5 FOODS THAT MAY HELP YOU SHRINK FIBROIDS

Fibroids are tumours that form in the uterus and affect one in three black women. While the word “tumour” can seem scary, fibroids are benign, or noncancerous. They can cause bothersome symptoms, such as heavy or painful periods, uncomfortable fullness in your abdomen, frequent urination, pain during sexual intercourse and lower-back pain.
 
By seeking any necessary treatment, you can prevent complications, such as reproductive problems and early labour. Also in your struggle to overcome fibroid challenges, certain foods in a healthy diet may help keep fibroid from growing further and minimize your symptoms and some of such foods are listed for you below…

1. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES –
 
Fruits and vegetables provide rich amounts of disease-and inflammation-fighting nutrients and fiber, which help promote appetite and weight control.
These factors are important because inflammation and excess pounds can contribute to fibroids. In a study published in “Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition” in 2013, researchers analyzed the diets of premenopausal women and found that eating rich amounts of fruits and vegetables lowered the women’s risk of developing fibroids. A high body mass index, on the other hand, increased the risk.

2. BEANS AND LENTILS –
 
Legumes, such as beans and lentils, are top fiber sources, making them prime choices for weight control. They also have a low glycemic index, or a mild impact on your blood sugar.
High-glycemic carbohydrate sources, such as sweets, can cause inflammation and increase fibroid growth, according to Dr. Christiane Northrup, a physician and women’s health expert. Replacing these foods with nutritious, low-glycemic carbohydrate sources, such as legumes, can help minimize your symptoms. As plant-based protein sources, beans and lentils also provide nutritious alternatives to fatty meats, which increase inflammation.

3. UNPROCESSED GRAINS –
 
White foods, such as starchy white bread, increase insulin production in your body and influence the way estrogen is metabolized, thereby increasing your risk for fibroid symptoms.
Skip refined starches and stick to whole, unprocessed grains for improved uterine health and protection from fibroid growth. Whole grains are also low-glycemic and richer in antioxidants, fiber and protein than their processed counterparts. Nutritious examples include oats, brown rice, wild rice, quinoa and barley.

4. LOW-FAT DAIRY PRODUCTS –
 
Uterine fibroids are up to three times more prevalent in black women than white women, according to a “Today’s Dietician” article by registered dietician Megan Tempest, published in May 2012.
Some evidence suggests this is likely because black women consume significantly fewer dairy products than whites. The protective properties of dairy, according to researchers who’ve investigated this link, lie in the ability of calcium to inhibit cell growth that leads to the tumours. If you tolerate dairy products well, incorporate low-fat varieties, such as milk, yogurt and cottage cheese, into your diet. If not, choose lactose-free fortified milk or a non-dairy equivalent, such as almond milk. Limit high-fat items, such as whole milk and fatty cheeses, which contribute to inflammation.

5. FLAXSEEDS –
 
Flaxseeds contain phytoestrogens — natural substances with estrogen-like properties.
Experts say most women can benefit from phytoestrogens, which block the estrogen receptors on the cells in fibroids, potentially minimizing symptoms and lowering your risk for fibroid growth. Flaxseeds also provide fiber and omega-3 fats, which guard against inflammation and tumour growth and help rid your body of excess estrogen.

We hope you will take this advice on choosing the right choice of food and food combination in your diet daily seriously. This, more than anything else, will improve your chances of getting result from whatever form of fibroid treatment you are taking.

Happy Birthday: Kendall Jenner Turns 19!

Kendall Jenner turns 19 years old today.

The star has come a long way since turning 18, walking the runway in New York City and Paris and truly becoming a big deal in the modeling world.

She has said multiple times that her connection Kim Kardashia has actually had a negative affect on her career.

She's had to work extra hard to be taken seriously and has even dropped her last name when it comes to the modeling industry. Just refer to her as Kendall now, please.

