DIETING AND HAIR LOSS

darrensurrey

Interesting stuff!

Ashleyyyb93

I've had this too!! I am not eating enough on a daily basis and also not getting enough of the nutrients I need to survive. Perhaps look into your food diary and see where you may be lacking??

If it doesn't improve...see your doctor?? x x

Bobby__Clerici

It's just a myth.....:embarassed:

Onesnap

check out WebMD for some help.

Also, eating healthy does not cause hair loss but genetics do.

My grandma was wearing wigs by her 40s.



Get a hair cut, use a weekly hair mask, and make sure to take your vitamins.

elsinora

The only time that happened to me was when i was being stupid and exercising excessively and not eating very much and starting losing my hair ....

AckieJ

Bump

jlbeals

I haven't noticed thinning hair, but my fingernails got more brittle for a little while (I usually have very strong nails). Over the past few weeks that's improved.

I would definitely make sure you're eating enough and taking a multi-vitamin. Perhaps consult a doctor?

Akimajuktuq

As already mentioned: FAT and PROTEIN, eat lots, every day. Don't be afraid of natural saturated fats such as coconut oil and grass fed/wild animals. Contrary to what we have been told for 30 years or more, saturated fat is healthy and required for optimal health. If you are eating in a healthy way, then you should NOT be losing more hair than normal. It's more important to focus on health first and the weight loss will follow; at least that's how it's working for me.

BinaryPulsar

For some people iron deficiency can also cause hair loss. Have your doctor check your iron and hormone levels just to make sure.

I experienced hair loss over the course of a month. I was eating over 2000 calories, getting lots of protein and vitamin rich foods. I experienced it because of stress. It was traumatic stress (not regular daily stress), so I made it a priority to reduce stress as much as I could, to be calm, take deep breaths, meditate, and just overall manage my life and emotions in a good and healthy way. And that has had benefits to me far beyond my healthy hair. I also took silica gel to help with healthy hair growth, skin and nails. My hair started growing back in right away (since it was only from stress).

vim_n_vigor

Common problems are:

Diet related:
not enough fat in the diet
not enough calories in the diet
vitamin deficiencies (specifically vitamin A, B12 and Biotin)
not enough protein
not enough iodine (are you severely restricting sodium while working out hard?)

Non-diet related:
hormonal problems
Thyroid problems
Alopecia areata
Scalp infections
Other skin disorders. Diseases that can cause scarring, such as lichen planus and some types of lupus, can result in permanent hair loss where the scars occur.

MemphisKitten

It happens to me too.

meshashesha2012

you're probably not eating enough (probably eating far below your BMR?) and not giving your body adequate nutrients. hair isn't as an essential thing as keeping your organs working so if you aren't eating enough to sustain the basics then you'll get hair loss.

for the record my hair skin and nails are all doing just fine, but then again i've only decreased my calories to 5-10% below TDEE which leads to slower weight loss, but i'm not doing any damage.

GoldenSpider

It could be your diet, BUT, I will tell you, about three years ago, I switched to a largely vegetarian diet. My hair started coming out so much, I had to put clumps of it on the side ledge of the shower so I wouldn't clog the drain. I thought it was diet all that time, until I got my blood and hormones tested. Just like how women lose hair after giving birth because of hormone shifts and progesterone/estrogen imbalance, I had coincidentally also abruptly stopped taking birth control pills after 14 years when it started. This was the reason, not my diet at all. There are many factors in hair loss. I encourage you to find the reason quickly, so you won't be like me, now, three years later, with all lengths of baby hairs flying this way and that on the crown of my head, looking like an idiot, because I denied I had a problem and let my hair fall out for over a year.

Akimajuktuq

I lost 40 lbs about 4 years ago... then my hair got thin... I also bought a Chili and Rosemary shampoo they sell at Walmart which makes your hair grow fast then stops it from thining,,,, I lost 25 pound in 2012 within 3 months my hair did it again.. I using the shampoo then my hair is sprouting it works

what brand is that shampoo? ive noticed mine thinning, even though i take multivitamins and eat plenty.

