Improve the health of your hair
Improve the health of your hair – wouldn’t we all like to do that?
What we do to our hair! Attached is a short article written by a colleague over comments she was receiving from a friend about the harm she was causing her hair. Troie writes about the shine of the hair reflecting the hair’s health. For overall body health and to give our body’s the right nutritional building blocks to be able to maintain our health we should all be eating 80% raw and supplementing with good quality minerals and vitamins and ensuring that our bodies are alkaline rather than acidic. Many people do not understand the harm that having an acidic system can do to our health. There are four links below: - Troie’s article
- Website where you can find out more information
- Information on being alkaline
- Minerals information
Troie’s Article
YLO Website
Alkaline information
Minerals information
WOW – I have just come across some new information on why your hair turns gray! I am sure we would all like to know about that. My own hair has been white for sometime and as a result of the supplementation that I use I have many black hairs appearing underneath the white. I find this a bit strange as my hair was never black in colour to start with but a light brown. I have learned that there are two kinds of melanin involved with the colour of your hair. Eumelanin is responsible for brown to black and pheomelanin from yellow-blonde to red. Below is an article that you may find of interest as this goes into more detail. It also talks about adult stem cells helping you to keep a full head of healthy hair in its original colour. I have recently learned of such an easy way that may help to stimulate your own stem cells without taking anything or passing anything through the skin – it is all just done using acupressure. If you would like to learn more about this please contact me on the email form below and state – stimulate stem cell growth – and I will be happy to pass on the information.
Why your hair turns gray
Improve the health of your hair To also help you improve the health of your hair it is important that you are taking liquid vitamins and vitamin supplements. By doing this you make sure that your body receives a balanced healthy diet. This is achieved through the foods you are eating and secondly by supplementing with powerful vitamin supplements and liquid vitamins. Supplements in a liquid form are easier for the body to assimilate and therefore have a much more powerful effect on your health. When you use these types of supplements you will really understand the benefits that this can give to the body. You will quickly appreciate the enormous advantages that the skin, hair, nails, etc receive from all the nutritional supplements. Maybe you won’t be when you realise you are having your hair cut more frequently! I like to recommend for people who have had chemo and have lost their hair to take mineral supplementation, not only for their health but also to stimulate new hair growth and improve the health of their hair How does hair grow? The hair bulb is a cluster of dividing epidermal cells that surround a ball of connective tissue, blood vessels and nerve fibres which are called the papilla. Hair growth occurs through the hair bulb dividing at the bottom and pushing the cells towards the surface of your scalp. On their way to the top they die and turn into a protein called keratin. When your hair has projected out from the hair follicle it is completely keratinised and lifeless. Many of the shampoos on the supermarket shelves and even in the chemist shops and health food stores contain sodium lauryl sulfate. It is known that sodium lauryl sulfate from shampoo can cause cataracts. Did you know that it doesn’t actually have to come into contact with the eye to do this? It readily penetrates the skin and travels to the eyes and other organs of the body. When used in shampoo and conditioners or other hair products and has been rinsed off it is known, over time, to strip the hair of acids, amino acids and moisture. I believe that other manufacturers use this ingredient combined with salt as it makes a wonderful lather and when this occurs people think they have a good shampoo! Sometimes less lather is better! It is also listed as having teratogenic properties, i.e. an agent or influence that causes physical defects in the developing embryo. After reading this information I doubt that you will agree that these shampoos will improve the health of your hair! For information on Sodium Lauryl Sulfate click on the link below.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Shampoo and Conditioners using Essential Oils I have access to several companies that provide safe shampoos and conditioners but one of my favourites is the company that provides shampoo and conditioners made with essential oils. I have the choice of shampoos and conditioners using lavender, LemonSage or even Rosewood. All good choices to improve the health of your hair! - Lavender is known to help add volume to your hair while at the same time nourishing and restoring balance.
- LemonSage is fortified with botanical extracts and helps to remove harsh effects of hard water, chlorine, trace metals, medications, environmental pollutants and product build-up from the hair.
- Rosewood on the other hand is a very gentle cleanse for dry or damaged hair.
All of the above just help improve the health of your hair! There is even a range of children’s shampoos, lotions, bath gels, nappy rash and toothpaste using essential oils. Click on the link below to learn more.
Young Living
Lice When we have children, particularly kindergarten and school age, we come into contact from time to time with lice or as they are commonly referred to – nits. Would you like a safe way to rid your child’s hair of lice or nits? Try using the Moisturising Conditioners provided by these companies. Cover the hair with the conditioner, wrap the head in plastic food wrap and leave for 20-30 minutes and then comb through with a lice or nit comb to help remove the dead animals and any eggs that may be present. Then rinse the hair. The effect of covering the hair with the conditioner is that it smothers the lice or nits. You may have to repeat in a few days time if you feel that there are still eggs present. In the meantime you have given the hair a wonderful conditioning treatment which cannot help but improve the health of your hair! Nourishing and Mild Shampoos and Conditioners Most shampoos are rinsed out leaving your hair to fend for itself. If you would like to receive information on shampoos that are sodium lauryl sulfate free and that contain ingredients that are designed to promote healthy hair growth then please contact me in the email box below including the comment “information on shampoos and conditioners” and I will be happy to tell you more. Please include your country code with your telephone number. If you are from the United States it would be helpful to know the State so that I can work out time differences.
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