8 Best Natural Remedies to Treat Malaria

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Malaria is extremely common and a serious disease that causes chills, shivering and high fever. You can get infected from a bite by a malaria parasite carrying mosquito. Malaria is most commonly found in Africa, Southern Asia, South America and Central America. The elderly, children and people with lower levels of immunity are a greater risk. Early diagnosis and anti-malarial medication will help in effective treatment of malaria. Usually the malaria is caused by a bite from a mosquito infected with parasites.

The Most Common Symptoms are:

  • Anemia, caused by destruction of red blood cells
  • Merozoites being released into the bloodstreamThe Most Common Symptoms
  • Chills in the body
  • High fever and headache
  • Blood in stools
  • Excessive sweating
  • Vomiting
  • Feeling of Nausea
  • Coma
  • Jaundice
  • Convulsion

The parasite for malaria seems to disappear over the winter. More than one million people die of malaria every year. It is a major hazard for travelers to warm climate. In some parts of the world the mosquitoes carrying malaria have become resistant to insecticides and the parasites have developed resistance to antibiotics. This has made it much more difficult to control the spread of diseases and rate of infection.

Possible Complications:

The parasites in the body can create different types of complications.

  • Cerebritis – brain infection
  • Hemolytic anemia – destruction of blood cells
  • Kidney failure
  • Meningitis
  • Liver failure
  • Pulmonary Edema – Fluid in lungs causes respiratory failure
  • Hemorrhage – Spleen rupture leading to heavy internal bleeding

Prevention

People living in areas where malaria is common found usually develop immunity to the disease. However, visitors will not have this immunity and need to take preventive medications.

Before traveling overseas or other areas of your country, you need to see your health care provider. The treatment may begin 2 weeks before your trip for the prevention of malaria. It may also continue for a month after you leave the area.

There are different types of anti-malarial medications prescribed for a different area of visit. Anti-malarial medications will not completely protect you from becoming infected. You need to avoid mosquito bites by using mosquito repellents, creams, wearing protective clothing that will cover your arms and legs and using screens on windows. Maintain clean surroundings by avoiding swamps and drainage flow beside your residence.

Treatment for Malaria

Medicines are the first option treat the illness. However, some malaria parasites can survive as they are in your liver or they are resistant to medicines. Inform your doctor in case you notice the symptoms of malaria.

The three main types of malaria, tertian fever, malignant tertian malaria and quartan fever, are caused depending upon the parasites which cause it. The most common symptom of all these types of malaria is high fever. The fever is accompanied by shivering, chills, headache and pain in the limbs. The temperature comes down after some time with excessive sweating. Avoiding stress is also essential to protect your body.

According to Naturopathy wrong feeding habits and unhealthy lifestyles are the real causes for accelerating malaria. The consumption of tinned, flesh foods, alcoholic beverages and de-natured foods causes the development of malaria.

Natural Remedies to treat Malaria

Grapefruit

Fruits and vegetables are always great when it comes to treating the body. One of the most effective home remedies for malaria is Grape fruit. It should be consumed daily. The natural quinine-like substance can be extracted from the Grape fruit by boiling a quarter of it and straining its pulp.

Grapefruit

Fever Nut

Another effective natural remedy for malaria is using fever nut seeds. These seeds can be obtained from any herbal store and preserved for use as and when required. Two hours before the assumed time of attack take six grams of these seeds with a cup of water, and the same dosage should be taken one hour after the attack. Whether the attack takes place or not the same procedure should be resorted.

Fever-Nut

Artemisia Annua

Artemisia annua, also known as sweet wormwood is yet another effective natural agent that helps in fighting malaria. The herb has to be steeped in cold water and the water should be consumed directly in order to get optimum results.

Artemisia-annua

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a valuable remedy for treating malaria. One teaspoon of powdered cinnamon should be boiled in a glass of water with a pinch of pepper powder and a tea spoon of honey. This needs to be taken every day which is a beneficial medicine for malaria.

