{"id":4137,"date":"2026-01-01T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T10:02:08","slug":"let-food-be-thy-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/?p=4137","title":{"rendered":"Let food be thy medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Article By: S. Vijayakumari, Retd. Educationist, Virugambakkam.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health is wealth is a well-known proverb that warrants our increased attention.<br>The community service department of Sundaram Medical Foundation, located in Anna Nagar, has organized a complimentary online session entitled &#8216;Constipation &#8211; Irritable Bowel Syndrome&#8217; scheduled from 3pm to 4pm on Saturday, December 27, via Zoom meeting.<br>Dr. Rajan Babu provided a comprehensive overview of the causes and straightforward remedies for constipation. He recommended that the public increase their intake of fiber-rich foods while avoiding junk food.<br>He also noted that taking laxatives is not harmful, provided it is done under a doctor&#8217;s prescription.<br>He expressed that prebiotics and probiotics are beneficial for gut health.<br>Following his insightful presentation, the public was given the opportunity to inquire about their personal concerns for his guidance.<br>Dr. Rajan Babu addressed each of their questions, and the productive meeting concluded successfully.<br>Indeed, this session proved to be beneficial for all, particularly for senior citizens, and it would be advantageous to discuss more such topics online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article By: S. Vijayakumari, Retd. Educationist, Virugambakkam. Health is wealth is a well-known proverb that warrants our increased attention.The community service department of Sundaram Medical Foundation, located in Anna Nagar, has organized a complimentary online session entitled &#8216;Constipation &#8211; Irritable Bowel Syndrome&#8217; scheduled from 3pm to 4pm on Saturday, December 27, via Zoom meeting.Dr. Rajan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4139,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porurtimes.com\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}