Consuming large amounts of coconut oil can turn out harmful for health

Consuming large amounts of coconut oil can turn out harmful for health, suggest experts. This warning came after the statement by Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr, who said her beautiful skin, glossy hair and neat figure were the resultant of consuming high-fat oil.

In her interview with Australia's Cosmopolitan magazine, Kerr said she has been using the coconut oil since her teenage days.

"I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea", Kerr said.

However, the experts have warned that this oil which contains saturated fat with high calories along with vitamins and minerals should not be taken in large quantity.

According to the World Health Organization, the large consumption of the oil could lead the way to the risk of coronary heart diseases.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Nutrition Clinic Director Keith Ayoob said that as Kerr has notified that she consumes four tablespoons of coconut oil every day, which combines nearly 460 calories, it was too much for a normal consumption.

He said Kerr has been consuming two and a half times more oil than a physician would recommend to a person consuming around 2,000 calories per day.source

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Check Out this Unusual Spa | Mud Spa In Serbia. sound interesting and unusual, look weird and strange. And This Called The Ovcanska Spa, good for health!. Check The Pictures Below after jump..

A man bathes in mud in the village of Ovca near Belgrade August 21, 2011. In the Ovcanska Spa the water is salty and comes out from the depth of several hundred meters with high mineral content (having 28 various minerals). Locals believe that various vein diseases, rheumatics, sciatica, and vision disorders are treated by curative mud and mineral water. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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20. HHV-6 Virus May Enter Brain via Nose 'Say Experts'

HHV-6 Virus May Enter Brain via Nose 'Say Experts': Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6), a member of the family of viruses that includes genital herpes as well as oral herpes, has been observed as the culprit for causing cold sores and often linked with various brain disorders, including multiple sclerosis, encephalitis and a form of epilepsy as well as causing roseola, a disease common among infants that results in high fever along with skin rashes.

Recently, experts at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have suggested that the common virus tends to slink into the brain through nose via nasal mucus and travels along olfactory cells right into the brain.

While explaining the findings of the study, Coauthor Steven Jacobson, of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, MD, claimed that everyone is exposed to this virus. In addition, Steven Jacobson also expressed disappointment that very little is known about the virus. Some studies have suggested that the virus may live in tonsils or in saliva. Further, other viruses such as herpes simplex, influenza A and rabies can invade the brain by shooting through the nose.

During the study course, researchers observed high levels of HHV-6 in the olfactory bulb, a smell-related part of the brain, in two of three autopsy brain samples. source

Young girl can't stop laughing after brain surgery

An operation to remove a brain tumour of a seven-year-old girl in Britain has left her chuckling non-stop.

Doctors had warned surgery could leave Emma Stephens feeling upset or angry – but instead it turned her into Little Miss Giggles, Metro.co.uk reported.

Her mother Vana believes the constant mirth helped her family pull through the hard times. ‘We would visit Enna and try to put on a brave face but inside we were just crushed,’ said the 40-year-old police force worker.

‘But once Enna started giggling, we found ourselves doing the same, it was so infectious.

‘And it was just a great way of releasing our emotions.’

Enna, from New Marske, Cleveland, had suffered dizzy spells, blurriness and sickness before a visit to the opticians in June revealed a malignant growth behind her eye.

The operation caused a side-effect called the pseudobulbar effect, in which patients who have undergone brain tumour surgery often suffer involuntary emotions such as giggling or crying caused by disruptions to nerves.

Enna, a keen ballet dancer, now faces 16 months of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, although doctors say there is an 80 per cent chance the tumour will not return.

Mrs Stephens added: ‘We were told by doctors that most patients who have had a brain tumour removed often feel depressed, or can even be angry. But Enna would giggle all the time. It was so lovely to hear after everything she had been through.’source

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Check Out These Of Worst Faces Of People Who Use Meth Before and After: The drug meth amphetamine does some terrible things to people. People who use meth become badly underweight, lose their teeth, and breakout and become gaunt in the face. These faces of meth users were provided by The Multnomah County Sheriff in Oregon. See 19 more Photos After Break...

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Caffeine Consumption' Can Drive Female Infertility!

Caffeine Consumption' Can Drive Female Infertility! :

Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman’s ovaries to her womb, which can reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant. “This finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant,” says Sean Ward, who led the study.

Ward is professor of physiology and cell biology at the University of Nevada School of Medicine who conducted these experiments on mice. Human eggs are microscopically small, but need to travel to a woman’s womb if she is going to have a successful pregnancy, according to a Nevada statement.

Although the process is essential for a successful pregnancy, scientists know little about how eggs move through the muscular Fallopian tubes, reports the British Journal of Pharmacology. It was generally assumed that tiny hair-like projections, called cilia, in the lining of the tubes, waft eggs along assisted by muscle contractions in the tube walls.

By studying tubes from mice, Ward and his team discovered that caffeine stops the actions of specialised cells in the wall of the tubes. These cells coordinate tube contractions so that when they are inhibited, eggs can’t move down the tubes. In fact, these muscle contractions play a bigger role than the beating cilia in moving the egg towards the womb.

“This provides an intriguing explanation as to why women with high caffeine consumption often take longer to conceive than women who do not consume caffeine,” said Ward. “As well as potentially helping women who are finding it difficult to get pregnant, a better understanding of the way Fallopian tubes work will help doctors treat pelvic inflammation and sexually-transmitted disease more successfully,” said Ward.(IANS) via

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Breakfast That Will Make You Fat

Would you eat this for breakfast?

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