Your diet can adversely effect your hair, in both positive and negative ways. In the pre-WW2 era, Japan was almost immune to the effects of hair loss, many believe it is due to their very lean and light diet, since World War 2 balding has increasing them evident in Japan and many believe it’s due to the westernization of their diets. What you eat is distributed throughout your body via your blood, this can directly effect hair loss, or balding.
Know what makes your hair thrive is key to using your diet to help stem the effects of hair loss. Hair is made of Protein, other chemicals that play a positive role in hair growth are Iron, Vitamin B and Calcium. As with all things to much of a good thing can have negative effects. Men who eat a lot of meat have increased levels of testosterone and that causes the DHT levels in your body to increase therefor advancing hair loss at an accelerated rate. The first rule to dieting for hair-loss control is eat green. Below is a list of the top 10 most beneficial foods for controlling hair loss. Diet can be it’s own successful form of hair loss treatment if proper knowledge is acquired and self-control is used.
1. Fish, is one of the only 2 non-liver meats on this list. Fish is extremely high in protein, and contains a whole slew of nutrients that helps your body all around. Fish is the healthiest meat for your body, and this goes for your hair as well. Fish is an incredible source of protein, ‘good fats’ and other chemicals that make your bodies various systems thrive. Eat fish!
2. Beans aside from being a gastrointestinal black sheep contain a very high content of protien and other nutrients that your hair growth process relies on. Any form of bean applies, from baked beans to green beans.
3. Eggs have increasingly become a food that health-minded people are eating more often. Eggs are extremely healthy for you, and contain a very high amount of proteins and vitamins. Eggs also contain a bit of vitamin C, which promotes the absorption of proteins into your blood system.
4. Raisins aren’t just a healthy kids snack, they also contain loads of Iron which promotes creation of hemoglobin which is the little systems in your blood that disperse oxygen efficiently throughout your body. Proper oxygen dispersion in your scalp is very important for healthy hair. This can also slow the signs of hair loss, and if poor blood-oxygen levels are to blame for the balding can completely at times halt the advancement of hair loss.
5. Cheery Juice, not from concentrate, but organic is an extremely rich source of iron, which promotes a whole slew of healthy events that help accelerate your bodies attempts at stopping the loss of hair. Iron is one of the 3 most important nutrients for your body when it comes to healthy hair.
6. Dark Greens, leafy vegetables are extremely rich sources of calcium and iron, both vital to healthy hair. If you are anemic or have an iron deficiency than green leafy veggies are going to be one of your saving graces when you try to halt the advancement of balding or pattern male baldness.
7. Seafood is an extremely lean meat. Research has proven that high-fat diets promote the loss of hair, and one of the corner stones of any hair loss treatment is to reduce the amount of fat in your diet. Seafood also contains a lot of iron and protein which is vital to a long lasting and healthy head of hair.
8. Potatoes skin contains very high amounts of silica, silica is vital to the protection of the mechanisms that your follicles use to produce healthy and long-lasting hair. In the Soviet Union silica treatments were very successful at completely halting hair loss and in rare cases restarting the growth of healthy hair. Eat whole vegetables, including things like bean sprouts.
9. Dates are another source of both Iron and Vitamin C. Vitamin C promotes the absorption of protein into your blood stream and makes your blood much better equipped to support healthy hair growth and slowing the advancement of a receding hairline or hair loss in general.
10. Soy Milk and Tofu are extremely high in iron, and iron is known to be a very integral chemical to promote new hair growth and extend the growth periods of individual hair follicles.