Day 12/108 || Sandhya || Draw Happiness Experience

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Bhargavii Mani
Bhargavii Manihttps://bmandc.in
Bhargavii Mani returned to Chennai in 2010 after a successful stint in design firms abroad. Recognizing a gap in Chennai's Corporate Design scene, she founded Bhargavii Mani & Consultants in 2011. Her expertise in creative arts and strategy led to a diverse clientele. Beyond branding, she excels in photography, interior design, and promoting traditional South Indian art through the Kolam Podu project.

Here’s an interesting story of how a decimal point changed the eating habit of children in America through a cartoon?

History has it that in 1870, Erich von Wolf, a German chemist, examined the amount of iron within spinach. While documenting his findings, he misplaced a decimal point in his notebook, changing 3.5 milligrams of iron in a 100-gram serving of spinach, to 35 milligrams.

This led to spinach’s nutritional value became legendary because of this human error. An error which became known for its power. Suddenly Spinach became a super star & made the other vegetables go green with envy!

Popeye & Spinach ! He ate spinach for his strength. It is recorded that Popeye helped increased American consumption of spinach by a third! This error was apparently corrected in 1937, when someone rechecked the numbers.

Serotonin, the mood affecting hormone is produced in our body. Primarily in the gut and some in the brain. To enhance Serotonin levels, one can consume foods with Tryptophan, an amino acid. Tryptophan assists brain function and has a role in healthy sleep.

Tryptophan isn’t produced by our body, thus we need to obtain it from our diet. Typically present in protein based foods, Serotonin cannot be consumed, whereas Tryptophan can. This amino acid has positive benefits on energy levels, mood, and sleep.

Here are some of the options of sources, whether you are a meat eater, vegetarian or vegan:

  1. Spinach
  2. Eggs
  3. Seeds
  4. Milk
  5. Cheese
  6. Soy Products
  7. Nuts
  8. Salmon
  9. Poultry

If you want to quickly get to a happier space, one other way is to quickly draw a Kolam.

Project Draw Happiness

Every human desires happiness. For some, just looking at the sky brings happiness. Simple. A few others go to great lengths to acquire happiness. Like going on a cruise in Alaska. Expensive. Sometimes not doing anything at all brings happiness. Inexpensive.

At Kolam Podu, we bring you draw happiness. Nothing elaborate, nothing expensive but a simple ritualistic habit that for over 108 days we are going to provide you simple uncomplicated kolams for you to draw and be inspired.

Life is beautiful, if you choose for it to be. Until then Kolam Podu !

1 COMMENT

  1. I want to know whether this draw happiness series is a contest. Where should I upload my finished kolam daily? Somewhat confused. Is my first kolam uploaded in the correct place?

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