9 ways to grow long healthy hair

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Make Your Beard Grow Faster

Not all men find it easy to grow a beard. The rate of growth of facial hair mainly depends on your genetics. You can’t change the genetic makeup but certain things can be done to speed up the growth rate to the maximum potential.


Coconut Oil

Coconut oil massage is one of the ways in which you can increase the growth of facial hair. Combine coconut oil with rosemary oil (10 parts coconut oil with 1 part rosemary oil). Apply the mixture to the face with the help of a cotton ball. Rinse with cool water after about 15 minutes. Do this thrice a week for best results.

Amla Oil

Amla (the Indian gooseberry) can stimulate the growth of facial hair. You can use it alone or combine it with mustard leaves. Massage amla oil onto your face and leave it on for about 20 minutes before rinsing it using cold water. Grind a few mustard leaves into a paste and mix it with a few drops of amla oil and use it in the same way.

Lemon and Cinnamon

Mix one teaspoonful of grinded cinnamon bark with two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice. Apply the mixture over the face and then rinse with cold water after 20 minutes. Use this remedy about twice a week for good results.

Eucalyptus Oil

Combine eucalyptus oil with any carrier oil (olive oil or sesame oil). Mix the two and massage it onto the facial skin. Leave it on for at least 20 minutes before rinsing with cold water.

Clean Moisturised Skin

When skin is moisturized, there is a better environment for facial hair to grow quickly. Moreover, there shouldn’t be oil, dirt and dead skin that hampers your hair follicles to breakthrough. Your facial hair grows much faster when your face is consistently kept clean and moisturised.

Protein and Saturated Fat

The two crucial nutrients key to promote healthy, fast hair growth (including facial hair growth) are proteins and saturated fat. Incorporate healthy sources of protein (such as beans and fish) and saturated fat (eggs and animal fat) to promote facial hair growth.


Balanced Vitamin Intake

You need the balance of vitamins A, C, and E in order to promote facial hair growth. These help maintain your follicles and sebum, and improve circulation to create better environment for beard to grow.

Exercise Daily

Exercising regularly improves blood circulation which is key to stimulating hair growth. Physical activity aid nutrients reach the hair follicles in your face. Take out 20 minutes for exercise every day as it can make a big difference!


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12 ways to loss weight quickly



You know the drill when it comes to losing weight: take in fewer calories, burn more calories. But you also know that most diets and quick weight-loss plans don't work as promised. If you're trying to drop a few pounds fast, these trusted expert tips will make it easy for you to lose the weight quickly.


1. Write down what you eat for one week and you will lose weight.


 Studies found that people who keep food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don’t. Watch out for weekends: A University of North Carolina study found people tend to consume an extra 115 calories per weekend day, primarily from alcohol and fat. (Though good news: You can work out only on weekends and still lose weight.) Then cut out or down calories from spreads, dressings, sauces, condiments, drinks, and snacks; they could make the difference between weight gain and loss. Don’t miss these other tricks for stopping weekend weight gain.

2. Add 10 percent to the amount of daily calories you think you’re eating

If you think you’re consuming 1,700 calories a day and don’t understand why you’re not losing weight, add another 170 calories to your guesstimate. Chances are, the new number is more accurate. Adjust your eating habits accordingly. For instance, your cup of coffee might have more calories than you thought.



3. Get an online weight loss buddy to lose more weight

A University of Vermont study found that online weight-loss buddies help you keep the weight off. The researchers followed volunteers for 18 months. Those assigned to an Internet-based weight maintenance program sustained their weight loss better than those who met face-to-face in a support group. You and your weight loss buddy can share tips like these ways to lose weight without exercise.

4. Get a weight-loss mantra

You’ve heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? If you keep focusing on things you can’t do, like resisting junk food or getting out the door for a daily walk, chances are you won’t do them. Instead (whether you believe it or not) repeat positive thoughts to yourself. “I can lose weight.” “I will get out for my walk today.” “I know I can resist the pastry cart after dinner.” Repeat these phrases and before too long, they will become true for you. Try these other daily mantras that can help you reach your goals.

