Health Care

Why Hair Grows Gray in Teenagers

 You have noticed, with great surprise, that your teenage daughter has a few gray hairs. This could mean absolutely nothing other than she is genetically predisposed to go gray early, or it could be the result of a medical condition.

Melanogenetic Clock:

1. A cell biology professor at the University of Bradford in England, that hair follicles contain a melanogenetic clock that stops or slows down melanocyte (pigment) activity, which explains why human hair turns gray.

It's Different for Different People

2. Loss of hair pigmentation, resulting in what is actually transparent hair, although we refer to it as gray or white, is determined primarily by genetics and by our age. For some people, it starts early on, perhaps even before the teen years, whereas with other individuals, it happens later in life. Some people turn gray or white rapidly, while others do so more gradually. The loss of pigmentation can occur at different rates in different hair follicles.

As Early as 8 Years-Old

3. Children as young as 8 years old have been known to have gray hair; however, this probably indicates nothing other than this particular person's propensity to gray early, which is determined, as noted above, by genetics.

Medical Conditions

4. There are conditions that can make a child's hair go gray, including neurofibromatosis, also known as Recklinghausen disease. This is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that results in benign tumors developing on nerves. A rare disease called called Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome may strike a child following a viral illness. As the child's body fights the virus, antibodies are created that destroy melanocytes, which create the pigment in our hair.

Deficiency

5. A Vitamin B deficiency can cause a child's hair to turn gray, as can megaloblastic anemia. Hyperthyroidism, which reduces melanocyte activity, can be responsible for turning a child's hair gray or white. The skin disorder vitiligo can also result in loss of hair pigmentation.

By 50, You're Most Likely to Be ...

6. A Caucasian person is considered to be graying prematurely if he develops gray hair before his late teens. A person of Asian or African descent is considered to be graying prematurely if he gets gray hair before the age of 30. Most of the people in the United States and Europe are 50 percent gray by the time they are age 50.

How to Take Care of Your Spouse During an Illness

  When one of you is sick, whether it's for several days or for many years, you need to take care of each other. Your relationship will change with an illness, but that doesn't have to mean it will change for the worse. There are ways to keep your relationship strong when one of you is ill. You need to keep communicating with each other and keep having fun together.

Keep Communicating

The two of you need to keep the channels of communication open more than ever. You will be each other's safest place during this difficult time. Remember to do the following:

1. When you need to be alone, tell your spouse as kindly as you can.

2. Try your best to always give each other your full attention.

3. If you are feeling scared and fearful, tell your spouse. As much as you might want to push him or her away, try as hard as you can to pull him or her closer to you. Give your spouse the chance to support you.

4. Physical contact is healing and creates closeness. Hug each other often. 

5. Your love for each other will keep your relationship strong. Saying “I love you” to each other reinforces your commitment.

Keep Having Fun

Even though you might not be able to go to a movie or out to dinner every week, the two of you need to keep having fun together. Set aside time just for the two of you to be alone together without any interruptions. There are many things that you can do to have fun, even if you don't have much energy. Here are some things to try:

• Play a board or card game.

• Buy a box of markers and draw some colorful pictures together.

• Rent a classic movie and watch it together.

• Read a book aloud to each other, one chapter at a time.

Avoid Embarrassment of Sleep Talking or Somniloquy

  The sleep talking makes an irritation over to others who are sleep with you. First and Fore most things that the peoples are understand the sleep talking which is medically called as “somniloquy” is not an disease it is an one kind of sleep disorders.

So their is no need for sleep talking treatment. It will cure automatically when the brain gets the control completely take over.

* Take a good rest and sleep avoid the disturbs while sleeping like sounds and other interruption in sleeping. Understand the stop sleep talking.

* Try to get rid and avoid the work load tension.

* Keep your mind and heart soul quiet calm and maintain peace in the mind.

* Avoid the stress and be relax.

* Enjoy the life and don’t get panic and sudden tension.

* Before go to sleeping think the good things and make a open minded talk with your family make a good mind setup while enter in to the sleep. This is one of the way to stop sleep talking.

* The best method for how to stop sleep talking is don’t keep all the thing in your mind. Share your issues with best person either friends or families this will gradually reduce the stress.

