Everything in your
body, and that includes your hair, maintains its health and vitality
because of what you put into it. Is it possible to avoid baldness
forever by eating enough protein, vitamins, and minerals? The answer
is probably not. However, it may be possible to slow down or avoid
the hair loss caused by nutritional deficiencies, and keep the hair
you have remaining healthy and at its best.
It is widely known that eating well is essential for a healthy
heart, bones and other key body systems, but what you may not know
is that a lack of protein, good fat, vitamins, and minerals can
affect what grows out of the top of your head as well. Hair too
needs to be fed, and well fed, to maintain its ability to grow and
to stay put. Eating a steady diet of junk food is not good for your
hair. Some people who do not eat meat or dairy products could be
missing out on essential vitamins and minerals necessary for hair
health.
It has been well studied and documented that a diet which is deficient
is calories or protein can contribute to hair loss or hair that
doesn’t look healthy and vibrant. Patients who suffer with
anorexia nervosa, a disease where the patient eats far too few calories
to sustain good health, often experience hair loss. Hair which lacks
luster or is brittle and breaks off easily, may reflect a nutritional
problem with your diet. It is possible to get all the amino acids
your body requires from a proper well balance diet.
However, others are harder to absorb from the diet, and this worsens
as you get older. For some people, using protein supplements may
well have a beneficial affect on hair growth also. Essential amino
acids are found in lean meats, nuts, grains, soy, fish eggs and
dairy products. There are two sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine
and cysteine, which are crucial for maintaining hair health because
human hair needs sulfur for normal growth. The body also requires
sulfur to help retain healthy connective tissue formation.
- Methionine - this is an essential amino acid
that your body will not produce naturally, so it therefore must
come from your diet or from supplements. Foods which are rich
in methionine include sesame seeds, fish, meat and some other
types of plant seeds. The recommended dose is 250mgs per day,
however, by taking too much can cause toxicity because methionine
is broken down into homocysteine which can lead to heart disease.
- Cysteine - this supports hair growth by providing
sulfur to replicating hair follicle cells. Your body is able to
make this amino acid on its own. But is also found most high protein
foods such as eggs, milk, some cheeses, whey protein, chicken,
turkey, and duck. There are also vegetarian sources which include
red peppers, garlic, brussel sprouts, oats and wheat. It is recommended
that a dose of cysteine of 100mgs per day could have the effect
of increasing the sulfur percentage in hair, which has been reported
to increase the thickness and strength of the hair.
Good fats or essential fatty acids such as omega-3 and omega-6
oils are essential for your body’s functioning. They are only
obtained through your diet as your body can’t manufacture
them. They are obtained from foods such as salmon, sardines, tuna,
flaxseed, soybeans, pumpkin seeds and nuts oils. After a 4 month
deficiency of essential fatty acids, people report hair dryness,
change of hair colour, scalp redness and flakes. The consumption
of unsaturated fatty acids, for example fish oil or evening primrose
oil, has been found to improve hair texture and scalp redness after
only a few months.
However, there is an alternative view which believes that a diet
too rich in animal fat may contribute to hair loss. This was evident
in studies of the dietary habits of Japanese men after World War
II and how they changed. More men started eating greater amounts
of saturated animal fats and started complaining about hair loss.
This is an interesting relationship but it doesn’t prove cause
and effect, although it does show one possible effect of diet on
your hair.
In traditional Indian medicine, the weakness of the body is believed
to be the cause of hair loss. Their remedy is feed the body with
a diet rich in proteins, including meat, fish and dairy products.
The avoidance of fried foods, which are a source of saturated fats,
is also recommended.
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