Chaitra Krishnamurthy
Chaitra Krishnamurthy serves as a Senior Lifestyle and Social Trends Writer at The Focus. She has been building her experience in digital content creation since 2018 and has a specialty in lifestyle news and social media trends. Chaitra spends her time scanning Google Trends and social media for stories and always has the scoop on the coolest food & drink products such as Starbucks cups and Target bargains. She completed a Master's Degree in Media and Communication in 2018 from CMS Jain University and received her Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Mount Carmel College Bangalore India.
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You’re putting yourself ‘at risk’ if you don’t wash pillows twice a year, says sleep expert29 Oct 2024—The FocusThe chances of falling sick are high if you sleep on a dirty pillow, despite using a regularly washed pillowcase. So, The Focus spoke to a sleep expert to gain more insight into the dangers of a dirty pillow. Derek Hales of NapLab.com not only told us how often we should be washing our pillows but also explained the right ways to do it. Sleep expert’s tips to wash pillows made of different materials Pillows are made using different stuffings. Therefore, the same washing technique doesn’t work...
5 foods that smooth down frizzy locks, backed by a hair transplant surgeon27 Oct 2024—The FocusIf you’re struggling to tame your frizzy hair with the regular haircare routine, perhaps you should tweak your diet. Often we focus so much on haircare products that we overlook the importance of nutrients from our diet The Focus reached out to hair transplant surgeon, Dr. Ross Kopelman, for a list of foods that can naturally smoothen the hair, and here’s what he recommends. Several factors contribute to frizzy hair People with any hair type can suffer from frizziness. The hair texture is...
New ‘hopeful’ health metric ‘unlikely to replace BMI’, says fitness expert15 Oct 2024—The FocusThere’s a newer health metric growing in popularity among medical experts and fitness freaks, which offers a better understanding of fat distribution in the body. The Body Roundness Index (BRI) measures the fat around the abdomen to determine health risk factors, as opposed to BMI which only considers height and weight. However, a fitness expert tells The Focus that BRI will not be a standalone health metric “anytime soon”. What is BRI and how accurate is it? The Focus reached out to...
Psychotherapist weighs in on people with ADHD using coffee to ‘self-medicate’15 Oct 2024—The FocusEven neurotypicals count on coffee to kick-start their day while neurodivergent people swear by its “effects” which supposedly help them better concentrate and focus on otherwise boring tasks. The Focus spoke to a psychotherapist to find out if there was any truth to the viral claim about coffee circulating social media, specifically favored by people with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) using it as a “self-medication”. And it seems, there is. Claims about effects of coffee on...