Cinnamon

Chirayata

Chirayata is a herb which is botanically known as Swertia andrographis paniculata. It is beneficial for treating intermittent malarial fevers. It helps to lower the temperature. Take 250 ml of water, add 15 gm of chirayata, 2 cloves and a stick of cinnamon and boil them together. One to two tea spoons of this can be consumed twice a day.

Chirayata

Lime and Lemon

Lime and lemon play a vital role to reduce the quartan type of malarial fever. Take 4 to 5 drops of lime, add the juice of one lemon and dissolve it in one glass of water. This mixture needs to be consumed before the onset of fever.

Lime-and-Lemon

Alum

Alum needs to be dry roasted and powdered. A teaspoon of this powder needs to be consumed four hours before the expected fever attack and half a teaspoon after two hours of the attack. It will give great relief from malaria.

Alum

Holy Basil

Holy basil leaves are a beneficial remedy in prevention of malaria. Make a paste using eleven grams of holy basil leaves with three grams of black pepper powder. This mixture can be consumed daily in the cold stages of malarial fever. This will check the severity of the disease.

Holy-Basil

Best Diet for Patients with Malaria

One can fast on orange juice and water for a few days. Depending on the severity of the fever, one must fast on orange juice. One can munch on fresh fruits for the first few days to repair the infected cells. Milk can also be added after a few days to the diet. Fresh fruits and raw vegetables can be consumed for better results. Prevent yourself from malaria by using the above home remedies. Keep yourself healthy by eating the right kind of food and by keeping away from mosquitoes.

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Is working standing up good for health?

Is working standing up good for health

Standing up three hours a day, five days a week for a year, would be the equivalent of “running ten marathons” according to UK health experts.

Dr Mike Loosemore, head of Exercise Medicine at University College Hospital, told the Today programme’s Justin Webb that small amounts of regular physical activity, like standing up and walking short distances, can improve health in the long term and reduce risks of high blood pressure, heart disease and even cancer.

Source: bbc news

Father’s pageant dance with his disabled daughter touches hearts

Father's pageant dance with his disabled daughter

With help from her adoring father, a 12-year-old girl with a rare genetic disease is dancing her way through pageants, winning trophies and stealing hearts.

A video that’s going viral shows McKenzie Carey being wheeled onstage by her father at a local pageant held earlier this month. Dad Mike Carey lifts his daughter into his arms and twirls, carries and dips her to the music before ending the dance with a beaming smile and cheers of support from the audience.

“Dancing with daddy makes her feel like she’s on top of the world,” Carey, of Dallas, Georgia, tells TODAY Parents. We’re pretty sure the feeling is mutual.

This isn’t the first time McKenzie has wowed the crowd. She has competed in over 100 pageants and has performed the two-step, hip hop, the waltz and several other dances with her dad (who, while an enthusiastic partner, is clearly not a trained dancer).

McKenzie is living with mitochondrial disease, which deprives her body of energy. In the US, approximately 1,000 to 3,000 children per year are born with a mitochondrial disease, according to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. The disease confines McKenzie mainly to her wheelchair and limits her verbal communication to just a few words.

“Pageants give her the same opportunity as other children and show people that she can accomplish anything with a little bit of help,” says her mom, Tammy. “I just want the judges to look at her, not her wheelchair.”

Mitochrondrial disease is classified as terminal, and most children diagnosed do not survive past their teen years. “We were told it would be a miracle if McKenzie made it to age 5,” Tammy says.

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Her father says her personality shines through everything McKenzie does: “She’s like a puppy dog that doesn’t say a word but always has their tail wagging. There’s no way you can be unhappy around her.”

Mike Carey spends the bulk of his days as a truck driver, supporting McKenzie and her siblings. His wife, Tammy, is a stay-at-home mom who has always had an affinity for pageants.

“She can’t take gymnastics or dance, but pageants are something she can do,” explains Tammy.

