You lose an average of about 100 hairs a day, the University of Maryland Medical Center notes. As part of the aging process, hair can begin to thin and baldness can occur. Illness, medications or emotional stress can also contribute to hair loss. Visit a health-care provider if you notice unusual or excessive amounts of hair loss. For milder cases of hair loss, address your nutritional health to help stimulate new hair growth.
Step 1
Take a vitamin D3 supplement daily. Endocrinologists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine reports in 2002 that this vitamin helped stimulate new hair growth in mice.
Step 2
Eat plenty of protein, found in foods such as beans, eggs, or cottage cheese. Add foods rich in iron and minerals, including dark leafy green vegetables such as kale, and vegetables rich in sulfur, such as onions. Obtain vitamin E from avocados and nuts.
Step 3
Consume coldwater fish such as salmon twice a week to obtain essential fatty acids.
Tips and Warnings
- QuickCare.org suggests brewer's yeast, liver, dates and raisins as hair-healthy foods. Eat foods with active acidophilus cultures, such as yogurt or a probiotic, to keep the digestive tract healthy and productive.
- If are experiencing pain or an itchy scalp associated with the hair loss, have abnormal bald spots or are high excessively fatigued, contact your doctor. Avoid consuming sodas, refined sugar and unhealthy fats. Do not pull at your hair or wear it back in tight ponytails. Let your hair naturally dry instead of blow-drying.
Things You'll Need
- Vitamin D3 supplement
- Beans
- Cottage cheese
- Eggs
- Dark leafy green vegetables
- Avocados
- Nuts
- Fish
- Onions
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