Minggu, 28 Juni 2009

Melatonin and Aging

What is Melatonin, melatonin (N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a natural mammalian hormone produced mainly by the pineal gland in which it locates in brain and synthesized from serotonin. Melatonin was discovered by Dr Lerner at Yale University in 1958. It is made from tryptophan, an essential amino acid that cannot be made by the body. We have to consume foods contain tryptophan to get tryptophane. Tryptophane is converted by the body into serotonin, furthermore, is converted into melatonin. It also plays an important role in the process of human sleep.

Melatonin is one of factors helps us to fall a sleep and circulates in peak amounts while we sleep, also plays major role in the regenerative process. At the time the pineal gland releases melatonin, it quickly goes into the local bloodstream and then to the rest of the body's blood circulation. From there, melatonin finds its way to every body fluid and tissue. When melatonin enters the cells, it has the further ability to go directly to the DNA then making us sleepy. We need enough time to sleep to rejuvenation our body; melatonin also helps regulate our sleep cycle.

The produce of melatonin reaches in high peak when we are young, some have claimed that melatonin acts as a gauge age, when we get older melatonin decreases its produce into low level, causes aging process due to less of regenerative process. There are some suggesting to increase melatonin level such as have enough time for sleep , consumption food that contains tryptophan which is found in a variety of high protein foods such as milk, cheese, meat, fish, and some fruits banana, tomato and other fruits and vegetables, taking melatonin supplements is recommended by some experts.

The dosage of melatonin supplements that suggested by some experts is about 0.1mg – 10 mg. It can be use for sleep problem, sleep improvement for healthy people, delayed sleep phase syndrome, insomnia, jet lag and other used as an antioxidant, ADHD ( anti deficit hyperactivity disorder) treatment, headache and other conditions. Some doctors suggests melatonin treatments for cancer, anti aging hormone and delaying of menopause process.

According that melatonin causes slow down the aging process, be sure contact a doctor and ask some advices before taking any melatonin supplement. Some side effects are found such as nightmares, daytime drowsiness, depression and disruption of normal sleep cycle if taken that supplements at wrong time.

Original Article with the same writer at Helium.com

Benefit of Mesotherapy

What is mesotherapy?
Mesotherapy is a therapy technique originated in France by Dr. Michel Pistor in 1952 and it is recognized by The French Academy of Medicine in 1987. The process of mesotheraphy is injecting small amounts of medication, vitamin, mineral and other substance into the middle layer of skin called mesoderm. Recently, mesotheraphy has been used by more than 15, 000 medical therapists. It is used for medical treatment, skin rejuvenation, reducing fat, cellulite and wrinkle elimination.

How does it work?
The substance is injected into the mesoderm, using a very tiny needle with size 4 to 6 mm by various methods of injection such as injection gun, ordinary syringes, gauge needles and multiple needle administration apparatus. For acne treatment the substance that injected is acne medicine, for rejuvenation and wrinkle elimination amount of vitamins, herbs extract and some minerals are injected. For reducing fat, fat is burnt due to mesotheraphy process.

Benefits of mesotherapy for medical treatment
Some medical cases such as arthritis, joint problems, and sport injuries fighting infection and relieving pain have used mesotheraphy as a medical treatment, this methods has faster result than other methods such as oral treatment and topical area treatment. The good results usually can be seen in after several treatments.

Benefits of mesotherapy face
Mesotherapy face is also called a no-surgical skin rejuvenating method. By replacing vitamins and minerals into deep layer skin or mesoderm, the result of this treatment can be seen immediately. Mesotherapy improves blood circulation into the face that process causes glowing skin and youthful looking in a very short time. This treatment has benefit for skin face and act as an anti aging. By doing additional treatment that recommended once every 2 months wrinkles will be eliminated. Side effects can be found such as redness but it will be gone about 24 hours after treatment.

Benefits of mesotherapy body
Mesotherapy body is alternative to Lipo-Suction, this methods is safer, has minimally-invasive and doesn’t need anesthesia. If you want to reshape your body by reducing a lot of your fat, mesotherapy is recommended. The mesotherapy treatments are applied in stomach, hips, arms, back, thighs, calves, arms, and waist. It occurs twice a week and results usually can be seen in the 4th treatment except in stomach area, in this area usually needs about 5 to 6 treatments. Mesotherapy body burns fat under the skin by stimulating lyposis, a process of breaking down the lipid components of fat cell. Many benefits due to this process such as improved blood circulation to the area, dissolving excess fat deposits, losing weight, glowing skin, improved lymph drainage, improve the appearance of the cellulite and good shape body.

Original Artiicle with the same writer at Helium.com

How to Get a Safe Tan

What is tan?

Tan is melanin pigment that produced by melanocytes in reaction to ultraviolet light in sunlight. The melanin production is different for each human body, the lowest production is found in Caucasian, in other races melanin production is continuous furthermore their skin is protected by melanin.

The skin

Protecting our skin from ultraviolet light is constantly needed, especially between 10 am to 15 pm, as we know that skin is an organ, this organ is our interface to the environment and sunlight. There are two part of skin the dermis and the epidermis, the dermis is the lower part it contains hair follicles, nerve endings, blood vessels, sweat glands and so on, in this part we can feel heat, cold, itch, pain and pressure. The epidermis has two main layers outer layer and inner layer. The outer layer is the dead skin cell that always regenerates periodically and constantly flaking off. The inner layer or Malpighian layer produces dead cells and melanocytes then melanocytes produces two different pigments: eumelanin that causes brown skin or tan and phaeomelanin causes yellow and red skin or melanoma.

