FACE THOSE METAL-URGINGS.

Summer of 2018 is here! And what better way to show your daring side than by trying out metallic makeup? It's time to bring out the metallics and brush up on your skills for that glitzy look. From gold embellishment to silver shadow or gilded lips, heavy metal makeup is wearable without going overboard on the shimmer.

For Eyes:

--Dust gold or copper pigments to the centre of your eyelid. This is a perfect alternative for a smokey look and it works wonders with warm undertones. Silver can be added to get the cooler undertones. Gun metal works very well for a smouldering, night time cocktail effect.

For Face:

--To achieve a gorgeous glow and radiant look, mix a drop or two of strobe cream into your foundation, and finish off by dusting copper or rose gold highlighters onto cheek-bones, temples and down the bridge of your nose. You can even use some gloss as highlighters on your cheek-bones, or just under your eyebrows.

For Lips: 

--Although metallic lips are seen mostly on the runways, one can achieve this look when done subtly. For a shiny, sparkly pout, add some shimmery gloss or a metallic pigment to the centre of the lips to create dimension and fake plumpness.

Tips To Watch Our For:

--Apply enough shimmer without going overboard.

--Focus on one area at a time and try not to combine the eyes, face and lips or you may end up looking like a shiny robot.

-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-

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WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT? DON'T DIET, SAY RESEARCHERS.

Eating regularly may prove to be a safer bet for healthy weight loss. The researchers of the study also added that dieting may instead make you gain extra pounds in the long run. Dieting may not be the route to sustainable weight loss, says a new study. Eating regularly may prove to be a safer bet for healthy weight loss. The researchers of the study also added that dieting may instead make you gain more pounds in the long run. The new study published in the journal, "Eating Behaviours", claimed that observing regular eating habits could be essential to successful weight management in both women and men.

"Generally speaking, weight management guidance often boils down to eating less and exercising more. In practice, people are encouraged to lose weight, whereas the results of our extensive population study indicate that losing weight is not an effective weight management method in the long run", said Ulla Karkkainen, a researcher and nutritional therapist at the University of Helsinki in Finland.

"Often, people try to prevent and manage excess and obesity by dieting and skipping meals. In the long term, such approaches seem to actually accelerate getting fatter, rather than prevent it", Karkkainen added.

For the study, the team included nearly 5,000young men and women. The participants were made to answer surveys mapping out factors impacting weight change when they were 24 years of age, and again 10 years later at the age of 34. Between the ages of 24 and 34, the mean gain in women was 0.9 kgs. per year, while in men, the corresponding gain was one kg.

"Even though dieting may seem a logical solution to weight management problems, it can actually increase weight gain and eating problems in the long run", Karkkainen noted.

In a bid to lose weight one is often appealed towards taking shortcuts. Crash dieting and starving may seem promising, but they are far from delivering sustainable results, if anything, they would only make your condition worse. The research findings prove that instead of losing weight, it is more important to focus on eating regular meals, taking care of one's well-being and finding a more general sense of meaning in life. Our metabolism is dependent upon our feed. One has to have regular and sufficient meals to support the natural biological functions of the body. This practice would also help in managing one's eating habits and weight management in the long term, noted the researchers. While the study group was large enough, the findings of the study were based on the data collected by questionnaires, which is said to be a major limitation of the study. The study also did not specifically pin point the kind of diets that are especially bad.

-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-

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HYPERTENSION? FIVE FRUITS THAT MAY HELP YOU MANAGE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY.

Hypertension or High Blood Pressure is emerging to be one of the biggest cause of concern in the global health and nutrition circuit. According to the WHO, High Blood Pressure causes close to 12.8% of total deaths in the world. The normal range of blood at rest is measured between 100-140 millimeters mercury (mmHg) for systolic pressure and 60-90 (mmHg) for diastolic pressure. A person is said to have hypertension when the blood pressure range exceeds the above mentioned range. Hypertension, if left untreated may trigger stroke or heart attack and in worst cases even cause death. While maintaining a healthy lifestyle and exercising regularly are some of the primary ways to keep lifestyle diseases in check, there are some dietary tweaks too that may help hypertension patients manage the condition better. High blood pressure patients must take extra care of their diet. Too much of sodium intake may cause the pressures to surge. High BP patients should also steer clear of heavily fried foods or foods that are laden with trans-fats. So, what is it that one should have to prevent the surge. Loading up on fruits may help. Potassium rich fruits, or fruits high in Vitamin C are said to curb the rise in BP levels.

Here are fruits that may help level BPlevles naturally.

(1). Banana: Bananas are extremely low in sodium; and very rich potassium, which happens to be a win-win combination for your high BP levels. You can have them alone, or add it to your cereal, cake, bread, smoothies and milkshakes.

(2). Avocados: Avocados may also do wonders for your soaring BP levels. Avocados are packed with oleic acid, which can reduce high BP and Cholesterol levels. Avocados are also rich in potassium and folate, both of which are good for heart. An antioxidant treasure trove, Avocados are loaded in Vitamin A, K, B & E and fibre too.

(3). Watermelon: The summer favourite, water melon contains an amino acid called L-citrulline, which has proven to lower BP. Watermelon has heart friendly fibres, lycopenes, Vitamin A and potassium. You can add them to salads and blend them in smoothies. Watermelon seeds are highly nutritious super-foods too. 

