Music Therapy Might One Day Help People With Epilepsy

SUNDAY, Aug. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Music therapy might someday help people with epilepsy, a new study suggests.

About 80 percent of epilepsy patients have temporal lobe epilepsy, in which seizures originate in the temporal lobe of the brain. Music is processed in the auditory cortex, located in the same region of the brain, which is why researchers from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center wanted to study the connection.

The study authors said that the brains of epilepsy patients appear to react to music differently from the brains of people without the disorder.

“We believe that music could potentially be used as an intervention to help people with epilepsy,” Christine Charyton, adjunct assistant professor and visiting assistant professor of neurology, said in an American Psychological Association (APA) news release. Charyton plans to present the research Sunday at the APA’s annual meeting in Toronto.

The researchers looked at how different types of music and silence were processed in the brains of 21 people with epilepsy. Whether listening to classical music or jazz, all of the participants had much higher levels of brain wave activity when listening to music, the study found.

Brain wave activity in the epilepsy patients tended to synchronize more with the music, especially in the temporal lobe, the researchers said.

“We were surprised by the findings. We hypothesized that music would be processed in the brain differently than silence. We did not know if this would be the same or different for people with epilepsy,” Charyton said.

Music therapy wouldn’t replace current epilepsy treatments, but might offer a new method to use in conjunction with traditional approaches to help prevent seizures, she concluded.

Findings presented at meetings are generally considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

More information

The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about epilepsy.

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Parents of Kids With Diabetes Need to Plan for School Days

SATURDAY, Aug. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Parents of children with diabetes need to plan how their child’s condition will be managed while at school, experts say.

“Diabetes is a disease that must be managed 24/7. Failure to do so can result in serious short- and long-term medical complications,” Linda Siminerio, a certified diabetes educator and co-chair of the American Diabetes Association Safe at School Working Group, said in an association news release.

“It’s therefore imperative that every student with diabetes has a plan in place to meet their diabetes needs at school as well as off-site, during field trips and at all school-sponsored activities,” she said.

Before school starts, parents need to write and update diabetes care plans, meet with the school nurse and other school staff who will provide care, make sure the school has ample supplies, and familiarize themselves with federal and state laws that provide legal protection to students with diabetes, Siminerio said.

The goal of the Safe at School campaign is to make sure that all children with diabetes have access to proper diabetes care during the school day and at all school-sponsored activities, she added.

Currently, 30 states have laws that ensure children with diabetes have access to proper care at school, and a number of other states are considering this type of legislation. More than 208,000 American children under the age of 20 have diabetes.

“Having a full-time school nurse is a great start, but what we’re really talking about here is having other school staff trained to provide needed care, because even a full-time school nurse can’t be everywhere at all times,” Siminerio said.

Jane Kadohiro, a certified diabetes educator and nurse who led the effort to pass Safe at School legislation in Hawaii, agreed. “Teachers and other volunteers can be trained to do a fine job, especially if parents and diabetes educators are available for consultation during the training process,” she said in the news release. “Teaching a teacher or a volunteer is no different than teaching parents how to maintain diabetes control for their children.”

Older children may be able to self-manage their diabetes, but sometimes state laws or policies place barriers to them providing their own care, Siminerio explained, adding that there’s a need to change such laws and policies.

More information

For more on diabetes at school, visit the American Diabetes Association.

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Many U.S. Adults Sext, and It May Even Help Some Relationships

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter

SATURDAY, Aug. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A new survey finds more than eight in 10 adults admit to sending or receiving a sexually explicit text message — commonly known as “sexting” — and many say the practice leads to increased sexual satisfaction, particularly when couples are involved.

“Most people have focused on the dangers of sexting and how it can harm a relationship,” said study lead author Emily Stasko, a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. “But context matters. Sexting is definitely something that many adults are doing, it’s not going away, and the findings indicate that it can actually be good for relationships and sexual satisfaction.”

The poll found that about three-quarters of those who sext do so with a committed partner. And roughly the same percentage sext while in the comfort of their home.

