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*4 Tuesdays*
*4 Wednesdays*
*4 Thursdays*
*4 Fridays* 
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*4 Saturdays*. 
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MC Galaxy ‘dashes’ Linda Ikeji’s sister N1Million

-Laura Ikeji is currently on cloud nine

– The sister of popular blogger Linda Ikeji yesterday shared how she received an unexpected gift from her bestie musician MC Galaxy

– She also revealed that there is no romantic relationship between her and MC Galaxy

Laura Ikeji recently detailed how she received N1million from poplar musician MC Galaxy
There are friends, and there are friends! Just ask Laura Ikeji, sister of popular blogger Linda Ikeji. She shared an interesting experience she had yesterday with musician MC Galaxy.

Writing via Instagram, she explained how the Sekem master gifted her with the huge sum of N1million. Read the full gist below:

Laura Ikeji
So yesterday, I went to see my bestie @mcgalaxymcg and I mentioned how much I’ve spent working on my dream store, He then asked me to give him my acct number hehe @celinedimas and I started hailing him with me jokingly telling him, “if you won dash me money, no dash me less than 200k o” And after a few minutes I got a 1M naira alert on my phone from my him. Yay. Thanks bestie @mcgalaxymcg. 1M from someone who has never asked me out or had any romantic relationship whatsoever. I’m proud of my friend.

Gabrielle Union falls in love with Pounded Yam

– When American celebrities visit Nigeria, they make it a point of duty to try our local cuisine

– Actress Gabrielle Union is the latest star to try some Nigerian food

– She shared her experience with Pounded Yam recently

American actress Gabrielle union tried pounded yam for the first time recently and she loved it
There is nothing like Nigerian food anywhere in the world. A strong part of our culture, most foreigners who visit make sure they try our local delicacies.

Gabrielle Union is an American actress popular for her role in the films Deliver us from Eva, Bring It On and Think like a man and the TV series Being Mary Jane.

Speaking to Bella Naija at the London premiere of the film Birth of a Nation, she revealed that she tried Pounded Yam and Okro soup recently and she really loved the okro.

Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Is Bigger, Better, and Filled With All-New Bad Guys

Legends of Tomorrow's second season is going to be even better than the first, and that's a promise (or at least a hunch) from the stars themselves.

"Last year, it was a new show. ...With any big new show, there are always a few problems and you have to find out what works, what doesn't work," star Dominic Purcell dished to E! News at Comic-Con, which you can watch in the video above. "Last year we had those experiences—not a lot, but a few—and we've worked out the kinks. This year we're going in a completely different direction and I'm guessing it's going to be even better than the first."

While that may or may not be true, the whole gang will have plenty of bad guys to fight now that there's a whole rotating Rogues Gallery.

"We have Damien Dahrk, he's a friend of Sara Lance's," says showrunner Phil Klemmer.

"I've got a long kill list this year," Lotz shoots back.

And that's an understatement, since the Legends have been racking up enemies at a pretty incredible rate just over their first season. With season two, that list is about to get even longer, thanks to the Legion of Doom.

"That sounds ominous, doesn't it?" Klemmer says of the Legion, which traditionally includes 13 different supervillains led by Lex Luthor. Some familiar names in the Legion include The Riddler, Toyman, Scarecrow, and even Leonard Snart, AKA Captain Cold.

Over most of the first season, it was all of the Legends against one main bad guy, so the Legion of Doom gives the gang the chance to fight evil in a whole new way.

"It means that we can use all of our abilities to their max and split off and chase people and it opens the whole show out for some quite exciting possibilities," Arthur Darvill explains.

Of course, Legends isn't only about fighting bad guys. Occasionally, there's time for a bit of romance, and for Sara, there will be love interests aplenty.

"I think she might have a few," Lotz says. "She's kind of a player this season—dude and a girl in every port. It's not her fault that everyone wants to hook up with her!"

Watch the video above for more scoop from the cast, and be prepared for one epic premiere when Legends returns tonight.

Selena Gomez Seeking Professional Treatment for Her Emotional Well-Being

Selena Gomez is getting professional help.

According to multiple reports, the 24-year-old singer has been seeking aid amid her battle with depression, and has checked into a facility in Tennessee after announcing she was taking a break from the spotlight in August. Along with the treatment, she is seeking help with how to properly deal with the health issues related to her lupus diagnosis.

Gomez's rep has not responded to our request for comment.

A source told Us Weekly, "Selena is dealing with lupus, but this break is to focus on her mental health. She can go to a very dark place." The insider said the facility is just outside of Nashville and is a "private and quiet place," but "super intense."

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Selena Gomez's Street Style
Selena actually resurfaced in Tennessee over the weekend for the first time since August. Multiple eyewitnesses confirmed to E! News that the singer stopped by the Texas Roadhouse in Alcoa on Saturday for an afternoon meal.

"She enjoyed herself and was there for a late lunch," one eyewitness shared with us. "She couldn't have been more gracious to everyone and to the fans and was more than happy to take pictures with whoever."

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At the end of August, Gomez announced she would be taking a break from the spotlight for a little while to focus on herself and her health. In a statement given to E! News, the singer revealed she was suffering from some "side effects of lupus" like "anxiety, panic attacks and depression," which she wants to face head-o

Gomez thanked her fans for their support and understanding about her break explaining, "I want to be proactive and focus on maintaining my health and happiness and have decided that the best way forward is to take some time off."

She continued, "You know how special you are to me, but I need to face this head on to ensure I am doing everything possible to be my best."

Overall, Gomez hopes that coming forward about her struggle with help others do the same. "I know I am not alone by sharing this," she concluded her statement. "I hope others will be encouraged to address their own issues."

The "Come and Get It" singer first revealed her lupus diagnosis in an interview with Billboard
"I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy. That's what my break was really about. I could've had a stroke," Gomez told the magazine of her time away from the spotlight in 2014, which caused quite a bit of speculation. "I wanted so badly to say, 'You guys have no idea. I'm in chemotherapy. You're assholes,'" she recalled. "I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again."

Gomez later admitted she spent time in rehab to work on herself.

"First off, this is something that everyone always wants to fixate on. I got diagnosed with lupus. My mom had a very public miscarriage. So I had to cancel my tour. I needed time to just be okay," she told GQ magazine in April, adding, "and I was going through leukemia" (though she most likely meant chemotherapy for her diagnosis).

"I went to two different locations for those treatments. It's really frustrating, because I am 100 percent allowed to have that," she said. "I just have to be patient. It's slowly dissolving the older I get. And I just have to be patient and make great things with quality, from producing to singing to acting."

She continued, "One by one, I will be able to change the dialogue, and people won't care about everything that's happened to me."

Kim Kardashian Returns to Social Media Without Saying a Word

Kim Kardashian's back on Twitter, but it's not what you think.

The E! reality star, whose personal life took a sudden turn following her involvement in a Parisian robbery two weeks ago, recently made an unconventionally quiet return to the same platform that many believe threatened her privacy.

