The following is
for informational purposes only and is not meant to serve as medical advice or
intended to treat a condition or replace a consultation with your physician. It
is only my personal experience.
Practically every other one I
speak to, since arriving in Dubai in late 2006, suffers from hair loss.
Also, because of the heat
during most of the year in the UAE, hair and nails grow much more rapidly, fingers
swell so that your rings hardly fit again and you gain a shoe size.
More recently, I started
washing my hair halfheartedly because I was losing large chunks. Combing it was
the same story. And I have a lot of hair (touch wood).
My shower drain often got
blocked because of this. I was telling my landlord about this a couple of
months ago. He said his wife had suffered from the same thing, but he found her
the solution: Zinc!
He said his wife’s hair
stopped falling a couple of weeks after she started taking a zinc supplement.
I was due to buy my calcium
tablets a few days later and got one supplemented by zinc to give my landlord’s
recipe a try.
And miracle of miracles… After
about 10 days, my hair stopped falling.
It is once again a pleasure
to wash and comb my hair. I hardly lose a few.
Zinc is an essential mineral
that is naturally present in some foods, added to others and available as a
dietary supplement. It is needed for the proper growth and maintenance of the
human body. It is needed for immune function, wound healing, blood clotting, thyroid
function, and much more.
A wide variety of foods contain zinc. Oysters contain more
zinc per serving than any other food, but red meat and poultry provide the
majority of zinc. Other good food sources include beans, nuts, certain seafood
(such as crab and lobster), wholegrain, fortified breakfast cereals, and dairy
products.
I am so happy with the result that I thought I would share
it. It is easy, inexpensive and not dangerous, so maybe worth a try. But again,
it is only my experience.
Let me know if it works for you.