More than four in 10 of those polled said they had sexted while in a “casual relationship,” and nearly one-third copped to sending sexts either while on the job or elsewhere outside the home. Just 12 percent said they used this form of communication to cheat on someone.

Stasko was scheduled to present her team’s findings Saturday in Toronto at a meeting of the American Psychological Association. Findings presented at meetings are generally viewed as preliminary until they’ve been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

To get a snapshot of current sexting habits, the study team conducted a 20-minute online survey among 870 Americans. The participants were between the ages of 18 and 82, with a median age of 35, the researchers said.

All of the respondents were heterosexual. Nearly six in 10 were women, and more than 80 percent were white. While more than four in 10 said they were currently married, an equal number said they had never been married.

Investigators found that nearly 88 percent said they had sent or received a sext at least once in their lives. And 82 percent said they had sexted in the last 12 months, the survey revealed.

Men were more likely to think of it as a “fun” and “carefree” experience, and more likely to view the behavior as an expected part of their relationship. Women, on the other hand, appeared to be slightly more likely to want to send texts than to receive them, the researchers said.

But greater sexting frequency was linked to greater sexual satisfaction among both men and women, particularly when sexters were in a relationship, the survey found. In fact, with the exception of those who said they were in a “very committed” relationship, couples who sexted more often were more likely to say they were satisfied with their relationship. For those in very committed relationships, sexting made no difference in sexual satisfaction, the study found.

By contrast, sexting had little effect on sexual satisfaction for people who weren’t in relationships. Twenty-six percent of the group described themselves as single, the survey found.

“Sexting is a behavior that people do for many different reasons,” said Stasko. “The motives can differ, and differ at different times for the same person,” she added.

“So I would say that not all sexting is equal,” Stasko pointed out. “It’s not all positive. For example, while 60 percent said they never sexted when they didn’t want to, that still means that 40 percent did. But at the same time, it’s not all negative. It’s a type of sexual communication, but it’s also more generally just another type of communication, period. And it’s one that might actually make it easier to talk about sex for those who might have a more difficult time of it face to face.”

Jeffrey Hall, an assistant professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, said the current findings are “part of a larger discussion that is recognizing that sexting is a likely outgrowth of sexual talk in the context of new and ongoing relationships.”

Hall said, “Assuming that no one is scandalized that relationship partners talk about sex, we should also not be scandalized that people in relationships are talking about sex on their mobile phones.”

And, he added, “as mobile devices continue the steady march toward achieving the status of fully domestic technologies — like the television and the home computer — it should come as no surprise that we treat them as a means to carry on relationship business as usual, including talking about sex.”

More information

There’s more on sexting at AARP.

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6 Reasons to Love Spicy Food

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Spicy foods are hot, pun intended. According to a report from Technomic, the majority of consumers (54%) say that hot or spicy foods are appealing, up from 46% in 2009, and the trend is popular across nearly all age ranges. The NPD Group says 56% of U.S. households keep hot sauce in their kitchens, and it seems that everyone, from restaurants to food companies are spicing up their offerings, from ghost pepper ice cream to roasted jalapeno KIND bars.

Turns out, in addition to rousing your taste buds, all of this spicy stuff may be great for you, according to a new study that linked spicy food intake to a longer life. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences looked at the diets of nearly half a million men and women over seven years, and found that people who ate spicy foods almost every day had a 14% lower risk of death, compared to people who added heat to their meal less than once a week. The protective effect was similar in both men and women, and stronger for those who did not consume alcohol. Among women, frequently downing spicy foods was linked to a lower risk of death specifically from cancer, as well as heart and respiratory diseases.

The study authors call for more research to determine if the results are the directly related to spicy food, or if perhaps they’re a marker for other lifestyle factors. But even still, right now there are many reasons to heat things up. Still need convincing? Here are 6 facts that just might surprise you.

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You can learn to love them

Many people don’t love spicy foods, I know. But if you’re one of them, hear me out.

