Friday 8 August 2014

how to stop greying of hair

5 Top Home Remedies to Prevent Premature Graying of Hair

No matter from which part of the world you belong, your hair can suffer premature graying. Now the age when it can be said to have gone gray prematurely, may differ. So, if you are a white person in your mid 20s and your hair turn gray that will definitely be a premature graying. If you were in mid 30s, it would have been normal age for graying of hair. If you are an Asian, your hair should start graying in mid 30s and if you are an African-American, the standard age for you to get gray hair is mid 40s. Now you know whether your’s is a premature graying of hair or not! And if the answer is yes, you don’t have to worry a lot because there are certain very effective home remedies to prevent such early graying of your hair.

Home Remedies for Gray of Hair

1. Make Hair Tonic with Coconut Oil-Curry Leaves

Curry leaves not only grant great aroma and taste to your dishes but also brings back lost pigments to your hair. These leaves are nature’s gift having certain pigment that can retain your original hair color. So include curry leaves in your diet. Use them to temper your gravies, boil them in water and have as tea, grind them to mix with buttermilk or curd and have tasty treats. Here is one recipe to make an excellent hair tonic with curry leaves. Make it and store for daily use.

You will need:

• Coconut Oil- 100 ml
• Curry Leaves- a handful of them; you may also increase the amount.

Directions:

• Mix curry leaves with coconut oil.
• Boil them together.
• If it’s winter, your coconut oil will be in solid state. So, first heat it to melt and then add curry leaves to boil them.
• When the leaves turn black, put off the flame.
• Strain the oil and store in an air tight container.
Apply this oil to your hair daily at night and massage your scalp (only scalp) with fingers gently. Massage for about 15-20 minutes. Leave it overnight and wash off your hair the next morning. Use this oil for at least 3 months to get results.
Interesting fact: British actress Anna Friel drinks tea made of curry leaves everyday to preserve the natural colour of her hair. She boils the leaves in water and drinks the hot beverage after she noticed two strands of gray hair post her illness recently.

2. Use Indian Gooseberry’s Wonder for Hair

Amla, as it is known, Indian gooseberry is the most talked about ingredient in Ayurveda for all hair problems, leave alone the color of hair! It is one of the richest sources of antioxidant vitamin C. If you include gooseberry in your diet, you will not only help your hair to grow fast and prevent from graying but you will also ensure that you remain healthy in toto. I’ll give you the recipe for homemade amla oil to be prepared by you so that you can stop premature growing of your hair.

You will need:

• Amla powder- 2 tsp (see the recipe below to know how to get powder out of gooseberry)
• Fenugreek powder (optional)- 1 tsp
• Coconut oil- 1 cup

Directions:

• To make amla powder, take gooseberries pieces and dry them in shade. Once they dry completely, grind them to get their powder.
• Mix amla powder, coconut oil and fenugreek powder (if using) in a pan.
• Heat the pan on low flame.
• When you notice the oil turning brown, put off the flame.
• Allow to cool a little (watch it doesn’t get solid as coconut oil tends to settle in solid state when it’s cold temperature outside)
• Strain and store the oil in a container
Use this coconut oil with all the good things of amla in it to massage your scalp and hair daily at night. Wash off your hair in the morning.

Amla Remedy for Oily Hair

If you have oily hair, you may not like to apply oil to your hair. In such a case, you can use amla water to treat your hair. For making amla water,
• Take a cup of water.
• Mix 1 tsp amla powder in it.
• Boil the water till it reduces to half of its quantity.
• You should get at least 3 teaspoons of amla water.
• Mix 3 teaspoons of lemon juice with the amla water.
• Now add this amal-lemon juice mix to the required amount of water that is needed to wash your hair.
• Wash you hair with this water.
Interesting fact: Amla or Indian gooseberry is a fruit with a diameter of only 1 inch but it has the same antiscorbutic value as two oranges have in them. Also, amla doesn’t lose its qualities whatever you do wih it- boil it, make jam or pickle with it, eat it raw or process it in any form- it won’t leave its properties!

3. Apply Ridge Gourd for Hair Color

Ridge gourd, often also called ribbed gourd, is widely used for treating premature graying of hair. It helps in enriching the hair roots as well as in restoring pigment. You again need to make a hair tonic using coconut oil to use it for your graying hair.

