Shaving for men with thick hair

For men with thick beards, shaving can be a painful, difficult experience in the morning. Not to mention expensive. For men with thick beards and sensitive skin, it is three times as bad because the extra strokes needed to cut the thicker hair leads to more and more discomfort. Men of Indian descent, Italian descent and African American descent have an especially hard time shaving due to the thickness of their beards. But any man with a thick beard, regardless of ethnicity, will have a hard time shaving compared to their friends with finer hair.

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How to Avoid Type 2 Diabetes

 

 

In the past 30 years, the prevalence of Diabetes Type 2 has skyrocketed to such an extent that it is now viewed as an epidemic in the western world. From being a once fairly mild and rare ailment of the elderly to becoming a chronic disease, diabetes mellitus affects people of every age, race, and background, and is now a major modern cause of premature death in many countries around the world, with someone dying from Diabetes Type 2 every 10 seconds worldwide.^[1] This article focuses on the ways in which you can seek to avoid Type 2 Diabetes, with close attention to changing risky behaviors.
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Health Benefits of Wood Apple

The wood apple or bael has interesting properties. The ripe fruit acts as a laxative whereas the unripe fruit helps control diarrhea. The bael is a medium sized deciduous tree reaching up to 8 m in height.
The fruit is a globose, woody berry with yellowish rind. Its seeds are numerous, oblong, compressed, embedded in orange brown sweet gummy pulp. The root, fruit and leaves of this tree are used as medicine.
Ayurvedic recommendations

Fruit: The unripe fruit is bitter in taste, acrid, sour, and astringent in nature. It is useful in treating diarrhea and dysentery. The ripe fruit is sweet in taste, aromatic, cooling, and astringent. It acts as a laxative and has tonic properties. It is a popular medicine for dyspepsia in India and is widely used to strengthen the heart and brain.


Root: The root is astringent in nature and is sweet and bitter in taste. The dry and light root is used for medicinal purposes. It is useful in conditions such as seminal weakness, diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, stomatitis, vomiting, fever, swellings, and gastric irritation. It is also good for the heart and the brain.

Leaves: The leaves have an astringent quality and are used as laxative and expectorant. The bael leaves are useful in treatment of eye diseases, deafness, inflammations, diabetes, and asthma.

Therapeutic sctions
1. The fruit is very helpful in chronic constipation, chronic dysentery, and dyspepsia.
2. The fruit extract is widely used in Ayurveda for the treatment of diabetes.
3. The ripe fruits are dried in sun and powdered. This powder improves debility of the mucus membrane (used only when there is no fever).
4. Leaves are applied to the joints as poultice to relieve joint pain.
5. The root bark or stem bark infusion is a well-practiced recipe for fevers and fever associated with diarrhea.
6. The fruit extract is used as a preventive drug for cholera and piles.
7. Stem bark infusion is useful in palpitations and hypotension.
8. Fresh leaf juice mixed with pepper is therapeutically valuable in cases of jaundice and anorexia.
9. The bael bark extract is the best medicine for amoebic dysentery.

Side effects
1. Large quantities may result in digestive disorders and constipation.
2. It may lower blood sugar.
3. Patients with thyroid disorders should avoid bael.
4. Bael leaves can induce abortion, therefore pregnant or nursing mothers should use caution.

Source: Dr K Gowthaman, Medical Director, rVita (rVita Ayurveda Centers)

Dragon fruit

Dragon Fruit Scientific Names:
Ceraus, Acanthocereus, Echinocereus, Hylocereus, Selenicereus, Stenocereus, Escontria, Myrthillocactus.
Dragon fruit is also knows as:
Pitaya, Dragon Fruit, Red Pitahaya, Night blooming Cereus, Strawberry Pear, Belle of the Night, conderella plant

Other common names: 
 
French: cierge-lezard, poire de chardon
German: distelbirn, echte stachelbirn, drachenfrucht
Hawaiian: Pa-nani-o-ka
Portoguese: cato-barse, cardo-ananaz
Spanish: pitahaya roja (Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela); flor de caliz, pitajava (Puerto Rico); junco, junco tapatio, pitahaya orejona, reina de la noche, tasajo (Mexico)
Swedish: skogskaktus, röd pitahaya

Dragon fruit or red pitaya belongs to the Cactaceae family from the subfamily Cactoidea of the tribe Cactea . Dragon Fruit also known as Pitaya is a magnificent plant with stunning and beautiful fruit that exhibits vivirant colors and shape. Dragon fruit is not only attractive but is also flavourful that is slightly similar to kiwi and melon.
The Dragon plant is a vine, epiphytic cacti of the genus Hylocereus that is believed to be native in Central and Southern America and has been brought to Southeast Asian countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Dragon plant has fleshy stems that grow up to 20ft long when matured. Dragon plant may grow from the ground or climb onto trees using aerial roots. Dragon plant bears flowers that only bloom at night. The flowers are ornate and beautiful with fragrant scent. Pitahaya plants can have up to 4-6 fruiting cycles per year. The dragon fruit has spines that grows up to 1 kilogram in weight. Dragon fruit skin may be yellowish to dark red in color with edible flesh that maybe white or red depending on the variety. It has a lot of black small seeds that is also edible.
Pitaya or Dragon fruit is also known to have some health benefits that includes preventing memory loss, anti cancer activity, control of blood glucose level in diabeetes, anti-xidant properties, aids in healing of wounds and others.

