Preventive tips, and suggestions to address healthy hair and skin through diet, nutrition and lifestyle modification.

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Skin is the largest organ of our body, and acts as a protective barrier, the first line of defence and the one that takes all the beatings of the outside world especially the harsh sun rays and chemical and air pollutants. In addition to this, certain lifestyle factors also have an impact on your skin. With a little extra care and attention you can retain your youthful healthy skin and delay skin aging.

Diet - the impact of an imbalanced diet reflects directly on the skin. Fad diets or crash dieting can deprive the skin of essential nutrients and make the skin sag, dull and lifeless.

A diet rich in proteins, vitamins, especially B complex, A, C and E have valuable anti-aging effects. The antioxidants in vitamins C and E protect the skin from sun damage and reduce damage in skin cells caused by harmful free radicals, which are responsible for aging of skin. Vitamin A maintains and repairs skin tissue.

Biotin, a B complex vitamin is important for skin, hair and nail cells.

Whole grain cereals, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, plenty of dark green and orange vegetables, consuming calcium-rich foods, such as fat-free or low-fat milk and other dairy products and eating healthy fats in addition to drinking plenty of water has a positive effect on skin.

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30 December, 2011 | Vijayalakshmi Iyengar | Reply

Dear ladies according to the American Academy of Dermatology as a rule most of us lose anywhere from 50 to 100 strands of hair each day. On `hair washed' days one may lose around 250 strands(But we should not avoid washing our hair to retain hair as it will for one eventually fall and far another unhygienic hair/scalp can cause more damage)
If one has been careful with diet and life style and yet appear to lose a lot of hair it could be due to predetermined genetic factors, family history, and the overall aging process or hormone problems.
Another factor to consider is self-inflicted damage- hairstyles like cornrows or too-tight braids can cause hair loss called traction alopecia.
Many of us manipulate our hair including brushing too much and towel drying aggressively when the hair is wet or things like-dyes, chemical treatments, bad brushes, blow dryers, and flat irons all which result in damage and breakage.
If your hair fall continues for a long time with no change in cycle please consult your dermatologist.
I hope we have been of some help to all of you.

29 December, 2011 | Manjula Bhatnagar | Reply

Hi,
My hair has recently been falling and it has become thinner also - could it be because I am going through menopause. I have tried homeopathy and alsoeat more fruits and vegetables. What other foods can I eat that will perhaps also help control hotflashes. Thanks

29 December, 2011 | Varsha Pandya | Reply

Does water to wash our hair, also affect hair fall? Sometimes suddenly there is a lot of hair fall and I start worrying about going bald :(.

29 December, 2011 | Pragya Sampath | Reply

Does the quality of water we use to wash our hair affect the quality? sometimes we experience a lot of hair fall and when all along you have not changed your diet or activity...plz help.

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