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Hair Loss > Diet and Hair Growth

Hair is part of the complete biological system of the human body; disturbance in one part of system can cause dysfunction in other parts. To maintain optimum health, it is best to maintain a healthy diet and regular exercise regimen.

Hair growth and thinning is mostly determined by your genes and the way the hair follicles respond to hormones. A very poor diet can cause thinning of hair and speed up the onset of hereditary hair loss. Getting the right nutrients is important to help keep your hair healthy and shiny.

The best way to maintain a healthy vitamin and mineral intake is a good diet. It is not necessary or advisable to go out and buy a bunch of over-the-counter vitamin supplements. It is easy to overdose one with over-the-counter vitamins particularly when taking supplements of fat-soluble vitamins and minerals, causing toxicity and adverse reactions. The likelihood of doing this is far less with food; therefore, it is always best to obtain the bulk of your vitamin and mineral requirements from whole foods.

Experts agree that following the Food Guide Pyramid, which is a general eating guide that includes all of the daily food groups, offers a reliable and easy-to-follow plan to guide you through developing a healthy diet. A healthy diet ensures the intake of essential vitamins and minerals that contribute to your health and a healthy head of hair. Regular exercise and stress management are also essential to good health and are important for the prevention and treatment of temporary hair loss. It is suggested to make any change in the diet only after consulting a nutritionist or your health care provider.

Food Pyramid for Diet:

What your hair needs?	It's effect on hair	What to eat?	What to avoid?
Proteins	Hair itself is made up of protein.	Meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs, yogurt, soybean, etc.	Sugar, processed foods, fatty red meats, full fat dairy products; caffeinated products such as coffee, tea, cola drinks and chocolate. They can deple te the body of nutrients and raise adrenal levels, which will cause a chain reaction of producing more androgen and causing hair loss.
Vitamin A	Vitamin A helps to develop healthy cells and tissues. Its deficiency commonly causes thickening of the scalp, dry hair and dandruff.	Liver, fish oil, eggs, fortified milk; red, yellow, and orange vegetables are good sources for vitamin A, as are some dark green leafy vegetables like spinach.
Vitamin B6, B12, Biotin	These are important to maintain the level of iron, which helps in carrying oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.	Brown rice, Cauliflower, Mushrooms, Oats, Sunflower seeds , Walnuts, Soya, Peas, lentils, Cooked egg yolk, etc.
Vitamin C	Vitamion C is responsible for the development of healthy collagen, which is necessary to hold body tissues together. Its deficiency can cause split ends and hair breakage.	Fresh peppers, citrus fruits, melons berries, potatoes, tomatoes and dark green leafy vegetables.
Vitamin E	Vitamin E is necessary to provide good blood circulation to the scalp by increasing the uptake of oxygen.	Green leafy vegetables, nuts, grains, vegetable oils, and most ready-to-eat cereals, which are fortified with vitamin E.
Folic Acid	Important for iron absorption	Marmite, Calf's liver, Chick peas, Endive
Iron	Ensures healthy supply of oxygen to hair.	Green leafy vegetables, kidney beans and bran
Zinc	Zinc is responsible for cell production, tissue growth and repair, and the maintenance of the oil-secreting glands of the scalp. It also plays a large role in protein synthesis and collagen formation. For this reason, zinc is important for both hair maintenance and dandruff prevention.	Seafood, oysters, oats.
Copper	It is necessary for the production of hemoglobin.	Good sources of copper are liver again, seafood, nuts, and seeds.
Iodine	Hair needs iodine for growth.	Seaweed, salmon, seafood, lima beans, molasses, eggs, potatoes with the skin on, watercress and garlic.
Silica	Silica is vital to the strength of hair, and although it will not necessarily stop hair from falling out from the follicle, it will stop hair breakage. It works by stimulating the cell metabolism and formation, which slows the aging process.	Rice, oats, lettuce, parsnips, asparagus, onion, strawberry, cabbage, cucumber, leek, sunflower seeds, celery, rhubarb, cauliflower, and Swiss chard.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFA)	EFA are a key component to healthy skin, hair and nails.	Deep-water fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel, trout, or herring.
Water	Water is vital to proper hydration, which is necessary in order for all nutrients to be utilized properly by the body, not to mention the proper function of every cell in the body including hair follicles.

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Celebrity: Amrita Rao's Sister Preeta Makes It to Filmdom

Amrita Rao’s Sister Preeta Makes It to Filmdom!Actress Amrita Rao has been flying high after the success of her last two films Vivaah and Welcome to Sajjanpur and now her younger sister Preeta Rao is also going to make her debut in films. Preeta is a qualified journalist and is a successful model. She has been signed for a South flick called Rakthaksha. She wants to hone her acting skills with South movies before she makes her Bollywood debut. She looks very similar to her sister Amrita. Looks like the Rao sisters will be taking on the Kapoor sisters, the Shetty sisters and the Khanna sisters.

Bollywood beauty Amrita Rao’s charming sister Preeta Rao has decided to step into the world of movies. This model and qualified journalist has decided to walk on the path of actresses like Aishwarya Rai and Deepika Paduekon as the gal is starting her career with a south flick titled Rakthaksha. Like her sister, Preeta too desires to make her name in Hindi film industry but before stepping into Bollywood she wants to enhance her acting skills by portraying different characters in South flicks. She considers South Indian cinema as a learning place where she can improve her talents. Preeta says she will need to try really hard to reach anywhere near her sister. Preeta further adds that Amrita is one of the best actresses in the country today.Well, Preeta we wish you all the very best for your future projects and hope to see your killing looks and sensational adas in Bollywood soon.

