Hair and weight loss
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dreamtobethin
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For me it is always the opposite; my hair get stronger and shinier when I eat right; not sure if you eat meat but if you do add fish like salmon to your diet which is high in omega 3 and helps your skin and hair look great; also taking a vitamin E supplement helps; make sure you have lots of water to drink this all helps.
busy91
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Jane if your hair (or skin) starts looking bad during a diet it is because you are not getting enough of what your body needs. The hair and the skin show what is going on in our body. If it looks great, you are eating properly, if not, you are not.
Perhaps you should look at what your eating on a daily basis. Or if you want to share with us your menu, maybe someone could spot what you are missing.
Perhaps you should look at what your eating on a daily basis. Or if you want to share with us your menu, maybe someone could spot what you are missing.
somethingnew987
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I think a big thing is to make sure you are getting enough water. Second, take a look at what sorts of things you are eating. If you are going for more pre-packaged diet foods, you are probably not getting enough of certain vitamins. I actually just started taking a pre-natal vitamin in hopes that it will help strengthen my hair and nails (supposedly they do that....we'll see).
It could also just be an age thing. Pretty much at around 19-20 I noticed my hair lost a lot of its shine.
It could also just be an age thing. Pretty much at around 19-20 I noticed my hair lost a lot of its shine.
What does your food plan look like?
James2
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Probably a piece of paper with some writnig on it, but that is not important right now.
(watched Airplane! last night, sorry)
I don't really have a real food plan, but I am doing something like food combining which my german cousin suggested me to do. It works quite well. In the morning I eat only carbohydrates and in the evening only proteins. For lunch I am allowed to combine carbohydrates and proteins. So I am almost sure that I am getting enough of what my body needs. But maybe I don't drink enough. I will try to raise my daily take-up of water!
Hair is protein - and needs protein to keep it the way you want...
I'd imagine it also needs some fats, the good kinds of fats to keep it shiny and healthy looking.
I'd make note of how much protein you're getting in a day..
I'd imagine it also needs some fats, the good kinds of fats to keep it shiny and healthy looking.
I'd make note of how much protein you're getting in a day..
Well actually I thought that I got enough protein in a day. But I might be wrong. I am going to write down how much protein I am actually getting every day. How much do you think I should get? Or isn't it possible to say it in general? Anyways thanks a lot for you statement. At least I know the reason now!
My hair gets into a funk sometimes too, I'm not sure what it is.. diet, weather or what. I agree with nvme about over washing. Try washing only your scalp w/ shampoo and not lathering the length of your hair & then only every couple days like she said. Just use conditioner in between shampoos.
I have long hair & my scalp doesn't produce a lot of oil so something I found works well is to oil my hair. I use a little coconut & jojoba oil on the length & comb it thru before I shampoo my scalp.. it helps to protect the length from the shampoo & keep it shiny.
I have long hair & my scalp doesn't produce a lot of oil so something I found works well is to oil my hair. I use a little coconut & jojoba oil on the length & comb it thru before I shampoo my scalp.. it helps to protect the length from the shampoo & keep it shiny.
This is my situation as well. Since I started eating better and drinking loads of water. I use to suffer from cradle cap/dandruff and since I've been eating right, it seems to be considerably less noticeable if not gone completely. My hair is also softer and shinier. Of course, I take multi-vitamins and I suppose this could attribute to my new hair-do.
MysticalMoon
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I really don't have an answer, but can tell you that maybe instead of "washing" so often, perhaps you can "condition only" between your washings. I haven't used shampoo in my hair for months because I mainly use herbs to clean the scalp or I condition only to freshen up from working out everyday.
wendysmiling
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I ate protien and fat and my hair still fell out in clumps. But that was a meat and veggie only diet.... my hair only partially came back. 
QUOTE=maleficent;389604]Hair is protein - and needs protein to keep it the way you want...
I'd imagine it also needs some fats, the good kinds of fats to keep it shiny and healthy looking.
I'd make note of how much protein you're getting in a day..[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=maleficent;389604]Hair is protein - and needs protein to keep it the way you want...
I'd imagine it also needs some fats, the good kinds of fats to keep it shiny and healthy looking.
I'd make note of how much protein you're getting in a day..[/QUOTE]
mikitta
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Before I changed my eating to be more healthy, I could sweep my hand through my hair and come away with enough strands to spin into yarn. Now, I only get one or two strands a couple times per day. My skin looks better and my hair is healthier since I started eating right and drinking enough water 
If you determine it's not your diet or what you are drinking, consider what you are using to wash your hair. It may be causing the damage.
God Bless,
mik
If you determine it's not your diet or what you are drinking, consider what you are using to wash your hair. It may be causing the damage.
God Bless,
mik
CurvesAhead
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My hair loss is not related to weight loss, but this info may help you just the same.
After my June 2007 hysterectomy, my hair started coming out in clumps. I now have all over thinning and a small bald patch in the back. Prior to my hysterectomy my hair was thick and in good condition.
During one of my post-op follow-ups with the OB-GYN surgeon, I told him and showed him my thinning hair and bald patch. He told me it was not uncommon after a long surgery (my surgery was 4 hrs) under general anesthesia to experience hair loss.
He told me that being under general anesthesia for a prolonged period can poison the hair follicles. The effect can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months before you start seeing excessive hair loss. Mine started approximately 6 months post-op.
Anyway, he told me to up my protein intake to at least 100 grams per day and to take a Biotin supplement at 1000 to 5000 mg per day.
I've been on increased protein and a 5000 mg daily Biotin supplement for a little over 2 months now. The excessive hair loss has now stopped, and I am beginning to get some re-growth.
Don't know if it would work in your situation, but increased protein and 5000 mg Biotin daily has worked for me.
After my June 2007 hysterectomy, my hair started coming out in clumps. I now have all over thinning and a small bald patch in the back. Prior to my hysterectomy my hair was thick and in good condition.
During one of my post-op follow-ups with the OB-GYN surgeon, I told him and showed him my thinning hair and bald patch. He told me it was not uncommon after a long surgery (my surgery was 4 hrs) under general anesthesia to experience hair loss.
He told me that being under general anesthesia for a prolonged period can poison the hair follicles. The effect can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months before you start seeing excessive hair loss. Mine started approximately 6 months post-op.
Anyway, he told me to up my protein intake to at least 100 grams per day and to take a Biotin supplement at 1000 to 5000 mg per day.
I've been on increased protein and a 5000 mg daily Biotin supplement for a little over 2 months now. The excessive hair loss has now stopped, and I am beginning to get some re-growth.
Don't know if it would work in your situation, but increased protein and 5000 mg Biotin daily has worked for me.
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wendysmiling
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I originally lost about 1/3 of my hair in the year after my hysto. I was 37 and doing a comb-over. The OBGYN had me on a testosterone/estdrogen mix and NEVER tested my blood levels. An endocrinologist caught my testosterone levels at over 300 (a man's level, women's is around 80). My hair NEVER came back. Please have your levels tested if it has not been done.