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Reversing Hair Loss Naturally

Cures for Thinning Hair & Alopecia

Jul 18, 2008

Hair loss is often caused by long term stress, nutritional and other imbalances. It's possible to cure hair loss using natural therapies.

Losing hair is distressing since it is the "crowning glory" that says much about one's personality, gender, health, virility, etc. Thankfully there are many types of hair loss that can be totally reversed using natural methods.

Types of Hair Loss

Hair loss can be in patches about the size of a large coin (Alopecia Areata), complete hair loss (Alopecia Totalis) or it can be hair thinning that affects the whole scalp.

Contributory Factors

1. Long Term Stress

Long term stress is a common factor in hair loss. Long term stress undermines the way the body works by creating imbalances in the hormonal system. It is often important to make radical lifestyle changes in order to reduce stress levels so that the body can function correctly. Holistic therapies and counselling help to identify stress areas.

2. Poor Uptake of Nutrients

When absorption of nutrients is compromised the body cannot access enough of the correct building blocks for repair and maintenance. It will ration them so that the internal organs like the heart and liver will get most of the nutrients, leaving less for the skin and hair. For example, hair loss is often a sign of insufficient essential fats in the diet.

3. Poor nutrition

A poor diet also reduces the amount of essential nutrients that are available for repair and maintenance of the body. The body loses condition and we may experience poor healing as well as hair loss or hair thinning.

4. Yeast Overgrowth in the Digestive Tract

Many people have an intestinal yeast problem without knowing it. This gives rise to food intolerances and symptoms like bloating, gas and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

5. Toxicity

Many hair loss sufferers are also quite toxic. This can be caused by excessive medications or through an incorrect diet. Unfortunately many pre-prepared foods contain preservatives, sweeteners and other chemical additives. The air we breathe is often polluted with car emissions and other toxic substances. There comes a point where the body needs to be detoxified. This can be achieved through diet or through ionic foot detox.

Natural Cures for Hair Loss

The key to reversing hair loss is to tackle all of the contributory factors individually. Reducing stress levels could mean a change of job or attending to a relationship problem. One patient suffering from Alopecia Totalis had to learn to forgive her husband for a disastrous bankruptcy. After that she was able to heal.

Nutrition has to be brought higher up the list of priorities. This might entail including more salad meals and spending more time thinking about having a balanced diet. It could also mean taking a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement if the gut function is compromised.

Ridding the body of intestinal yeasts is often key to recovery. This is obtained by using probiotics in various forms – often it is best to use a good quality tablet or capsule form, especially if there is intolerance to yogurt and yogurt probiotic drinks.

Detoxifying the body through Ionic Food Detox during this process will speed up recovery.

References:

Candida Albicans, Dr Leon Chaitow, ISBN: 0-89281-795-X, Healing Arts Press, Vermont (USA)

Candida Albicans, Dr. Leon Chaitow, ISBN 0-00-715295-7, Thorsons/HarperCollins (2003) (UK )

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