(4).Beetroot: Beetroot is rich in nitrates. Nitrates help relax blood vessels and improve blood flow.Beetroot juice is believed to lower systolic BP in just a matter of few hours.

(5). Oranges: Packed with a tangy citrusy flavour and several antioxidants, oranges could help lower your BP too. the fruit is high in heart-healthy fibres and Vitamin C.It is more advisable to have the whole fruit over the juice, to make sure you don't lose out on healthy fibres.

So what are you waiting for? Include fruits in your diet and see the change for yourself.

-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-

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DOCTOR NATURE.

(1). Lime Lip Balm: Add coconut oil, cocoa butter, beeswax and almond oil to a double boiler over medium heat. Stir frequently until melted. Remove from heat. Add lime essential oil and stir. Pour into jars and cool for one hour before putting on the lid. Use within three months. 

(2). Raspberry Lip Balm: Grind 1/2 tsp freeze dried raspberry until you get a fine powder. Melt 1 tbsp of coconut oil and 1/2 tsp beeswax over a double boiler. Add ground raspberries and stir to combine. Transfer to a container with a lid and let it harden.

(3). Coconut Rose Lip Balm: Add 1/8 cup of coconut oil and shea butter, 1/4 cup rose petals and beeswax, 1 tsp coconut extract and 1 tsp almond oil into a pan and heat on low flame. Pour the mixture into sanitised containers and they are ready to use.

-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-

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WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE CARDIO-PULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) THAN MEN: ARE WE LETTING GENDER PREJUDICE COME IN THE WAY OF SAVING LIVES?

[Based on an article written by Vanita Arora, Director of Cardiac Electro-physiology Lab & Arrhythmia Services, Max Super Speciality Hospital, published in The Times of India dated 06th February, 2018 (Tuesday), An Ecstasy of Ideas, p. 12].

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a word hard to pronounce, difficult to spell, and even more difficult to ingrain in people's minds. It is estimated that ninety-eight percent of Indians don't know about CPR. Most of the times CPR is used as a pretext to introduce mouth to mouth breathing, invoking humour and romance in the movies, where one of the lead pair of actors is seen saving the other after a brave rescue from drowning. The importance of the act and the technical nature of performing it go for a toss. In real life, things are very different. CPR is not only effective while saving someone from drowning. It is also the most vital first aid that can be offered to anyone who is fainting or has suffered cardiac arrest. On average 3,10,000 Americans die every year owing to cardiac arrest, and those who receive hands-on CPR have twice to thrice higher chances of surviving. In India due to the lack of data it gets difficult to drive the point home similarly. But wait! India happens to be the capital of cardiac diseases, diabetes an obesity. The fact that our nation is scoring high on the major factors that lead to cardiac arrest suggests that mortality due to cardiac deaths would be one of the highest here as well. 

CPR is fairly easy to administer and can be done by anybody, till professional help arrives. But the state of ignorance is huge. People who are willing to give CPR in public places often guess their way through the technique and hope it works. Even those who know how to give CPR do not necessarily understand when to give it. They may easily miss the signs of cardiac arrest. They need to know that mouth to mouth breathing is not considered an essential part of CPR anymore. In fact the focus has shifted to only hard pressing on the chest. In movies and TV programmes, which influence people far more easily than the educational leaflets promoting CPR, we so often see the person administering CPR hesitate, and the person receiving it become self-conscious on regaining consciousness. Even as we shift the focus from mouth to mouth breathing to chest compression, we need to accept that there is hesitation, and we need to know why.

Research has shown that women are less likely to receive CPR than men - due to the gender bias prevailing i society. Public spaces in India are still dominated by men. The differently formed chest of women and various notions attached to it makes men hesitate in administering CPR to women. There is the fear of being misunderstood, of the heavy compression of a woman's chest being misjudged by the bystanders. The hesitation is less in indoor spaces for homes. International studies have suggested that there is almost no discrepancy in women receiving CPR at home in comparison to men. The rate for women was reported to be 35% compared to the 36% men who received CPR. Hesitation is less with people familiar to us. However, the same cannot be said in the Indian scenario, as many conservative notions surround Indians even in their families. Levels of physical intimacy and ease are different from the West.

With women, people even hesitate to remove or adjust their clothing to administer CPR. Actually, it does not need the pressure to be built on the breasts but in between, where the sternum is places. This boosts the blood circulation and prevents the pulse from giving way. This aspect of CPR is also ill-known. Or the fact that if the patient is feeling nauseated and wants to vomit, she needs to be turned over to one side to avoid aspiration in the lungs, where fluid or vomit can enter the airways and cause difficulty in breathing. We need to spread awareness about CPR as a purely medical intervention, associated with medical and biological science rather than social constructs of sex. It's an act which prevents the brain from dying due to lack of oxygen - whether performed by a known person or a stranger. Indeed the age, sex, caste, class or creed of the person administering CPR is immaterial to the saving of life, and that is what needs to be focussed upon.

It is important for all of us to be trained in  administering CPR. This is especially true for the people who are working in public spaces, such as traffic police and emergency services. With a rising number of heart patients, India is sitting on multiple bombs, any of which can burst any moment, and knowing CPR can then save someone's life.  

-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-

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