Losing Or Greying Of Hair? Calcium Can Help You

Losing or Graying of Hair? Calcium Can Help You

The hair has a nature to lose its natural colour with age. But premature greying is not the accepted condition.

Cause of Premature Graying & Losing of Hair:

• Premature greying has been associated with heredity.
• It also associated with many autoimmune disorders like anaemia; thyroid, premature ageing, stress.
• Other environmental factors include ultraviolet light, weather, pollution, smoking, drugs, trace elements and nutritional deficiencies.
• Crash diet or eating disorder like anorexia nervosa (eating less), bulimia nervosa (eating lot) can also result in hair loss.
• Malnutrition also causes for hair loss & grey of hair.

The sebaceous gland of the scalp secretes an oily substance called sebum which is rich in nutrients & responsible for lustre & blackness of hair.

Diet is an important part to prevent the hair loss & premature greying of hair.

• Calcium, pantothenic acid (animal liver, fish, shellfish, chicken, egg yolk, milk, mushrooms, broccoli, and sweet potatoes) is good to prevent hair greying.
• Iron (spinach, liver, nuts, and whole grain) & vitamin B₁₂ (meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products) have a good role in hair growth & pigmentation.
• Protein (meat, fish, egg, lentils, and nuts) are the very important nutrient for hair growth. Because hair is made up of protein.
• Zinc (meat, seafood, egg, whole grain, dairy products) deficiency also cause for hair fall.
• Intake more amount of sea foods & vegetables.
• Intake lot of vitamin C (citrus fruits, kiwi fruit, guava, berries, broccoli). Eat Indian gooseberry or amla which is good for hair growth & hair pigmentation.
• Lack of folic acid (dark leafy vegetables, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower) may responsible for white hair.
• Include omega 3 in the diet. ( fish oil, walnuts, flaxseed oil)
• Avoid smoking
• Intake lot of antioxidant rich foods.
• Adequate sleep is also an important factor along with diet.

Role of Calcium in Hair Growth & Hair Pigmentation:

• Calcium is important for hair treatment & for proper nourishment. But calcium alone is not able to prevent hair problems. But yes, calcium deficiency leads to hair loss. Milk & dairy products such as cheese, yogurt, paneer, and Ragi are the good source of calcium, should be included in the daily diet. Broccoli, sesame seeds are also a good source of calcium.
• Avoid eating coffee or caffeinated beverages, chocolate, soda, and alcohol. Because it blocks calcium absorption in our body.
• Cut sugar consumption. This includes artificial sugar also. Because too much sugar leads to insulin resistant. As a result, pancreas continuously secretes insulin, even at in an appropriate time. And too much insulin blocks the calcium absorption in our body.
• Phosphorous (milk & milk products, meat, lentils, nuts, whole grain), magnesium (whole grain, fish, fruits), vitamin C (citrus fruits, kiwi fruit, guava, berries, and broccoli) helps to absorb calcium in our body.

So, for healthy hair need to intake proper diet, like a  lot of vegetables, nuts, milk & milk products, whole grain cereals, lentils, fish and fish oil & need mental relaxation.