Junk Food and Hair Loss
Sugar
Sugar causes damage to your hair in two main ways INFLAMMATION Sugar causes inflammation. When you eat sugar, it floods the blood, causing insulin and androgens to spike, this binds to hair follicles causing to move into the shedding phase.
This type of hair loss can happen if you’re regularly eating lots of sugary foods so please do be mindful of it. INTERFERING WITH PROTEIN ABSORPTION Our hair is actually made up of a type of rough protein called Keratin. And the protein that we eat, is really useful for hair growth, as it helps to maintain cell growth and repair and sugar hinders the absorption of protein. So it’s a good idea to cut down on sugars and increase your protein intake by eating more oats, yoghurt, beef chicken and turkey.
Starchy White Foods
Linked into sugar, Starchy White Foods White bread, cakes, pastries, white pasta, and other refined, over-processed starches are converted into sugar, which also stops protein from being effectively absorbed, So swap white bread and pastas for wholemeal.
Fizzy Drinks
Carbonated Drinks are acid forming and have high amounts of sugar - As much as 12 teaspoons of sugar in one can. Sugar affects your cortisone levels which inhibits your ability to handle stress. And one of the major contributors of hair loss? Stress! Sugar-Free Foods The FDA has said that Aspartame, the artificial sweetener commonly used in sugar-free or diet foods as well as sugar-free fizzy drinks can speed up hair loss and thinning hair as well as have lots of other side effects like bloating, depression, arthritis, and sexual problems.
Alcohol
Alcohol stops minerals such as Iron, Copper and Zinc being properly absorbed and these deficiencies can lead to thinning, unhealthy hair. Alcohol also dehydrates you, which makes hair dry, brittle and can lead to dandruff.
Greasy Foods
As well as having lots of bad fats that cause obesity, heart disease and diabetes high fat diets, can increase your rate of hair loss. A recent study found that mice who were given a Western-style diet high in fat and cholesterol, experienced hair loss, hair whitening, and skin inflammation Bad fats are known to increase the production of sebaceous DHT, They increase cholesterol and prevent a good circulation - these fats clog up veins and arteries.
The Keto Diet
The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, low carb, and moderate protein diet, Hair loss is considered a less common side effect of a ketogenic diet but some dieticians have found a link between iron and protein deficiencies, and this diet.
