My Raw Odyssey: Attacking the Hair Loss Problem
More ammunition for my battle against hair loss
Date: 4/14/2006 12:46:54 PM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 1917 times Based on the raw food message boards I peruse, so many people lose hair
on raw that it seems to me it really should be made a prominent issue
on raw food forums as obvious sign of the change in one's nutritrients.
Hoping for a renewal in my battle to get my hair to stop thinning I
went back to Raw Food Talk, one of my favorite forums, looking
specifically for causes of hair falling out (not breaking off or failure to grow).
Some
of the ideas they listed included "your hair follicles are repairing
themselves," nutritional deficiency, "too much sebum in the scalp which
'starves' hair follicles," and detox. The detox answer is too vague for
me (and seems to be the universal answer to health problems related to
raw diets). However, I found all of the responses interesting and
really appreciated the opportunity to read about others' real-life
experiences.
The forum search reminded me to incorporate more
greens in to my diet. I eat salads, but I really don't eat enough
lettuce itself. I saw the greens idea several times on the RFT forum
alone, and I've read about greens before. I posted a question at Roger Haeske's website, wondering what he might think. His immediate response was:
Hi Allison, Can never be sure of the exact reasons for this happening. But this has happened to several people when switching to a raw diet. It's
possible that your body is not absorbing amino acids well enough. It
takes a little while for the body to get used eating new sources of
food. Over time this usually just corrects itself. But
make sure to eat lots of leafy greens. Try getting the equivalent of at
least a head of romaine lettuce per day. Also make sure to eat enough
calories. Some people do better with green smoothies in order to help them increase their consumption of greens. Check out this site: http://www.howtogoraw.com/Green-For-Life.html There
are several theories as to why some raw foodists initially lose hair.
But it could simply be that the body is rebuilding with better building
materials and discarding the old cells. So of course the old will fall
away gradually and be replaced by the new. You
just need to have some faith and make sure to eat as well balanced a
raw diet as possible. Get plenty of exercise, rest and sunshine. This
hair problem even happened with my ex girlfriend. But after a few
months it started correcting itself. But we also found out that her
mother is losing hair like crazy and she doesn't eat a raw diet. I
think with women who have long hair it's more of a problem. It tends to
crack and break easier. That hair is much older. If you cut your hair
often and it's shorter it can renew faster. Roger
I
found hope in the fact that people talk about the problem reversing
itself after a few weeks or months, sometimes after they refined their
diets to address the problem, and for others simply after they kept on
with the raw foods.
Today I'm going to start by making green
smoothies in my blender. I'll try various ingredients to make it taste
good- tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and spices, whatever it takes. I don't
have a juicer for those kinds of foods so I might be chewing my
smoothies down- but it's for a good cause! In the meantime, I cut my
hair short so that I will avoid hairstyles that will pull my hair out,
and I continue to wear it natural- I was never a big fan of perms and
lye anyway.
Wish me luck!
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