August 18, 2008
What Your Hair Says About You and Hair Care Tips
What Your Hair Says About You!
by: Amy, RN
What
Your Hair Says About You
Give a scientist one strand of your hair and
this much will be known about you: your ethnic origin, what
you eat, if or what you smoke and even your lifestyle.
Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum say
our hair — even though it’s just dead cells — acts
like an Arctic ice core, trapping within its physical and
chemical structure an accurate record of whatever has been
ingested or applied to it externally. “Your hair tells
what you eat, where you live, your lifestyle, and habits,”
Emma Freeman from London’s
Natural History Museum explained to Reuters. “Your hair
is what you do.”
Since
your hair only grows 0.3 to 0.5 millimeters each day, it keeps
this life diary for a long time — months or even years. Your
hair can tell if you smoke, drink, or if you take drugs. It
can even tell your ethnic origin since different races have
different hair structures.
Some facts about hair:
The average person has up to 150,000 hairs on her or his head. A single strand can
support 100 grams in weight. That means, a whole head of hair
could (in theory) support the weight of two elephants. African hair grows more
slowly and is more fragile than European hair. Asian hair grows the
fastest and has the greatest elasticity. Africans and Europeans
are more prone than Asians to balding. There is one thing
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Hair Care
Awinita Smith
Hair is also most important part of our beauty. Healthy hair is a reflection of a healthy body. Water makes up one-fourth of the weight of a strand of hair. Water not only hydrates your body, but helps keep your hair silky and shiny. You should drink between eight and ten glasses of water a day.Protein is the building block of hair. You can get protein from fish, meat, milk, cheese, and cereals. Minerals like iron, zinc, copper are very essential elements for your hair. You can get these elements from vegetables, meat, milk, seeds, cereals, nuts etc.Vitamin A will give you a healthy scalp. Vitamin B, C is important for bird circulation. You can get these vitamins from fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk and bread.
Tips For healthy hair:
A healthy lifestyle will mean healthier hair for you. Excessive stress, smoking, not exercising and not eating nutritiously are not healthy for your hair. Get enough sleep. Avoid using hair styling products with alcohol which dries out hair. Avoid putting hair styling products directly on your scalp; if you put it on your scalp you’ll clog the pores on your head.It is important to wash your hair, shampooing removes dirt, dead skin cells, hair oils, any hair products you may put into your hair. You should wash your hair as often as you feel necessary to keep it clean, but a general rule is for oily hair you should wash it every day or every other day and for dry hair only wash it 2-3 times a week. Shower with warm water, hot water can dry and/or irritate the scalp. Comb your hair to remove any tangles before brushing it. If you have only a mild case of dandruff, shampooing your hair with a regular shampoo daily or twice a day will usually do the trick. Avoid sleeping with tightly braided hair or hair in a tight ponytail. The stress can cause breakage and/or hair loss. Even if you plan on growing your hair out further you should trim your hair once every 3 months, if not split ends will cause your hair to break off and your hair will begin to lose its beauty, if you plan on just maintaining your length, a trim once every month and a half to two months should suffice.
Avoid excessive wind, sun, and heat (such as from hair dryers, hot showers, and curling irons) on your hair. If you color your hair, limit coloring it to once ever 2 months. Hair coloring damages your hair and the less frequently you color it the better. By taking these types of care, you can prevent hair loss. You should be able to get healthy hair, just taking small care.
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