With the festive season fast approaching, we all know too well that it’s our waistlines’ most dreaded time of year, but all that food needn’t all be doom and gloom. Did you know that what you eat can have a profound healthy effect on the condition of your hair?
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Must do’s for your hair
There are a number of Daily Must Do’s and hair care tips in order to maximize your hair potential for being healthy and looking beautiful. Eat Breakfast! Breakfast is one of the most important hair care tips and meal of the day for your body, and also for your hair. Energy to form hair cells …
Another miracle cure fo alopecia?
Another miracle cure for alopecia areata has been found – or so the Mail Online would have us believe. The nation’s go-to gossip site has reported on the latest so called ‘miracle’ treatment – a steroid more frequently used to treat chest infections. The Mail’s ‘revelation’ comes after Sarah Ford, a woman who started losing …
Dieting Can Cause loss of hair
Going on a crash diet that consists solely of baby food, cabbage soup, elaborate juice concoctions or a meagre amount of calories a day might enable you to lose a few kilos quickly. But you may also find 2-6weeks later that you are also losing your hair. Extreme diets that cut out essential food groups or unhealthily restrict your caloric intake are bad for your …
Hair is protein
Proteins are used to build tissue cells, including the cells of your hair, skin and nails. 80-85% of your hair is composed of a protein called keratin. Dietary proteins are your hairs’ building blocks – they make your hair strong and help keep it in its growing (anagen) phase.