Thursday, 27 September 2012

Food Type for Healthy Hair

WHAT CAUSES HAIR LOSS

It is normal to lose between 50-100 hairs a day, this is part of the hair renewal process. However most people suffer from excessive hair loss at one time in their life. 

Some of the possible reasons for falling hair are: 

Tension
Too much work
Illness 

Radiation
Poor diet 

Meication
Childbirth
Over-exposure to the sun
Perming
Amateur bleaching
Too frequent and inexpert use of tints, rinses or other colourant.


Hair loss is caused by a lack of blood circulation to the scalp, Food is very Important for the blood circulation. Here are theFood types for Healthy Hair.

Flax seeds: 

Take a glass of water with flax seed (alsi) in an empty stomach. This will provide you with the omega 3 acid that you need for hair growth.

Amla

Begin every day with one amla. Women generally use hair oil made of amla to get those lustrous curls
.

Almonds

Soak 5 almonds every night in water and eat them with their skin on.

Buttermilk

Your scalp needs nutrition. So get plenty of fluids like buttermilk, lime juice and coconut water.

Water

Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water every day!

Sprouts

One bowl of sprouted pulses would be great to make your hair look healthy and lustrous.

Proteins

Eat chicken and egg each day.

Tea , coffee

Reduce you daily intake of tea and coffee.

Use lemon juice to rinse your hair

When you are washing hair, use a teaspoon of lime juice for the last rinse. That make your hair lustrous while protecting it from dandruff.

Milk

You are never too old for milk. Drink two glasses of skimmed milk for maximum benefits.

Methi seeds

Apply a paste of methi seeds on your scalp for half an hour once every week, and drink methi water on empty stomachs.

Fruits

Remember how the age old sadhus survived on fruits? No wonder that they had such long hair! Eat at least 2 or 3 fruits every day like strawberries, bananas, apples, mangoes, chikoos, and grapes.

Vegetables

Go green- eat a lot of vegetables, munch away on that iron laden spinach.