The Best Food To Eat To Prevent Hair Loss
So, you’ve heard all about hair fall, hair loss, and other hair-related horror stories.
Naturally, you would want to avoid facing these problems;
after all, no one looks forward to losing their hair.
That being said, not everyone has the time to actively use hair products or perform eccentric
rituals in order to guarantee that their hair won’t start falling out with age.
The good news is that you don’t need to take any difficult measures
to prevent hair loss; you just need to improve your lifestyle.
Here’s how.
The most important aspect of preventing hair loss starts with nutrition.
Eat a balanced diet, and your hair stays intact for a lot longer.
It’s pretty simple and logical: when your body is healthy, your hair is healthy too.
Here are the types of foods you need to be eating:
Iron
Iron deficiency can lead to many diseases if taken too far, but mainly,
a lack of sufficient iron intake can disrupt the condition of hair follicles.
Examples of iron-rich foods that you can incorporate into your diet are eggs, red meat,
green leafy vegetables, fish, dried fruits, whole grains, and beans.
Vitamin C
This links back to iron, because foods rich in vitamin C help your body to absorb iron better.
Thus, consuming sources of iron
and vitamin C at the same time is the perfect power combo. Some great sources of vitamin C are
vegetables and fruits,
especially citrus fruits like oranges, kiwi, and pineapple.
Protein.
This is arguably one of the most essential ingredients of strong hair. Don’t believe me?
Take a look at your shampoo bottle;
you’ll probably see amino acids listed in the ingredients, and amino acids come from protein.
Not only does protein prevent hair loss,
it also improves how your hair is in general.
You can get good doses of protein from seafood,
dairy products (like milk, cheese, and yogurt), poultry, lean meat, eggs, and nuts.
Zinc
Just like vitamin C to iron, zinc is extremely important to protein
because it helps to build proteins in the first place.
Without zinc, you may feel your scalp becoming irritated or itchy, which leads to hair loss later on.
You can get a healthy helping of zinc from seafood like cuttlefish and oyster,
or from whole grain products.
Omega-3
The fatty acids of Omega-3 protect hair from dryness by keeping the scalp hydrated.
Not only are they extremely important for hair health, the body is also incapable of producing on its own,
leading you to have no choice but to find a way to get your own source of it.
Luckily, Omega-3 isn’t too hard to find;
most seeds and nuts contain it, plus white, oily fish such as mackerel, sardines, and tuna.
There are also plenty of Omega-3 supplements sold in general pharmacies.
Biotin
Sounds unfamiliar? It’s a B-vitamin that helps to give your hair a brighter, more defined colour,
so it stops hair from turning grey too early. It also prevents hair brittleness and split ends,
and taking too little biotin just encourages hair to fall out faster.
Doesn’t sound like a good idea, right?
So make sure you eat enough biotin; it can be found in wheat products, whole grains, and egg.
Know what not to eat. Okay, so you’ve got this great list of foods that will help prevent hair loss
and guarantee you healthy and thick hair till the end of your life, but that isn’t going to be enough.
So don’t stock up on healthy food once a day and then gorge on fats, oils, and sweets for the rest of the time.
Stick to a good, balanced diet. Food additives and artificial sweetener are known to be a contributing factor to hair loss.
And don’t think you’ll be scot free if you go on a diet. A low-calorie diet based on liquids not only severely stops
you from gaining much needed energy, it also makes your hair drop out faster.
So the only way to go is really to eat healthy!
By
Eunice
Writer
Global Hair Solution