We somehow doubt Kendall's pre-established fame has actually hurt her modeling aspirations, but we do admire the teenager for wanting to make it on her own merits.

Happy Birthday To Her......

MEET THE MAN WITH 2 FACES: EDWARD MORDAKE HAD A WOMAN’S FACE ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD (PHOTOS)

Edward Mordake was the name given to an apocryphal 19th century heir to an unspecified English peerage who was said to have suffered from a form of Diprosopus. According to sources, he had an extra face on the back of his head, which could neither eat nor speak out loudly, although it was described as being able to laugh and cry. Edward reportedly begged doctors to have his “demon face” removed, claiming that it whispered to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide “in his 23rd year.” 

He lived in complete seclusion, refusing the visits even of the members of his own family. He was a young man of fine attainments, a profound scholar, and a musician of rare ability. His figure was remarkable for its grace, and his face — that is to say, his natural face — was that of an Antinous. But upon the back of his head was another face, that of a beautiful girl, ‘lovely as a dream, hideous as a devil’. 

The female face was a mere mask, ‘occupying only a small portion of the posterior part of the skull, yet exhibiting every sign of intelligence, of a malignant sort, however’. It would be been seen to smile and sneer while Mordake was weeping. The eyes would follow the movements of the spectator, and the lips ‘would gibber without ceasing’. No voice was audible, but Mordake avers that he was kept from his rest at night by the hateful whispers of his ‘devil twin’, as he called it, ‘which never sleeps, but talks to me forever of such things as they only speak of in Hell. No imagination can conceive the dreadful temptations it sets before me. For some unforgiven wickedness of my forefathers I am knit to this fiend — for a fiend it surely is. I beg and beseech you to crush it out of human semblance, even if I die for it.’ Such were the words of the hapless Mordake to Manvers and Treadwell, his physicians. In spite of careful watching, he managed to procure poison, whereof he died, leaving a letter requesting that the ‘demon face’ might be destroyed before his burial, ‘lest it continues its dreadful whisperings in my grave.’ At his own request he was interred in a waste place, without stone or legend to mark his grave.” 

The 1896 text Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine mentions a version of the story, and Edward has now been featured in many texts, plays, and songs. 

A US thriller film named Edward Mordrake that is based on the story is scheduled for a 24 October 2014 release.

WIFE BATHES HUSBAND WITH ACID IN ENUGU DURING A QUARREL

A housewife in Enugu State has allegedly bathed her husband with a substance suspected to be acid during a serious quarrel over an unresolved issue.

 

 

The woman (names withheld) was reported to have fled her home after committing the dastardly act.

 

State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said investigations had commenced in full scale to establish the circumstances surrounding the act.

He added that efforts had also been intensified to ensure that the suspect is arrested and brought to book.

 

“The suspect and victim are all living in the same compound until the unfortunate incident which confounded sympathizers.

 

“It was gathered that on the said day, October 21st, in their premises at Umuezebi Nsukka around 7pm, suspect had allegedly poured a corrosive liquid substance believed to be acid on the 30-year-old victim, identified as Onah Victor, over an unresolved issue between the victim and the suspect.”

 

“The suspect, after allegedly bathing his victim with the said substance, fled the scene, leaving the victim unconscious who was later rushed to St. Anthony’s Hospital Obeachara Nsukka where he is currently receiving treatment,” said the PPRO.

Cancer Patient, Brittany Maynard Ends Own Life

Brittany Maynard chose to end her own life.

 
The 29-year old has made head lines over the past few months for taking advantage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, which allows one to take a fatal dose of barbiturates (prescribed by a doctor) in the case of a life-threatening disease.

Maynard was told by physicians last spring that she had Stage 4 glioblastoma and would likely pass away within six months.

Wrote Maynard in a Facebook post before making her fatal decision:
"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more.
"The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type … Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!"