How to get tan without getting melanoma

First way is physically way, you will not get tan in a short time, no pills and no injection. Stay in sunlight about 15 minutes, don’t forget to use moisturizer to avoid sunburn, do it repeatly. The melanocytes will be activated then start producing melanin and building up in your cell to protective level. Good result will be seen over 7 days. Two benefits are found by this way tanned skin and vitamin D for your bones.

Second way, use tan lotion that applied directly to skin. Some tan lotion has chemical ingredients some has natural ingredients. The lotion penetrates into epidermis and reaches the melanocytes then stimulates it to produce melanin that causes getting tanned skin.

Third way, taking oral tan pills that contained melanocytes-stimulating hormones (MSH), some pills are combined with variety of vitamins, and these pills are recommended to be taken at night before sleep.

Fourth way, Melanocytes-stimulating hormone (MSH) injection it flows through the bloodstream and reaches the melanocytes then stimulates it to produces a lot of melanin.

In conclusion, getting tan for your skin involves some organs of you body that probably causes some side effects, be sure contact your doctor before taking tan process especially if you choose oral and injection.

Sources: Timothy Gower, Reader Digest 2003; Linnea Lundgren, Living Well With Allergies. 2000.

How to Homeschool specialed kid with Asperger's

Home schooling is one way of learning, has many benefits for children with Asperger syndrome, it is going to allow you control the progress of your child's development, specially for child with Asperger's Syndrome (Pervasive Development Disorder, Neurobiological Disorder or Autism Spectrum of Disorders), in addition to this syndrome, child has difficulties on communication, lack of social relationship and Sensory sensitivities problems.
Here are six steps how to homeschool and teach a child with Asperger’s Syndrome.

1. Find out what is your child's learning style. There are three types of learning style, Visual learning, Verbal learning and kinesthetic learning. If you have found your child's learning style so you can find for it how to teach your children.

2. Teach your child based on the latest curriculum and the ability to adjust your child, use tools that support learning activities such as stationery, cards, color papers, crayon and textbooks. Teach with love and affection with attention to discipline.

3. Create a schedule based on routines, because child with Asperger’s syndrome likes repetition and it makes it easier to learn , be friendly , stay focus and make eyes contact as often as possible.


4. Make notes on a regular basis about your child's progress. It is helpful for planning the next.


5. Take time for outdoors activities and meet some friends, your child will learn how to socialize.


6. You are not alone, ask for help when difficulties are found, ask the experts, teachers, psychologists, theraphyist or parents of children who have child with Asperger's syndrome

Also written with the same writer at HowToDoThings.com

How to Homeschool Teens

Some people think home school for teenager is quite difficult because at those ages is not easy to make them stay along at home. Home schooling doesn’t mean isolating your teenager at your own home but it gives your kids private education with indoor and outdoor activities with your own way, base on your state education curriculum. It can be a wonderful way to stay close to your teens.

If you want to know how to home school your teenager, some advices bellow may help you:

1. Talk to your spouse, your teenager and other kids; discuss about your idea to home school your teenager. What are the benefit of home schooling, the reason, and other things about home schooling
2. Get some information in your state about the regulation on home school whether you can home school your teenager by teaching your own kid or supervising from certified teacher is needed.
3. Make some plans with your teenager and set some goals, involving her or him will increase their self confidence. Home schooling also gives an opportunity for your teens taking responsibility for her or his own learning. Give appreciating for his or her ideas.
4. Develop your curriculum, don’t strictly stick on it, focus on your teens interests at this time you will find out what actually she or he is talented for. Ask for help for subject that you can not teach you can barter with another home schooling family or if possible hire a tutor.
5. Evaluate your teen’s progress, make records, reports and notes periodically, and do some standard test, these are really needed specially when your teens will enter to college.
6. Join some home schooling groups for support and information either home schooling group that available at your area or online home schooling group. You can share with other member about home schooling your teens, some activities can be done with other homeschooler such as field trips, visiting libraries, museums, visiting other area and why not another states or countries.

Written with the same writer at HowToDoThings.com

Natural Sunscreen

The sun has many effects to human body, It is beneficial for human body in the morning from 7 am to 10 am changes the provitamin D into vitamin D that needed by the body. However, from negative side, the sunlight is major cause of a premature aging process .There are three forms of sunray, visible light, heat or infra red and ultraviolet light such as UVA and UVB. UVA which only causes tan as stimulate melanocyte to produce melanin in the skin layer, UVB which causes serious damage to the skin for example sunburn, skin cancer and premature aging.

Body's defense system against sunburn is different for each human body is different depending on the light or dark skin color and the moisture content of skin. Most of Caucasian produces low melanin that's why they more easily get sunburn, in other races melanin produce continuously, that protected from UV radiation. Besides melanin the moisture of skin is also plays an important role in skin protecting. Moisturizer could protect skin from sunray as a sunscreen.

Sunscreen protects your skin from UVA and UVB; it blocks and absorbs UV radiation. There are two types of sunscreen based on their ingredients, chemical sunscreen and natural sunscreen. Chemical sunscreen contains chemical ingredients such as parasol, titanium oxide and zinc oxide, Natural sunscreen contains raw material that has rich moisturizer would be able to block sunlight. Many sunscreens sold in the free market but does not have one when we can create your own, this article would give some natural sunscreen recipe for four types of skin, for normal, sensitive, dry and oily skin. These recipes made from mixed natural raw material combined with western and eastern recipes that make this not only have unique sense but we can also control the matrix material in compliance with the condition of our skin.

Sunscreen for Oily Skin

For Oily Skin

2-4 tbsp shea butter
3 tbsp floral wax
3-5 drops citrus essential oil
1/4 cup of rose water
1-3 drops peppermint oil

Mix together Shea butter, floral wax and peppermint oil in a heat and stir gently then remove from the heat, add rose water, wait about 5 minutes then add citrus essential oil.