Food for Healthy Hair
Hair is a fairly good indicator of general health, as are the complexion, clearness of the eyes, and colour and quality of the fingernails. It is one of the doctor's instant indicators of negative or positive health. Like the outer covering on our body and fingernails, hair is a form of skin - a protein actually - called keratin. It gets its nourishment from the food we eat, and therefore fairly quickly indicates either the lack of nutrients, or often, the lack of absorption of specific foods.
Most adults have about 100,000 hairs growing on their heads, and these can survive for between two years and ten, depending on age, race and sex. It is generally agreed that heredity, food, moisture, protein and oils are the biggest factors in hair health. Undoubtedly, if you have parents or grandparents who have strong or healthy hair, you should too. That is, barring accidents, serious infections and a period of unusual strain or tension, since these and lack of sleep greatly affect the growth of hair and the way it looks.
Food for the Hair
Whether your hair is blonde, red, black or brown, shiny, dull, dry or oily, it will respond to intelligent and thoughtful food-nurturing. Some nutritionists consider brewer's yeast and liver the hair-restoring foods, and suggest careful examination of one's daily diet to check that enough B complex, A and C and calcium foods are taken, as well as the 'hair' minerals, iron, iodine and copper.
Of the minerals, lack of iodine is the most damaging, as it normally supplies the thyroid gland and helps with scalp circulation. If the circulation in the scalp is too slow it soon shows in extremely dull hair which falls out. If you are combing out huge clumps of hair you probably need professional help with this problem. As I have mentioned, if you are ill or not eating correctly your system removes the necessary nutrients from your nails, skin, teeth and hair to feed the more important functioning organs.
Since brewer's yeast is an excellent B complex supplement, take up to 3 to 5 tablespoons a day for real hair troubles. Other important foods for hair restoring are green salads and fresh raw vegetables, particularly watercress, white part of leeks, carrots, and potatoes, fruits, particularly apples and oranges. Fresh fish and some sea vegetation, liver twice a week, raisins, and poly-unsaturated oils like safflower (or sunflower, soy, wheat germ, corn or olive in that order) are also a necessary part of the diet.
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