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What causes hair to fall? Among the several medical conditions (thyroid, hormonal issues, genetics etc), our diet can be a crucial reason for severe hair fall. Make sure you include the following foods in your diet to control hair loss: Oats: The fibre, protein, magnesium, folate, phosphorus, manganese, zinc and copper found in oats strengthen your hair and make your scalp healthy. Click here to buy them organic now! Spinach: An excellent source of folate, iron, vitamin A and vitamin C, spinach can prevent hair fall. Walnuts: Brimming with omega-3, 6, and 9 fatty acids, these nuts can strengthen hair follicles making your hair stronger, and healthier. Lentils: Don’t miss that dal with your rice. Lentils are a great source of folic acid – the acid responsible for the health of red blood cells that supplies oxygen to your skin and scalp. A good flow of oxygen will make your scalp healthy and prevent hair loss. It's time to start taking good care of your hair

Now that we are bang in the middle lockdown  and have plenty of time on our hands, this is the perfect time to turn our focus onto something which most of us are guilty of neglecting: us.  Perhaps one of the perks of social distancing is that it has given us some much-needed space. With less interaction with the outside world and other people, we do not have to worry about pleasing others and putting their needs over that of our own. Now is the time to put yourself first and do things that will make you feel happy and relaxed. In such difficult times we all deserve a little self-love and what better way to do that than self-care? Not to worry if you don’t know how or where to start, here are some tips for self-care that you can practice. Cooking Time to stir the pot a little, even if it is to make instant noodles. During the lockdown, cooking has emerged as a go-to chore for many to pass time, provide nourishment to the body, and to fill up the wide hole left by the absen

COVID-19 yet another gizmo for the people to acknowledge its xenophobia As long as people have walked the earth, there have been differences that separate them. From skin colour and language, to the ideals and traditions that they hold to be true. There are many results of these differences, both good and bad. When people do not react well to others who are different, it can cause xenophobia. Xenophobia can pertain to many things, with the basic meaning being a fear or dislike of something that is different or unknown to a person.It could even be considered a mental illness, as the people who are usually xenophobic believe there is something wrong with the belief system that they do not understand. However, this happens even when the beliefs are generally accepted by society and it is actually the person who struggles with being a xenophobe that holds the unaccepting beliefs.  Since late December, the novel coronavirus outbreak has spread all around the world, threatening mil