When McKenzie gets dressed up in her pageant finery and sees herself in front of a mirror, “she has the biggest smile on her face and claps her hands, which is what she does when she’s really excited,” Tammy adds. “That’s how we can tell she enjoys it and has fun, and dancing with daddy is just the icing on the cake.”

Mike always supported the pageant hobby, but never imagined he’d one day be performing alongside his daughter. At one memorable pageant in 2010, Mike noticed that his wife was particularly anxious while waiting for McKenzie’s turn onstage.

“My wife was sitting in the audience and was so stressed about McKenzie, so I decided to do something a little crazy.” remembers Mike. “I took McKenzie up on stage and did a wheelie with her wheelchair. Then I spun her around, picked her up and started doing a freestyle dance. The crowd went wild and gave us a standing ovation!”

McKenzie took home every award from that competition, and has been on a roll since, winning almost 20 competitions overall.

“Her room is full of trophies,” laughs Tammy. “I told my husband to put up more shelves because we’re out of room!”

When he’s not on the road, McKenzie and her dad practice their routines at home. “We rehearse with McKenzie out of the wheelchair and go through the motions. But she is getting so heavy and I am getting so old, that holding a sixty pound girl for four minutes kills me! You’ll see me smiling on stage but I’m crying on the inside!” Carey jokes.

The Careys say that they compete in pageants to raise money for the extensive treatments needed to help McKenzie with her disease. But mainly, they’re hoping to inspire people and to show what people with disabilities can do.

“Sometimes we’ll walk into a pageant and people will ask why we’re there,” says Mike. “Then we dance, and they say we’ve inspired them and given them a whole new perspective on life.”

McKenzie is scheduled to compete in three more pageants this summer.

“I never thought my life would turn out the way it is now, it’s just so unbelievable,” shares Mike. “I always tell people not to be sorry for us. McKenzie was put on this earth for a purpose. I believe she is an angel and I’m just her spokesperson, I’m just her arms and legs.”

Source: today

Drug gives bald man full head of hair

Drug gives bald man full head of hair

Kyle Rhodes loves to consider the possibilities: He could sport a long, full Viking beard, or maybe grow a mullet like his favorite 1980’s hockey players. Or he could get something nice and clean like George Clooney’s signature 1990s Caesar haircut.

They’re all choices he’s never had before — he was diagnosed with alopecia areata at age 2, and the hair on his head started falling out in patches. By 18, he’d lost all the hair on his head and body.

One day his doctor at Yale University had a thought: Since Rhodes’ hair loss was caused by an autoimmune disease, why not try a treatment used for another autoimmune disorder? He chose the drug Xeljanz, which is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Eight months later, Rhodes had a full head of hair. His eyebrows and eyelashes grew back, as did the rest of the hair on his body. “I was ecstatic,” said his dermatologist, Dr. Brett King. “I was truly overjoyed for him.”

King is also cautiously optimistic for the 6.5 million others who suffer from alopecia acreata and who also may be able to benefit from the drug. He said he would like to try it out on more patients soon.

But Dr. George Cotsarelis isn’t so sure that’s a good idea. Some people who’ve taken Xeljanz have died from infections such as tuberculosis, and others face an increased risk of cancer, according to the drug maker’s website.

“This drug really can have some nasty side effects,” said Cotsarelis, chairman of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. “You really have to decide how much risk you want to (take).”

King said he hopes to make a cream form of Xeljanz so that a patient can use it right at the source of hair loss rather than taking a pill and exposing the whole body to the drug.

Neither doctor said he believes the drug will work for the common kind of baldness that comes with age. Cotsarelis was adamant about it because male pattern baldness isn’t related to the immune system.

But King said he thinks conducting more research is worth a try. “To not imagine it would be crazy,” he said. “The possibility should be imagined and should be investigated.”