* Apart from all the thing the best remedy for top sleep talking is try meditation not medication which will cure peoples who are asking the question how do i stop talking in my sleep talking.

* Hypnosis which cures the sleep talking by make an good communication to the brain and stop the unwanted actions like sleep talking as well as the unconscious mind what makes the actions like a sleep talking and sleep walking.

Healthy Tiffin, Snacks for Your School-going Kids

  Today, children are spending seven to eight hours out of their homes in schools and colleges. Their major meals are eaten out of their homes. If children eat better they concentrate better, work without feeling fatigue and their immunity and percentile rates improve. Once food improves, children feel better, less irritable and less tensed, so it's very important to plan healthy meals for their Tiffin and snack boxes.

Snack tips: Unfortunately, lots of parents use breads and biscuits which are nutrient robbers in snack boxes. Our children become sick because of an explosion of empty nutrient food and empty calories due to white flour, chemicals and sugar. The breads and biscuits available in the market are 50 per cent white flour, sugar, extra salt, artificial colours and emulsifiers are added.

Given their way children would love to grow up on a diet of bread, biscuits and junk food which are addictive. So let's make junk healthy. 

Eat foods which are as close to the natural state, which promote growth, immunity and energy.

Here are some interesting recipes:

Protein Pancakes
Ingredients: One teacup moong dal ; 200 gms white gourd; three green chillies; three tbsp fresh low fat yogurt; a pinch of asafoetida; salt to taste; two tomatoes, chopped; two finely chopped green chillies; two to three tbsp chopped coriander; salt to taste (rock salt); one tsp extra virgin oil.

Method: For the batter, soak the dal for three to four hours. Grind the soaked dal with green chillies and yogurt.

Add asafoetida and salt, mix well. To proceed, heat a non- stick tawa and spread a little moong dal mixture and oil on it. Then, spread a little stuffing and smear a oil on the sides. Turn upside down and cook again for a few minutes.

Repeat with the remaining mixture and stuffing.

Serve hot with mint chutney or sweet chutney.

Hot tip: The batter can be prepared the day before and the pancakes can be made fresh in the morning. It is a complete meal as it contains all food groups.

Spinach tikki with vegetables
Ingredients: One bunch spinach shredded; half grated white radish; one grated carrot; two boiled potatoes; salt to taste; one-two tsp green chilli and ginger paste; quarter cup crushed peanuts.

Method: Grate carrot, radish and boiled potatoes. Mix them with all other ingredients. Make small tikkies from that mixture. On each tikki add chopped tomatoes, both chutneys and serve.

Hot tip: The potatoes can be boiled one day before and the vegetables can be cut and kept in the fridge.

Potato Pizza
Ingredients: 250 gms potatoes; 100 gms tomatoes; one capsicum; quarter cup boiled yellow corn; one chopped onion; two-three olives; some mushrooms.

Method: Boil and mash potatoes. Add salt to taste. Make tomato puree. Add salt to taste. Make small flat pancakes from the boiled and mashed potatoes. Decorate it with capsicum, corn, onions, olives and mushrooms, grate paneer on top. Bake in an oven at 400 degree celsius for 15 minutes.

Hot Tip: Puree and potatoes can be made before hand.

Masala Idli
Ingredients: 6-7 idlis ; one tomato finely chopped; one cup capsicum finely chopped; one onion finely chopped; one tablespoon pav bhaji masala ; salt to taste; one teaspoon chili powder; handful of chopped coriander leaves; one tsp olive oil.

Method: Cut each idli into four pieces. Saute all the vegetables in oil. Add the masala , idli and coriander, mix well and serve hot.

Hot tip: Batter can be made the day before.

Paneer wrap
Ingredients: 100 gms grated paneer; 100 gms boiled French beans and carrots; one cup chopped coriander; one chopped onion; one tsp jeera; juice of one lemon; half tsp red pepperika; one tsp extra virgin oil; 100 gms whole wheat flour

Method: Make four rotis from the whole wheat atta . Grate the paneer and add all the ingredients to it beside oil. Sauté it in oil and place it on the roti and roll it. Have it with green chutney or salsa. The dough can be prepared the day before. All the ingredients can be chopped the day before.
Remember to always make food fun for children. My definition of fun is fresh, unprocessed and natural.