Fingernail Care: 7 Do’s And Don’ts For Healthy Nails

Are you taking good care of your nails? Here’s what you need to know to keep your fingernails in tiptop shape.
To keep your fingernails looking their best, follow these simple guidelines.

Do:
1. Keep your fingernails dry and clean. This prevents bacteria, fungi and other organisms from growing under your fingernails. Wear cotton-lined rubber gloves when cleaning or using harsh chemicals, and avoid long soaks in the tub.
2. Trim and file your fingernails regularly. Use a sharp manicure scissors or clippers. Trim your nails straight across, then round the tips in a gentle curve. It might be easiest to trim and file your fingernails when they’re soft, such as after bathing.
3. Use moisturizer. When you use hand lotion, rub the lotion into your fingernails and cuticles, too.
Don’t:

4. Abuse your fingernails. To prevent nail damage, don’t use your fingernails as tools to pick, poke or pry things.
5. Bite your fingernails or pick at your cuticles. These habits can damage the nail bed. Even a minor cut alongside your fingernail can allow bacteria or fungi to enter and cause an infection.
6. Pull off hangnails. You might rip live tissue along with the hangnail. Instead, carefully clip off hangnails.
7. Ignore problems. If you have a nail problem that doesn’t seem to go away on its own or is associated with other signs and symptoms, consult your doctor or dermatologist for an evaluation

3 Smart Tips To Reduce Food Wastage!!!

No one would knowingly throw their money in the trash can. Yet, we are. If that doesn’t leave you feeling sick, take a whiff of your garbage can. Rotting food stinks, but it’s what you don’t smell that’s dangerous. Rotting food produces methane gas. This odorless but potent greenhouse gas has greater global warming potential than carbon dioxide.

Save your money, save your nose and save the planet by practicing these three tenets we’ve all heard before: Reduce, reuse and recycle.
1. Reduce
Be savvy with your time and money. Create a grocery list that serves as part of your meal planning. Know how and when you’ll use the food you buy. If you are taking advantage of sales or buying in bulk, the same rule applies.
Don’t buy more food if you already have food in the house. Before driving through or taking out, know what foods are already in your house. Take inventory of what is in the freezer, refrigerator and cupboards. Then ask “How can I work this into a meal?”
2. Reuse
Eat your leftovers or repurpose them. Packing your lunch couldn’t get any easier. Make them reappear in another dish or even as is for a quick reheat on a busy night. Not going to eat in within a few days or made too much — make use of your freezer (label, date, and don’t forget about it in there).
Use vegetable and meat scraps in homemade stocks. Use citrus fruit rinds and zest to flavor foods.

Donate food you will not eat to local agencies that will get it across to people who struggle to feed themselves or their families.
Connect with a food pantry. Do you have a bounty from your garden or prepared food from an event? A food rescue organization will take perishable food and provide it to those in need. Food shelters often have a meal program that will take donations as well.
3. Recycle
Want to do better than save the planet, perhaps improve it? Compost. The nutrients of the compost improve the quality of the soil, making it more drought resistant and lessening the needs for other fertilizers. Can’t compost at home? Check if there is a composting facility in your community.
“Waste not, want not” as the saying goes.

Geographic Tongue: Symptoms, Causes, Complication, Treatment And Lifestyle Alternatives.

Geographic tongue is a harmless condition affecting the surface of your tongue. The tongue is normally covered with tiny, pinkish-white bumps (papillae), which are actually short, fine, hair-like projections. With geographic tongue, patches on the surface of the tongue are missing papillae and appear as smooth, red “islands,” often with slightly raised borders.