It’s not clear whether someone with hair loss would have to keep taking the drug for life. Rhodes said he continues to take it not so much for his full head of hair but because the drug has helped his psoriasis, which gives him painful dry, bleeding skin. His doctor recently upped the dosage to six pills a day in the hopes of making an even bigger dent against the disease.

Rhodes said he’s had no side effects and he’s not scared to take the pill since he’s used other potentially dangerous drugs before to combat his skin diseases. What might make him stop taking it is cost. Xeljanz is a new, expensive drug.
Without insurance it can cost $25,000 a year, according to King.

Rhodes said his insurance pays for most of the cost. Pfizer, the company that makes the drug, agreed to give him a discount card that takes care of his $600 per month co-payment, so for now he can afford it and enjoy a full head of hair.
“I find myself a lot of times just playing with it,” he said.

Source: bbc news

Zimbabwe: 10 Bottled Water Brands ‘A Health Risk’

Zimbabwe 10 Bottled Water Brands 'A Health Risk'

More than 10 brands of bottled water being sold in various shops pose a health risk to unsuspecting consumers as they have not been approved by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe.

This comes in the wake of a study by researchers from the University of Zimbabwe and Masvingo Polytechnic which showed that some companies were selling water with high levels of nitrites that are responsible for cancer in humans.

The experts concluded that the bottled water also contained viable bacteria and heavy metals at levels that exceed limits set by the World Health Organisation Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality.

According to the experts: Nitrites are transformed to amines and amides resulting in the formation of nitrosamines which have been found to cause gastric and oesophagal cancer. In infants, nitrites compete with oxygen for active sites on haemoglobin resulting in oxygen deprivation. For the safety of consumers, the nitrite levels should fall below the recommended maximum limit.

A comparison of the list of brands approved by SAZ and those being sold in shops and by vendors in Harare’s Central Business District showed that at least 10 brands were not among the 22 approved by SAZ.

SAZ certifies bottled water according to minimum standards set by the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

The standards body has certified 22 brands since 2011 although the certification of three on the list expired in March this year.

The three whose certification has expired are Tanganda, Schweppes and Mukati Investments.

SAZ director-general Mrs Eve Gadzikwa said her organisation had an obligation to continuously inform the public on the status of bottled water sold to them.

“Water is certified after satisfying the SAZ national standard ZWS 457:1995,” she said. “As part of the process towards certification, bottling companies are required to meet the minimum requirements set by the Ministry of Health.

“SAZ undertakes regular checks on the bottled water company to verify continuous compliance to the standard. SAZ has an obligation to regularly publish the status of certified, suspended and withdrawn bottled waters.”

SAZ laboratories are accredited for Water Chemical Analysis testing in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.

Consumer Council of Zimbabwe executive director Ms Rosemary Siyachitema said her organisation was carrying out its own investigations into the matter.

“We saw your article (on the research on bottled water by academics) and we are also carrying out our own investigations into the matter,” she said.

The CCZ has, however, called on Government to speed up the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act as part of measures to protect consumers from unscrupulous business practices.

The country does not have legislation to safeguard the rights of consumers.

Source: all africa

Fighting Malnutrition Among Refugees in Cameroon

Fighting Malnutrition Among Refugees in Cameroon

Samira Suleman is carrying her six-month old twins and is trying to breastfeed them but she cannot produce enough milk. “I have not eaten since morning so my milk is not flowing and I have no other way to feed my children.

When I manage to have some food, I am happy because it enables me to produce some breast milk for my twins,” says this 26-year old mother. She arrived in Mboy in eastern Cameroon with her family about four months ago, after fleeing the ongoing violence in neighbouring Central African Republic.

Not far from Samira is Awawou Bakari who is reeling from the loss of one of her newborn twins who died the previous day, just a few hours after birth. “My baby did not survive. I suffered a lot during the last quarter of my pregnancy because my antenatal visits were interrupted due to lack of resources. We spent all our money on transportation to get to the Cameroon border. Here in Mboy, we usually go several days without any meals. Sometimes the villagers give us a few kilograms of maize,” recounts Awawou, in a barely audible voice.

