Bizarre beauty secrets: Is there ANYTHING we women won't do in the pursuit of good looks?

Haemorrhoid cream for eye bags, hairspray to fix our make up and whitening toothpaste smeared on our bodies to remove fake tan... These are just a handful of the wacky tips women confess to using in the pursuit of beauty. Other tricks of the trade that emerged in a study of 2,000 women's top beauty habits included placing cold teaspoons on puffy eyes to soothe swelling and sleeping on the back to prevent wrinkles forming. Researchers who carried out the detailed study into women's rituals found four out of ten women utilise goods found in kitchen cupboards to look good. Homegrown beauty: Women will go to extreme lengths to improve their looks, a study revealed todayTopping the list came cooling cucumber, said to be effective...

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Why you get fatter in winter... even though you eat LESS

The shorts and swimsuits have been put away, mince pies are on the shelves and all thoughts of dieting have been forgotten until January. We are all ready to pile on a few pounds. We gain an average 2lb to 4lb at this time of year, but is putting on weight inevitable? Here, experts reveal the truths and myths behind winter weight gain.White fat stores energy, brown fat burns calories for heat. So why do we feel like eating more when it turns cold?DON’T WE NEED TO EAT MORE TO STAY WARM? This is a common belief — but it couldn’t be more wrong, says Ahmed Ahmed, consultant gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon at Bupa Cromwell Hospital. ‘Those who carry excess weight actually feel colder,’ he says.‘When you put on fat from...

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Piles home treatment

A sizeable number of people suffer from piles or hemorrhoids. Piles are essentially a condition that results due to the swelling of veins in and around the rectum. There are two types of piles; internal piles - where the swelling is located inside the anal passage and can be felt rather than seen; external piles - where the swelling is easily visible because they are located just outside the anus. Internal piles cause the discharge of dark colored blood whereas external piles are extremely painful with little or no blood discharge. Constipation or forcing out stools could lead to the rupture of the veins and this results in bleeding piles. This will cause internal bleeding or external bleeding, depending on the location of the rupture.There is an abundance of information on piles and hemorrhoids...

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5 Ways to Lose 5 Pounds

Simple Ways to Slim Down Image: ThinkstockFive doesn’t seem like a huge number when it comes to throwing down a Lincoln to pay for lunch or applying the 5-second rule (we know you do it), but when it comes to losing weight, dropping 5 pounds can seem monumental.However, like all goals with perspective and a plan, shedding the weight becomes totally attainable. Think of it this way: If you cut 200 calories each day through diet or exercise, you’ll be on track to lose a fiver in 3 months. Want to speed things up? Eliminate 500 calories from your daily intake to lose roughly 5 pounds in a month. Drink More WaterResearch indicates that chugging H2O curbs appetites. In fact, in one study by the American Chemical Society, dieters who drank water...

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Simple ways to shave 250 Calories

These 9 challenges will help you burn more calories, eat less & reap major effects with less effortIt’s been drilled into our heads that 3,500 calories equals a pound of fat—cut 500 calories every day for a week and you’ll be a pound lighter. But according to a new study in theLancet, most people actually will lose only half the weight predicted by the 3,500-calorie rule. Why? Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the rate at which your body gains and loses weight depends on, in part, your body’s make up.Before you throw your diet—or scale—out the window in frustration, change your expectations. It might sound counterintuitive, but the same study suggests that you’re better off cutting just 250 calories a day. You’ll still lose about...

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