Biography

Profile: Preeta Rao is an Indian Model. She has a Hindu name which means “ Love” and can be also spelt as Prita Rao.Preeta hails form the Chitrapur Saraswat Bhramin Community . Her roots can be traced to Mangalore. Born and Educated in Mumbai Preeta Graduated from Sophia College Majoring in History.Preeta Rao also studied “Advertising” in College and was a topper in her class. She is the beautiful sister of Bollywood Star Amrita Rao. Interestingly Preeta turned a Vegetarian in school along with her sister Amrita.

Career :Preeta’s career in Modeling took off when she was selected in an Audition from over 200girls in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi for the Cadburys Dairy Milk Tv Commercial opposite the Bollywood Super Star Amitabh Bachchan. Rao later got several movie offers from Bollywood after she got noticed in the Anchorgel Tooth paste and the Cadburys New 5-star Crunchy Advertisements but declared that she dose not intend joining Bollywood. Rao’s Beauty and Talent made her one of the most sort after faces in the Ad- World. In the span of 3years Preeta Rao has endorsed over 60brands all over India, Pakistan and Bangladesh on her own merit. 

Work Done: Some of Preeta Rao’s Ads are :Cadburys Dairy Milk ( 2004)Pantene Shampoo – Pakistan ( 2004)Anchorgel Toothpaste ( 2004)Margo Sandal Soap for Hyderabad ( 2004)Ashirwad Haldi ( 2005)New 5star Crunchy ( 2005)Icici ( 2005)Sahara Mutual Fund ( 2005)Care Honey Lotion – ( Pakistan) 2005Nallis Sarees ( 2006)Danish Condensed Milk – Bangladesh ( 2006)Chic Shampoo ( 2006)Rmkv Sarees( 2006) Uzazi Clothes Line – Pune ( 2007) Temptation Deo ( 2007) Her other Assignments are unavailable to our information.

 

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Beautiful Eyebrows

Perfect eyebrows almost transcend the beauty of the face and make an immediate visible impact in a makeover session. The most coveted eyebrow shape is the one that starts directly above the inner corner of the eye, while its highest point is little beyond the outer corner of the iris. It tapers off to the end in a rounded bow like shape. However, not many women have been endowed with that perfect brow so most of them have to resort to many other procedures to attain the desired shape or reach nearest to it such as plucking, tweezing and waxing the brows. Here are some simple tips to tame your brows:
Spray a little hair spray on your brows and brush them using your toothbrush to keep them in place.
If you don't have time for tweezing, you can get the desired contour quickly by brushing them upwards and then snipping the longest hairs beyond the natural arch using a pair of tiny scissors.
Eyebrows slanting upwards make you look angry, so be careful not to take off too much at the outer corners.
Before tweezing your brows, you must prepare your skin by wiping the brow area with a cotton ball soaked in astringent. The cooling effect numbs the skin for sometime and thus, you do not feel much pain.
Hold the tweezers at 45 degrees and pluck the stray hairs below the brow line in the direction of the hair growth.
If your brows are sparse, use a freshly sharpened brow pencil to fill in the areas with light, quick strokes.


To get a natural and more defined look, you can brush your brows with a brow brush dipped in brow powder in upward and outward strokes.
It is important to use the correct shade for your brows. Fair women can use blonde shades while olive colored women should choose tawny or brown. Dark African-American women can use gray shades.
To add volume to your brows, use a stiff, slanted brush to apply eye shadow in short gentle strokes.
In case, you have over tweezed certain brow area, try to fill the patch using brow shadow, applying in the direction of the hair growth.
Eye shadow gives more natural look to your brows than an eyebrow pencil!
Brow shade should be about two shades lighter than hair color for olive or dark skinned women and two shades darker than hair color blondes or women with grey hair.

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HOW TO WEAR HIJAB AND DUPATTA:
BEAUTY WITH HIJAB

Hijab Style Finds: Ribbed Long Cardigan/Sweatercoat

Today’s Hijab Style Find is a hijab style essential in my opinion. It’s a long cardigan that has big buttons — which I love — and a ribbed texture which makes it just a bit more casual. This long cardi comes in four festive colors, all at around $20 each — depending on what size you need.


Hijab Style Tip:
They’re calling this sweater a “boyfriend cardigan” — which usually means that the sweater fits really loosely. But, as you can see in the pic, this particular cardigan is slim cut. It also has a very deep V-neckline, so you’ll have to be a bit careful about what you wear it with.

I would suggest wearing it open over very full and flowy items, like a cotton maxi dress. HINT: This is a great way to take your summer dresses into the Fall & Winter seasons! Unless you want to fidget with your hijab all day to make sure that your chest is covered properly, you’ll want to wear a tank top underneath of your dress as well if the dress is also low-cut. Or you could wear a large hijab and wrap it in such a way that it would cover you enough.

What Not to Wear à la Hijab





This is the first of a new WE LOVE HIJAB segment that many people have been requesting: a hijabi version of What Not To Wear. In these posts I’m going to be your Trinny & Susannah, and Clinton & Stacey. And I’m going to show you What Not To Wear (or how to wear things that you normally couldn’t)!

Up first, are sheath dresses. Sheath dresses are a really big trend right now, but they’re not hijab-fashion friendly for a couple of reasons:


[1] They’re tight.
[2] They’re short.
[3] They’re sleeveless (usually).

For these reasons, I wouldn’t normally recommend sheath dresses to a hijabi, BUT, there is one thing about these dresses that makes them wearable. The length. Sheath dresses are usually mid-thigh length, which makes them great underthings when you’re wearing longer blazers and cardigans. Check out the look below and tell me, are you feeling sheath dresses?

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