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Hair
care
Your hair needs nourishment!
Your hair
needs constant nourishment! As you get older, the condition of your hair
at this season of the year may start to worry you. Your hair may get thinner,
dry and brittle, and you may notice significant hair loss after taking
a bath. Maybe you already tried asking your hairdresser: "What's
happening to my hair?" and received just a casual answer: "Take
vitamin and mineral supplements." Are you upset by this apparent
lack of attention? Don't judge too hastily - your hairdresser is right!
More hair-conditioner, scalp-oils, massages, and avoiding all of the external
causes of hair-stress may sometimes help, but this is not enough. Your
hair, like other parts of your body, needs nourishment.
Although
everyone knows they need proper nutrition to have healthy bodies, most
people don't realize the same holds true for their hair and nails. In
fact, an extensive study showed that many Americans and Europeans lack
adequate vitamin A-just one of the nutrients most essential for healthy
hair and nails. To grow properly, new hair (and the same applies to nails)
needs protein, minerals (particularly Ca, F, Mg, Zn, Se) and vitamins,
particularly Biotin.
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Hair-healthy
eating
Good sources of important nutrients
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| Proteins |
Cold-water
fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel, sardines) |
| Calcium
(Ca) |
Milk
and dairy products, green leafy vegetables |
| Selenium
(Se) |
Brazil
nuts, mushrooms, cabbage, onions, wholegrains, garlic |
| Zinc
(Zn) |
Red
meat, seafood (mussels, oysters), brewer's yeast, wholegrains, bran
flakes, wheat-germ, eggs, cocoa |
| Fluorine
(F) |
Cold-water
fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel, sardines), millet , black tea, water |
| Magnesium
(Mg) |
Vegetables,
legumes, seeds (pumpkin, sunflower), crab-meat, milk |
| Biotin |
Liver,
egg yolk, soy products, oats, nuts, carrots, brewer's yeast, wheat-germ,
Brussel sprouts |
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To
track down the possible cause of hair problems, look at the table
below:
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| Problem
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External
causes
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Internal
causes |
| Skin
Allergy |
Use
of hair-colorant, etc. |
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| Hair
dull and lusterless |
Nutritional
deficiencies |
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| Dandruff
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Over-the-counter
shampoos containing salicylic acid or coal-tar, room-environment too
warm and dry |
Skin-fungus
that causes the scalp to overproduce greasy scales |
| Fragile
hair |
Hair-ribbons
etc. too tight, straining hair-roots |
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| Burnt
hair |
Use
of hair-dryer too close to scalp |
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| Dry
and brittle hair |
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High
anxiety-level |
| Split
ends |
A
lack of unsaturated fatty acids may be at the root of this problem |
Hair`s
protective sheath may be damaged |
| Static
electricity |
Alcohol-containing
hairsprays, dry air indoors in the winter |
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Thinning
hair-strands |
Recent
faulty dieting, lack of protein, essential vitamins and minerals |
Short
club roots may restrict the proper growth and strengh of hair |
| Poor
color quality |
Not
proper nutrition |
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| Changes
in texture |
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Estrogen-replacement
therapy, birth-control pills, pregnancy, hormonal imbalance |
| Hair
loss |
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Age
over 30, bad diet, poor blood-circulation, stress |
| Losing
hair-strands by the handful |
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High
anxiety and stress |
| More
shedding than usual -- even widespread thinning and bald patches |
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Side-effects
of long term medication |
Eating
of cold water fish, nuts, soy products, millet, oats, brewer's yeast,
wheat-germ and special nutritional supplements for hair and nails gives
your hair the strength it needs to withstand daily exposure to sun, frequent
shampooing, bathing, chemicals, bacteria and damage from blow dryer heat.
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contains proteins, essential vitamins and minerals needed to stimulate
healthy hair and nails growth. Improve scalp circulation. Maintain
fullbodied hair. Reduce dry scalp.
Maintain color highlights. Add shine and luster.
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