When a 33-year-old employee at a Texas corporation decided to lose weight quickly, she went on a fad diet, high in fiber and bulk, but low in protein. Over three months, she lost a lot of weight. She also lost a good deal of her hair.
Dermatologist David Alkek, a clinical professor at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, sees too many cases like this womans. When diets dont contain enough amino acids, the building blocks of protein, theres dramatic increase in hair loss as the body breaks down its own protein.
Hair and skin cells are constantly reproducing and are, therefore, very sensitive to nutritional deficiencies, explains Dr. Alkek. Foods high in amino acids include meats, eggs, milk, grains and legumes. Just remember that the body cannot store protein. So foods high in protein must be ingested daily. Under Alkeks care, the woman began eating nutritionally balanced meals, and her hair was restored in about eight months.
Immune system. Vitamins E and C and beta carotene, known as antioxidants , are considered powerful disease-fighters, capable of slowing down or preventing a number of ailments typically associated with aging.
A growing body of evidence suggests that aging and decline in immune function may result in part from accumulated damage to cells caused by certain toxic compounds called free radicals . Antioxidants seem to counteract or impair the ability of these substances to attack healthy cells, thus avoiding at least some of the damage. Foods containing these nutrients are being linked by science rather than myth to the control and prevention of heart disease and cancer, stroke, cataracts and to the bodys ability to ward off infectious diseases.
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