Supplementally Speaking
10 Dec 2009 2 Comments
in High Diet, Stronger Hair Growth, More Vigorous Hair Growth, Bitter Taste, Biologically Active Sulfur, Supportive Substance, Most Abundant Minerals, Strong Bone, Strong Teeth Tags: Skin-care Products, Skin, Blood Vessels, Diet, Hair Care Products, Rich Diet, Raw Foods, Mineral-rich Food, Nutrient-dense Food, Organic Vegetables, organic Juices, Super-food Blends, MSM Supplementation, Hair Growth, Organic Sulfur, Fruits, Vegetables, Grains, Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane (MSM), Water-soluble, Solid Substance, White Substance, Odorless Substance, Active Sulfur, Silica, Abundant Minerals, Cartilage, Muscles, Teeth, Bone, Tissue formation, Silicon-rich diet, Aging skin, Aging Nails, Aging Hair, High-quality, Silicon-rich supplements, Radish, Romaine Lettuce, New Zealand spinach, Burdock Root and Oats, skins of Cucumbers, Bell Pepper, Tomatoes
A proponent of a diet rich in raw foods, Wolfe believes that “our diet must be raw, mineral-rich, and nutrient-dense to achieve the extraordinary result we are seeing.” Wolfe recommends a diet high in seeds, a wide variety of organic vegetables and juices and super-food blends. He also supports MSM supplementation: “The first thing you will notice after taking MSM is that your hair growth will be stronger and more vigorous.”
An organic sulfur-containing compound that occurs naturally in a variety of fruits, vegetables and grains, MSM, or methyl-sulfonyl-methane, is a water-soluble, solid substance. White and odorless, MSM has a slightly bitter taste and dissolves very easily, releasing bone-, skin- and hair-helping, biologically active sulfur. When MSM was fed to folks who were interested in improved hair health, nearly every participant showed increased hair growth when compared with a group taking a lookalike substance, according to Ronald M. Lawrence, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of the UCLA School of Medicine. An additional 30% showed improvement in hair brilliance.
Another supportive substance, silica, is one of the most abundant minerals on earth. In addition to its presence in sand, quartz and granite, the mineral is found in blood vessels, cartilage, muscles, skin and teeth, with the highest concentration found in nails and hair. A precursor to strong bone, teeth and connective tissue formation, a silicon-rich diet can improve the condition of aging skin, nails and hair. Silica is versatile in that it can be utilized both internally and externally, via high-quality, silicon-rich supplements and skin and hair care products. Foods high in silica include radish, romaine lettuce, New Zealand spinach, burdock root and oats, along with the skins of cucumbers, bell peppers and tomatoes. – Susan Weiner
Feed Your Hair
06 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
in All-natural Hair Care Products, Appearance of the Hair, Caring Hair Root, Inadequate Diet, Non-living Keratinized Proteins, Poor Dietary Choices, Raw Food Nutrition, Rich Network of Capillaries Tags: Blood Poor Circulation, Blood Vessels, Body and Shine Hair., Capillaries, Chemical Treatments, Cold-pressed Oils, Cortex, Cuticle, Desirability, Diet, Dietary Choices, Dull Hair, Eating for Beauty, Fibrils, Food Nutrition, Fresh Fruits, Fresh Vegetables, Hair, Hair Appearance, Hair Care Products, Hair Central Core, Hair Follicles, Hair Health, Hair Root, Hair Scalp, Hair Shaft, Hair Strands, Healthy Bouncing Hair, Healthy Follicles, Keratinized Protein, Lean Proteins, Living Organism, Malnourish Hair Follicle, Medulla, Minute Strands, Mucus, Network of Capillaries, Nutrient-rich Foods, optimum Hair Health, outermost Layer, Sebaceous Glands, Sebum, Self-esteem, Stress, Tension, Tiptop Shape, Whole Grains, Youthfulness
If you are what you eat, what is your hair made of? If the answer is fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and cold-pressed oils, you’re already eating for optimum hair health.
Our perception of ourselves—our youthfulness, self-esteem and desirability—is greatly influenced by the appearance of our hair. To build esteem, we cut it, color it, curl it, straighten it, perm it and subject it to an array of chemical treatments. But to get to the root of caring for your hair, you have to start from the inside out.
Your tresses demand the very same care as every other part of your body: nutrition and nurturing. Food choices are vital to hair health, since hair is typically the first area of the body to benefit or suffer as a result of poor dietary choices.
Healthy hairs originate in healthy follicles nourished by a rich network of capillaries, the tiny vessels that bring blood to the tissues. Inadequate diet, in addition to poor circulation due to muscles tightened by stress and tension, can nutritionally shortchange the 100,000 strands that push their way through your scalp.
While the scalp is a living organism, hair is not. Comprised of non-living keratinized proteins, each hair shaft consists of three parts: The cuticle, or outermost layer; the cortex, minute strands called fibrils that form 80% of the hair shaft; and the medulla, or central core of the hair. Sebaceous glands at the scalp’s surface lubricate the firs inch or two of hair with an oily substance called sebum keeping the remainder of your locks in tiptop shape is up to you.
“Malnourishment of the hair follicle is primarily caused by the clogging of the fine capillaries with mucus from mucus-forming foods,” says David Wolfe, authority on raw food nutrition and author of “Eating for Beauty. If dull hair is weighing you down, introducing more nutrient-rich foods to you die, in addition to using supplements and all-natural hair care products, can bring back healthy bounce, body and shine. – Susan Weiner
