Hair, like any other part of the body needs nutrients to help it grow properly. Vitamins, of course are one of the sources of nutrients for your hair and can be a natural hair loss treatment. The problem which can occur is that you do not get enough vitamins to the scalp for a couple of reasons, which can be behind what causes baldness. The first challenge is that for a lot of people they just are not getting enough vitamins into their diet due to the food they eat. My advice to these people would be to try and ensure that they are getting their five a day in terms of fruit and vegetables, if you struggle with the 5 a day then try and get good quality supplements instead.
What you may also find happens to the hair in getting a good amount of vitamins to it is that if your body needs these nutrients elsewhere, this being the case then they will go where they are needed and whats left will go to your scalp. So in essence when your body needs to repair somewhere, then it will pull the nutrients to that particular point and whats left will then go elsewhere.
Back to the food aspect, eating a balanced and varied diet is obviously good for your health anyway, but even so because of the way food is produced and transported these days, even taking your five a day may not be enough to get you all your vitamins that you need, this can mean even less nutrients for your hair. Also there are two items that are regularly put in our food which are not good for us in excessive amounts anyway, and can affect the hair and they are sugar and salt, the good news is there are some vitamins we can use to combat salt and sugar, and we’ll take a look at them now.
Retinol which is found in Vitamin A is believed to be particularly helpful. You are looking to take between 10,000 to 25000 IU’s, and the amount varies depending on your size i.e. the bigger you are the more you take.
After vitamin A you need to then look at the vitamin B group. Vitamin B is thought too be very beneficial against hair loss and can easily be found in supplement form. One thing to bear in mind if you supplement with vitamin B is that your body will only use what it needs and excrete what it does not so you may find your urine going an interesting shade of yellow.
Vitamin C is next up. Be careful with vitamin C as taking too much can lead to an upset stomach. To get best results take somewhere between 300 and 400 mg.
You need to be taking around 4-800mg of vitamin E, but make sure you do not exceed 800mg, and again judge your dosage by your frame, the smaller you are the less you should take. If you have trouble digesting fats you may want to take a water soluble version of vitamin E.
Lastly, there is vitamin H that is really a B vitamin. Vitamin H when taken in conjunction with vitamin B is really beneficial for slowing down hair loss, dosage wise you should be looking at 300mg.
So, these are some of the vitamins to help you how to prevent hair loss, however before you start taking supplements you may want to check with your physician first, just to make sure you are not going to have any adverse side effects and also they will be able to help advise you on dosage levels.
