hair loss in older women

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What are you doing with the baking soda?

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:29:11 AM

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My wife and I have found that baking soda is restoring our hair. I

have hair appearing on my forehead that I haven't seen in 25 years.

But know that the baking soda will lighten your hair somewhat. In my

case, I don't care as I'm partially gray anyway. In my wife's case,

she loves it because she is already a natural dark blonde. She is 55

and I am 59.

 

John from Israel

Alternative- Medicine- Forum@ s.com, " Gracie Becker "

<grabec wrote:

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> Any help for hair loss and thinning in women after menopause. I

notice so many of us having this problem. I am trying all the

convential treatments (rogain etc) but doesn't seem to be helping at

all. Desperate.

>

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There is good information in this letter. Asians has good hair due to  silica

lacks evidence  i think. The suggestions really guides or misguides  i am

confused.Vidhyasagar.

 

--- On Wed, 18/2/09, gail raby <amberflame wrote:

gail raby <amberflame

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Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 9:59 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iodine is a halogen required by the body. Bromine is a halogen

placed

 

in bread, flourine is a halogen placed in

 

most municipal water systems; both will fill the iodine receptor if

 

the body isiodine is deficient. At present the S.A.D.

 

(standardamerican diet) -- and it is indeed sad -- means we aren't

 

getting enough iodine and what little we have must compete with these

 

other halogens that we have but do not need in our body.

 

 

 

While the following articles says eat veggies, due to our veggies

 

being so nutrient deficient becuase of the way they

 

are grown, and considering that most everyone has a subclinical

 

deficiency of iodine, I would (I do)

 

use iodine daily. I get mine from Global Light Network and apply it

 

transdermally, twice daily. (I had someone

 

muscle test me to determine number of drops and frequency of

 

application -- however you can also do the

 

skin test: If you apply it to your skin and the orangy brown patch

 

disappears in less than 24 hours, your body is saying it

 

wants more. Since I am not the most disciplined person, I sometimes

 

get real busy and just forget the daily

 

routine for a couple of days. Then when I start up again I notice

 

that one application no longer stays visible for nearly all day (10 -

 

12) hours -- its gone in 4 to 6 hours.

 

 

 

There are other sources than the one I use, however, since I also

 

order other items from GLN, I have never checked out these other

 

sources. Perhaps other posters can tell you about that.

 

 

 

g

 

 

 

Hair Loss - Lack of Iodine and Silica Can Create Hair Loss

 

 

 

Iodine is vital to your hair growth. Sheep farmers long ago found that

 

vegetation-lacking iodine

 

due to iodine-depleted soil would adversely affect the growth of wool

 

in their sheep.

 

Likewise, to avoid hair loss, you need iodine. Iodine is synthetically

 

added to table salt,

 

however in this form it is not assimilated well into your body and can

 

therefore cause iodine overload.

 

 

 

An excess of iodine in the body can adversely affect the thyroid. The

 

lack of iodine can cause

 

hypothyroidism. In hypothyroidism, your cell metabolism slows down and

 

body cells and hair

 

cells don't receive the energy they need to function properly. When

 

you lack iodine,

 

you will lose more hair than normal and may even lose eyebrow hair.

 

 

 

You can check your thyroid with a basal thermometer, not a digital

 

thermometer,

 

by placing it in your underarm first thing when you wake up. Then,

 

don't move for 10 minutes.

 

After 10 minutes, look at the temperature. The normal body temperature

 

for good thyroid

 

function is 97.8 to 98.2 degrees C. Take this measurement for 5-10

 

day. If your temperature

 

is below 97.6 and lower, for the 5-10 days, you will want to consult

 

your doctor or for more

 

direction and information. You definitely have low thyroid function.

 

 

 

Menstruating women should start this 5-10 day check on the 3rd day of

 

their cycle.

 

 

 

It is best to use non-iodized salt and get your iodine from natural

 

foods. These include seaweed,

 

salmon, seafood, lima beans, molasses, eggs, potatoes with the skin

 

on, watercress and garlic.

 

 

 

Silica

 

 

 

One of the most difficult nutrients vital to your hair growth to get

 

in your diet is trace mineral silica.

 

Silica is a form of silicon and is the second most abundant element in

 

the earth's crust,

 

second only to oxygen. The Earth provides everything we need for

 

health, and with silicon being

 

so abundant, it would seem that there would never be a problem with

 

silica deficiency.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, trace minerals are rare in our diets because our food

 

is processed and our soil

 

depleted by chemical treatments. Silica provides strength to your

 

hair, and although it will not

 

necessarily stop your hair from falling out from the follicle, it will

 

stop hair breakage.

 

 

 

Silica works by stimulating your cell metabolism and formation, which

 

slows the aging process.

 

Foods that are rich in silica are rice, oats, lettuce, parsnips,

 

asparagus, onion, strawberry, cabbage,

 

cucumber, leek, sunflower seeds, celery, rhubarb, cauliflower, and

 

swiss chard.

 

Try to buy these vegetables from organic sources. Note that many of

 

these foods, particularly rice,

 

are a large part of Asian diets and Asians tend to have the strongest

 

and healthiest hair.

 

 

 

For best results eat all your fruits and vegetables raw. For certain

 

vegetables that need to be cooked,

 

steam them for only a few minutes.

 

 

 

Be sure to test your thyroid even though doctor's tests show you do

 

not have a thyroid problem.

 

The basal temperature test is sometimes more sensitive than blood

 

tests taken by doctors.

 

If you have hyperthyroidism, you will definitely have hair loss.