Both women now live in a refugee camp in Yokadouma, along with over 650 other people, where access to drinking water is also very difficult, with the lone supply source not up to consumption standards. “It is very difficult for us to get water and in order to get some, we need to travel several kilometres to reach the source. We give our children this water because we have no other choice,” adds Awawou.

Their stories echo those of thousands of other families, driven from their villages by the fighting and violence that has plunged the Central African Republic into total chaos for more than a year now.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that 88,939 men, women and children fled their homes, heading to the relative safety found in refugee camps and host communities in the east, Adamawa and far north regions of Cameroon.

The majority are preferring to remain in the east region, close to their home country. More than 43,000 sit in transit centres, still waiting to be transferred to camps. They live in precarious conditions and lack shelter, food and health care. While they wait, entry points into Cameroon continue to bustle, with new refugees arriving by the hundreds daily.

At the Garoua-Boulai transit camp, a team of Cameroon Red Cross Society volunteers is actively taking care of 600 new refugees. These teams conduct malnutrition screening among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women.

“We have recorded 16 cases of malnourished children since morning,” says Ina Kombo, a volunteer in charge of screening at the site. “Ten children were moderately malnourished while six were severe. Cases of severe malnutrition are referred to the Garoua-Boulai district hospital for immediate care.”

The majority of refugees arriving in Cameroon are children (57 per cent). Many are suffering the effects of not having adequate nutritious food to eat, the results of which can lead to life-long challenges.

Undernourished children are less able to ward off infection and are more susceptible to common childhood ailments like diarrhoea and respiratory infections. Sickness keeps them out of school, which later affects their ability to attend higher education.

“Since the outbreak of the crisis, we have detected more than 500 cases of malnutrition among the target population in the Gado camp alone,” says Faustin Tsimi, emergency operations coordinator, Cameroon Red Cross Society.

“These patients are treated in various hospitals by a joint team from the Cameroon Red Cross, the ministry of public health and other humanitarian agencies. The management of malnutrition equally includes the provision of food supplements to patients, implemented in partnership with the World Food Programme.”

More than 300 Red Cross volunteers have been deployed as part of this operation, some of whom will support the French Red Cross Society in the management of malnutrition in Timangolo, which now hosts 750 refugees. The teams will manage an integrated health centre which is being refurbished and which specializes in maternal and child health and nutrition.

As part of its support to the Cameroon Red Cross Society, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) revised its emergency appeal in the country in a bid to provide further assistance to the increasing influx of new refugees, focusing on malnutrition. “We are doing our best to cover the basic needs of the population.

However, we are facing an increasing demand due to the arrival of new refugees. Evaluation missions conducted by our teams will enable us to improve assistance to thousands of new refugees. It is only through effective mobilization of the international community that we can reduce the vulnerability of refugees and host populations,” says Denis Duffaut, IFRC regional representative, Central Africa.

The revised emergency appeal of 642,579 Swiss francs is currently 66 per cent funded.

Source: all africa

Grenada investigates reports of chikungunya virus

Grenada investigates reports of chikungunya virus

The ministry of health in Grenada has intensified its campaign against the imminent threat from the chikungunya virus, as investigations continue into reports of the presence of the virus on the sister Isle of Carriacou.

Meanwhile, efforts are continuing by the ministry of health, wellness and the environment in St Vincent and the Grenadines to address a chikungunya outbreak there, with vector control measures and public sensitization programs currently taking place across the nation.

In the latest news update from Grenada, chief medical officer (CMO) Dr George Mitchell, said health officials were called in to investigate chikungunya-like symptoms in the village of Windward.

Mitchell, who is spearheading the ministry’s response, said that teams of health officials are on the ground and that specimens are being tested.

The CMO said one of the measures being undertaken is a fogging campaign of the immediate vicinity where the suspected cases were reported.

