Top 7 Foods To Incorporate In Your Diet To Help Combat Hair Loss

Seeing more strands in your brush and bathroom floor than usual is alarming, but don’t worry so much because there’s help. Aside from the topical and oral treatments, herbal scalp strengthening treatment is also an available procedure now. Moreover, experts are still trying to develop other treatment that can help with this condition.

Having said those, changing your diet is something you can do on your part to improve hair growth which is a great when combined with other hair loss treatment. Here are some of the foods that definitely boost hair growth.

1.      Salmon

Salmon is a great source of protein, which is an essential nutrient to produce keratin which is also a key structural component of hair. Eating protein rich foods like salmon helps grow new strands and strengthen the existing ones.  

2.      Honey

Honey is known to be a natural remedy for itching. A natural humectant, honey attracts moisture. It’s also full of antioxidants and nutrients to feed hair follicles that house the live part of hair, encouraging hair growth.

3.      Nuts And Seeds

A research published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology has found that omega 3, omega 6, and antioxidants greatly help in improvement of hair growth and hair thickening. A good source of these nutrients are nuts and seeds like walnuts and flaxseed for omega 3 and omega 6, while grapeseed, sun flower and sesame for oils.  

4.      Spinach

One reason why women experience hair loss is the lack of iron and vitamin D2, according to one study. To combat that, try to inject more spinach in your regular meals because it’s rich in iron and high in vitamin C, which aids in iron absorption.

5.      Oysters

According to National Institute of Health, oysters contain more zinc per serving than any other food. By zinc supplementation and eating more zinc rich food like oysters hair loss will slow down in most cases.

6.      Oils

Oils are great moisturizers, so when applied to the scalp it lessens itching due to dryness and flaking. They also protect the hair against protein loss. Needless to say, oil supplementation and application helps control hair loss. Pumpkin, rosemary, and coconut oil are the best pick for this.

7.      Seaweed

There has been a study where people with mild to moderate hair loss who ate more cistanche tubulosa (a desert plant used in traditional Chinese medicine) and laminaria japonica (edible brown seaweed) for 16 weeks experienced improvement in their hair volume and hair thickness.