5. After breakfast, stick to water

At breakfast, go ahead and drink orange juice. But throughout the rest of the day, focus on water instead of juice or soda. The average American consumes an extra 245 calories a day from soft drinks. That’s nearly 90,000 calories a year—or 25 pounds! And research shows that despite the calories, sugary drinks don’t trigger a sense of fullness the way that food does.

6. Eat three fewer bites of your meal

…or one less treat a day, or one less glass of orange juice. Doing any of these can save you about 100 calories a day, and that alone is enough to prevent you from gaining the two pounds most people mindlessly pack on each year.

7. Watch one less hour of TV

A study of 76 undergraduate students found the more they watched television, the more often they ate and the more they ate overall. Sacrifice one program (there’s probably one you don’t really want to watch anyway) and go for a walk instead—in even just 15 minutes.


[8. Wash something thoroughly once a week

Whether that’s a floor, a couple of windows, the shower stall, bathroom tile, your car, or one of these everyday items no one cleans enough, a 150-pound person will burn about four calories for every minute spent cleaning. Scrub for 30 minutes and you could work off approximately 120 calories, the same number in a half-cup of vanilla frozen yogurt. If you do treat yourself with fro yo, stick with these nutritionist-approved toppings.


9. Wait until your stomach rumbles before you reach for food

It’s stunning how often we eat out of boredom, nervousness, habit, or frustration—so often, in fact, that many of us have actually forgotten what physical hunger feels like. Hankering for a specific food, it’s probably a craving, not hunger. If you’d eat anything you could get your hands on, chances are you’re truly hungry. Learn how to recognize these feelings mistaken for hunger, then find ways other than eating to express love, tame stress, and relieve boredom. But talk to your doctor if you think you’re always hungry for a medical reason.

10. Eat in front of mirrors and you’ll lose weight

One study found that eating in front of mirrors slashed the amount people ate by nearly one-third. Having to look yourself in the eye reflects back some of your own inner standards and goals, and reminds you of why you’re trying to lose weight in the first place.


11. Spend 10 minutes a day walking up and down stairs

The Centers for Disease Control says that’s all it takes to help you shed as much as 10 pounds a year (assuming you don’t start eating more).

16. Don’t buy any prepared food

… that lists sugar, fructose, or corn syrup among the first four ingredients on the label. You should be able to find a lower-sugar version of the same type of food. If you can’t, grab a piece of fruit instead, especially if you show signs you’re eating too much sugar. Look for sugar-free varieties of foods such as ketchup, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and these other foods with way more sugar than you realize. Also, avoid partially hydrogenated foods, and look for more than two grams of fiber per 100 calories in all grain products. Finally, a short ingredient list means fewer flavor enhancers and empty calories. Sounds impossible, but you can actually learn how to give up sugar without missing it.


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Migraine: symptoms, causes and preventions



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A migraine is an extreme and excruciating cerebral pain. They can be gone before or joined by tactile cautioning signs, for example, flashes of light, blind sides, shivering in the arms and legs, queasiness, retching, and expanded affectability to light and sound.
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Glaucoma: cause and prevention

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What is glaucoma?

Glaucoma is an eye infection that causes vision misfortune and can cause visual impairment. Glaucoma is unsafe in light of the fact that the most widely recognized sort—called "open-edge" glaucoma—does not for the most part cause side effects at first.

What causes glaucoma?
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How to control hypertension

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In the event that you've been determined to have hypertension, you may be stressed over taking pharmaceutical to cut your numbers down.

Way of life assumes an essential part in treating your hypertension. On the off chance that you effectively control your circulatory strain with a solid way of life, you may dodge, delay or decrease the requirement for prescription.
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Malaria - Causes and prevention

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Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. There are 5 types of Plasmodium which contaminate people:

Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium malariae

Plasmodium ovale
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Causes and prevention of pimples

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Pimples is one of the most serious issue for ladies beginning from young, immature and here and there are found in grown-ups too. Pimples are the consequence of blockage in the skin pores.