However the senior public health official said the healthcare providers will continue to carry out their work while they await laboratory confirmation of the suspected cases.

Public health officials are also calling on the public to ensure the cleanliness of their surroundings as well as the reduction and removal of mosquito breeding sites in and around the home. The chikungunya virus is primarily spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is black and white in colour.

In St Vincent and the Grenadines, the health ministry said to date some 396 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been recorded there. The majority of those cases have been confined to the Grenadines island of Bequia.

Efforts aimed at eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus have intensified.

The Insect Vector Control Unit in the ministry is continuing to carry out vector control measures on the mainland and also in the Grenadines. Fogging operations have also been targeting specific areas where mass crowds are expected to gather for the Carnival activities.

Clean up activities have also been taking place in several communities as part of efforts to deprive the mosquito of a breeding ground.

In addition to the vector control measures, the Health Promotion Unit has embarked on a public education campaign which includes visits to schools, communities and business places to sensitize individuals on the virus and provide information on how they can better protect themselves.

Given that there is no current cure for the chikungunya virus, the best course of action is to avoid mosquito bites. Signs and symptoms include an abrupt onset of fever frequently accompanied by joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash.

Source: caribbean news now

Doctors reconstruct face of woman disfigured by cancer treatments

Doctors reconstruct face of woman disfigured by cancer treatment

A woman left disfigured by radiation treatments for a cancer she never had is undergoing reconstructive surgery in hopes of restoring her life.

Lessya Kotelevskaya could be in surgery up to 24 hours at University of Louisville Hospital.

The surgery on the 30-year-old woman began Monday. The surgical team is led by Dr. Jarrod Little, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with UofL Physicians. The doctor is donating his time.

Kotelevskaya was misdiagnosed about a decade ago in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic. Her face was disfigured by radiation treatments, causing a hole in her cheek and making it difficult to eat and talk. She lost her husband, business and home.

Her cousin, Oleg Sennik, found Kotelevskaya and brought her and her young son to Louisville, where he lives.

Source: fox news

The top 10 classic hairstyles of all time

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There are hairstyles that become popular and then there are ones that redefine trends, which never go out of fashion that drives women crazy or mad. Here are the 10 classic hairstyles that have endured time itself.

The James Dean Quiff

James Dean was sexier than sex itself, The Rebel without a Cause superstar was an icon who died at the top of his game in a car crash aged just 24. He had that kind of leading man charisma that’s never been replicated and his hair was an essential asset. The style has been around for a long time and refuses to die down. His slick hair with a slight quiff is an all-time classic look and pretty easy to maintain as well.

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The Beatles Moptop
They were the greatest band in the world and more famous than Jesus in their own words. The Beatles impacted culture beyond our imagination. One of their major contributions was the moptop, a mid-length hairstyle which is collar-length at the back and over the ears with straight fringes. The style endures to this day and is popularly known as the Arthur after George Harrison called it that once.

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The David Beckham Faux hawk
While George Best came before him and was inarguably the first football superstar, it was David Beckham who became the first truly global superstar who was known as much for his hairstyles as he was for his ability with the ball. While Beckham sported a lot of hairstyles during his career, the one that really stuck out was the faux hawk, a quasi-Mohawk with the hair shorter on the sides. Basically, a watered down version of the Mohawk, the hairstyle was copied the world over including by Aamir Khan who sported in Taare Zameen Par.

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The Don Draper Classic Sideparting
The period show Mad Men really brought back the swinging 60s in our life especially the classy hairstyles sported by the men there. The side-parting has always been a classic look and Don Draper wears it in a very well-slicked manner which makes a person look very well-groomed. Of course, you’d need a jaw-line and personality like Mr Draper to pull it off completely but that hairstyle has very little wrong with it.

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The Bob Marley Dreadlocks

The Jamaican was revered around the world for distinctive song-writing, vocal style, marijuana use and pretty much defined the reggae genre. His hair, long dreadlocks too became iconic as a symbol of counterculture. His hair was based on his Rastafarian beliefs which ban cutting hair. In time, the look would be copied around the world and not just by those following the religion. There was rumour that doctors found new species of lice on his hair after he died but that was just an urban myth.