You will need:

• Dried ribbed gourd pieces- half a cup
• Coconut oil- 1 cup

Directions:

• Take the pieces of ridge gourd and dry them out in shade.
• Soak the dried pieces in coconut oil for about 3-4 days.
• Now boil the coconut oil along with soaked pieces of dried ribbed gourd.
• Boil it on low flame till the oil gets darkened, black in color.
• Strain and store.
• Use this oil to massage your scalp, at least twice a week.
Interesting fact: One of the common everyday name of ridge gourd is Luffa, also spelled loofah. In fact, the naturally dried ridge gourd is used as an external body cleanser which is popularly known as loofah sponge. Also, ridge gourd has medicinal use in some other color related diseases like leprosy (white skin) and jaundice (yellow skin).

4. Create Sesame-Carrot Wonder for Changing Gray Color of Your Hair

You can prevent your hair from growing gray. What about those that are already gray? Here’s a recipe using sesame oil, carrot juice and fenugreek seeds that is used in South India- one of the main centers of Ayurvedic practitioners- for premature graying of hair!

You will need:

• Sesame Oil
• Carrot Juice
(both sesame oil and carrot juice should be in equal amount. For example 1 glass each or 100 ml each)
• Fenugreek seed powder- Half the amount of oil and juice (For example, ½ glass or 50 ml if the oil-juice is one glass each or 100 ml each respectively)

Directions:

• Mix sesame oil, carrot juice and fenugreek seeds powder in a clear bottle, jar, bowl or any other container
• Keep the mixture in sun for 21 days.
• Apply the resultant oil mixture after 21 days on your scalp and hair.
• Use this for at least 3 months.
This mixture can also be used for graying hair on your other body parts like beards, moustaches, eye-brows, chest etc. This can miraculously change the graying color of your hair.
Interesting fact: Solar radiation can purify (read disinfect) water to make it safe for drinking. The UVA rays of sun terminate many germs present in water when exposed to sunlight for minimum 6 hours.


5. Get Buttermilk to Prevent White Hair

While we have known, right at the beginning, that curry leaves with coconut oil is a wonderful remedy for premature graying of hair, we can also use buttermilk with curry leaves for similar effect. Especially people with oily hair will benefit from buttermilk-curry leaves remedy because they may not like to use coconut oil in their already oily hair. Here’s how you go about it.

You will need:

• Buttermilk – ½ cup
• Curry leaves juice- ½ cup

Directions:

• To make curry leaves juice, you can simply grind the leaves and squeeze out their juice.
• Buttermilk can also be made at home by churning plain yogurt with warm water and then removing the frothing butter from it.
• Mix curry leaves juice and buttermilk.
• Boil the mixture on low flame for 5 minutes.
• Let it cool to become lukewarm.
• Apply this lukewarm buttermilk-curry leaves juice mixture on your scalp.
• Leave for half an hour.
• Wash hair with lukewarm water.
This not only prevents gray hair but also is a good remedy for hair loss.
Interesting fact: The term ‘butter’ in the name of buttermilk belies the fact that it is one of the dairy products having very low fat contents. A cup of buttermilk has only 2.2 g of fat and 99 calories where as a cup of whole milk has 8.9 g fat and 157 calories! Regarding curry leaves benefits, recent researches have found out that the extracts of curry leaves can considerably reduce the side effects of both chemotherapy and radiation therapy used for cancer treatment.
Apart from applying the above home remedies for preventing gray hair, it is also important not to use harsh chemicals on your hair. Avoid using shampoos and other hair products that contain such chemical ingredients and go for natural hair products.

Thursday 7 August 2014

how to loose weight naturally

These are the top ten ways targeted at people who are fat, overweight or obese to lose weight in just 30 days. These tips and tricks for losing weight are disclosed based upon the suggestions of physicians or medical experts and can be useful for people of all ages.
Obesity is referred to as overweight. In medical terms, people who are very fat and are suffering for extra weight then they are known as obese people. Now-a-days this, so called obesity is referred to as a serious health issue, because it has become a route cause for many diseases. This abnormality may lead to hypertension or high blood pressure. People suffering with obesity are prone to high risk of heart failures and strokes. Because of being overweight you’re susceptible to diabetes. Thus obesity is termed as silent killer in the recent days because of the fatal diseases that are caused as a result of it. Though obese persons have a high risk of being effected by many diseases they can be prevented and controlled with some homemade natural remedies, in accordance to your BMI respectively.


Body Mass Index also known as BMI, is a simple medical test, which is done by calculating your body weight and height and then applying a specific formula. This measurement shows the amount the weight you have put on and shows if you are considered obese or not.  If the BMI is anything below 20 – 25 then you’re considered to be thin, if it is in between 25 – 30 then you are considered normal or medically fit and if it exceeds above 30, it means that you are obese. And it is time for you to lose those extra pounds, as they can be dangerous and you are prone to various fatal diseases.














