If you are like me, you hate to wait for anything and that includes your hair growing. So, how do you speed up the process? The three essentials to fast hair growth are:
- Lots of water
- Aerobic exercise
- Eating mineral rich foods or taking extra minerals in supplements
Taking 22.5 milligrams of zinc daily along with a multivitamin will speed up the process. Shampooing once a week and using products that cleanse gently, nourish and strengthen your hair will also keep your hair from breaking. Exercise is so imperative because heart pumping exercise speeds up blood flow. Getting more nourishment to the papilla of the hair and perspiration unclogs the pores and helps to rid your body of toxins.
Drink 10 to 12 8oz glasses of water daily and eat lots of leafy dark green vegetables.
Now, lets talk a little more about zinc…
Another reason it is important to get enough zinc when fighting hair loss is the distribution throughout the body. A portion of your body’s total zinc is held in the hair follicles. But zinc is also being used elsewhere, for eyesight, memory, smell and taste, digestion, etc. If you have a zinc deficiency, your body will rob the hair follicles first to make sure zinc is available to processes that are more biologically important. Mother nature doesn’t care about your hair as much as being able to see, smell and taste.
So, if hair growth is important to you, get more zinc in your life but don’t overdo it!