Eating Right for Healthy Hair

1. Have a healthy balanced diet

Nutritional responses to preventing hair loss are simple common sense approaches to keeping you, your hair, and your scalp healthy. A healthy body is more likely to have healthy hair than an unhealthy one. It is possible that hair loss can be slowed by a healthy diet filled with vegetables and fruits. There are some vitamins and minerals that can be especially helpful in promoting healthy hair and thus preventing hair loss.

Caring Actively for your Hair

1. Wash hair regularly with mild shampoo. 

Hair washing help prevent hair loss as it can keep your hair and scalp clean (preventing the chances of infections that might cause hair loss). Provided you use a mild shampoo, clean hair will give the impression of more volume than dirty hair, which tends to sit flatter and more parted than clean hair.

Avoiding Damaging your Hair

1. Limit your use of hair dryers

Heat weakens hair proteins. Constant heating and drying can lead to brittleness and fragility that can cause hair loss that would not have occurred otherwise. Natural drying is best for you hair, so aim to dry it naturally more often than drying it with heat.

Using Natural Remedies for Hair Loss

1. Try onion juice

Although more scientific studies are needed, onion juice may promote hair growth in patients who suffer from alopecia areata. According to a small study of 23 participants, applying crude onion juice to the scalp twice a day promoted hair regrowth within six weeks in 20 participants.

Improving Your Hair Health

1. Eat hair-loss fighting power foods

Nutritional imbalances are often the cause for hair loss. Poor diet can lead to macronutrient (proteins, fats, carbohydrates) and micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) deficiencies which in turn can make your body unhealthy and cause hair loss. To support the health of your hair and your overall well-being, add some or all of the foods listed below to your diet: