Water is the most essential element on this planet to sustain life. 70 per cent of our human body is made up of water. So it becomes very essential for our water to be safe. Most of us must have heard our grandparents telling to store drinking water in copper vessels for various beneficiary reasons. Storing water in a metal vessel may sound old-fashioned and not needed but this age-old practice referred to in ancient scripts of Ayurveda is now also supported by scientists. Water stored in copper vessels preferably overnight or at least for four hours is naturally purified. It can kill harmful invisible microorganisms, bacteria and fungi present in the water which can degrade our health and give birth to various water-borne diseases. Copper is a vital trace mineral that is essential to human health. It has antimicrobial, antioxidant properties. Hence it ensures proper functioning of human organs and metabolic processes.
Here is the list of 10 points throwing light on the Benefits of drinking water from a copper vessel.
These days indigestion, acidity and gas are some very common encountering issues. This is where Copper comes to rescue and so drinking water from a copper utensil is highly recommended. It has such properties that help in killing bacteria that are harmful to us. It also reduces inflammation inside the stomach. Thus, making it a great remedy for ulcers, indigestion and infections. Apart from that copper also helps detox your stomach and regulates the working of your liver and kidneys, and proper elimination of waste and ensures the absorption of nutrients from food.
Copper is known to have immense anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, and so is considered a great tool for healing wounds quickly. Healing property of copper vessel stored water is not only limited to healing body externally but also internally. Along with this copper is considered to strengthen our immune system and aids in the production of new cells.
Copper is termed to have brain stimulant and anti-ageing convulsive features. Our brain works by transmitting impulses from one neuron to other through synapses. These neurones are covered by a sheath called myelin sheaths. Copper held in the synthesis of phospholipids which are essential in the production of those myelin sheaths hence boosting our brain working.
Copper is oligodynamic in nature (the sterilizing effect of metals on bacteria) and can destroy bacteria very effectively. It is especially very effective against E.coli and S.aureus, two bacteria which are very common to be found in our environment and are considered to cause severe illnesses in the human body. It also prevents various water-borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery and jaundice and so copper water is termed as the cheapest and easiest solution for a country without proper sanitation facilities.
Almost all people these days are concerned about their weight and also almost many people these days are facing weight gain and bigger bellies problems. Despite their diet, not all of them are satisfied with results. For them drinking 3-4 glasses of water stored in copper vessels is considered very helpful. Copper promotes the breakdown and elimination of fat cells thereby helping your body to keep only that which is required and throw out the rest.
Cancer is gradually becoming very common these days. It has an adverse effect on both patients and their families. Copper can be very helpful here also. It is said that copper has very strong antioxidant properties that help fight off free radicals and discard their ill effects which is one of the main reasons for the development of cancer. Although it is not exactly proved many studies have shown this fact of copper having sufficient anti-cancer effect.
After a certain age, people are worried about fine lines appearing on their faces. Apart from all cosmetic and medical solutions, there is one natural remedy of copper vessel water which reduces fines lines from your faces naturally by the production of new healthy skin cells and replacing the older ones. Copper has a very promising antioxidant and cell forming properties which help fight off free radicals. So if you want to slow down your ageing process start drinking copper utensils stored water.
Copper has very efficient anti-inflammatory characteristics which provide great relief from inflamed joints' aches and pains like in the case of arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It has the capacity of bone and immune strengthening making it a perfect ready for such patients. Therefore drinking water inheriting copper is highly recommended. Despite copper aids the body’s absorption of iron, which plays a key role in fighting anaemia.
Copper is one the most important element for the thyroid gland to function properly. A lack in copper can send it's functioning out of sync. Experts say that one of the common things noticed amongst people with thyroid diseases is lack of copper in their body. So if you intake drinking water infused with copper you fulfil this scarcity and hence regulating gland's functioning.
Copper is the main element in the synthesis of melanin, a pigment that lowers the colours of your eyes, hairs etc in our bodies. Melanin helps protect our body from sun damage and covers up scars whereas copper works in the production of new cells that replenish the outer layer of your skin. If you want to have seamless skin start drinking water stored in copper utensils.
Forest minister offers a job to Kerala's most sought-after snake-catcher Vava Suresh. But he turns it down.
Seldom do governments make a plea on the floor of the Legislative Assembly to a poor and unemployed high school dropout to join them. On March 12, Kerala Forest Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar invited Vava Suresh, 38, to join his department. The reason for the offer: Suresh is the state's most sought-after snake-catcher.
