This sunshine yellow spice doesn’t just pack a flavour punch… From reducing acne to keeping your mind sharp, we look at some of the many ways turmeric can improve your health.
It’s a quintessential spice in Asian cookery, but did you know that this fragrant flavour actually packs some incredible powers?
Not only does Tumeric add an element of colour and sophistication to your plate, it can also heal your body in ways you perhaps never imagined.
From superficial benefits like reducing acne and scarring, to healing your body from the inside, we took a look at some of the many ways adding a touch of turmeric can improve your overall health.
Oh, but before we get started, we should mention that leaving a face mask on for an extended period of time made of predominantly turmeric might just result in a yellow tint to your skin.
Unfortunately, Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley learnt this one the hard way…
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Well! Now that that’s out of the way, let’s tune into turmeric!
Help reduce acne and scarring
Curcumin [the active ingredient of turmeric] is one of three curcuminoids present in turmeric. This component, also related to the ginger family, has antibacterial properties and works as an antiseptic on angry red spots.
You can prepare a spot cream using a dash of turmeric mixed with water or milk that can be left on for around 10 minutes. But please, don’t go crazy with the quantities! You know why…
Families and friends of Indian brides traditionally perform a Haldi Ceremony in preparation for their wedding day. A turmeric paste is applied all over the body to provide a natural glow. Image via: My Hindi Heart
Reduce fine lines and aging
Of course, an extrinsic application of turmeric in the form of a face mask will help to prevent dark circles, fine lines and give your skin a healthy glow, but the consumption of the spice will too take years off your face.
“As an antioxidant, it helps fight off free radicals, which add signs to skin aging,” says Rachel Nazarian, M.D., at Schweiger Dermatology Group. “Studies have also shown that ingestion of turmeric helps protect against the aging effects of sun-damage UV radiation and the formation of wrinkles and dark spots.”
Lighten stretch marks
The anti-inflammatory properties of the marigold-coloured powder can help to lighten and balance out the skin colour contrast those pesky stretch marks give.
Turmeric can be mixed with various creams, coconut oil and even plain yogurt to form a stretch mark reduction paste. Massage the paste into your skin and leave to soak for 10-15 minutes before rinsing off to lighten the overall appearance of the scars.
Top tip: Apply the formula the same way on areas affected by sunburn to reduce redness and inflammation.
Studies have shown that curcumin’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties may be strong enough to break down the amyloid plaques in the brain that have been deemed a known contributor to Alzheimer’s disease.
A diet rich in the spice can therefor help delay the onset and keep the mind sharp.
Maintain a healthy heart and body
As well as it’s many other proven benefits like liver and kidney support and reducing joint pain and inflammation, curcumin has also been discovered to have a positive effect on cholesterol levels by preventing the build-up of bad cholesterol in your blood vessels.
Adding turmeric to your dinnertime meals can help prevent blood platelets from sticking together and causing blocked arteries, which we all know can cause heart-attacks and stroke.
What does Michelle Obama and Justin Bieber have in common? They’re both A-list guests of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke!
While we have yet to be delighted by the First Lady of the White House’s singing talents, she has been confirmed as the next celebrity to appear on the popular segment of The Late Late Show.
It’s happening! Michelle will be the next guest to appear on Carpool Karaoke.
The news was announced via Michelle’s brand new Snapchat account, which she has just launched in anticipation of her upcoming trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain.
James took over the First Lady’s account during a visit to the White House on Tuesday to notify her followers of the exciting news.
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A Snap was also taken of the 37-year-old host posing alongside Michelle, with a caption that read, “Carpool karaoke. That’s a wrap.”
We can’t wait to watch Michelle being interviewed by James as they sing and dance along to some catchy tunes – we’ve already seen the activist bust out some impressive moves while promoting her Let’s Move! campaign to fight childhood obesity.
Adele’s appearance on Carpool Karaoke has already had over 110 million hits!
With the popular segment racking up millions of views – or in Adele’s case, over 100 million – Michelle’s appearance on the show is sure to help boost the profile of her various campaigns.
Since launching last year, Carpool Karaoke has had some incredible guests and become somewhat of a cult phenomenon. From One Direction and Mariah Carey to George Clooney and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, there’s no guest too famous for the segment!
Selma Blair was returning home to the US from a holiday in Mexico with her son and ex when she was kicked off a Delta flight and forcibly taken to hospital by medical staff.
The actress’ ex, Jason Bleick, has since shared a photo of their four-year-old son, Arthur, writing: “A new day and an early morning stick hunt with dad.”
The image shows the toddler clutching a tree branch as he spread his arms out wide, sporting a cheeky grin on his face.
“A new day”: Selma’s ex Jason shared a photo of their son Arthur on Tuesday.
As previously reported, Selma was hospitalised after she suffered a bizarre episode mid-flight, and could be heard saying, “He burns my private parts. He won’t let me eat or drink. He beats me. He’s going to kill me.”
