10 May 2015 www.womanthismonth.com letters Write Here Write Now We want to hear your thoughts on Woman This Month. Write to us at [email protected] Get in touch by email, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram! Fashion Lover! I love the fashion trend spread you bring every new season! I like it because it is very straight forward. It is easy to understand what is going to be in and what we should pick when going shopping. The product selections you make take the fashion show concepts out of the catwalk and into real life. My favourite ones for this spring and summer are the seventies influence and denim fever, I’m very casual and this is a way of changing my wardrobe, but still following the looks that I like most. I’m definitely buying a denim jumpsuit or playsuit, they look so hipster! Many thanks, Amy. Bollywood diva, Kareena Kapoor Khan dazzled on our cover in April and was the most liked picture on Instagram. Official Partnership Launch between Longines & Behbehani Group. Longines Ambassador of Elegance Aishwarya Rai Bachchan enhanced this announcement by her presence. #WTMBrandBuzz #WTM in order to celebrate mother’s day created a contest #CelebratingMom. Participants had to write a beautiful message to commemorate Mother's Day. The winner of the #WTMCONTEST #WTMCelebratingMom is Lee Ann Fleetwood and her message is: “All my friends wanted my mom to be their mom when I was little. I was so proud to have a mom that everybody wished their mom was like. That example has stayed with me all my life and now my own children have told me the same thing that I told my mom. Their friends wish their moms were like me. Thank you for making such an impression on me that I passed onto my children.” CONGRATULATIONS Lee Ann for winning a BD75 gift voucher. Sweet Tooth, Thank you so much for your The Bitter Sweet Truth article, it is very informative. Sometimes we don’t realise the amount of unnecessary sugar we ingest. We also should be more careful with the kind of food we offer to our kids. A lot of products that we think are not harmful for them, actually have an incredible amount of sugar, the juice boxes and yogurts for example. We must re-think kids’ lunch boxes, maybe you could do an article about it? Regards, Reem. Bollywood Star, Your cover this month looks amazing! Kareena Kapoor is so beautiful and talented. I am a big fan and I hope Woman This Month will feature more Bollywood actors. Kareena’s story is really inspirational. Although she comes from an illustrious family, she had to go to a lot of struggle to reach where she is today. I’m looking forward to her future films and her visit to Bahrain. Best wishes, Suhasini. 28 April 2015 www.womanthismonth.com FASHION | trend Many brands went back in time to find inspiration in the period of hippie mania, psychedelic prints and the beginning of the disco era. Loads of colours and a back to nature lifestyle influenced the catwalks of the spring and summer collections. Not only the typical patterns of the decade, but also its designs. Bell-bottomed trousers and wide sleeves temper the season’s style. Vests and fringes are also symbols of the trend which are explored this season. The cuts, brought back straight from the past, get a modern twist so we don’t end up in a time machine. Retro prints can be spotted in the catwalk shows of brands such as Louis Vuitton and Emilio Pucci. The hippie mood from the beginning of the seventies is revived by Alberta Ferretti and Chloe. Knee-high boots worn with fluid dresses are Tommy Hilfiger’s and Etro’s way to embrace the decade’s vogue. Chloé Tommy Hilfiger EmilioPucci AlbertaFerretti Etro THE DETAILS EmilioPucci Prada Just Cavalli '70s That Show Louis Vuitton 66 April 2015 www.womanthismonth.com PEOPLE | cover story There is an old world charisma about this green-eyed beauty. She is the epitome of grace and glamour and yet represents the new-age uber cool. Born into the fifth generation of the illustrious Kapoor clan to actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, she needs no introduction. Kareena Kapoor Khan is the perfect blend of grace and glamour. She seldom shows any discomfort from being in the constant limelight. She is an actor whose horizon is way beyond the marquee. It usually takes an ‘extra’ something to truly shine above the rest and Kapoor has proved to the world that passion, courage and determination can indeed help one achieve all that and more. She loves the rush of adventure, the thrill of wanting to try something different and that has brought innumerable blockbuster hits with the crème de la crème of the acting fraternity including Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar amongst others Woman This Month’s Farheen Ahmed spotlights the life of actress Kareena Kapoor who will be visiting the island this month. The Royal Blush Kareena made her acting debut in 2000 in a war drama Refugee, which was followed by a series of less well known parts. However, 2004 marked the turning point in her career with her award winning role in Chameli, where she portrayed a sex worker. This was followed by meaty roles in big budget films like Omkara (a remake of Shakspeare’s Othello) in 2006. And then a spate of commercial hits: 2007’s Jab We Met, 3 Idiots in 2009, Gol Maal 3 in 2010 and Bodyguard in 2011. She has undoubtedly claimed the throne as the Queen Bee of Bollywood. In June 2010, People magazine described her as, “India‘s most beautiful woman”, while Eastern Eye and Maxim coined her as “Asia’s Sexiest Woman” and “India’s Hottest Woman” in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In 2009, a Bollywood nutritionist collaborated with her for Don’t Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight, a self-help book on weight loss which sold more than 10,000 copies in its first few weeks. This was followed by another book, Women and the Weight Loss Tamasha. In 2012 Kareena also co-authored, with Rochelle Pinto, her autobiographical memoir The Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva. Having put her name to innumerable ad films and brand endorsements, in 2013 Kareena was signed as the brand ambassador of Malabar Gold and Diamonds saying: "It is my pleasure to be the face of such a prestigious brand that has become synonymous with style, design, beauty and trust. I am immensely happy to be associated with Malabar Gold & Diamonds who have introduced the Brides of India concept showcasing the traditional and vibrant rituals and colourful jewellery of brides across India. I wish Malabar Gold & Diamonds all the best in its endeavor to become the world's number one jeweller." At the signing ceremony MP Ahammed, chairman of Malabar Group, said: "Kareena Kapoor is an epitome of beauty and style and we are extremely delighted to have her Kareena Kapoor wearing Malabar Gold & Diamonds 94 April 2015 www.womanthismonth.com LIFESTYLE | wellbeing The Bitter Sweet Truth It’s in your energy bar and your kids’ candy floss. And of late, has earned itself a bad reputation. Behnaz Sanjana turns the spotlight on the devil called sugar, making it, well, not so sweet. As you rip open that sweet treat, your heart beats a tad faster. Your eyes become larger and your breath shallower. You anticipate pure pleasure and, when it hits your taste buds, you feel a rush of sweet satisfaction. The story, however, is hardly delightful once that bar of chocolate or doughnut reaches your insides. Read on to know how and why. THE REAL DEAL Dr Bassam Hana, consultant in endocrinology diabetes and metabolic disorders at the Gulf Diabetes Specialist Centre, says the human body needs sugar to convert into energy. Glucose is the sugar circulating in our bloodstream, and is either derived from food or produced by the liver during the night or after meals. The sugar that we add to food is sucrose. “It is refined from natural sources (like beetroot or sugarcane) and comprises two simple sugars: glucose and fructose. This is what we buy off the shelves in the form of white or brown sugar. Contrary to popular belief, there is no difference between the two, except the colour!”, he says. The digestive tract transforms all the sweet stuff you munch on into simple sugar, which is transported into the bloodstream to reach the organs that need it to produce energy (brain, muscles, etc) and the surplus is stocked in the liver to use when needed. All sugar that we don't need to produce energy will be transformed to fat, eventually leading to obesity. Of course, this also depends on the insulin in your body. Researchers say that after you’ve wolfed down a sugar-laden treat, your brain resembles the mind of a drug addict. The sudden spike in dopamine levels reinforces the need for more, causing even more sweet damage. We often find ourselves reaching for that cupcake by mid-morning. “That is due to hypoglycaemia, aka low blood sugar levels,” says Dr Hana. If you find yourself needing a sugar fix way too often, you could blame it on genetics. This is true especially in the relatives of diabetic patients. It is also common with nervous individuals, smokers and caffeine guzzlers. Or even due to overstimulation of insulin secretion if you’ve gorged on a sugary breakfast. 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