Natural Treatments for Hair Loss

Hair is a barometer of your overall health.  The human body may not function properly without the right supply of foods. Foods are the main source of energy for the entire body, and for hair growth as well. Eating the right foods allows your body to create the energy needed, keeping your hair healthy and also to avoid loss of your hair. Healthy hair depends on changing hormones, the pills you take, and the foods you eat (or don't). The 100,000 strands, of your hair, are in fact, lifeless protein fibers. The living parts are the follicles, tiny hair-growing factories under your scalp.  Nourished mainly by the protein in your diet, and by carbohydrates like whole grains (that provide energy).  Essential fatty acids from fish, nuts, and soy (they hydrate follicles).  Vitamins B6, B12, and biotin, found in eggs, salmons, bananas, and spinach (they help strengthen your hair's outer layer, called the cuticle).  Iron is also essential because it ...

Candida is such a difficult condition to diagnose because it can affect each individual in a different way, on a different part of their body, in a way that may even be unique to that person. Dr. Leon Chaitow says in his book that, "Candida is possibly the least understood, most widespread cause of continuing ill health currently in our midst." Think of all the people suffering from the above symptoms, think of the number of times that you yourself have suffered from them, and you can see how this might be true!  Remember, your doctor is relying on you for an accurate description of your symptoms, so make sure you tell him everything! A Candida misdiagnosis can actually encourage Candida to grow further. If your doctor believes that you have IBS, Crohn's Disease or Gastroenteritis, he may prescribe the anti-inflammatory Cortisone. This introduces steroids to the gut, which will increase the growth of Candida colonies. IBS - abdominal pain, bloating, ga...

How a biological imbalance in our natural flora of the scalp can lead to Hair Loss Hair loss results from a combination of the following: 1. Genetic predisposition 2. Poor nutrition 3. Weak immune system 4. An environment that leads to an overgrowth of Candida fungus (Yeast) . 1. Genetic predisposition,Male and Female Pattern Baldness The most common cause of hair loss is a hereditary condition called male-pattern baldness or female pattern baldness. It usually occurs gradually and in predictable patterns — a receding hairline and bald spots in men and thinning hair in women. Pattern baldness is most common in men and can begin as early as puberty, and this type of hair loss may involve both hair thinning and miniaturization (hair becomes soft, fine and short).One cause of male pattern baldness is genetics, or having a family history of baldness, which influences the age at which you begin to lose hair, the rate of hair loss and the extent of baldness. ...