Despite of the disadvantages of being obese, your body will lose its shape and you may look a lot uglier that you actually are, you may face humiliation because of this shapeless body and as people having a great physique are admired usually. You can’t wear your favorite dresses and you have to quit specific designs and styles of dresses, as your shapeless body does not allow you to do so. This may make you more worried and you try to shed those unwanted pounds off your body right away. This may make you more impatient and determined to attain weight loss as soon as possible.

 Initially, good news is that the problem can be resolved but it doesn’t happen in a day or two, it takes some time to achieve it. So be patient and don’t get worried in this concern. It is obvious that, you did not gain weight at once, and so it is not possible to cut off those extra pounds all at once! Obviously, you have gained weight gradually and will lose them gradually! You might have seen many articles on internet about losing weight quickly in 10 days, since positive everything you do takes some time you could lose weight successfully by following some natural remedies in about 30 days.


Here are some of the top best home remedies that help you lose weight faster! These tips are really helpful for you to lose weight as soon as possible. If you follow these tips sincerely then you can cut off those pounds in 30 days. Following are the best tips that are going to be recommended for you to get you a toned and attractive physique.

1. Burn Fats And Calories:

One of the best ways to burn fats and calories in the body is exercising daily for a couple of hours. Exercise helps you stay fit and also keeps you from the diseases caused by excess fats. Taking instructions of a physician is recommended to perform any type of exercise, which helps you follow a schedule. Exercise should be done based on the age and weight of the body.


2. Healthy Diet to Lose Weight:

Improper diet also results to weight gaining and health problems. Fast foods and junk food which we commonly eat these days produce lot of calories and fats in the body. In order to get rid of those fats and reduce weight, we should get rid of the habit of eating such food. If these steps are followed weight loss can be seen around 2 weeks.


 

3. Leave Carbonated Beverages:

Carbonated beverages that we get like fizzy drinks, packed juices effect you body and leads to increase in the weight of the body because of the calories that are present in them. Carbonated beverages can be replaced by Natural fruit juices which are rich in nutrition and contains low calories which keep you fit.
 

4. Eating vegetables to lose weight:

Fiber contents, proteins and vitamins that are present in the vegetables help you stay healthy. Appetite can be maintained by replacing meals with steamed vegetables in which there are low calories but rich in nutrition. This habit helps you lose weight and look fit.

5. Eating fruits to lose weight:

Carbonates, Vitamins, Proteins and fiber contents are rich in fruits which help in increasing the nutrition levels. Fruits have similar advantages as vegetables which help in maintaining health and suppress the appetite. Fruits can be replaced with meals in order to maintain low calorie intake and high nutrition.

6. Avoid snacks to lose weight:

Having snacks now and then also leads in weight gain and add extra calories and fats that are harmful to the body. This makes the body shapeless. Avoiding such snacks like finger chips, cookies, burgers etc  help you cut the extra fats and keeps you fit and healthy.

7. Stop eating sugar lose weight fast:

Sugar also produces an extra fatty substance in the body that makes you unfit and causes health problems. Reducing intake of sweet substances helps you maintain the body. Making a habit taking fruit juice or tea without sugar keeps you fit and away from fats which causes weight gain.

8. Reduce sodium lose weight:

Salt contains large amounts of sodium that affect the body causing weight gain. Limiting the intake of salty substances in food that we take daily reduces water retention that makes you look fat. Many researches also proved that excess sodium causes weight gain, to lose weight care should be taken in eating salty substances.

9. Herbal Tea to lose weight:

Antioxidants that is present in the herbal tea helps in fat burning process. It is available anywhere in the market, having herbal tea without adding sugar to it shows best results in weight loss. Toxins and harmful nitrogenous waste present in the body are pulled out by having herbal tea or green tea leading to lose excess weight.

10. Being Natural:

Keeping yourself natural also helps in the weight loss process. We should not be lazy watching television or playing computer games which leads to weight gain. Avoiding use of machines that reduce effort like elevators, escalators etc makes you perform some physical actions helping to burn fats. Daily walk after meals keep you fit and healthy.
The weight loss tips that are mentioned about are very useful in shedding those extra pounds, but you have to follow the tips with lot of dedication and patience. It is a very gradual process so never lose heart or get depressed.
 Shedding weight is not a tough process but maintaining this toned physique later on is a very difficult job. Maintain a healthy lifestyle and follow the above tips and tricks to reduce weight in just 30 days. Find out the difference all by yourself after following the natural tips.
I wish I could have delivered the tips properly and hopefully they could help you lose weight! Wish you all a very good health! Come back to us again to find out more useful health tips, explanation of health issues and natural remedies.
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