According to TMZ, the 43-year-old actress was allegedly seen mixing alcohol and prescription pills on board the flight.
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The actress and her ex, whom she split from in September 2012, reunited in Cancun over the weekend to celebrate Father’s Day with their little boy.
Jason also shared a selfie with Arthur while sitting on a plane on Monday as they flew back from Mexico, but it’s unclear if it was the same flight that Selma was on.
Selma and Jason got together in 2010 and welcomed their son Arthur in 2011.
A mother was left devastated after a photo of her son who had died was ‘reported to Facebook as offensive.’ But could seeing these images help end the taboo around grief and death?
It is a stunning photograph of a mother gazing lovingly at her baby boy. But that didn’t stop Facebook from removing it when someone complained that it was inappropriate. The problem? The peaceful baby in the photo was dead.
The photo was taken by photographer Imelda Bell who works with UK charity Remember my Baby.
“It shows the love that she feels for her son, and is a beautiful moment.
“Someone has reported the image to Facebook as offensive and left [the mother] feeling devastated,” Bell explained on another post.
Bell says that the mother (who prefers to remain anonymous) has the right to be proud of her son and to post photos of him, in the same way that any parent has the right to post photos of their children.
Of course this bereaved mother would much rather be posting images of her son as he grew up, but instead she wanted to share a photo that captured him the way that she wants to remember him.
While we can’t deny that seeing a photograph of a dead baby is uncomfortable and distressing, it is easy to understand the mother’s motives for posting the story. But despite the stats (as many as six babies are stillborn a day) talking about stillbirth and miscarriage is still taboo.
Social Media strategist and author Anna Spargo-Ryan says that although Facebook is changing, people still feel the need to portray a ‘perfect life’.
“We don’t talk about miscarriage in general, and social media reflects that. One in four pregnancies (or higher) ends in miscarriage but there are complex feelings that go with them, including shame and fear,” she says.
Spargo-Ryan also notes that even when it’s locked down, social media can seem quite public and some people might not be comfortable sharing such sad news.
“Miscarriage in particular doesn’t have any outward representation – you don’t have a funeral, there’s no headstone, maybe no one even knew you were pregnant. It’s a quiet kind of grief and maybe talking about it on a public platform doesn’t feel right,” she explains.
When it comes to stillbirth, and in particular sharing stillbirth photos, Spargo-Ryan says that topics such as grief and death are often swept under the carpet in western cultures.
So what can we do to change that? Perhaps the sharing of stillborn photos would be a good start.
Maggie Green* tells me that she would love to post photographs of her stillborn daughter on Facebook. “She was a beautiful baby, and I’d love to be able to show her off in the same way I post photos of my living kids,” she says.
But while Green would like to share the photos she has she is worried that friends and family members would feel uncomfortable. “I don’t want people to see my angle and think ‘oh I don’t need to see that’,” she explains.
I asked Green if posting photos of her daughter would help her grieve. “Yes, definitely. It would make her fleeting life seem more tangible. People could see her and know that while her life was brief, she was a real baby,”
Stillbirth photos or status updates about miscarriage might be uncomfortable. But we need to get used to them. Because making them public will help eliminate the taboo, and make life easier for the thousands parents that just want to talk about their babies.
The late singers hair is being sold at an auction after being saved by a wig maker, Mirror reports.
Wendy Farrier worked at Madame Tussauds in the 1980s and was given the job of snipping a portion of his hair to help model-makers create a life-like waxwork of him.
She’s now decided to auction off the lock through Heritage Auctions and it’s estimated to sell for a modest $4000.
The lock of hair also comes attached to a photograph of Bowie with the hair’s current owner (above).
The hair – described as “pale blonde” – will be auctioned off on June 24 and 25.
Anton Yelchin was killed in a freak accident on Sunday when the actor’s car rolled down the driveway of his San Fernando Valley home in California and pinned his body against a brick mailbox.
A representative for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has confirmed the 27-year-old died from “blunt traumatic asphyxia.”
“Due to his injuries he most likely died within a minute or so,” the representative told The Wrap.
The accident occurred at around 1:10am [US time] on Sunday, when the Star Trek Beyond star was due to meet his friends at a rehearsal. When Anton didn’t show up, they drove to his house, where they found his body.
Anton’s car, a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, was the same model that was part of a massive recall in April due to its faulty electronic gearshift design.
The 27-year-old actor’s tragic death has rocked Hollywood.
On Monday, Jeep released a statement with their condolences following Anton’s death.
“FCA US extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Mr. Yelchin,” the statement read.
“The company will be conducting a thorough investigation of this tragic incident. It is premature to speculate on its cause at this time.”
The 2014 and 2015 models of the Jeep Grand Cherokee were recalled in April.
In the wake of his passing, Anton’s Hollywood peers have taken to social media to pay tribute to the young actor.