When I met my husband, mild salsa was too hot for me. But he’s a fire-eater from Texas who can happily down more than one whole habanero at a time, so I set out to build my tolerance. The best way to do it is to start small, and slowly up the heat from both fresh peppers and spices, which are rated according to a scale called Scoville. Scoville heat units correspond to the amount of capsaicin, the substance that gives hot food its fire.

For example, a bell pepper, which isn’t spicy at all, scores a 0. Low on the scale are pepperoncino at 100 to 500 units, then Anaheim peppers at 500 to 1,000, and Pablanos at 1,000 to 1,500. Jalapeños, which can vary in hotness, rate between 2,500 and 8,000. You get the idea. (For the record, going up the scale are serranos, cayenne peppers, Thai peppers, scotch bonnet, habaneros, and then crazy hot varieties, like scorpion peppers, which are about 200 times hotter than a jalapeño.)

I doubt I’ll ever polish off a whole habanero like my hubby, but after experimenting, I now enjoy using small amounts of whole or dried peppers in cooking. I fold diced jalapeño into guacamole, add crushed red pepper or a small amount of minced chili pepper to stir frys, and season veggie chili with ground cayenne and black peppers. I can now tolerate hot salsa, and some hot sauces, which can add a delicious kick to grilled veggies, black beans, or steamed spinach.

RELATED: 20 Filling Foods That Help You Lose Weight

Spicy foods may help with weight loss

According to a 2011 study from Purdue University, heating things up may help rev your metabolism. Previous studies had linked consuming red pepper in high doses in tablet form with suppressing appetite and boosting calorie burn, but researchers wanted to see if normal amounts added to foods offered the same benefits.  So they recruited 25 people; half of the participants reported liking spicy foods, while the other half did not.

The volunteers were then assigned to down either no hot pepper, their preferred amount, or a standard portion of cayenne, about half a teaspoon. In the end, both hot pepper groups burned more calories when they consumed spicy food, compared to the control. And bonus: those who had been infrequent spice eaters also reported feeling less hunger and fewer cravings for salty, fatty, and sweet foods.

Spicy foods may help clear out your sinuses

If you’ve ever had a runny nose after eating something spicy you’ve experienced this effect. The capsaicin in peppers is similar to a compound found in many decongestants, so the hotter the pepper the greater the impact.

RELATED: 8 Hot and Spicy Snacks Under 80 Calories

If you’re ever stuffed up, add a pinch of cayenne pepper to a cup of hot tea. Breathing it in and sipping it may help stimulate the mucus membranes that line your nasal passages to drain, so you can breathe easier.

It’s interesting to note that hot peppers also protect nasal membranes in another way. They’re a rich source of vitamin A, which helps to form strong mucous membranes, which serve as a barrier to prevent germs from getting into your body.

You can enjoy them in summer, too.

When you think of spicy food you may think of warm Indian dishes or chili, but in the heat of summer you’re probably craving cold foods. That’s okay, because spices work well in a variety of chilled dishes. Add a bit of minced fresh pepper or a pinch of dried ground hot pepper to gazpacho, guacamole, coleslaw, salsa, hummus, chilled bean dishes, kimchi, and cold protein salads (chicken, tuna, egg).

Consuming a little heat on a hot day may actually help you feel cooler by making you sweat a bit. If your sweat can evaporate (as long as it isn’t too humid), you’ll cool down.

RELATED: 3 Tricks to Cool Down Spicy Food

Spicy foods are good for your heart

Hot peppers have been shown to lower heart disease risk by decreasing levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol, increasing “good” HDL, and improving circulation. In fact, capsaicin is currently being studied for its ability to treat circulatory problems, hardening of the arteries, and irregular heart rhythm. Hot peppers also contain an impressively long list of antioxidants, including those known to help fend off aging, and fresh or dried hot peppers are a great way to flavor up meals without having to add salt or sugar.

Spicy foods may help stop ulcers

You’ve probably heard the old wives’ tale that hot peppers burn a hole in your stomach or cause ulcers. The truth is hot peppers actually protect against ulcers. That’s because bacteria called H. pylori cause most ulcers, and capsaicin from hot peppers may help to kill those bacteria. One Asian study found that people who ate mostly Chinese food, which contains less capsaicin, had three times the frequency of ulcers compared those who mostly ate much spicier Malay or Indian food.

