| Iodine | | | | One of the most difficult nutrients vital to your |
| Iodine is vital to your hair growth. Sheep farmers | | | | hair growth to get in your diet is trace mineral |
| long ago found that vegetation-lacking iodine due | | | | silica. Silica is a form of silicon and is the second |
| to iodine-depleted soil would adversely affect the | | | | most abundant element in the earth's crust, |
| growth of wool in their sheep. Likewise, to avoid | | | | second only to oxygen. The Earth provides |
| hair loss, you need iodine. Iodine is synthetically | | | | everything we need for health, and with silicon |
| added to table salt, however in this form it is not | | | | being so abundant, it would seem that there |
| assimilated well into your body and can therefore | | | | would never be a problem with silica deficiency. |
| cause iodine overload. | | | | Unfortunately, trace minerals are rare in our diets |
| An excess of iodine in the body can adversely | | | | because our food is processed and our soil |
| affect the thyroid. The lack of iodine can cause | | | | depleted by chemical treatments. Silica provides |
| hypothyroidism. In hypothyroidism, your cell | | | | strength to your hair, and although it will not |
| metabolism slows down and body cells and hair | | | | necessarily stop your hair from falling out from |
| cells don't receive the energy they need to | | | | the follicle, it will stop hair breakage. |
| function properly. When you lack iodine, you will | | | | Silica works by stimulating your cell metabolism |
| lose more hair than normal and may even lose | | | | and formation, which slows the aging process. |
| eyebrow hair. | | | | Foods that are rich in silica are rice, oats, lettuce, |
| You can check your thyroid with a basal | | | | parsnips, asparagus, onion, strawberry, cabbage, |
| thermometer, not a digital thermometer, by | | | | cucumber, leek, sunflower seeds, celery, rhubarb, |
| placing it in your underarm first thing when you | | | | cauliflower, and swiss chard. Try to buy these |
| wake up. Then, don't move for 10 minutes. After | | | | vegetables from organic sources. Note that many |
| 10 minutes, look at the temperature. The normal | | | | of these foods, particularly rice, are a large part |
| body temperature for good thyroid function is | | | | of Asian diets and Asians tend to have the |
| 97.8 to 98.2 degrees C. Take this measurement | | | | strongest and healthiest hair. |
| for 5-10 day. If your temperature is below 97.6 | | | | For best results eat all your fruits and vegetables |
| and lower, for the 5-10 days, you will want to | | | | raw. For certain vegetables that need to be |
| consult your doctor or for more direction and | | | | cooked, steam them for only a few minutes. |
| information. You definitely have low thyroid | | | | Be sure to test your thyroid even though |
| function. | | | | doctor's tests show you do not have a thyroid |
| Menstruating women should start this 5-10 day | | | | problem. The basal temperature test is |
| check on the 3rd day of their cycle. | | | | sometimes more sensitive than blood tests taken |
| It is best to use non-iodized salt and get your | | | | by doctors. If you have hyperthyroidism, you will |
| iodine from natural foods. These include seaweed, | | | | definitely have hair loss. |
| salmon, seafood, lima beans, molasses, eggs, | | | | Find tips about sore skin and skin tingling at the |
| potatoes with the skin on, watercress and garlic. | | | | Facts About Skin website. |
| Silica | | | | |