These patches (lesions) give the tongue a map-like, or geographic, appearance. The lesions often heal in one area and then move (migrate) to a different part of your tongue. Geographic tongue is also known as benign migratory glossitis.
Although geographic tongue may look alarming, it doesn’t cause health problems and isn’t associated with infection or cancer. Geographic tongue can sometimes cause tongue discomfort and increased sensitivity to certain substances.
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of geographic tongue may include:
Smooth, red, irregularly shaped patches (lesions) on the top or side of your tongue
Frequent changes in the location, size and shape of lesions
Discomfort, pain or burning sensation in some cases, most often related to eating hot, spicy, salty or acidic foods
Many people with geographic tongue have no symptoms.
Geographic tongue can persist for months or years. The problem often resolves on its own but may appear again at a later time.
When to see a doctor
Geographic tongue is a minor — although sometimes uncomfortable — condition. However, lesions on the tongue may indicate other more serious conditions of the tongue or diseases affecting the body in general. If you have lesions on the tongue that don’t resolve within seven to 10 days, see your doctor or dentist.
Causes
The cause of geographic tongue is unknown, and there’s no way to prevent the condition. There may be a link between geographic tongue and psoriasis — a chronic skin condition — but more research is needed to better understand the connection.
Complication
Geographic tongue is a benign condition. It doesn’t pose a threat to your health, cause long-term complications or increase your risk of major health problems.
However, anxiety about the condition is fairly common because:
The appearance of the tongue may be embarrassing, depending on how visible the lesions are

It may be difficult to be reassured that there is, in fact, nothing seriously wrong
Treatments
Geographic tongue typically doesn’t require any medical treatment. Although geographic tongue can sometimes cause tongue discomfort, it’s otherwise a harmless condition.
Your doctor may recommend medications to manage discomfort or sensitivity:
Over-the-counter pain relievers
Mouth rinses with an anesthetic
Antihistamine mouth rinses
Corticosteroid ointments or rinses
Because these treatments haven’t been studied rigorously, their benefit is uncertain. Since the condition resolves on its own and has an unpredictable course, you may not be able to tell if the symptomatic treatments are actually working.
Lifestyle
You may reduce discomfort associated with geographic tongue by avoiding or limiting substances that commonly aggravate sensitive oral tissues, including:
Hot, spicy, acidic or salty foods
Tobacco products
Toothpaste that contains tartar-control additives, heavy flavoring or whitening agents

Iyanya and P-Square Nominated for the ‘Best International Performance’ for 2013 Soul Award

It is going to be a fight to finish as ‘Kukere’ crooner, Iyanya and new Calgarians, P-Square fly Nigeria’s flag at the 2013 Soul Train Awards. The duo were nominated for the ‘Best International Performance’ category with Iyanya’s ‘Ur Waist’ and P-Square’s ‘Personally’ albums pitched against international stars like Bunji Garlin for ‘Differentology’, Machel Montano for ‘The Fog’ and Emeli Sande for ‘Next To Me’.

Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka Dj Switch Wins Glo X Factor Walks Away With N25Million, SUV, and Sony Record Deal

Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka Dj Switch is the winner of the first edition of Glo X Factor.
She was crowned the winner after the finale which held yesterday. Catherine won the $150,000 prize money (₦24 million), an SUV and a recording contract with SONY music. Big congrats to her.

Chika Ike Hot Pics

How would you describe sultry Nollywood actress, Chika Nancy Ike; hot or not? The talented role interpreter, who recently celebrated her divorce by taking an extended holiday in the United States of America, has been living up a storm and has gone the way of the red – red hair, pictures, lips, etc. – and she has been awesome. Chika has acted in hundreds of movies since her debut in 2005 in the movie ‘Sweet Love’ and ‘Bless the Child’. 

Actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe Denies Visit from Dino Melaye

There were reports a few weeks back that ex House of Rep member Dino Melaye took some family members and friends to the home of his alleged baby mama, actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe, to apologize and claim paternity of the baby he had earlier rejected. Bisi says this is not true, that Dino never made such moves. She tells Encomium mag
                                     

"I heard the rumours and I was particularly disappointed to hear it. A lot of people had called me on it but I wonder where those behind this got the information from. Absolutely there is nothing like that. He never came to see the child. Please ignore the stories, let them continue posting rubbish. I am busier than attending to such issues. I am okay, my daughter is also okay. I am more concerned with the proper upbringing and welfare of my daughter and I will appreciate it if the media will support my career, rather tha publishing false stories about me. I wish to be left out of any controversy so as to build my career and take good care of my daughter".