On October 6, Maynard launched an online video campaign with Compassion & Choices, an end-of-life choice advocacy organization, to fight for expanding death with dignity laws around the country.
Maynard spent the final months traveling to Alaska, British Colombia and Yellowstone National Park with her loved ones.

"For me what matters most is the way I'm remembered by my family and my husband as a good woman who did my best to be a good wife and a good daughter," Maynard Told People last month, adding:

"Beyond that, getting involved with this campaign, I hope to be making a difference here. If I'm leaving a legacy, it's to change this health-care policy or be a part of this change of this health care policy so it becomes available to all Americans. That would be an enormous contribution to make, even if I'm just a piece of it."

OMG!!!Comedian Post a Photo of Herself Topless While Riding a Horse Just Like The Russian President Vladimir Putin - See Photos

Chelsea Handler had herself a very busy Thursday night.

The comedian took to Instagram to post a photo of herself topless while riding a horse, juxtaposing this racy image with a similar photo made famous by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Anything a man can do, a woman has the right to do better. #kremlin," Handler captioned the picture.

But Instagram quickly removed the image, citing its policy on nudity, which only incensed the lewd talk show host.

"If a man posts a photo of his nipples, it's ok, but not a woman? Are we in 1825?" Handler wrote in another Instagram message.

Handler then re-published the nude photo on Twitter and wrote along with it: "Taking this down is sexist. I have every right to show I have a better body than Putin."

The comedian, of course, is no stranger to getting naked on social media.

In August, she stripped down on Instagram to mock the Kardashians.
 


Meanwhile, she added the racy picture to Instagram a second time, daring the website to violate her First Amendment rights.

"If instagram takes this down again, you're saying Vladimir Putin Has more 1st amendment rights than me. Talk to your bosses,” she wrote.

So Instagram went ahead and yanked down the photo a second time... then reinstated it... and then deleted it a third time, all within an hour.

Handler will debut a new talk show on Netflix in October 2016, but it's never too early to start making some headlines for it, right?

Seriuosly Serious......? 19 Things every girl does but will never admit

You Instagram all your meals, tweet every rando thought that crosses your mind, and make all your relationships Facebook offish. But no matter how much you share on social media, there are just some things you do that you won't admit to that everyone still knows you do.

But don't worry, no one else is admitting to them either. Here are just some of the embarassing things everyone does but will never admit to.

1. Pick your nose.
2. Facebook stalk your crush, your ex, your BFF, people you don't knowbasicallyeveryone.
3. Ugly cry when you're by yourself...for no particular reason.
4. Practice important conversations in the mirror.
5. Creep on someone you don't know that well on social media, and then when you actually meet them/hang out with them, pretend you don't know everything about them already.
6. Turn down the volume on your headphones to eavesdrop on convos.
7. Wear the same outfit two days in a row when you know you won't see the same people.
8. Click "View As" on Facebook to see what your profile looks like to your crush.
9. Spend at 20 minutes figuring out which pose looks best before posting to your Insta.
10. Grab something up off the floor and if it passes the sniff test (translation: doesn't smell), wear it.
11. Make up plans so you can stay home and binge-watch Netflix.
12. Finish an entire bag of cookies in one sitting.
13. "Accidentally" snap chat your crush and say it was "for a friend".
14. Google the lyrics to a new song so next time it comes on, you can amaze your friends with your skillz.
15. Act like you're stretching so you can secretly sniff your armpits to make sure they don't stink.
16. Pretend to text while you secretly take a million selfies.
17. Edit your text approximately 1,000 times before sending it to your crush.
18. Sleep with a night light because you're totally still afraid of the dark.
19. Act like you haven't done everything on this list.

Actress Baby Blanche Reveals Why She Does Not Wear Panties – Read

Due to the kind of clothes she likes to wear and is comfortable in, Baby Blanche has revealed in an interview with Showbiz that she hardly wears panties when she’s going out. “I love all kinds of lingerie that make a woman feminine because I’m a woman, but I hardly wear panties.

