How to Stop Hair Loss?

Hair is a living part of your body just like your skin, teeth, or nails. The hair is fed by your bloodstream. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the health of your hair and scalp depends to a great degree on the quality of your blood, just as your general health depends on the quality of your blood.

The quality of your blood, which feeds your hair, depends on your nutrition. If your diet does not contain the necessary vitamins, nutrients, proteins and trace elements, then your blood becomes deficient in these elements and cannot supply them to your hair.

Usually, hair loss caused by acute disease is temporary and can be treated by dermatologist. Once the pathological condition has cleared up, the hair will, more often than not, resume its normal growth. However, the majority of hair loss in men is what experts call 'the male pattern baldness'. The culprit is the impaired blood circulation to the hair follicles because of nutritional deficiency, depression, or due to the over-influence of the male sex hormones on the galea.

"You are what you eat." The health of your hair is a reflection of the foods you choose to eat or not eat. Studies indicate that majority of the Chinese people have healthy, thick, black hair because of high content of vitamins B and C, minerals, and fatty acids in their daily diet. Likewise, the Japanese constant passion for seafood contributes to their radiantly thick, shiny hair.

Deficiency of any one of the several vitamins and minerals essential for our well-being promotes slower hair growth, unstable hair and scalp condition, scalp diseases like dandruff, and, eventually, hair loss. The secret to a healthy hair is to optimally support the hair follicles by supplying them with the nourishment they need to thrive. Eating three balanced meals a day of whole fruits, vegetables, lean protein such as poultry, fish, eggs, legumes, soy, and lean cuts of beef, whole grains, unsaturated fats, and low fat dairy products will ensure that all the body nutrient requirements are met. In addition, reducing or eliminating the amount of processed, refined foods, such as the "junk" foods we are surrounded with, improves our chances of having a healthy hair.

Hair is made of keratin, which is a type of protein. In should make sense, therefore, that a diet for healthy hair would be more of protein. Another mineral to consider seriously is Iodine, which is present in food and water in extremely small amount. Iodine is a help for the body in producing thyroxine, the substance necessary for a healthy thyroid gland. A healthy thyroid speeds up body metabolism and promotes healthy hair. In addition, omega-3 in salmon, mackerel, tuna, flaxseed oil, walnuts, almonds, and avocados is said to stop hair loss.

It is also important to note that strict diet for losing weight hinders the growth of healthy hair. Many crash diets and fad diets cancel these nutrients in their list. The last but not the least, a healthy, clean lifestyle is the major key to beautiful and healthy Mr. Hair.