No shampoo will prevent hair loss, regardless of grandiose claims. It is completely a nutritional issue. Multivitamins do not replace a healthy diet (not saying that you said that). It is absolutely essential to eat enough fat (including healthy saturated fat) and one thing that many dieters are doing, unfortunatetly, is minimizing their fat intake. The negative health issues of a low fat diet go far beyond hair loss. Your body is trying to tell you something.

alexbusnello

This is totally me. My hair is super thin now.

does it grow back once you eat more?

Akimajuktuq

It could be your diet, BUT, I will tell you, about three years ago, I switched to a largely vegetarian diet. My hair started coming out so much, I had to put clumps of it on the side ledge of the shower so I wouldn't clog the drain. I thought it was diet all that time, until I got my blood and hormones tested. Just like how women lose hair after giving birth because of hormone shifts and progesterone/estrogen imbalance, I had coincidentally also abruptly stopped taking birth control pills after 14 years when it started. This was the reason, not my diet at all. There are many factors in hair loss. I encourage you to find the reason quickly, so you won't be like me, now, three years later, with all lengths of baby hairs flying this way and that on the crown of my head, looking like an idiot, because I denied I had a problem and let my hair fall out for over a year.

Stopping bc gave you a negative side effect like hair falling out.. I don't buy it. In that case, I should be bald since I've been off bc for 20 years. (Yes, I'm exaggerating.) Stopping birth control is generally a positive thing for our bodies. If you are a vegetarian, do you consume soy in large amounts? If so, then it's similar to being on bc. I'm not suggesting that your experience is invalid, but I think your conclusion that it wasn't diet related may be incorrect. My opinion only.

Having read/heard many accounts about negative health issue of vegetarian, and especially vegan, diets directly from people who ate that way for years, has convinced me that our bodies generally deteriorate from such a diet. Hair loss would be a good first sign of a poor diet.

zenchild

Watch your fat, watch your protein, watch your overall calories. Make sure you're getting enough.
Try a prenatal multi-vitamin and take it with a meal that includes fat (for fat-soluble vitamins).
Ask your doctor. It could be something hormonal.
Have you recently gone on or off birth control? That can have an affect on your hair.
Coconut oil is good for your hair. Eat it and put it on your hair as a deep conditioner (also good for your nails).
Eat more avocados. You can also smash them up and use them as a deep conditioning mask for your hair but why put it on your head when you could eat them?

Sarauk2sf

It could be your diet, BUT, I will tell you, about three years ago, I switched to a largely vegetarian diet. My hair started coming out so much, I had to put clumps of it on the side ledge of the shower so I wouldn't clog the drain. I thought it was diet all that time, until I got my blood and hormones tested. Just like how women lose hair after giving birth because of hormone shifts and progesterone/estrogen imbalance, I had coincidentally also abruptly stopped taking birth control pills after 14 years when it started. This was the reason, not my diet at all. There are many factors in hair loss. I encourage you to find the reason quickly, so you won't be like me, now, three years later, with all lengths of baby hairs flying this way and that on the crown of my head, looking like an idiot, because I denied I had a problem and let my hair fall out for over a year.

Stopping bc gave you a negative side effect like hair falling out.. I don't buy it. In that case, I should be bald since I've been off bc for 20 years. (Yes, I'm exaggerating.) Stopping birth control is generally a positive thing for our bodies. If you are a vegetarian, do you consume soy in large amounts? If so, then it's similar to being on bc. I'm not suggesting that your experience is invalid, but I think your conclusion that it wasn't diet related may be incorrect. My opinion only.

Having read/heard many accounts about negative health issue of vegetarian, and especially vegan, diets directly from people who ate that way for years, has convinced me that our bodies generally deteriorate from such a diet. Hair loss would be a good first sign of a poor diet.

While I actually agree with your argument that a good balance of fats is very important for health, our bodies do not deteriorate from a vegetarian diet that is balanced anymore than they do from a non-vegetarian diet that is balanced. Vegetarian =/= poor diet. A poor diet = a poor diet.

mayamagallanes

My doc put me on a prenatal for hair loss

DontStopB_Leakin

Malnutrition/a vitamin/macro deficiency.

My hair actually got thicker when I started watching what going in my mouth. As did my nails.