Fans were quick to notice Kardashian downsized her social media ratio, unfollowing 14 people. It's unclear which of Kim's 121 followed accounts were ultimately given the axe, though she still follows every immediate member of her famous family. Kim's latest online activity is especially notable given that it's the first since the life-threatening incident.

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All the Kardashians' Paris Fashion Week Looks
As for how the 35-year-old mother of two is holding up, an insider recently told E! News exclusively, "Kim is doing better but she still has a long way to recover from the robbery. She has been receiving some professional counseling. Her friends and family have been really supportive. Her sisters and mom have been checking on her every day."

Despite the constant support from her loved ones and husband Kanye West, the source also revealed, "Kim is very paranoid still when she is alone. She has been having flashbacks and hasn't been sleeping well."

The star has since put her professional life on hold, as E! News confirmed yesterday she canceled an Oct. 28 appearance at Las Vegas' Hakkasan Nightclub. Kim also postponed an upcoming makeup master class with her personal makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic, which was initially planned for Oct. 14 in Dubai. Kardashian has set her sights on returning to the public eye on or before January 13, 2017, as Wednesday brought confirmation of the rescheduled event's new date on Instagram.

Additionally, Kim is suing website MediaTakeOut for reporting that she lied about the robbery, according to legal documents obtained by E! News. She alleges that three since-removed stories contained libelous claims, including one stating that unnamed "French authorities" purportedly suspected that Kim let the robbers in.

Kevin Hart Uses Britney Spears' "Meltdown" to Prove That "Fame Is False"

Kevin Hart understands the perks of fame, but he also sees the downsides of becoming a headline staple.

The What Now? star talked to Kenan Thompson for an intimate SiriusXM Town Hall at Caroline's Comedy Club Wednesday and explained that he tries to keep his personal life and public life separate in order to prevent any problems—both personally and professionally.

"It's not like your life changes because of the level of success that you have. At the end of the day people are people. If you come up to take a picture of me and I'm with my kids, I'm gonna politely tell you, 'Hey man, I appreciate your support, but I'm on daddy time right now,'" he said. "As a person you should understand that."

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Kevin Hart: Movie Star

Hart, whose career has skyrocketed over the past few years thanks to box office hits, is aware that fame is fleeting, but he also wanted to remind the listeners to realize the same. To prove his point, Hart used Britney Spears' ups and downs in the industry as an example of how fame can make—and sometimes break—a person.

"Fame is false. This s--t ain't real. It can be snatched from you. Look at how many stars they build up to beat down," he explained. "Look at Britney Spears when she was the hottest thing ever. Then Britney went through a meltdown and everybody is like 'Well we don't know about this f--king chick here.' Then she got back again and everybody was like, 'We love you Britney!' It was like 'What?!' You're f--king all over the place people."

Because he's so aware of how the industry works, and how quickly fans can turn on a celebrity, Hart insists that he's not going to have a "meltdown" like Spears did in 2007.

"That's what the world is about. We want to build you up, but man is this s--t going to be funny when you fall down. She shaved her head, goddamn! You can't allow yourself to be put in that position. You're not going to see me go crazy. I'll tell you that right now. Y'all can kiss my ass if you think I'm going to go crazy."

How should you dress at 50? Topshop's Kate Phelan tells you how

The pursuit of individual and personal style becomes so much more important as you get older. When I look at my clothes at home, I don’t think my style has changed very much since my early 30s. That was when I settled on something. And if I could be 38 again, I don’t think I would dress any differently than I do now, at 50.

That said, some elements of the way I dress have been constant since I was a teenager, when I became obsessed with a Bruce Weber Vogue shoot based on Edward Weston and his women. I remember taking the magazine into Exeter to get my hair cut like the picture, then buying a fisherman’s jumper in a sailing shop. I bought a grey pencil skirt, dug out my school shoes and ankle socks, got my dad’s overcoat and got the look. I still dress like those pictures in a way.

There’s an abiding perception that the high street doesn’t serve older women very well, but in my view it’s better than it has ever been. The choice is huge – whether that’s Topshop, Uniqlo or Cos. It’s not one stop that gives you everything you want, more that everybody offers something very different.

Everyone also used to assume that the high street wasn’t very good quality, but that has really changed. It makes a big difference for a grown-up woman buying fashion. You’re looking for something that has a little bit of longevity – not just in terms of style but also physically lasting a little bit longer.

The key is to be true to yourself and confident about what you like. It’s not necessarily about what’s in fashion, it’s what you love for you and your style. I have never been comfortable in structured clothes, for example, and I accept that. I’m lazy in a way. I can’t wear high heels because I can’t walk fast enough in them. I like to feel I can move around and get everything done. I’m also not somebody who scrutinises every detail or seam, looking at the construction. I like clothes that give you the effect of what you want.

Jane Birkin in 1985. Photograph: Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock
Topshop’s Boutique label is a true reflection of what I love now. It’s where I would go for classics: a gorgeous khaki shirt, a camel coat. I think if you want to buy a camel coat, you should always be able to get one, regardless of season or trends. The same with a V-neck jumper and a white cotton shirt. It’s that simple approach to fashion that allows you to dress it up as much as you want, or dress it down. It still leaves a lot of it up to you.

If you start with a very classic approach to your clothes, you can add anything flamboyant to that. If you start the other way round, it’s much harder to tone it down afterwards. Start with the boring bit, then add to make it feel more relevant to what is going on in fashion.

When I was a 25-year-old fashion assistant, I used to look at a 40-year-old fashion editor and think they were ready for retirement, so serious in their Chanel suits and pearls and Manolo Blahniks. But women are loving fashion at all ages now, it’s cross-generational. Think of how jeans have become the norm. My mum wore jeans into her 70s but her mother would never have worn them. Now you can wear leopard print when you’re 60 but it doesn’t mean you look like Bet Lynch – unless you want to. And if you want to wear sequins, you can wear sequins.

I love seeing women like Jane Birkin who were so influential when they were young in what they wear, and they still are. Of course, there are compromises. You do have to be prepared for that thing that fashion does – when you fall in love with something and it feels absolutely perfect but they change it. It’s a bit like how you can’t get a Levi’s 501 to fit like an old Levi’s 501 because they’ve adapted the design. And you do have to age into your style, like Kate Moss has – retaining your style personality but moving it on so it becomes more relevant to the age you are.

I think, in the end, fashion is always about those little things that you discover. Margaret Howell did a really beautiful blue scarf for the Barbara Hepworth exhibition and I bought one because I loved it, but I had never really worn a scarf before. I was tying it round my neck thinking, “Oh, it feels really different, really grown up, to put a scarf on.” I quite liked that.

Smart v casual: the ultimate menswear style swap

Henry Lloyd-Hughes, actor
When people meet me in the flesh, they often seem disappointed that I don’t resemble Mark Donovan, the character I played in The Inbetweeners, a bit more closely. “Where is the French crop, where is the sportswear?” they think. Instead they find someone with a lifelong enthusiasm for dressing snappily – for men’s tailoring, militaria and exotic vintage. But sports casual not so much.