The sebaceous organs display in the skin mystery more sebum which worked over the blockage bringing about gathering of disease causing microbes, in this way aggravating the condition more.
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You want to study medicine or dentistry? Read these

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It has really been a long time that I posted here, my apologies to my viewers. In this post, I will talk about studying an health related courses in Nigeria. When I say health related courses, I’m talking about medicine and surgery, dentistry and dental surgery,biochemistry,optometry and so on. Let me explain “medicine and surgery” and “dentistry and dental surgery”  since it is the most chosen course in Nigeria  due to wrong perspectives which I will explain later in the post.

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Smoking and its effects







In my previous post/article, I disclosed on the issue of mouth odour
and how to get rid of them. You can read it here
This week, I want to discuss on the matter of smoking and its effect.
It is no longer a new thing under the heaven that people indulge in
smoking for reasons best know to them. But on this post, I will the
tell you most of the effect of smoking to the human body.
Smoking has no other specific meaning than the activity or habit of
smoking cigarette (according to oxford dictionary). Smoking has
contributed to the death of youths and teenagers and also lead to the
introduction of diseases such as lung cancer which i will expatiate
later in this post. According to research, cigarettes contains over
600 ingredients, when it burns, it produce more than 6000 chemicals in
which they are toxic to the body leading to cancer.
Tobacco is made up of different ingredients in which one is Nicotine.
Nicotine is sometimes called mind-altering drugs because it reaches
the brain in some seconds when smoked. For sometime, it makes you feel
more energetic and after that you begin to feel tired. Smoking
increases the risks of cataracts, poor sight and muscular
degeneration. In the body, there is a hormone (for stress) called
CORTICOSTERONE which decreases the effects of the body. So simple
logic will tell you that when you are stressed alto then you need
nicotine to neutralize the effect. This is where ADDICTION set in. You
might be thinking what i meant by addiction but don't worry i will
tell you. Addiction is a condition of being used to a particular thing
or activity. So we are discussing about smoking then i refer addiction
to a condition of being used to smoking.
Withdrawal from smoking can seriously affect your body system and
makes you feel depressed, irritated, headaches and insomnia (sleep
problem).
Smoking also affect the lung thereby leading to lung cancer. It
damages the lung which makes it lose it ability to sieve out harmful
chemicals. Thereby leading to high risks of respiratory infections,
flu and colds. According to research, children of smokers are prone to
coughing and asthma attacks. They are also tendency of ear infections,
pneumonia and bronchitis (lung diseases).
Nicotine also causes the blood vessel in our human body to tighten
which restrict the free flow of blood. Thereby leading to high blood
pressure. Smoking also lowers good cholesterol levels which is caused
by the formation of bad cholesterol. Smoking also increases the risk
of forming blood clots in the brain which increases the risk of
STROKE. Smokers also have high risk of blood cancer which is referred
to as LEUKEMIA. Funny aspect of it is that, non smokers are also at
risk. I mean that if you are in a surrounding of where people are
smoking, it can lead to stroke,heart attack and some other heart
diseases.
Smoking also change the morphology (structure) of the skin. In
otherwords, it causes the discolouration of the skin, premature aging
etc. Smoker usually have yellow stains on the teeth. It increase the
risk of cancer in the mouth, throat, esophagus and other parts of the
oral cavity.

My own simple advice to you is that you should abstain from smoking.
And to those who are already smoking, you have seen the effect of
smoking in your body which i know is enough to help you abstain from
it.

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Bad breath- Causes and way out


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Imagine being afraid to speak up in public all because of you have bad breath. Having bad breath makes you uncomfortable because you won't be able to talk to any of your friends without you seeing bad expression on their faces. Amazing fact about bad breath is that you won't notice you have bad breath until people around you start telling you.
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