Lifestyle: Foods That Can Make You Go Bald

Did you know that the food that you eat everyday is related to your hair loss or baldness? Well this article will attest to the saying that you are truly what you eat. Basically some foods are best to avoid or minimize if you’re trying to naturally reverse baldness or re-grow your hair. In some cases certain food groups could be triggering hair loss, and reducing the amount of them in your diet can have a significant impact on your hairline. Other times, there’s no one food in particular, but combinations of these foods over long periods of time can have an effect. Well, we drafted four foods that are conducive to hair loss and their general rules
Dairy FoodsDairy is often a big problem. Not only is it highly acid forming in our bodies but it can also trigger delayed allergic reactions, so for both reasons it should be avoided. Commercially available dairy is almost always pasteurized. But the process actually renders the naturally occurring enzyme in the milk useless. It’s this enzyme that allows us to digest the milk in the first place, and without it our bodies really struggle to digest the dairy making it nutritionally useless. Instead it is digested by harmful bacteria that give of waste products that go into our body. Dairy also blocks the pores resulting in an epidermic plaque skin which is more likely to build up on the scalp causing hair follicle miniaturization and hair thinning. Either only consume unpasteurized dairy or avoid it at all.
Carbonated drinksCarbonated drinks are the most acid forming food or beverage of them all. Not only this, but the sheer amount of sugar in them causes blood sugar levels to rise and then crash. Researchers have revealed that eating foods with low glycemic indices is the best, so as not to spike blood sugar levels. So instead of carbonated drinks, stay hydrated with these instead: Avoid tap water, drink filtered, distilled or ionised water instead, drink vegetable juices, homemade almond milk is incredibly healthy and almond oil has been proven to stimulate hair growth in mice. herbal and spice mixtures (ginger, cinnamon, lemon grass etc).
Greasy FoodsGreasy foods clog the arteries and can also cause greasy skin on the scalp. This often leads to hair follicle miniaturization, restricted blood flow and clogging of the sweat pores which can retrigger the hair loss mechanism. A good shampoo can help by washing away the grease and leaving the scalp ready from new hairs, but changing our diets to avoid greasy foods is best. However healthy fats can be very beneficial for hair growth so don’t take natural oils out of your diet.
Sugary CerealsSugary cereals and dairy can trigger the rise of blood sugar level which has been correlated with early stage male pattern baldness. It’s no wonder the ever increasing number of men suffering from hair loss when you look at the typical Western breakfast of pasteurized milk and sugary cereals. There’s no need to wait years for a baldness breakthrough. Remove these foods from your diet and kick start your journey to beating baldness.
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