-old CEO walked into my Bangalore clinic last Tuesday, her designer suits impeccable, her résumé stellar, and her eyes filled with quiet desperation. “Three...
Why Smart Patients Write Their Own Healing Stories
Did you know that 67% of Indian patients never ask their doctors any questions during consultations? I’ve noticed something fascinating: the patients who recover fastest...
Ayurvedic Doctor’s Notes on Walking, Diabetes, and Victory in Bangalore
Eight-fifteen AM. Tuesday. Sugar levels: 248. Excuses: Infinite. My patient—let’s call her the CEO of Creative Explanations—sits across from me, armed with a month’s worth...
Bangalore’s New Disease: When Google Plays Doctor
They lurk in the soft glow of smartphone screens at 2 AM. Fingers trembling, pupils dilated, hearts racing as they type: “headache + dizziness +...
How 4-7-8 Breathing Helped a Sleepless Judge Beat Anxiety
The judge who never lost a night’s sleep over her toughest verdicts now lay awake in Bangalore’s predawn darkness, discovering that while she could sentence...
Why Harvard Scientists Are Studying Indian Chutneys?
The Journal of Ethnopharmacology study landed on my desk last week. Green chutney increases nutrient absorption by sixty per cent. The research confirms what eight...
3 Dates Before Workout: The Rs.10 Pre-Workout That Outperforms Supplements
Seven thousand years before your shiny pre-workout powder promised strength, desert warriors conquered empires fueled by nothing but dates and faith. Dates, nature’s perfectly packaged energy...
The One-Minute Food Rule That Could Change Your Health: A Bangalore Ayurvedic Doctor’s Perspective
Every day in India, we make over 20 decisions about food – yet we spend an average of just 15 seconds looking at what we’re...
The Silent Weight of Modern India: Our Growing Obesity Crisis
In 1990, the average Indian consumed about 2,200 calories per day. Today, urban Indians consume an average of 3,000 calories daily—an increase in just three...