In fact my all-time fashion inspiration goes a bit like this: West Indies cricket teams of the 70s-80s. David Niven. David Hockney. Joe Strummer. Jack Nicholson. Chet Baker.

My clothes mean a lot to me; they have history. The more long-lived the item, the greater its ranking in the wardrobe. I’m thinking of a shabby Italian tweed jacket of my mum’s that I poached when I was 15. I remember being told I was dressed like a “young fogey”; I took it as a compliment, and never looked back.

Not that I don’t rock shiny new sportswear. I do – but normally sticking to a singular theme. I might be doing my best impression of a West Indian cricketer from the 70s, with bucket hat and wide collars, or Jamel Shabazz-era hip-hop style, high-tops and bomber jackets. Or more recently, travelling long haul, I might go full Nike Tech Fleece. What I don’t often do is cross the streams. I always want an outfit to feel complete.

Henry wears jacket by Baracuta, shirt by Fred Perry, sweatshirt by Sunspel, jeans by APC and trainers by Nike. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian
Perhaps it doesn’t help that I’m colourblind and often wear strongly contrasting colours, as they don’t confuse my eyes as much as blended tones. But in aiming to never be underdressed, I occasionally end up overdressed. Maybe swapping clothes with Elgar for a day or two will teach me to find the in between spaces, the levels between levels of dressing, like that hidden floor in Being John Malkovich.

When the outfits Elgar has chosen for me arrive, I get a warm sense of nostalgia; the brands and style feel familiar. The first outfit is APC jeans and a red tartan Fred Perry shirt, which fit very well, as does the navy Baracuta jacket with bright red lining. I have a flashback to owning two Baracuta jackets myself, but in lurid pink and neon yellow. In this incarnation I feel very blokey, and a little muted. My Air Force 1 trainers are a lone beacon of white in a sea of navy and grey.

The whole ensemble is not unflattering; I feel well put together, but a bit anonymous, as if I’m dressing to blend into a crowd, like an undercover cop.

Young fogey? I take that as a compliment
At lunch, my friend Jemima points out the almost matching shades of plaid on my Fred Perry shirt and my jacket lining. “I like the coordination between the collar and the jacket.” “Thanks,” I reply, grateful for a bit of early reassurance. But as always I’ve underestimated her French sarcasm. “I mean it’s too obvious,” she says. Ouch. “Your casualwear is more stylish,” she offers by way of comfort. “Is this normcore?” I ask the table. “You look more like the slick guy in a movie about football hooligans,” my friend Nikesh muses. I’ll take that… I think.

The one thing I hadn’t bargained for is the cold. My winter wardrobe is full of layers, shirts and cardigans tucked under thick coats and blazers. I feel very exposed in my lightweight jacket. I resolve to dig out an old fishtail parka for the rest of the day. It’s kind of sports casual, so I hope it’s not cheating.

On day two I wear my second outfit – a blue-grey Adidas Spezial Beckenbauer tracksuit – to the football. It’s a warmer affair, thanks to the Stone Island x Nike coat that comes with it. To my surprise, the outfit gets a rapturous response. Unlike the first ensemble, which seemed to remind people of something I might wear, albeit with the brightness dialled down, this full-on casual look is enough of a departure for people to really take

You look perfect,” my dad chirps as I meet him outside the Loftus Road stadium. One of the football regulars, Ben, takes a shine to it, too. “You should keep this as your look,” he says. My wife has given it her stamp of approval – she says it’s “very attractive” – and I start to wonder what all of this positive feedback says about my usual clothes. I think my mates enjoyed seeing a laddier side to my personality; they appreciated my style without the flamboyant edge. As I leave, I ask my friend Alex why people prefer me in this outfit. He gives it some thought. “You look like it’s 1997,” he says, “but you’re pulling it off.”

It feels good to have had so many compliments in a single day, though afterwards I relish the return of the sense of expression my own style gives me. Elgar’s style is unfussy and practical, and there’s something comforting in that for both the wearer and those around them. Looking at my own colourful wardrobe, perhaps I’ve learned that, sartorially, sometimes less really is more – for a trip to the football at least.

Henry Lloyd-Hughes played Roger in Harry Potter and Ralph in C4’s Indian Summers, but earned cult status for his role as bullyboy Mark in The Inbetweeners.

Henry wears clothes as before. Elgar wears blazer by Hackett, roll-neck by John Smedley, trousers by Oliver Spencer and loafers by Russell & Bromley. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian
Elgar Johnson, fashion director at GQ Style
Ever since I was old enough to know what trainers were, I’ve been obsessed with sportswear and streetwear. Nike Air Max. Adidas Spezial tracksuits. Levi’s jeans. Stone Island, Timberland and Supreme.

For me sportswear isn’t a trend – it’s a way of life. I love sports and I still dress the same way as the friends I grew up with in Peterborough and Liverpool. I take as much pride in choosing the right trainers as someone else would in a three-piece suit. Not that everyone understands that; some people look at my clothes and seem to think I’m about to rob them. That’s definitely not the case – I’m just a normal guy who doesn’t wear super-fabulous outfits.

I think my look reflects my personality. I’m easy-going, 33, not ready to be too grown-up quite yet. My clothes are a uniform, really. I’m a fashion director of GQ Style, a huge men’s magazine, working on many different projects, so the last thing I want is a dilemma getting dressed in the morning.

I’d put on a suit if the occasion demanded it – I wouldn’t wear a tracksuit to a wedding – but there are some things I would never wear. Like trilbies or anything too polished that deliberately turns heads. I prefer to blend in; my look is kind of muted. And I always wear socks – I don’t think that cropped trousers, naked ankle thing looks attractive. Not with my ankles, anyway.

For me, sportswear isn’t a trend – it’s a way of life
At first, when I heard I would be dressing like Henry Lloyd-Hughes for the day, I didn’t think it would be too difficult. I knew of him from his role as the school bully in The Inbetweeners, a character who dresses as if he’s straight from the football terraces. But the real Henry is nothing like that. He looks great – he has a very clear sense of his own style – but his clothes are totally unlike mine. He’s dapper and precise; suited and booted. It’s more formal than the way I dress, a look with the feeling of a bygone era.

Henry often has a proper Victorian strongman moustache, so I decided that, to embrace the challenge fully, I’d shave off my beard up to my moustache. That was fun. Actually the clothes affected me more. As soon as I pulled them on – a roll-neck jumper, suit jacket and grey tailored trousers – I felt a bit Marvin Gaye, very smooth. I can recognise that as a great look, but I’m much more Oasis and the Streets myself, and my behaviour changed.

Going to work, I didn’t sprint up and down the escalator in a mad panic to be on time, like I usually would. In my smart, more restrictive clothes, I walked down instead. In my head, I thought there was more chance of me getting away with being late; I could just lie and say I had been to a bank meeting. It felt as if I was acting, like I was dressed as an older, more authoritative figure. I carried myself differently; felt more grown-up, more sensible.

