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Kangana Ranaut: Star style file Spunky and tremendously experimentative Kangana Ranaut has a lot to say when it comes to fashion and styling. "My style is androgynous, manly yet feminine," she says. "I'm not somebody who believes in only wearing brands. Even if I wear a designer outfit, it is often something that a girl can look at and get her tailor to make.

" Ask the fashionista how she manages to bring in a lot of freshness in her every avatar, the actress quips: "If I see a dress that needs straight hair with a ponytail, I'll get that. If I feel I have to tie my hair in a knot, I'll do that. That's what I call balance. And that's how I manage to look different every time."

 "I would like to be known as an elegant lady one day... someone who is well dressed," says Kangana. Click on, for a fashion lowdown on the 'Shootout At Wadala' actress, who does not follow trends, but creates her own!

Benefits of exercise

Exercise for Weight Loss and Maintenance
1. Exercise helps you to live longer by significantly reducing your risk of dying a premature death.

2. Exercise helps in controlling weight by reducing body fat and maintaining healthy body weight. According to a research in the UK, each year 9,000 people die prematurely due to obesity. Obesity considerably reduces the life of a person.

3. Exercise helps in combating diseases and health conditions. People who are physically active have a much lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer and heart disease.

4. Exercise helps reducing heart disease and cardiovascular problems. Regular exercising strengthens the heart muscle which improves blood pumping and heart rate.

5. Exercise reduces the risk of high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

6. Exercise helps in building and maintaining healthy bones, muscles and joints. It also tones your muscles. Regular exercising stimulates bone growth and reduces risk of developing osteoporosis.

7. Exercise improves your mood and reduces anxiety and depression.

8. Exercise enhances your energy levels.

9. Exercise encourages better sleep pattern. It also improves sleep quality of patients suffering from insomnia.

10. Exercise helps elderly people become stronger and help in avoiding disability.

11.  Exercise also promotes your psychological well-being and improves mental health.

12. Exercise enhances work, regeneration and sports performance by increasing stamina or endurance.

13. Exercise strengthens muscles involved in respiration.

14. Exercise improves circulation by increasing blood flow in muscles.

15. Exercise increases the red blood cells that consecutively facilitate transportation of Oxygen and nutrients.

16. Exercise reduces suffering from migraines.

17. Women who don’t exercise regularly tend to have more problems and complications during and/or after pregnancy. Exercising regularly after menopause can decrease the risk of breast cancer.

18. Exercise improves sex life.

19. Exercise suppresses appetite hormones, making you eat less.

20. Exercise reduces the acuteness of asthma.

"If exercise were a pill, it would be one of the most cost-effective drugs ever invented"

Belief in God may boost depression treatment: study

The power of prayer! Belief in God may improve treatment for those suffering with depression, a new study claimed. Patients who believe in God may significantly improve the outcome of receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, according to researchers.

In the study, David H Rosmarin, McLean Hospital clinician and instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, examined individuals in an effort to investigate the relationship between patients' level of belief in God expectations for treatment and actual treatment outcomes.

"Our work suggests that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without, regardless of their religious affiliation. "Belief was associated with not only improved psychological wellbeing, but decreases in depression and intention to self-harm," said Rosmarin.

The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, looked at 159 patients, recruited over a one-year period. Each participant was asked to gauge their belief in God as well as their expectations for treatment outcome and emotion regulation, each on a five-point scale.

Of the patients sampled, more than 30 per cent claimed no specific religious affiliation yet still saw the same benefits in treatment if their belief in a higher power was rated as moderately or very high.

Patients with "no" or only "slight" belief in God were twice as likely not to respond to treatment than patients with higher levels of belief. "Belief in God is associated with improved treatment outcomes in psychiatric care. More centrally, our results suggest that belief in the credibility of psychiatric treatment and increased expectations to gain from treatment might be mechanisms by which belief in God can impact treatment outcomes," researchers concluded.

"Given the prevalence of religious belief in the United States - over 90 per cent of the population - these findings are important in that they highlight the clinical implications of spiritual life. I hope that this work will lead to larger studies and increased funding in order to help as many people mas possible," Rosmarin said.
source:indianexpress

Want to glow like Deepika Padukone? Follow her beauty regime

Deepika applies sun screen moisturiser daily. Do you wish for a glowing skin, soft shiny hair and a fit body? Take a peek into the beauty regimes of Bollywood divas like Deepika Padukone and Nargis Fakhri. They're not skin deep but keep them healthy and beautiful.

Each one of them follows a different regimen, but one thing is common in their must do list - water intake and use of moisturiser.

Here are the health and beauty programmes that Deepika Padukone, Nargis Fakhri, Isha Koppikkar and Evelyn Sharma follow religiously:

Deepika Padukone: My daily skincare regime includes moisturiser with SPF (sun protection factor) during the day. At night, I remove whatever little makeup I wear and then apply hydrating cream.

Also, plenty of water, balanced meals, regular workouts and adequate sleep figure on my must have list.

Since my work involves a lot of travelling and exposure to extreme climatic conditions, it ends up taking a toll on my hair. I get tender coconut hair oil massages at least once a week. It helps me protect my hair from any form of damage.

Nargis Fakhri: I need a beauty regime that guarantees results. A 20-minute deep conditioning treatment with hot coconut-based hair oil for my hair really works for me as it locks in the moisture and keeps my hair soft and smooth.

