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Rosemary Oil Facts

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Rosemary Oil and Hair

Research shows that rosemary oil may benefit well-being by relieving pain, relieving stress, improving your mood, fighting baldness, and acting as an anti-inflammatory. Studies have proven that rosemary oil can do much to boost free-radical- scavenging activities, as well as reducing the levels of cortisol, all of which can protect the human body against severe diseases caused by oxidative stress. The oils extracted from rosemary helps to boost antioxidant activities that show up as strong tools to combat diseases and infections.
Rosemary oil helps promote hair growth and hair thickness because it feeds the follicles. Combine several drops of rosemary oil, one tablespoon of castor oil, and two tablespoons of coconut oil. Rosemary essential oil does more than help boost hair growth, it can be used to treat Alopecia Areata and Androgenetic Alopecia (hair loss associated with female-pattern or male-pattern baldness). Diluted and used topically, rosemary essential oil is known for stimulating hair growth, relieving pain, soothing inflammation, eliminating headaches, strengthening the immune system, and conditioning your hair so that it looks and feels healthier.
Used in aromatherapy, Rosemary oil helps to lower stress levels and nervous tension, enhance mental activity, promote clarity and intuition, alleviate fatigue, and support respiratory function. Often used to alleviate mental fatigue and stress in folk medicine, diffusing Rosemary Essential Oil may help to boost your mood. Aromatherapy with rosemary may help decrease muscle strain, ease mental fatigue and stomach tension, and improve memory and energy levels.
One study suggests that rosemary, combined with other pleasant-smelling oils, can reduce cortisol levels and help lower anxiety. One study found that sniffing rosemary oil prior to tests helped lower stress levels during testing as well as the general levels of anxiety among nursing students (22). Another study found that using lavender and rosemary essential oils in pillowcases reduced stress during test-taking among graduate nursing students.
One study showed that a group of people who smoked rosemary essential oil (Rosmarinus officinalis) for several weeks noticed improved cognitive function and significantly increased mental alertness. The results showed that the inhalation of Rosemary essential oil reduced stress levels through decreased serum corticosterone levels and increased in-vivo dopamine levels in the brain. Scientific studies have demonstrated rosemary oils abilities to aid many common and chronic health problems,
including hair loss, liver function, high corticosterone levels, stress, cognition, and memory problems such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
While its essential oils are not used in skin care as much as they are used for hair care, rosemary oil has powerful
antimicrobial and antiseptic qualities that may help you manage eczema, dermatitis, oily skin, and acne. When used in a form of massage oil, rosemary oil helps to alleviate cramps, pain, cramps, rheumatism, arthritis, and strained necks.

Rosemary is a rich source of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds thought to help strengthen the immune system and enhance blood circulation.

Dieting Can Cause loss of hair

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Going on a crash diet that consists solely of baby food, cabbage soup, elaborate juice concoctions or a meagre amount of calories a day might enable you to lose a few kilos quickly. But you may also find 2-6weeks later that you are also losing your hair.

 

Extreme diets that cut out essential food groups or unhealthily restrict your caloric intake are bad for your body -you are depriving yourself of essential vitamins, minerals, proteins and energy. And this is very bad news for your hair.  Your hair is the second fastest growing cell in your body and is extremely sensitive to change and imbalance. Any nutritional deficiencies in your diet will usually show up first in your hair. i.e. by causing your hair to fall out more than it should. Your hair is not a vital tissue, like bone marrow, nor is it a vital organ, like your heart, liver or kidneys. What little nutrition you are getting through a restrictive diet will go to those parts of you first. Even though your hair is very important to you psychologically, your body is much more concerned with keeping its internal organs healthy. If your body is feeling deprived and hungry on a crash diet or restrictive diet, you can only imagine how your hair follicles are feeling! This starvation of the follicles causes your hair go into the telogen (resting/falling) phase prematurely, and many hairs at the same time. You can experience mass hair loss depending on how bad your diet was and for how long the diet went on for. This is called telogen effluvium.

Your hair is made primarily of protein – keratin – and so sufficient protein is essential for strong, healthy hair and hair growth. Many fad diets, likes those consisting solely of fruit, vegetables and/or juice mixtures (and yes – even those that contain protein powder) do not provide the body with enough protein. You need a MINUMUM of 120g of protein (meat, fish, eggs, chicken or 180g low fat cottage cheese) at breakfast and a further 120g with lunch in order for your hair to grow at its optimum. Dinner is the least important meal of the day for your hair so you can indulge in whatever you like. However, this does not mean you can go on a diet consisting only of lean proteins. You also need vitamins and minerals from fruits and vegetables and energy provided by complex carbohyrdates.

Red meat at least once a week is also important, regardless of whether you are taking a supplement. It provides you with iron and also ferritin (stored iron), a mineral which is essential to hair growth and hair health. This is especially important if you are a menstruating woman. While supplements can be extremely helpful, especially if you have absorbtion problems, they need to be incorporated into a healthy diet. They are not a substitute for the foods actually containing them. A supplement such as the Philip Kingsley PK4HAIR, which is fortified with amino acids and enhances the production of keratin, is a perfect way to boost healthy hair growth and health in combination with a nutritious diet.

In short, if you want to have healthy and beautiful hair, or hair that is in its best condition possible, you need to stick to a healthy, nutritious, well-balanced eating plan!

Always discuss with your doctor before embarking on a change in diet.

Ramadan Kareem; Have an egg!

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Eggs are a nutritional powerhouse and are exceedingly good for your hair due to their high levels of protein, vitamins and minerals!

The ‘Perfect’ Protein

It could be said that eggs are the ‘perfect protein’ for you hair. The amino acids (protein) found in eggs whites are in fact the most complete and easily absorbed form of protein for your body! Dietary protein is essential to hair growth and health as hair is made primarily of keratin – a special hair protein that gives your strands their strength, flexibility and elasticity. Continue reading →