Do vegans suffer from hair loss?!
Could it be her diet is causing it?
She is only 43. Thanks for your help
Answers: My aunt is Vegan and her hair is thinning out really fast.
Could it be her diet is causing it?
She is only 43. Thanks for your help
Tell her to eat more protein rich foods such as soya yogurt, beans, nuts, pulses, soya milk, and lentils. Lentil soup is great for protein. Soya milk is the best option.
Tofu is an excellent source of protein. She can try it in a stir fry.
Also, almonds contain Vitamin E which helps for healthy hair.
Good luck! x
I've certainly never heard of this -- I'm a 33-year old male and I've been vegan for 8 years and my hair is as thick as it's ever been. So from my personal experience, there isn't any connection.
Hair loss is hereditary too. My grandmother and mother both have thinning hair, starting at about forty, so I can expect the same to start happening to me.
It isn't because she is vegan as much as she might not be eating a balanced diet. A vegan diet can and will get all the important nutrients that a meat-eating diet has. Someone that eats meat but doesn't get all the vitamins and minerals they need is just as likely as a vegan to experience symptoms of deficiency.
She should take a look at and see if she's getting enough vitamins A and E, and if she's getting all her B vitamins (B2, B6, B12). Also, zinc might also benefit her.
However, for someone like myself, I can expect to have my hair thin out at forty no matter what because there isn't a woman in my family that hasn't had it happen to her. You don't go bald but you lose the thickness that was there before. In fact most women experience hair thinning as they get older, it's not uncommon.
Its probably not linked with food. But in anycase it could not be "because she is vegan". It could be because she eat not enough variety of fruits and vegetables. You can eat wrong in any diet, meat,vegetarian or vegan. Usually vegan are more healtier, because they are more concerned about food than other people.
So dont be worried about your hairs. Go vegan and eat variety of animal-friendly food.
Do vegans suffer from hair loss?
Never heard of this before. Most vegans I know have very healthy hair.
.
It could be. As a true vegan, I have never personally experienced it, but if her diet is lacking ... and it can happen . . . hair loss can be the result.
While drinking milk can help prevent this, it mostly comes from your ancestors! It's not her diet.
More likely than not it's a coincidence, I've never heard of that.
If she lives on noting but potato chips and diet coke or something that might have something to do with it, but that's just called malnourished, not vegan.
maybe she is not getting enough nutrition she may be missing something she needs in her diet... could be stress... medications.. or hereitary
Hi I'm 52 full head of hair not even grey yet but I'm sure its hereditary not diet.
There is a lack of objective data about hair loss without skin shedding. At one time, there was a widespread belief that zinc deficiency is a common cause. However, zinc supplementation has not been shown to improve hair loss, even when a deficiency is suspected. One area that seems clear is that iron deficiency (a low serum ferritin without anaemia) is linked to hair loss in women. In one study, 72% of women with low iron stores (a serum ferritin less than 40 mcg/l) had reduced hair density.
The amino acid L-lysine plays a part in the absorption of iron and zinc. Among plant foods, L-lysine is only found in high amounts in legumes, and a vegan who doesn′t eat many legumes could find themselves falling short on lysine. In some women, iron supplementation does not lead to an increase in iron stores. But in one study, adding L-lysine (at 1.5 - 2 g/day for 6 months) to iron supplementation in such women did increase iron stores and decreased hair loss by one half.
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/hair...
I'm not sure, but they have amazing skin, little energy
Any number of things could be causing it, including nutritional deficiencies. But being vegan does NOT mean you are lacking nutrition (eating an unbalanced diet would, but anyone can do that, including meat eaters.)
All the vegans I have met (a couple dozen) have perfectly normal heads of hair.