His Alpha Dog co-star, Justin Timberlake tweeted, “Anton Yelchin. Genius actor. Amazing human being. Gone WAY too soon. May he rest in peace.”
Meanwhile, his Star Trek co-star Zoe Saldana was “devastated” by the news.
“Devastated by our friend’s loss,” the actress wrote. “We are mourning his passing and celebrating the beautiful spirit that he was. #RIPAnton.”
Watch below to find out what makes the model of Anton’s Jeep so dangerous.
You would have to have been enjoying some sort of screen ban this week if you haven’t heard the story of Eddie Maguire and Caroline Wilson. I am not even going to comment on the saga, because I think everything has already been said. However, one theme that kept coming up was the notion of “Cannot take a joke…”
Here are a few little nuggets of fun that I found in the comment section of mainstream news Facebook Page. Interestingly enough, they were both penned by women.
Feel sorry for blokes who’s woman can’t take a joke and potential still live in the 80s and expect you to be the bread winner but still want equal rights and have an opinion about everything and then get offended by everything.
Wish you didn’t apologise Eddie – Caroline Wilson – needs to take a cement pill – if the same joke was about another male journalist would we be hearing anything?!
I think a sense of humour is like any of our other senses. Take hearing for example. Some people can hear a dog barking in the next state, where as some folk are completely deaf. Senses are described as dull and sharp, and that is also true of our sense of humour.
My favourite comedians are all women. Think Amy Schumer, Magda Szubasnski, Wendy Harmer and Chelsea Handler. Think Julia Morris, Judith Lucy and Jean Kittson. All hilarious and all unique in their style. Some are completely crass, while some are witty and clever, but they all make me laugh, because I get the joke.
Judith Lucy, Wendy Harmer and Jean Kittson.
But I understand what is funny to me, may not be funny to others. Jokes are very subjective, I get this. A bit like art. Walk into an art exhibition and you are likely to love it, loathe it or be indifferent. Either way, it provokes a reaction in you, a feeling. With our sense of humour, it is exactly the same, expect we laugh, we shrug or lately, it appears that we get outraged.
So what is funny and what isn’t? When is a joke a joke?
A few weeks ago, my wife tells me that on her birthday she wants me to treat her like a princess. So on the big day, I got her drunk, put her in a Mercedes, and crashed it into a wall.
See to me, that’s not funny. It is actually quite lame. Am I losing my sense of humour? Where has it gone?
Humour historically focused on poking fun of those with differences. Jesters were employed by noblemen in the medieval era to entertain. Quite often people with physical disabilities were also included as part of the “entertainment.” Jokes that are based on differences, in modern times, can make people feel uncomfortable. Jokes based on someone’s sex, race or religion is considered to be politically incorrect. But over and over again, women are considered to be lacking a sense of humour if they call it out for what it is, which is offensive.
Magda Szubasnski, Amy Schumer, Chelsea Handler and Julia Morris.
Psychologist Richard Wiseman studied the divide of humour between women and men and found that men like us to laugh at their jokes, but don’t like is to tell them. But when a sexist or racist quip, or one that promotes violence offends us, we get offered up that pathetic excuse of not “getting the joke.”
Earlier in the year, this was evident when Chris Gayle spat the dummy over the outrage that blew up after he asked reporter Mel McLaughlin out live of air while she was interviewing him. “Don’t blush, baby,” he said. Later he explained that it was “just a joke…” but the thing is, no one was laughing.
Is using the line “Just a joke” currency to get you out of simple, plain bad behaviour? There are so many types of humour. Practical jokes, self-depreciating humour, one liners and stand up are just a few of the categories that we can enjoy. But get offended by any of them, and you are branded as a humourless soul.
Check out this clip from the upcoming documentary “Can we take a Joke?” where leading American comics discuss pushing the boundaries and freedom of speech.
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So can I ask you, what do you find funny? Do you think we are losing our sense of humour? Why don’t we get the “joke”?
Staff at a bank in China have been publicly spanked for their poor performance.
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A video has gone viral showing eight employees standing on a stage before being asked by a man with a microphone why they ranked last in the days training.
The man – ‘motivational speaker’ Jiang Yang – then struck each employee on the buttocks with a stick as more than 200 of their peers watched on.
Yang was reportedly hired by the Changzhi Zhangze Rural Commercial Bank to run a “performance breakthrough” course.”
Local media also reported that 16 employees had their heads shaved as punishment during the training session.
Since the video was released, two executives have been suspended, BBC reports.
Furthermore, Yang has also issued an apology, saying the spanking was “a training model I have tried for years” and had not been instigated by executives at the bank.
Shane Warne has shot down claims he’s off the market.
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After photos emerged of the 46-year-old kissing a woman outside a London nightclub – as well as sharing a cigarette – reports surfaced that he was in fact ”dating” her.
However, the spinner has slammed the accusations.
“Never complain or never explain, but FTR I am very very single,” he tweeted.
“Not seeing anyone. Facts straight please u silly reporters!”
There you have it.
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