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Cynthia Sass is a nutritionist and registered dietitian with master’s degrees in both nutrition science and public health. Frequently seen on national TV, she’s Health’s contributing nutrition editor, and privately counsels clients in New York, Los Angeles, and long distance. Cynthia is currently the sports nutrition consultant to the New York Rangers NHL team and the New York Yankees MLB team, and is board certified as a specialist in sports dietetics. Cynthia is a three-time New York Times best-selling author, and her brand new book is Slim Down Now: Shed Pounds and Inches with Real Food, Real Fast. Connect with her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

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More Hepatitis C Cases Being Seen in Urban ERs

FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) — New research reveals high rates of hepatitis C infection among intravenous drug users and baby boomers seen in urban emergency departments.

And three-quarters of those who tested positive for the potentially deadly virus did not know they were infected, the researchers added.

“Given skyrocketing rates of injection heroin use around the country, we expect the already high rates of hepatitis C infection to explode,” said study author Dr. Douglas White, from Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif.

Hepatitis C is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States, and it is a leading cause of liver failure, liver cancer and liver transplants.

Researchers said the disease was found in 10 percent of the emergency department patients who were tested, and 70 percent of them had chronic infections. Only 24 percent of the patients who tested positive for hepatitis C knew they were infected.

The study was published online Aug. 6 in the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine.

“Intervention by emergency departments, in the form of screening and referral for treatment, could help slow the spread of this potentially deadly, communicable disease,” White said in a journal news release.

“We have a better than even chance of reaching many of the 3 million people who are infected, since they tend to be heavy emergency department users already,” he concluded.

The rate of hepatitis C infection is as high as 4 percent among baby boomers (people born between 1945 and 1965), who account for 75 percent of Americans with the infection. Almost 2 million baby boomers with hepatitis C do not know they are infected, the researchers said.

More information

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about hepatitis C.

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Face-to-Face Support Groups Still Best for Staying Sober: Study

FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Traditional face-to-face support groups are better than increasingly popular online support groups at helping people with substance abuse problems stay sober, a new study finds.

Researchers surveyed 141 women and 55 men, aged 18 to over 60, who used both types of support groups. More than 90 percent of the participants had been in recovery for more than a year.

People who attended more face-to-face meetings had greater success in achieving and maintaining sobriety than those who used online support groups more often, the findings showed.

One factor that may explain that difference is that participants said they were less likely to be dishonest in face-to-face meetings than online. A commitment to honesty is a major part of 12-step substance abuse recovery programs, so being dishonest could jeopardize recovery, the researchers said.

The study was presented Thursday at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual meeting in Toronto. Research presented at meetings should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

“One of the most hotly debated media issues today is whether our rapidly increasing use of social networking might be supplanting face-to-face-interactions and, if so, what the social consequences might prove for us as a culture,” study first author Donald Grant, of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, Calif., said in an APA news release.

“Our study focused on better understanding the strengths and weaknesses of online versus face-to-face sobriety support,” he added.

While the findings do not show a significant shift from in-person to online support groups, they do suggest there is a move in that direction.

“With more and more people engaging in online sobriety support, the recovering community and professionals alike wonder what impact these modern platforms could have on both the future of Alcoholics Anonymous and its membership,” Grant said.

“When comparing the short amount of time online sobriety support has even been accessible to the number of those participants currently engaging with it, the likelihood that its popularity will only grow seems probable,” he concluded.

More information

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has more about substance abuse treatment.

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Could Too Many Refined Carbs Make You Depressed?

By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Refined carbohydrates — such as those found in white bread, white rice and sodas — may harm more than the waistlines of older women. New research shows that eating too much of these highly processed foods might also raise their risk of depression.

Luckily, the opposite also appears to be true: The analysis also found that those who ate lots of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and dietary fiber appeared to see their risk for depression drop.

The study involved more than 70,000 women aged 50 to 79. The findings, the investigators said, only show an association between “refined” carbs and elevated depression risk, rather than a direct cause-and-effect relationship.