Elgar wears coat by Club Monaco, trousers by Oliver Spencer, waistcoat and shirt by Drakes, and tie by Hackett. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian
The most marked response came when I was shopping. Sometimes when you wear casualwear, you feel as if sales assistants or security guards are judging you. Now they eyed me up very differently – as though I might buy the entire shop. It was amazing to see how much strangers judge you on your clothes.

In the GQ office I’m surrounded by very opinionated, well-dressed men, from Dylan Jones, who always looks slick, to Luke Day and Gary Armstrong who explore fashion brilliantly, and one of the coolest men in Condé Nast, the always effortless Bill Prince. The majority seemed to really like it – I suppose it’s a men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine, so they’re pretty open-minded about trying new looks. Our creative director, Paul Solomons, greeted me with, “What’s wrong with you and what are you wearing that for?” but then went right back to his computer. The attention felt weird – I’m usually happier for someone else to be the star of the show.

I felt a bit Marvin Gaye. Smooth
After work, at the football, my friends’ reaction was pretty positive, too. At first they assumed I was going on to a work party. “You look good. Though not really like yourself,” said one as I stood awkwardly in my tailored trousers in a pub after the match. “You look like a 1980s footballer. Or a black Magnum PI.”

The one person who really was not convinced was me. In truth, I felt uneasy. Save for some kind of big lifestyle change when I get older, I can’t imagine dressing like this again. It just doesn’t reflect my personality. The experience also made me realise we still live in a judgmental society; it’s bizarre how foolish some people are for judging others on their clothes when they clearly don’t know their stuff.

The next day, back in my own clothes, I went and watched the football down the pub and felt like myself again, with one little grown-up addition: I’ve still got the tash.

Elgar Johnson started started out as a model before moving into magazines. After cutting his teeth at i-D, then Man About Town, he is now fashion director at GQ Style.

Grooming throughout: Mike Harding using Kevin Murphy

HOW CAN TOILET INFECTION BE CURED – 5 STEPS FOR NIGERIAN LADIES

Many women have this myth of "toilet infection". Get some facts and reliable information to take good care of yourself and your health.

This article HAS to be begun by dismantling several widely spread in Nigeria myths. One of them is present in the very name of “toilet infection”. Certainly, this is not a medical term to be used. A better one would be “vaginal infections” or even STI (sexually transmitted infections).

Surely the toilet seat (especially the one in public toilets) is a pretty dirty item. It contains many bacteria and you have no way of knowing what women have used it prior to you. So, it’s not a good idea to sit on those seats without wiping them out or cleaning. Or, which is even better, using the roller toilet seat covers.

Here is what you need to know: getting infected with a “toilet disease” by just sitting on a public toilet seat is unlikely. It is not probable! There are certain small chances of “catching” an infection there, but they are virtually non-existent. So, before we move to answering the question: how can toilet infection be cured, let’s get more information.

Why vaginal infections cannot be gotten from the lavatory seat:

Only under 3 percent of all STIs or vaginal diseases are transmitted through domestic items;
In most cases there is no straight contact between the toilet seat and mucosa;
Most bacteria cannot survive outside the human body;
They need direct mucosa to mucosa contact to get transmitted.
These are just few reasons to mention why there is no such thing as a toilet disease. However, there is one thing to point out. There are more odds of you catching “toilet disease” from your hands touching the seat, then by sitting up on it.

If you touch the seat, do not clean your hands and rub your eyes or touch the food you eat, you can get infected. Some diseases, such as milk thrush or herpes can develop in the mouth or on the eyes mucosa as well. Still, there are equal chances of “catching” them, touching someone’s smartphone or a door handle. The same would happen if you handle your private body parts with dirty hands!

READ ALSO: What is urinary tract infection – 5 tips for Nigerians.

Why “toilet infection” is a myth?

So, why is this term used at all and how come many women believe they got those candida or genital herpes and other infections from the toilet seats? In many cases it is a lie that suits us all. Being diagnosed with STI is not a nice thing to occur. Women can be ashamed of the fact. They need a way of escape and “toilet infection” myth provides just that.

Certainly, vaginal infections and STIs can be transmitted in other ways, but sexual. However, few women are aware of the facts and the ways. So, they find a great excuse in blaming the toilet seat for getting them infected.

Some ladies do not like to consider the fact their men might be the ones to blame for their health problems. Cheating is a hard thing to cope with and no mistake. Let’s summarize the reasons:

Socially accepted lie
Low level of information on STI and vaginal infections
Unwillingness to suspect infidelity
What is hiding under the “toilet infections” term?

It could be a diversity of things. Here are few to mention:

urinary tract infection
STI
fungal infection
HIV/AIDS
How can toilet infection be cured? – 5 steps

Symptoms

It might all start with the symptoms. Some of them may include vaginal discharge, foul smell, itching of private parts, redness, sense of discomfort in the lower part of the tammy, pain, etc. If you get one or several of these signs, the best thing to do is to set an appointment with a gynecologist.

It is highly advised for women to pay a visit to their physician at least once in 6 months. Do not try to deal away with the symptoms by taking pain killers or doing douching.

What you can do is to end douching if you are doing it regularly. Few women know how harmful it can be. Stop using soap for the washing of the private body parts. Stop using any chemicals, wet napkins, odorants, etc. for the private hygiene.

Diagnosis

Any treatment should be preceded by diagnosis. A doctor should run a range of tests on you. It all starts with the regular medical examination. They may do blood tests or do the endocervical scraping. They examine the tissues and see, if there are any bacteria, viruses or fungi in there. They may also do vaginoscopy, which means they may use special camera to provide visual examination of vagina. Another way to do it is by ultrasound. Any treatment for toilet infection can be started only after getting the tests’ results. Unfortunately not all the women in Nigeria can access the most modern examination methods. Still, you should at least try to visit a good clinician and get consultation.

Medical treatment

Vaginitis can be caused by many by the increase of bad germs or rapid increase of the number of some kinds of innate to vagina bacteria. Basically it is a disbalance of bacterial life in vagina. Some women believe that a clean vagina is the one with no bacteria in it. That is not true. The difficulties start, when bad bacteria outnumber the good ones or the allowable level of them. It can be caused by the slow work of immune system, by getting bacteria from another person (most commonly through sexual contact, medical procedures), or by certain things you do. Regular use of soap or douching can wash out or kill the entire good germ population and lead to the increase of bad ones.

In this case you should eliminate those reasons get adequate treatment. Bacteria are killed by antibiotics. At this, if you got infected from your regular sexual partner both of you need to get treatment. The antibiotic is chosen based on bacteria sensitivity test results. Another reason of bacterial vaginitis is uncontrolled or lengthy use of antibiotics, which kill all the good bacteria.

