Studies have revealed that men lose hair for some common reasons, like:
- Improper diet,
- Lack of proper vitamins,
- Genetic factors,
- Excessive stress, anxiety and worries,
- Prolonged illnesses like typhoid, anemia, dysentery, jaundice etc,
- Poor blood circulation, and
- Unclean scalps.
Once you have located the source of your problem, it can become much easier to fight back. In desperate times like these, it would help to go completely natural. Do not trust chemical products since they might cause more harm than good. To put your panicking soul to rest, here are 15 different ways to reduce hair loss:
- Take a glass of water with flaxseed (alsi) in an empty stomach. This will provide you with the omega 3 acid that you need for hair growth.
- Begin every day with one amla. Women generally use hair oil made of amla to get those lustrous curls, didn’t you know?
- Soak 5 almonds every night in water and eat them with their skin on.
- Your scalp needs nutrition. So get plenty of fluids like buttermilk, lime juice and coconut water. Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water every day!
- One bowl of sprouted pulses for would be great.
- Proteins. Eat chicken and egg each day.
- Reduce you daily intake of tea and coffee.
- When you are washing hair, use a teaspoon of lime juice for the last rinse. That make your hair lustrous while protecting it from dandruff.
- You are never too old for milk. Drink two glasses of skimmed milk for maximum benefits.
- Apply a paste of methi seeds on your scalp for half an hour once every week, and drink methi water on empty stomachs.
- Remember how the age old sadhus survived on fruits? No wonder that they had such long hair! Eat at least 2 or 3 fruits every day like strawberries, bananas, apples, mangoes, chikoos, and grapes.
- Go green- eat a lot of vegetables, munch away on that iron laden spinach.
- It is better to have more faith in white meat. Fish, chicken and egg can do wonders for your hair! Try to stay away from red meat.
Hair loss is more common in case of men than women. And you always did wonder whether gender difference worked out better for women, right? Follow these principles to the boots, and you would see satisfactory results soon enoug
Dietary fiber, dietary fibre, or sometimes roughage is the indigestible portion of plant foods having two main components:
.Soluble (prebiotic, viscous) fibre that is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and
Insoluble fibre that is metabolically inert, absorbing water as it moves through the digestive system, easing defecation.
.Living on a diet rich in fibre can help you reap rich rewards. It reduces cholesterol, regulates blood sugar, cancers and obesity, checks constipation, colitis and colon cancer and even haemorrhoids. An adult's recommended daily intake of fibre is 25-30gm.
Flaxseed: In addition to both soluble and insoluble fibre, flaxseed are rich in omega-3 fatty acids as well as cencer-preventing agents called lignans. You can sprinkle ground flaxseed on yogurt, salads or cereals to add a get some flavour while consuming them.
.....Top 5 Fibre-Rich Foods for Good Health
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....tweet12EmailPrint.....This is how Wikipedia defines a dietary fibre in the following way:
Dietary fiber, dietary fibre, or sometimes roughage is the indigestible portion of plant foods having two main components:
.Soluble (prebiotic, viscous) fibre that is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and
Insoluble fibre that is metabolically inert, absorbing water as it moves through the digestive system, easing defecation.
.Living on a diet rich in fibre can help you reap rich rewards. It reduces cholesterol, regulates blood sugar, cancers and obesity, checks constipation, colitis and colon cancer and even haemorrhoids. An adult's recommended daily intake of fibre is 25-30gm.
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We tell you about the top 5 high fibre foods below:
Flaxseed: In addition to both soluble and insoluble fibre, flaxseed are rich in omega-3 fatty acids as well as cencer-preventing agents called lignans. You can sprinkle ground flaxseed on yogurt, salads or cereals to add a get some flavour while consuming them.
Whole Grain/Bran: Cut down on maida and add more and more whole grain items into your diet. Use whole wheat flour, exchange your regular pasta with whole wheat (which contains 6.2 gm of fibre per cup of serving). Oatmeal and corn bran are also two good fibre-rich foods. It contains 12 gm of fibres while 30 gm of corn bran has 22 gm of fibre.
Nuts: Pistachio, almonds and walnuts have been known as great sources of protein. Little do the people know that they are also excellent sources of fibre. Raisins are oozing with both soluble and insoluble fibres. About 5 gm of raisins each day can prove to be extremely beneficial for your health
Greens: Not only are green leafy vegetables great sources of iron and beta-carotene, they are also full of fibrous content. Just a small cup of cooked greens such as spinach, turnip greens, and beet greens has 4-5 gm of fibre on offer. A medium size pear can give you at least 5 gm of of fibre and a large apple has 3.3 gm of fibre in it.
Legumes/Beans/Lentils: Beans have some of the highest amount of fibre that is available in foods. One cup of black beans or kidney beans can have as much as 15 gm of fibre or even more! With more than 15 gm per single cup of serving, lentils are second only to split peas when it comes to fibre content in vegetable sources.