I make sure that I drink two litres of water a day to flush out toxins. I also have coconut water daily and make sure I eat something every two hours. My snacking is limited to health foods like walnuts, almonds and dryfruits. At night, I try to eat a light meal, but sometimes I don't succeed. I absolutely love desserts and, yes, I cheat very often. I think the key is not to be hard on yourself, but use moderation. One should eat everything in required quantity. You must know what suits your body the best.

Isha Koppikar: I am very particular about cleansing, toning and moisturising my skin. I am very particular about moisturising my body with products containing natural ingredients. I also love products with mint as they are so cooling and refreshing.

When your hair is exposed to summer heat, it is imperative to keep your hair free from dirt and stickiness.

My diet includes more liquids, especially in summer. A lot of fruits and vegetables are an integral part of my diet. I cut down on non-vegetarian food in summer. Lemon and mint juice refreshes and helps me beat the summer heat. Curd and buttermilk are my favourite, especially during summer. For breakfast, egg whites and multigrain toast is the best. For lunch, jawar ki roti and sabzi and for dinner, fish and salad are my safest bet. In between meals, if hungry, I have fruits or curd or buttermilk.

Evelyn Sharma: Moisturising should be a basic bodycare regime to replenish moisture loss due to harsh weather conditions. Coconut-based moisturisers work wonders for the skin as they lock in moisture from escaping the skin's surface. The result is naturally soft skin throughout the day.

Make sure that your diet includes fibre as it has necessary vitamins and minerals. Balance your diet with rich portions of fruits, vegetables, nuts and liquids. It is important to keep yourself hydrated by drinking lots of water. I have coconut water through the day and it is a vital aspect of my diet.
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This is a list of the states of India ranked in order of percentage of people who are overweight or obese, based on data from the 2007 National Family Health Survey.

States	Males (%)	Males rank	Females (%)	Females rank
India	12.1	14	16	15
Punjab	30.3	1	37.5	1
Kerala	24.3	2	34	2
Goa	20.8	3	27	3
Tamil Nadu	19.8	4	24.4	4
Andhra Pradesh	17.6	5	22.7	10
Sikkim	17.3	6	21	8
Mizoram	16.9	7	20.3	17
Himachal Pradesh	16	8	19.5	12
Maharashtra	15.9	9	18.1	13
Gujarat	15.4	10	17.7	7
Haryana	14.4	11	17.6	6
Karnataka	14	12	17.3	9
Manipur	13.4	13	17.1	11
Uttarakhand	11.4	15	14.8	14
Arunachal Pradesh	10.6	16	12.5	19
Uttar Pradesh	9.9	17	12	18
Jammu and Kashmir	8.7	18	11.1	5
Bihar	8.5	19	10.5	29
Nagaland	8.4	20	10.2	22
Rajasthan	8.4	20	9	20
Meghalaya	8.2	22	8.9	26
Orissa	6.9	23	8.6	25
Assam	6.7	24	7.8	21
Chattisgarh	6.5	25	7.6	27
West Bengal	6.1	26	7.1	16
Madhya Pradesh	5.4	27	6.7	23
Jharkhand	5.3	28	5.9	28
Tripura	5.2	29	5.3	24

Signs of Obesity
Aching in the back and knees
 Depression or other emotional problems
 Difficulty walking or moving around
 Heartburn Rashes in the folds of the skin
 Shortness of breath with exertion

By taking wheatgrass juice shots or adding the intensely flavored juice to their smoothies, wheatgrass juice fans aim to boost their immunity, detox their systems, and increase their energy. Some proponents claim that chlorophyll can raise the body's oxygen levels and stave off or treat conditions like gout, rheumatic pain, and even cancer.


 Wheatgrass nutrients
On a macronutrient and micronutrient level (fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals), wheatgrass doesn’t seem like a health food to get excited about. A typical one-ounce serving contains only seven calories, no fat and virtually no carbohydrates and protein. Wheatgrass contains no essential omega-3 fatty acids nor does it have much vitamin content with the exception of 7 percent of the daily value (DV) of vitamin C. A one-ounce shot also contains 10 percent DV of iron, but only a trace amount of any other well-known vitamins and minerals.

Wheatgrass Juicing

Although it may not wipe out your health woes, using wheatgrass juice can add a considerable nutrient boost (much like other, more affordable antioxidant-rich foods, such as blueberries and strawberries). Since introducing large amounts of wheatgrass juice into your system too quickly can cause nausea and diarrhea, it's important to start with no more than two to three tablespoons daily.

Here’s strapless push up to let you go all-out sexy and fun
V-necks, stars flash some sections of skin on the red carpet more than others. Right now, it's the back side's time to shine.The last thing a girl wants is the back strap of a bra playing peek-a-boo or panic-inducing ‘perkiness’ issues. But, there’s an easy solution — stick-on bras that can act as one-stop solution to all these problems. Also known as adhesive bras, they eliminate the need for straps, absolve any visible seams and add shape and volume. While these bras are mostly advisable for small to medium cup sizes,

Bringing sexy back is just a matter of confidence. But, we often see our courage waning and we end up skipping that gorgeous dress with a plunging back or the lust-worthy sheer-back tunic. The common reason? Most of us are confused about the ideal choice of brassiers for that ultra-glam day out.