Fungal infection (Candida) These are treated with oral drugs or with vaginal suppositories or creams. Again, both sexual partners have to be treated, otherwise they would keep on infecting each other.

Viral vaginitis One of the widely spread viruses is papilloma (HPV). There are the drug treatments for it and in some cases surgery is required.

Bacterial vaginitis
Caused by bacteria (small ogranisms) that enter your organs and lead to infection, inflammation and a range of problems. Always should be treated with antibiotics.

Medical procedures

Such consequences of vaginitis as cervical erosion can be treated by cautery with lase, electrocoagulation or cryocauterization. These treatments have to be prescribed and carried out by professional doctors. Otherwise, they may have severe side effects.

Checkup

Now you know how can toilet infection be treated, but after each treatment more tests need to be done. This way you can find out if the treatment was efficient. So, pay another visit to your doctor and get checked up. So, how can various toilet infections be cured?
First of all we know there is no such a thing as “toilet infection” and the proper name would be “vaginal infections” or in some cases STI. They cannot be cured by home remedies and medical treatment is needed.

Treatment of Toilet Infections and Home Remedies

Getting the right diagnosis is the key to proper treatment of toilet infection.

You must be able to tell the symptoms and describe the color, texture, smell, and quantity of discharge you might be having.

Bacterial Vaginosis
This is treated majorly by antibiotic. Antibiotics usually work well and have few side effects. But taking them can lead to a vaginal yeast infection. Metronidazole (flagyl) is an effective drug for toilet infection.

Home remedies to encourage healing of bacterial vaginosis include

Garlic: Peel off the skin and insert this into the vagina allowing it to remain overnight. This may be done once every day until the infection goes away.

Apple cider vinegar: This is another effective natural remedy for vaginal infections. Mix a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with two cups of water and add a fresh clove of garlic. Allow the solution to stand for some time so that the nutrient in the garlic can be absorbed and then use it for douching.

Vaginal Yeast Infection
For mild cases, vaginal creams can be very effective. For severe and recurrent cases of yeast infection, vaginal clotrimazole and oral fluconazole may be administered.

Avoid douching when you have vaginal yeast infection as douching may promote the yeast infection and spread it to the cervix and into the uterus.

Home remedies for yeast infection are

Yogurt: A common home remedy for yeast infections is to immerse a tampon in yogurt and insert it into the vagina. This may be done twice on daily basis until the symptoms subside.

Garlic: Inserting garlic over night is also an effective home remedy

Tea Tree Oil: Tea tree oil is also known for its ability to alleviate the symptoms of itching and irritation caused by a yeast infection. Pour a few drops of the oil on a tampon and place it inside the vagina

Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis is treated with metronidazole (flagyl). It usually is given in a single dose

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Echinacea and Garlic are effective home remedies for trichomoniasis.

Prevention of Toilet Disease
Here are some preventive tips for toilet infections and disease

Always keep yourself clean and dry
Avoid using vaginal sprays or heavily perfumed soaps on the vagina.
Be careful not to allow the transfer of germs from the anal area while wiping
Avoid wearing clothes that withhold heat and moisture such as nylon underwear, tight jeans and pant hose without cotton.
Using condoms may help prevent transmitting infections
Eating yogurt with active cultures may help reduce yeast vaginal infections
Don’t use deodorant tampons or pads
Remaining in a sweaty or dirty cloth can worsen infection
Endeavour to get a complete gynecologic exam on yearly basis.

Finding Low-cost Dental Care

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), one of the federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), leads the nation in conducting and supporting research to improve oral health. As a research organization, NIDCR does not provide financial assistance for dental treatment. The resources listed below, however, may help you find the dental care you need. You also can contact the NIDCR's National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse at 1-866-232-4528 or nidcrinfo@mail.nih.gov if you have questions or need additional information.
Note: Some of the resources offer an internet address but no phone number. If you do not have internet access, you may wish to call the NIDCR toll-free number (listed above), visit your local library, or ask a friend or family member for help.
Clinical Trials
NIDCR sometimes seeks volunteers with specific dental, oral, and craniofacial conditions to participate in research studies, also known as clinical trials. Researchers may provide study participants with limited free or low-cost dental treatment for the particular condition they are studying. To learn more about clinical trials, visit the NIDCR web site and click on "Clinical Trials." To find a clinical trial, contact:
ClinicalTrials.gov—a database of government and private clinical trials in the United States and around the world.
NIH Clinical Research Studies—a database of clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland; to talk with someone about studies at the Clinical Center, call: 1–800–411–1222.
Dental Schools and Dental Hygiene Schools
Dental schools can be a good source of quality, reduced-cost dental treatment. Most of these teaching facilities have clinics that allow dental students to gain experience treating patients while providing care at a reduced cost. Experienced, licensed dentists closely supervise the students. At most schools, there are also clinics where graduate students and faculty members provide care.
Dental hygiene schools may offer supervised, low-cost preventive dental care as part of the training experience for dental hygiene students. To find a dental or dental hygiene school in your area, contact:
Dental Schools—American Dental Association .
Dental Hygiene Schools—American Dental Hygienists' Association .
Community Health Centers
The federal government's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), runs federally funded community health centers across the country that provide free or reduced-cost health services, including dental care. To find a health center in your area, visit:
HRSA.gov and type your location in the "Find a Health Center" box.
Medicaid and CHIP
Medicaid is a state-run program that provides medical benefits — and in some cases dental benefits — to eligible individuals and families. States are required to provide dental benefits for children covered by Medicaid, but states can choose whether to provide dental benefits for adults. Most states provide only limited dental services for adults, while some offer extensive services. Visit the Medicaid web site and click on "Learn How to Apply for Coverage" or contact your state Medicaid program.
CHIP is a state-run program for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but can't afford private insurance. CHIP provides dental services to children up to age 19. Dental services covered under this program vary from state to state. To find children's dental care programs in your state, visit Insure Kids Now or call 1–877–KIDS–NOW (1–877–543–7669)
Medicare
Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and for people under 65 with specific disabilities. Medicare only covers dental services related to certain medical conditions or treatments. It does not cover dentures or most routine care like checkups, cleanings, or fillings. Visit Medicare Dental Services or call 1–800–MEDICARE (1–800–633–4227). Have your Medicare number handy when you call.
Your state or local health department may know of programs in your area that offer free or reduced-cost dental care. To find state and local resources:
Call your local or state health department to learn more about their financial assistance programs.
Call 2–1–1 to find services in your area.
United Way
The United Way may be able to direct you to free or reduced-cost dental services in your community. To find the United Way in your area, visit:

Social Smokers Face Real Risks, Too The list of dangers linked to lighting up, even occasionally, continues to grow

Smoking, even socially, is linked to an increased risk of brain bleeding, according to a new study reported in the journal Stroke. That seems to be especially true for women, who are known to have a higher risk for brain bleeding than men.