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The Travis Bickle Mohawk
The Mohawk is a crazy hairstyle and you won’t find a lot of sane human beings walking around with the look. Used by US soldiers to scare enemies, the hairstyle entered iconic status when Travis Bickle shaved off the side of his head in the cult classic Taxi Driver. The classic Mohawk is a look where the hair is completely shaved off on the sides leaving a just thin strip in the middle. The look actually became pretty popular with sportsmen and even MS Dhoni sported it during the T20 Champions League.

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The Brad Pitt Fight Club Spikey look
Fight Club is a coming-of-age film for guys born in an era where rebellion was the norm. EmpireOnline.com picked Brad Pitt’s character Tyler Durden as the greatest movie character and described him saying: ‘He’s a rock star god, a natural-born leader, a trend-setter. He is unrestrained id, he is a monster, he is the very image of modern man (or at least how modern man would like to see himself). He looks like what you want to like, he f**ks like you want to f**k, and he is an utterly indelible creation.’ And a big part was Durden’s ‘I don’t give a f*ck hairstyle’. Sporting slightly longish hair in the back along with tall, messy spikes, the looks has become synonymous with rebellion now.

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The Great Gatsby Side Sweep
Poor Leo, no matter what he does, he just doesn’t seem to win an Oscar. He has appeared in so many classic movies but keeps on missing out on the big one every single time. In the movie based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, Di Caprio sports a look that was very common in the 1920s and is has become popular with the guys again. The hairstyle is slick and suitable for everyday use and all you need is a little gel and a slight quiff.

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The Jim Morrison Long Hair Look
Jim Morrison once said: ‘Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts.’ The 60s was an era where everyone seemed to have long hair but no one carried it better than Morrison. The Doors frontman sported an iconic long hair look that has stuck with rebels and rockers till now. He grew his hair long and let it drop all over his head similar to a helmet and the style is perfect for those who want to exude some rebellion and don’t care about what society thinks about long hair.

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The Sean Connery 007
Men want to be him, women want to be with him’, perhaps no one encompassed this phrase better than the first Bond, Sean Connery. Bond was always the classic man and sported a simplem short hairstyle which was short hair combed back which today would be called a pompadour. And Bond’s legend endured, and so impressed was author Ian Fleming with Sean Connery that he even gave James Bond a half-Scottish background to match Connery’s background. We can assume the classic hairstyle didn’t hurt his cause.

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Source: fox news

Ekpada uttanasana — an asana to improve digestion and tone your tummy

Ekpada uttanasana — an asana to improve digestion and tone your tummy

Ekpada uttanasana also known as the one-leg-raised yoga pose, is one of the best asanas to help tone the muscles of your abdomen and upper thighs. Apart from that it is a great pose for people suffering from asthma, as it opens up the chest – invigorating the entire respiratory system and supplying fresh oxygen to deprived parts of the body. This asana also helps with flexibility, making your hip muscles more flexible and strengthens your lower back. Considering how the pose is done, ekpada uttanasana also helps improve digestion, and massages the organs directly related to your sexual health; ensuring that you have a healthy libido. Moreover, if you suffer from menstrual disorders, this asana is just what the doctor ordered.

Steps to do this asana:

  • Lie down on the floor with your legs stretched out and your hands by your side.
  • Make sure your entire body is relaxed at this stage.
  • Now, stretch out and point the toes of your right leg and tighten the muscles of the entire leg.
  • Next, inhale and raise the leg so that it is perpendicular to your body.Do not jerk up the leg since you may end up injuring your back.
  • Hold this position for about six seconds while holding our breath.
  • To go back to the starting position, slowly exhale and lower your leg simultaneously. Rest for six breaths and then do the same exercise with your left leg.

Source: the health site