Suresh gets 300 calls everyday from across the state to entrap the slithery creatures. He has caught 30,000 snakes, including 300 king cobras, in the past 25 years. He has survived over 250 snake bites and has had to be put on the ventilator at least five times. In 2011, his index finger was cut off after a cobra bite while his right wrist lost its movement from another bite. "No matter who calls for help, I reach as fast as I can. It's my life's calling," he says, adding that he will never kill a snake. "I love them." Except for travel expenses, he does not charge money for catching them. "I think I have been sent by God to do this," he says, sitting in his tiny, thatched hut near Thiruvananthapuram where he lives with his family and pets, including 20-25 snakes. The master snake-catcher says he will not accept the minister's offer because he would be unable to help society the way he wants to if he is employed.
"All the snakes I catch are documented and handed over to the forest department," he says. But his job doesn't get over with that. Officials, who would be terrified at the sight of these creatures, take Suresh's help again to let them into the wild. Every two months, he lets around 500 snakes into the wild. Suresh started when he was just 15 and that too out of curiosity. "I used to throw stones at them or try to kill them in the beginning. But soon I realised I was in love with the 'beautiful people'," he says. He claims he has developed immunity to snake venom due to repeated bites. But R. Dileep Kumar, a post doctoral researcher on snakes at Kerala University's Biology and Bioinformatics who has closely monitored Suresh's passion, says it is impossible to acquire complete immunity. "Maybe he has developed immunity to some of the proteins in snake venom. But, it is impossible to be immune to all. What protects Suresh is his self-confidence. This confidence triggers metabolic activities in his body to resist the damage," says Kumar.
The rise in government borrowings through bonds is impeding the growth of the corporate debt market in the country, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor R Gandhi said today."The huge supply of government paper in the country
The rise in government borrowings through bonds is impeding the growth of the corporate debt market in the country, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor R Gandhi said today.
"The huge supply of government paper in the country is one of the major impediments to the growth of corporate bond market," Gandhi said, addressing a corporate debt event organised by Care Ratings here.
Presenting data which showed the inability of the corporate debt market to grow, Gandhi said every year, the government borrowing only grows "unabated".
"If we compare with government bond market, the corporate bond market is dwarfed," he said, adding that as a percentage of GDP, the outstanding government bonds were at 49.1 per cent while corporate bonds were at 5.4%, in 2013.
However, he welcomed the fiscal consolidation plan of the government as a step in right direction which will aid the deepening of the corporate debt market.
"We have seen that the government is progressively trying to reign in the deficit at absolute level which will put less pressure on the market," he said.
These comments have come at a time when there is growing speculation that RBI's role in public debt management will be given to a professional agency.
Gandhi also said the RBI's move to gradually reduce the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR), or the amount of government bond holdings for banks, will also be beneficial to the corporate debt market.
With the banking system plagued with rising NPAs (non-performing assets), shifting to the corporate bond market for funds is very desirable, Gandhi said.
He said borrowers take undue advantage of the 90-day window in NPA recognition and pay up on the 89th day, but same is not possible in case of corporate bonds where they have to pay up on a given day.
Similarly, pricing of funds is also very transparent in a corporate bond market unlike the bank loans.
Gandhi said there is a need to reassess the role played by institutional investors in the corporate debt market.
He further added, corporates should focus on coming out with more public issues of debt rather than having private placements as is the practice currently.
Gandhi said the role of institutional investors such as pension funds, provident funds and insurance companies must be reassessed.
"They do need to take some initiative and be aggressive in actively managing their portfolios. Their investment horizons should not be confined to AA and above instruments only," he said.
"Consistently we have been monitoring the level of flows that are coming in this segment. And the limits that we have kept are based on such assessment. If there should be full utilisation of limit, then we will have to review the situation vis-a-vis the country's total external debt position," he said.
Answering a specific question on Shariah-compliant bonds, Gandhi said that the government will take a final call on the matter.
"The current legal framework as it stands today is inadequate to facilitate these kind of instruments. Parliament has to take a call and make appropriate legal enablements," he said.
Meanwhile, Gandhi also said that managing the high NPAs is not the only solution for improving efficiencies at banks, but they should also adopt other measures like capital conservation by staying off assets which provide for higher provisioning.
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