The study involved data from 65,521 people in Finland who answered survey questions for an average of 45 years. Researchers found that men and women who smoked had nearly three times higher risk for brain bleeds—where blood seeps through the lining between the surface of the brain and the tissue underneath—than people who never smoked. The risk even applied to social smokers, and it increased steadily from light to heavy smoking. Women seemed to be especially affected. Women who smoked showed a nearly 3.5-times higher risk of such bleeding, while men had a 2.2-times greater risk. Even women smoking one to 10 cigarettes a day had a nearly three times higher risk of brain bleeding whereas men smoking a similar amount had a nearly two-times higher risk.

Why are the brains of women more vulnerable to the effects of smoking? The researchers say that smoking can lower estrogen levels, and that can lead to inflammation and other processes that cause blood vessels to degrade and eventually bleed out. Smoking causes women to enter menopause earlier, and that leads to drops in estrogen that could also explain the stronger connection between brain harm and smoking.

The good news is that the risk is avoidable and reversible. In the study, people who quit smoking gradually reduced their risk, so former smokers—those who had quit for more than six months—had low rates of brain bleeding similar to those of non-smokers.

The researchers do acknowledge, however, that, they couldn’t account for all of the other factors that might explain the connection. They couldn’t assess how much alcohol people in the study drank, and they also did not have information on whether the men and women had high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and whether they took medications to control them.

Still, the findings suggest that smoking may be playing a role in contributing to brain bleeding, especially in women, and that people who smoke in any amount should be aware of the heightened danger.

OnE MORE REASON TO QUIT SMOKING: YOU'LL MAKE NEW FRIENDS, STUDY FINDS

TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Kicking the smoking habit doesn't only boost your health, it may also help you build a wider circle of friendships, a new study says.

And, over several years, quitters were more likely to start new friendships with nonsmokers, the research found.

"I wouldn't say it's a surprise, but it's a welcome finding. It's good to have it documented by a study that quitting smoking will broaden your social circles," said Dr. Norman Edelman, senior medical consultant at the American Lung Association. He was not involved with the research, but reviewed its findings.

The study also confirmed what has been seen in previous research: People trying to quit who spend less time around smokers have the highest success rates over time.

The number of smokers in the United States has been declining for decades and is now at an all-time low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But about 17 percent of the American population still smokes, the CDC says.

That number is still too high, said one of the study's authors, Megan Piper. She's an associate director of research at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research.

Piper said that people who want to quit smoking may fear that they will lose friends who continue to smoke.

"Smokers are afraid of losing their friends" to the nonsmoking world, Piper said, adding that until now, no one has really studied what happens to relationships when people quit smoking.

What is known, she said, is that people who quit tend to break off relationships with people who continue to smoke. The reasons they do this still need to be studied further, Piper said.

The initial study group included slightly more than 1,500 people participating in a smoking cessation program. They were from Milwaukee or Madison, Wis. All smoked at least 10 cigarettes per day.

They were randomly selected to receive medication, nicotine replacement products or a placebo. All were also given counseling to help them quit.

Nearly 700 smokers completed all of the study assessments. These occurred at the start of the study and then at one, two and three years after their target quit date. The average age of the study participants was 46 years, and about 60 percent were female.

During the three-year study period, nearly three-quarters of the study volunteers reported adding at least two new friends to their social circle.

People who quit found that they become more socially acceptable to a much wider group of people—nonsmokers, Piper said.

It doesn't happen immediately, though. "There is a vacuum for a while when people quit, and they tend to fill it" with other people and organizations, she explained.

Smokers who quit have more opportunities to spend time at smoke-free places, such as restaurants, bars, clubs and stores.

"In many social circles, it is totally unacceptable to smoke," Piper said. "We think it would be helpful for smokers who want to quit to think of this."

WHERE DO TRENDS COME FROM?

The story always plays out the same. You look at the runway pictures and think, yeah, maybe. Those slim-fit jeans have been feeling a bit restrictive recently. And didn’t your boss turn up at work in spray-on jeans the other week? You spot what appeared at fashion week on some street style don. Then an Instagram influencer. A glossy editorial.

When it hits shelves nine months on you’ve already decided yes, this one’s for you. You buy, try, and feel awkward when friends comment on its debut. Then in creeps comfort – body and brain acclimatise to a new shape. What was a statement becomes default. Facebook proffers a skinny-jeaned time capsule and you shudder. This shape, this is the one that actually flatters a man’s body.

Time ticks on and your wardrobe expands until, one day, you try something new. Saw it in an ad, thought why not? It feels… OK. OK becomes everyday. Eventually, wide legs get muscled out. Facebook. Shudder. This is the shape. Repeat.

“A fashion trend lasts two to five years,” says Henrik Vejlgaard, a trend forecaster whose book, Anatomy Of A Trend, analyses how these cycles bubble from idea to ubiquity, then eventually burst. However immune you think you are, however static your style, at some point trends will infiltrate your world.

Runway trends have a habit of infiltrating your wardrobe, no matter how timeless your style
DOLCE & GABBANA SS16
They move from insiders down the fashion food chain, percolating through society until what was once cutting edge becomes the norm. Each group endorses the trend for the group behind, but taints it for the ones before. You see Zayn’s souvenir jacket, you want it. Your dad takes a shine to yours, you take it to Oxfam.

But there’s a distinction, Vejlgaard says, between a trend and a fad. Fads burn bright, then fade away, a six-month burst of colour, or a pattern that appears for a season then goes back in the drawer. Womenswear tends towards the former, says Graeme Moran, head of fashion and features at industry bible Drapers: “One season will be all black and white, the next everything’s colour. But menswear changes slowly. It’s more gradual.”

Which is why, when these shifts do occur, they can seem titanic. For a decade, we’ve dressed slim, as Hedi Slimane’s skinny-obsessed Dior tenure met Don Draper’s suits and a generation of men suddenly discovered how clothes could really, really fit. But as the trend filtered down, what seemed transgressive on runways became the norm.

For better or worse, Don Draper influenced how a generation of men dressed for work
Apprentice candidates, fashion’s canaries, popped up in narrow lapels and cropped trousers. Dads no longer saw their sons’ skinny jeans as effeminate, but as a viable option. In reaction, silhouettes expanded. Tailoring lost its padding. After a decade, trussed up menswear seemed to – aaaah – relax.

The pattern is so predictable; it can seem like the customer isn’t even involved. When runway season sees variations on such narrow themes – a ubiquitous fabric, an omnipresent cut – you end up wondering if they’re all in some collusive WhatsApp group. “Hey Raf, let’s do big trousers this year, yeah? lol Demna.”

The reality is less sinister, if no less opaque. Your wardrobe is predicted two years ahead of time. But it’s done by Powerpoint, not text. And though forecasters don’t dictate what you’ll wear, they do at least steer with a heavy hand. Because fashion is business – a leviathan, $3bn global business – and money loves certainty.

The further down the runway brands can see, the less chance they’ll show skintight tailoring when customers want something that billows. Which lessens the chance an entire season ends up on markdown.