“[But] it is already well known that people who suffer from depression tend to crave carbohydrates,” said study author James Gangwisch, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry with the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York City.

So the researchers set out to look at the dynamic in reverse. The goal: to see whether consuming refined carbs — a known driver of high blood sugar levels — actually raises depression risk among women with no recent history of mental illness.

The apparent answer: Yes.

Gangwisch and his colleagues reported their findings Aug. 5 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The investigators reviewed nutrition and mental health records collected at 40 clinical centers across 24 states and the District of Columbia during the well-known Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study.

None of the women had any history of substance abuse, depression or any other form of mental illness in the three years leading up to their enrollment in the study.

The result at the end of the study: The more refined sugars a woman ate, the higher her blood sugar levels and the greater her risk for a bout of depression.

As to why, Gangwisch said that “one likely explanation is spikes and troughs in blood sugar [levels] that result from the consumption of these foods. Blood sugar that is too high induces an elevated insulin [hormonal] response that can lower blood sugar to levels that induce a hormonal counter-regulatory response.”

The result can be a rise in anxiety, irritability and hunger. Similarly, plunging blood sugar levels often translate into fatigue, he said.

Asked whether refined carbs might drive depression risk among other groups of people, Gangwisch said that he “would presume that our results could also apply to men, although I cannot say definitively.”

But Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, cautioned that the dynamic could shift, depending on age and gender.

“The outcomes could be very different in younger women due to hormones, and of course in men,” she said. But “the important outcome to me, as a registered dietitian, is that the women who consumed diets higher in vegetables, fruits and whole grains had a lower incidence of depression. So, the question is not: do the [highly refined] foods contribute to depression? It is: do women at risk for depression simply choose these foods?”

That point was seconded by Lona Sandon, a registered dietician and assistant professor of clinical nutrition with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

“When you feed your body and brain healthy, whole, nutrient-rich foods, you feel better,” she said. “You may feel better and have a better mood, simply because you know you are doing something good for your body,” Sandon suggested.

“What is not clear from the report is whether or not the depression or consumption of refined carbohydrates came first,” she added. “Many people make poor food choices when they are depressed or even stressed, and may reach for refined carbohydrates — like chocolate — in an attempt to improve their mood.”

Regardless, registered dietitian Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of nutrition at Penn State University in University Park, Pa., said the current study is “part of an important piece of emerging literature.”

“People are just starting to explore the connection between nutrition and mental health,” she said. “And I think this work will add fuel to a fascinating area of study, which is certainly worthy of more investigation.”

More information

There’s more on diet and mental health at Mental Health America.

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NYC Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak May Be Slowing

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City is showing signs of slowing, city health chief Dr. Mary Bassett said Friday.

In a statement, the head of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said that there have been no new deaths, and no new reported cases over the past 24 hours.

Ten people have died, and 100 more are known to be infected with Legionnaires’ disease, in an outbreak that has been traced to water-filled cooling towers in the South Bronx.

However, “we now see the frequency of diagnoses decreasing, as well as the number of emergency department visits for pneumonia in the South Bronx,” Bassett said.

“We have fewer new cases, people are seeking care promptly and getting treatment promptly,” she added. “We’re optimistic that we’ve seen the worst of this outbreak, and that our remediation efforts are having an impact.”

Health experts note that the elderly, smokers and those with respiratory conditions are most vulnerable to the potentially deadly bacteria. New York City health officials said that of those who died, all were older individuals with other medical conditions.

And it’s possible new cases will crop up still.

“There are probably going to be more cases because the disease has a long incubation period — 10 to 14 days,” said Dr. Robert Glatter, an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Another expert explained that the disease is more likely to get a foothold during warm weather.

“Every summer, when we are using air conditioning, the odds of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease increases,” said Dr. Debra Spicehandler, an infectious diseases specialist at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y.

Hospitals routinely test their water for Legionnaires’, she said. However, hotels, apartment buildings and offices are not required to test for it.

Glatter said that most of the people who are affected by Legionnaires’ are the elderly, people who smoke and those with chronic medical conditions, such as emphysema or asthma. Children and young adults are usually not affected, he said.