Dragon fruit Contitutional contents

The typical nutritional values per 100 g of raw pitaya (of which 55 g are edible) are as follows:

• Water 80-90 g
• Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 4–25 mg
• Ash 0.4-0.7 g
• Calcium 6–10 mg
• Calories: 35-50
• Carbohydrates 9-14 g
• Carotene (Vitamin A) traces
• Fat 0.1-0.6 g
• Fiber 0.3-0.9 g
• Iron 0.3-0.7 mg Niacin (Vitamin B3) 0.2-0.45 mg
• Phosphorus 16 – 36 mg
• Protein 0.15-0.5 g
• Thiamine (Vitamin B1) traces
• Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) traces

The aforentioned figures are subject to change as per cultivation conditions.

Dragon fruit health Benefits

• Dragon fruit boosts immune system. Dragon fruit is rich in vitamin C and fibers that help provide an overall healthy body.
• Dragon fruit helps in digestion. Because of the richness in fibers, Dragon fruit aids in the digestion of food, Studies also suggest that Dragon fruit promotes the growth of probiotics.
• Dragon fruit help to lower blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes. Studies also suggest that the the glucose found in Dragon fruit aids in controlling the blood sugar level for diabetes patients.
• Dragon fruit prevent formation of cancer causing free radicals. Dragon fruit is rich in minerals and fibers that aids in digestion, cleans toxic ingredients thus preventing the occurrence of colon cancer.
• Dragon fruit as anti-oxidant. The presence of high level of vitamin C, minerals and pytoalbumin is regarded as relevant in fighting free radicals and possess anti-oxidant properties.
• Dragon fruit helps to control cholesterol level. Dragon fruit is also rich in flavonoids that are known to have favorable effects against cardio related disease.

Folkloric health Benefits from Dragon fruit.

• Dragon fruit promotes healing of wounds and cuts.
• Dragon fruit improves appetite.
• Dragon fruit improves eye sight
• Dragon fruit can aid in weight reduction
• Dragon fruit improves memory.

Tips for Treating Cracked Heels and Dry Skin on the Feet

 

Cracked Heels

Cracked heels are a common foot problem, particularly in the summer months and in warmer climates. Essentially it is caused by dry skin. For most people cracked heels are a nuisance and a cosmetic problem, but when the cracks are deep, they can be painful to stand on and the skin can bleed. In severe cases this can cause infection.

Applying a moisturising heel formulation twice a day is a crucial step in addressing cracked heels. Eulactol Heel Balm Gold and Ellgy Plus Cracked Heel Cream are unique formulations for the treatment of rough, dry, cracked feet and heels. Both formulations are suitable for people with diabetes. Ask our trained staff which of these formulations is best for you.

A regular foot care regime is essential if you want your feet to look and feel good. The Scholl Dual Action Foot File removes hard or rough skin and then buffs it smooth, leaving feet feeling beautifully soft. The coarse side of the file safely removes the rough or hard skin, whilst the finer side smoothes the skin.

Thompson’s Skin, Hair and Nails Capsules support healthy and nourished skin. With Horsetail herb and marine proteins, Thompson’s Skin, Hair and Nails is far more than just a ‘cosmetic’ supplement. A combination of vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin C and Zinc, are also included to condition the skin from within.

3 steps

1. Wash feet with a moisturizing soap. Use a high-quality moisturizing soap to wash your feet thoroughly every day. Just make sure you use warm water and not hot water or you may end up doing more damage than good. The goal here is to soften the skin so that you can exfoliate and buff away any dead skin on the surface easily. Hot water can dry out your feet even further and make the problem worse. Use a good moisturizing soap like Olay Body Ultra Moisturizing Soap on your feet during a light foot bath.  
2. Massage warm olive oil on your heels. Olive oil can be very nourishing to the skin and will absorb quickly when it's warm. Heat up some olive oil in the microwave for about 20 seconds, let it cool until it's at a comfortable temperature, and then massage it into the heels and damaged patches of skin. You can do this every night to rehydrate and moisturize that tough skin on the feet and treat cracked heels.
3.  Wear moisturizing socks at night. A pair of aloe-infused moisturizing socks can be a great addition to your foot treatment plan. These socks will help trap in moisture and can promote the skin's natural repair process.

 

What Causes Puffy Eyes?

Main cosmetic problem affects eyes that are puffy or baggy eyes. Both terms are used interchangeably but they are different because puffy eyes are easily curable than eye bags. Baggy eyes can only be treated with surgical treatments. This discussion will focus on causes of puffy eyes. There are several causes of puffy eyes and some of these causes are environmental but not all. Puffy eyes or watery eyes are basically symptoms of common eye allergic problems. Some research study links puffy eyes to genetic or heredity factors. Here is a list of causes that are stated to be causes of puffy eyes.

 

You should view this list and avoid factors that cause puffiness in eyes:

• Lack of sleep
• Excessive crying and shedding tears
• Much intake of sodium and salt
• Physical stress
• Emotional stress
• Building of toxins and wastes in body
• Post operation or surgical recovery
• Heredity predisposition
• Reactions of dermatitis
• Over consumption of alcoholic beverages
• Irritating contact lenses
• Body fluid fluctuations due to hormonal changes
• Changes in weather or temperature
• Sinus problems
• Water retention
• Complications from medications
• Sleeping with head elevated slightly

Everyone should know general causes of puffiness in eyes.