Relaxed cut menswear has been years in the making and is a direct response to our propensity for skinny and slim fits
One of the most important hands on fashion’s tiller belongs to Volker Kettennis, a former designer, now menswear director at WGSN. Since its founding in 1997, the comp

THE 6 BIGGEST FACIAL HAIR MISTAKES

Beards are no longer just for guys who work outdoors. But too many men treat theirs like an afterthought; an accident that emerged from your face because you couldn’t find your razor.

Much like your scalp and hairstyle, facial hair needs proper care and maintenance. Armed with the right tools, and the knowledge to use them, any man can boast a beard that’s more Jack Guinness than mountain man.

Mistake: You Let It Grow Too Long
We understand you want the full lumberjack look. But you’ve got to play the hand your parents dealt. Let a coarse and unruly beard grow out and it’s just as likely to grow into your skin. And rugged handsomeness soon becomes irritation and blood spotting. Raw face aside, it’s also a tough beast to tame.

If you find that’s the case, try keeping things short and neat instead. Light stubble is more manageable but you can still trim it to accentuate your angles. Wahl’s heavy-duty clippers make short work of the gnarliest face wire. Pair with a daily exfoliator to keep the bristles soft.

MISTAKE: YOU DON’T USE BEARD OIL
Your beard needs as much TLC as the hair on your head. Neglect it and it won’t just look dry and straggly; the tips will crack and your skin beneath the beard will dry out, flake and cause – shudder – beard dandruff.

A beard lube infused with argan oil will help to seal the split ends. It also encourages the hairs to retain their natural sebum – the oil they extract from the skin follicle. Which means lush, finger-pleasing growth. Not chin-mounted tumbleweed.

Ruffians Argan Beard Oil, available at Ruffians, priced £35.

MISTAKE: YOU USE BEARD OIL TOO EARLY
Until you’ve got a couple of centimetres’ growth poking through, just exfoliate and moisturise. Smear beard oil on when it’s barely beyond stubble and it’s like washing in chip fat. Expect shiny skin and (delicious smelling) whiteheads.

If your skin does feel dry – or your stubble seems scratchy – add a midday dose of moisturiser and make sure to focus everywhere there’s hair, especially the sensitive skin on your neck, which trimmers can easily irritate.

Clinique For Men Moisturizing Lotion, available at Clinique, priced £25.

You Don’t Know When To Stop Shaving
A well-shaped beard is a godsend for those who don’t have Captain America’s jawline. But you’re not trying to pencil in an outline.

Shave too low down on your cheek and you end up on a spectrum between Wolverine and the Lewis Hamilton chin strap. Instead, shave a straight line on your cheek as high as your beard growth allows. The more coverage on your face, the better the definition.

Always shave upwards from your cheekbone – if you slip you won’t slice a chunk out of your beard’s most visible hairs. Ditto when you’re shaping the hair on your neck, which should echo your natural jawline – think of a path from where jaw meets neck, under your ear, to your Adam’s apple.

Shift any stragglers below but don’t trim too high. A beard that sits on your actual jawline makes you look like a garage MC.

MISTAKE: YOU MISTREAT YOUR TOOLS
Whenever you shave, your skin becomes a breeding ground for germs: warm skin that’s just been stripped by a razor is a haven for bacteria.

Unlike at your barber, the tools on your sink probably haven’t been sterilised since the last time you groomed – so they could pick up all manner of nastiness from your bathroom cabinet. Spritz with Wahl’s Clipper Spray and shift trapped hair with a toothbrush to banish any nasties.

Wahl Hygienic Clipper Spray, available at Amazon, priced £8.50.

MISTAKE: YOU TREAT YOUR BEARD LIKE A PET
It may be furry. It may be fun to stroke. But your beard is not a puppy. Let your Instagram reflect that fact.

Narcissism may have inspired you to grow it, but the beard’s recent resurgence has been driven by the confidence it bestows. Don’t undermine that by being needier than a My Super Sweet 16 princess. Wear your beard with confidence, not arrogance. After all, that hair is a privilege. Not a right.

HOW TO FIX A PATCHY BEARD

The beard has lost its spot at fashion’s top table, but bare-cheeked men still look on the hirsute with awe. Bushiness had its moment quivering down runways, but even if bristles aren’t trending, there’s still something about growing hair from your face in such volumes it can be styled and shaped, that greens the eyes of those who can’t.

Because while some chaps seem (Brian) Blessed with cheeks that erupt like Vesuvius, who must shave morning and night or start to look like a Victorian cricket captain, for others, facial hair hits puberty then halts, leaving beards as patchy as a Christmas tree in June.

But fret not, smooth-cheeked men. Before googling beard transplants (they exist and the pictures aren’t pretty) know that with some shaving savvy you can turn a barren beard lush.

GROW LONG
If you’ve always balked the minute your face winds up like Keanu, then step away from the razor.

Yes, there’s going to be an awkward month or so where you beard looks like someone’s ripped off duct tape. But once you graduate from teen fluff and hit fisherman-level length, the fulsome zones should cover any holes. If they don’t, it’s time to work smarter.

KEEP THINGS TRIM
“Some patches you can get away with,” says Adam Brady, beard tsar at Ruffians barbers. You can shave to the level of gaps high on your cheek, or low on your throat, to create face-flattering angles.

“But if they fall into the middle of your cheek, a low-grade clipper helps lessen the contrast.” The length you’re shooting for is tomorrow’s five o’clock shadow; set your clippers to grade two and let loose all over your face and neck. It’s short enough for holes not to seem so barren, long enough that you don’t look like you’re late for double maths.

GET SOME EDGE
If true lushness is an unattainable dream, dial up the contrast. Your sideburns and neckline grow like the Eden Project, but let them run wild and you only make any bare patches seem barer.

Better is to chop them back and add sharp edges. That means clippers through the fur, then a razor beneath your Adam’s apple and (as high as your patchy fuzz affords) on your cheeks. “It can create the impression of a more angular bone structure,” says Brady.

DON’T GET MAD, GET EVEN
Beard still won’t play ball? A delicate trimmer hand can create order from uneven growth.

“You can do a sort of contouring, where you figure out which bit of your hair grows thicker, compared to the bits that are patchier,” says Brady. Trim the long bits back to match the short and, when it grows out, everything should be even.

It’s a tricky self-operation, so you might want to tap up a steady handed barber. But once everything comes up uniform, it’s easier to manage at home.

SHADE INSIDE THE LINES
To counter any otherwise unfixable patches, barber Joe Parker advises colouring in. “Get an eyebrow pencil to shade in any small gaps,” he says. “Obviously, you don’t want to look like a mime, so make sure you get one that matches your beard colour.”

The colour also darkens any pubescent fluff, turning downy hair into bushy bristles.

The AFTERBURN CIRCUIT THAT BURNS FAT IN YOUR SLEEP

The best way to lose fat? Torch calories lying down. No, that doesn’t mean the bench press. Rather, by stoking your fat furnace to shed blubber even when you’re not in the gym.