This is not because I don’t want to wear them but because the clothes I love to wear wouldn’t permit me to,” she told Showbiz. “I try as much as possible to act as a lady and not to let my panty lines show just because I like to wear dresses that hug my figure. 

So if I wear clothes and the outline of my panty is glaring like that I don’t like it,” she explained. “Being a lady is not only about wearing make-up and Brazilian hair but also comprises the propriety of whatever you’re wearing,” says Baby Blanche. 

Baby Blanche says she does not worry much about thoughts that she may be sexually attacked by unscrupulous men because she makes sure she doesn’t go to awkward places at awkward times. “I wouldn’t ever put myself at risk by finding myself at an awkward place at an awkward time.

” Talking about her the progress of movie career, the actress says she refuses to be type-cast any longer in so-called ‘sexy’ roles as had happened in the past, she now chooses roles that are challenging because as an actress she believes she should be able to play different roles. 

“When I first get a script, I read it and think about it. Do I really want to do this job? Is the story catchy enough? I just don’t say because I’m an actress I accept just any script. I read a script and if I’m interested, I give it a shot. 

I want to be challenged this time around so I want daring scripts that would have more challenging roles,” she explained. Having been out of the limelight for some time now she says she is back with a vengeance. 

“I’ve been away from movie sets for a while due to personal reasons. But I’ve sat down and decided that this is where I belong and this is my passion. 

My family and my fans let me know that this is my talent and since then, I’ve done three movies so they should watch out. 

I’m coming back soon, better and rebranded.” Baby Blanche was discovered by Socrates Safo of Movie Africa Productions and started acting about four years ago. 

She has appeared in several movies helmed by the famed producer/director, including Hot Fork, Adults Only, What S*x Can Do, among others. She assures her fans of nothing but the best from her in subsequent movies. 

“I can assure my fans that anytime they see me in a movie it will be something they will really want to sit back and watch. 

I’m going to surprise a lot of people who do not know the depth of my talent,” Baby Blanche says. “I thank my fans for the support and the encouragement I’ve been getting on social media, like Facebook and Instagram. Had it not been them, there would be no point in me being out there. 

I thank them and everybody who wants me to come back. And I thank my enemies because they give me the urge to strive and give off my best,” she added. 

The sexy actress says the parts of her body she feels most comfortable flaunting on any day are her flat tummy and her legs. She says she does it only to ‘tease a little’.

Beyonce and Blue Ivy Dress as Janet and Michael Jackson For Halloween

A very famous mother and daughter went out for Halloween dressed as a very famous sister and brother tandem.

In honor of Halloween, Beyonce shared an adorable photo of herself and Blue Ivy on Instagram, writing as a caption: "Janet and MJ."

Yup. Jay Z's most precious loved ones dressed up as Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson!

Blue Ivy’s outfit is a replica of the iconic get-up that Michael Jackson wore to the 1984 American Music Awards.
Beyonce, meanwhile, is channeling Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” look from the artist’s 1989 music video and the Rhythm Nation 1814 album.

As for Ellen DeGeneres? Matt Lauer? Al Roker? And a slew of other talk show hosts?
Take a look below at their costumes of choice and decide on your favorite:

Yes, Ellen DeGeneres will take fake George Clooney as her husband. She's dressed up as Amal Alamuddin and we love it.

HWG.....

Kim Kardashian goes Skeletal for Halloween (PHOTOS)

Kim Kardashian got very much into the Halloween spirit.

 
Then, for a woman obsessed with being thin, Kim herself donned an appropriate outfit: she got all dolled up as a skeleton, as you can see for yourself here:

But Kardashian wasn't finished!
Later on in the day, Kim transformed herself into Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, while a likely confused Nori went as Vogue contributing editor Andre Leon Talley....lol!

That’s makeup artist Joyce Bonelli (as Grace Coddington, creative director of Vogue) and her son (a small Karl Lagerfeld) joining in on the fun: