Diet and Hair Loss

You might have heard it for a million times that dieting can be dangerous to your health, if you don't keep to a balanced diet but probably a serious shock is necessary to make you believe it. A pretty serious shock can be when you start losing hair, instead of fat. If this does not make you believe that dieting is a science and violating basic nutrition rules can be pretty dangerous, then probably only an urgent visit to the emergency ward or a severe eating disorder can convince you that your body needs vitamins and minerals.

Well, this was a bit like looking at the funny side of dieting without rules but unfortunately cases of hair loss due to poor diet are not that exotic. The good news is that dieting can rarely lead to permanent baldness and once you restore your normal eating habits, and most important you resume the supply of vitamins and minerals, your hair will start growing again. If you need more information about how to lose fat fast without damaging your health, check this place. LINK TO THE LOSE FAT FAST SITE.

Compared to the other causes of hair loss, dieting is not such a frequent reason as are stress, hormones and hereditary factors but while these three factors have been discussed widely, dieting is more or less been kept secret about and as a result of this few people are aware that weight loss can cause hair loss as well.

The most frequent reason why a diet causes hair loss is lack of iron, though there are other nutritional deficiencies as well that also lead to hair thinning and hair loss. Changes in the level of zinc, protein, magnesium, fatty acids and vitamins D, B and A can also cause hair shedding beyond the normal. With all that said, you have probably guessed that it can be any unbalanced diet that causes hair loss.

Hair loss due to dieting affects men and women in the same way but since it is mostly ladies who diet to lose weight and who generally pay more attention to their appearance than men, often men don't even notice that their hair is thickening because of a diet (or even if they notice, they contribute it to a different factor or just take hair loss as normal for guys over 25-30 years of age).

With all that said, one shouldn't jump to the conclusion that all diets should be forbidden, since they are so dangerous. No, a wise diet, which includes balanced nutrition is not so likely to lead to hair loss like a diet that cuts off food considerably and aims at losing as many pounds as possible as soon as possible. It is rapid weight loss, not weight loss in general, that causes hair loss. So if you keep to a diet that provides you with balanced nutrition, you will hardly see your hair falling.

Diets low in proteins and iron (for instance vegetarian diets and very-low-fat diets), or high-protein diets like the Atkins diet that do not encourage a lot of fruit and vegetables are both harmful for your hair. Yes, these diets might be effective for weight loss but generally when people lose 25 or more pounds in a couple of months, the reason for this is malnutrition, which in turn causes hair loss.

Dietologists recommend to choose a not-so-fast-slimming diet because generally they are the balanced ones. Losing one or two pounds a week (and keeping the trend steady over time) is a safe bet but still it does not hurt to take nutritional supplements, for instance vitamins and minerals. In many cases multivitamins are the best choice because they provide a combination of all valuable substances your body needs but if you know that you have a particular deficiency, for instance you lack iron, then you might consider special iron-enriched capsules.