Confused? Consider your car. An idling engine burns fuel even when it’s still. Ditto for your body. You might be asleep, but your cells aren’t; they need energy to rebuild, to digest food = all those little processes that ensure you’ll actually wake up tomorrow.

This energy – the calories you need to not die – goes by the snappy moniker of basal metabolic rate (BMR). And the average man needs around 1,600 a day – about three times what you’d torch in a spin class.

To reverse back to our motoring metaphor, any time you’re not lying in bed, your foot’s on the accelerator. Walk the dog? That’s 20 minutes at 2,000 revs. Run to work? You rev harder for longer – and need to visit the pumps sooner. Then when you stop moving, your body goes back to ticking over. The smart man puts a brick on the pedal.

Train right and your body goes into ‘oxygen debt’: your muscles work harder than your lungs can supply, so they turn to new fuels for energy, says Dylan Jones, celebrity personal trainer and the founder of P4 Body. The burn you feel is lactic acid, the byproduct of working beyond your body’s comfort zone. For the next two days, it needs more oxygen – and burns more calories – to recover, a process called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (or EPOC).

The result is a revved up metabolism that lasts for up to 48 hours. Translation? “You burn more calories even when you’re in bed,” says Jones. But this fat-frying win doesn’t come easy. “You can’t just do 45 minutes on the cross trainer. You have to work as hard as you possibly can.” As in, can’t-get-enough-oxygen-into-your-heaving-lungs hard. But the ends justify the cruel and unusual means. You’ll bid adieu to a few hundred extra calories a day, doing absolutely nothing.

THE 20-MINUTE AFTERBURN CIRCUIT
Bicep curls won’t produce afterburn. “The more muscles you use, the more oxygen you require,” says Jones. With total-body moves, demand outstrips supply. But effort is all. If you can chat, work harder, bro. You should be sucking down air like you’ve just surfaced from a freedive.

Perform 40 seconds of each move at maximum intensity, take 20 seconds rest, then move onto the next exercise. Complete the entire circuit four times. If it’s too hard, shift to 30 seconds of work, 30 seconds of rest. If it’s too easy, then 50 on, 10 off.

ICE SKATERS
Stand with your feet together. Squat down, then jump explosively off your right leg and land on your left. Repeat each side for the full time.

“Most people focus on forward-backward movements, but this works your body in a lateral plane,” says Jones. Focus on bending your legs and driving up explosively, to fire up your big leg muscles – and get that all-important oxygen debt.

DIVER BOMBER PRESS-UP
Start in a downward dog position – bent at the waist with your feet and palms on the floor. Your back should be straight, your glutes in the air. From here, tip your weight forward so your chest swoops towards the floor. Focus on keeping your legs and back as straight as possible. Hold at the bottom, then press your torso up but keep your hips near the ground.

“This hits more muscles than an ordinary press-up,” says Jones. “Your chest and arms but also your back, your legs, your core.”

ALI SHUFFLE
Tap The Greatest for this heart rate-spiking shadow box. Stand with your feet together, arms in a boxer’s guard. Throw a punch with your right hand, simultaneously jumping into a lunge with your left foot back.

Throw punches – and swap legs – for the full time. Your shoulders should sting like a swarm of bees.

BAG THROWS
Stand with a sandbag on the ground between your legs. Squat down, grab it, then drive up through heels and hips to launch it over your head. Run to where it lands and repeat.

“This works all the muscles in your posterior chain,” says Jones. That burn in

How To Wear Green This Season (Without Looking Like A Soldier)

Pick any piece of menswear and there’s a solid chance it’s done a tour in the armed forces. The T-shirt? Issued to sailors as underwear in the late 19th century. Bomber jackets? As the name suggests, designed to keep pilots warm in high altitude cockpits. The trench coat? Now you’re not even trying.

So it’s understandable that military notes pop up every season, be it a slightly missing the point acid camo, à la every Valentino collection, or the field jacket, which emerged as this season’s multi-pocketed, hyper-practical outerwear essential.

(Related: How to wear the field jacket)

So no surprise that the military’s preferred colour palette is equally perennial. It helps that khaki is basically neutral, which means you can pair it with anything. “Khaki looks especially good with black, so dress it down with black denim,” says James Lawrence, head of menswear design at ASOS. White and brown make equally happy bunkmates, if you feel like toeing the parade ground line.

Green’s in-the-ranks heritage also means it’s well-suited to utility wear, hence the proliferation of pockets, zips and campsite fabrics on this season’s greenest pieces. But the colour offers as many applications as shades and, for SS16, designers took those military notes and went AWOL.

Yes, there were the expected M65 jackets, albeit jazzed up with patches and cuts more suited to guys protesting the war than fighting it. “But green was seen on the runway at designers as diverse as Lemaire, Valentino and Yohji Yamamoto,” says Damien Paul, head of menswear at MATCHESFASHION.COM. It appeared on everything from suiting to souvenir jackets to, in Craig Green’s case, patch-pocketed karate coats. And such variety means there’s a plethora of ways to make green less uniform.

Slim Is In
Menswear may be moving in roomier directions, but leave baggy greens in the barracks. “While there is still a strong army fatigue trend, it was also seen as part of slimmer silhouette,” says Paul.

Burberry Prorsum took the shade in a typically suave direction, with figure-hugging suits just green enough to stand apart from your colleagues. Channel the aesthetic with a perfectly tailored two-piece in a warm-weather material like linen or cotton, grounding the look with a sky blue shirt and brown suede shoes.

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Turn Over A New Leaf
If your tailoring rotation is looking kind of blue, green is the subtlest way to jazz things up. “Olive green is a great alternative to the ubiquitous navys and greys,” says Giles Farnham, head of River Island style studio.

Because the tone is lesser-spotted, and a touch less formal, you can break afford to break some other rules, too. “Try with a Cuban collar or granddad collar shirt for something that oozes relaxed seasonal style.” That’s two summer trends ticked off without breaking a sweat.

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It’s Easy Being Green
Monochrome is always the right choice. But when it’s a touch too sunny for all-black-errrthing – and that barbecue you’re heading to means all-white is off the table – green steps in.

“Khaki is easy to wear and looks great head-to-toe, if you mix different shades,” says Lawrence. When colours can’t clash, experiments in print and shape are suddenly simpler to pull off. Which means the chance to dabble in oversized cuts, or add interesting patterns into the mix.

Legs Get It On
Green is the perfect base for paler shades because the dark fabric allows whites to pop. Which makes a khaki chino your trainers’ new best friend.

“It’s also an easy way to invest in green without going overboard,” says Farnham, who recommends switching chinos in wherever you’d normally pick denim.

They smarten up well, too. “The neutral tone will match really easily with any shoe, from a white sneaker to a penny loafer.”

Emerald Aye
Muted greens are an easy wear, but there’s a reason they’re picked for camouflage. If you’re looking to stand out, dabble i