According to Glatter, the bacteria is commonly found in water and soil. “However, when it is able to set up shop in cooling towers where the water is warm, it can reproduce quickly and spread,” he said.

But Spicehandler noted that “it’s a very simple, treatable disease most of the time.”

Among the young and healthy, the infection runs its course without treatment, but among those at high risk, up to 30 percent can die, Glatter said.

Fortunately, Legionnaires’ cannot be spread person-to-person, Glatter said. “It is airborne and is contracted by inhaling it or, in theory, through drinking water,” he said.

Legionnaires’ causes fever, cough and chills, Glatter said. If caught early, it can be treated with antibiotics.

“Death is usually caused by respiratory failure,” Glatter said. “The bacteria overwhelms the lung tissue and reduces the ability to get oxygen into the lungs. Asphyxia [suffocation] is the main cause of death,” he said. “Death can occur within three to five days or sooner.”

Legionnaires’ disease was first seen among 2,000 American Legionnaires attending a convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1976, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak was linked to air conditioner cooling towers in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. That outbreak sickened 221 people, and 34 died.

“People should not be alarmed at this point,” Glatter said. “The cooling towers are being cleaned and disinfected, and these measures should make the public feel safer,” he said.

More information

Visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more on Legionnaires’ disease.

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Quinoa milk recipe (high protein)

 

Celeb chef Teresa Cutter shows us how to make quinoa milk. It's easier than you might think!

With the march of coconut and almonds into milk cartons, it’s not easy choosing a faux moo juice. While researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València are experimenting with hazelnuts, walnuts and chestnuts, we’re topping up our microwaved lattes with celeb chef Teresa Cutter’s  high-protein quinoa* milk. 

Ingredients*

Makes 1 litre (eight 125 ml serves)

• 250 g cooked quinoa

• 1 litre (4 cups water to blend)

• 2 fresh, pitted dates or stevia

• 1 tsp vanilla extract/paste

Method

Combine the quinoa and half of the water into a good high speed blender.

Blend at medium to high speed until creamy. This should take about 30 seconds to a minute.

Add the rest of the water and blend again.

Strain through a fine sieve and store the milk in the fridge for up to four days.

Per serve: kJ: 126
Fat: 0.4g Carb: 5.3g Protein: 1g Sugars 0.7g

*If you’re sensitive to gluten, play quinoa by ear as it may be cross-reactive.

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See How This Man Found Out His Wife Is Pregnant Before She Did

 

Youtube is already overflowing with creative pregnancy announcements, with a mom-to-be surprising her partner with the exciting news. There are many variations in this canon of Internet ephemera: some are heartfelt, some comical, but this Youtube family just took the trend and turned it totally on it’s head.

Related: 15 Factors That Affect a Woman’s Fertility

Sam Rader, co-star of the popular Youtube channel Sam & Nia, uploaded a video yesterday in which he succeeds at surprising his wife Nia Rader with the news of her own pregnancy.

Filming in the couple’s bathroom, he begins by explaining that he’s always wanted to surprise Nia by telling her that she’s expecting, and that the night before while he was at work, Nia texted him to say her period was two weeks late.

He proceeds to collect Nia’s urine from the toilet with a dropper—whispering “she thinks I’m in here going poop!”—and then drips some of her pee onto a home pregnancy test. After seeing a positive result, Sam freaks out for a few minutes, before heading out to the kitchen to tell her.

First, he teases her about her possible pregnancy, to which she replies, “We’re not going to announce it like this … I haven’t even taken a test yet.” That’s when Sam runs back to the bathroom (around the 4-minute mark) to get the test that he took for her.

Nia can’t believe it at first of course, just laughing it off. But then—either she knows her husband all too well, or this whole thing was staged—she says, “What did you do? Did you get a dropper out of the toilet?”

The rest of the video, which has now been viewed more than 4 million times, shows how Sam and Nia’s adorable two kids react to the news.

Related: 10 Ways to Boost Your Odds of Getting Pregnant

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