Hair and Zinc: General Health

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Hair and Zinc
Zinc is essential in helping your hair grow. It also helps keep the oil glands around the follicles working properly, meaning no dandruff and just the right amount of gloss.

Get Zinc from foods such as...

Oysters
Lean beef
Chicken
Peanut butter
Chickpeas
Beans
Nuts
Certain types of seafood (such as crab and lobster)
Whole grains
Fortified breakfast cereals
Dairy products

These foods also contain hair strengthening protein.

BONUS: Your gums will stay healthy. Zinc acts as an anti-inflammatory and helps stop plaque buildup.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Interesting. This is good to know. I had no idea Zinc related to your hair quality. I also had no idea which foods you can find Zinc in. So I will use this information.

Y's Guy · **Site Rank:** Moderator

So if you have really oily skin... does that mean you won't go bald as fast?

HealthyPals · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Y's Guy wrote:

So if you have really oily skin... does that mean you won't go bald as fast?

This is what I found out about oily scalps from the website, http://www.folica.com:

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Most doctors agree that if you have a oily scalp with thinning hair, frequent shampooing is advised. shampooing can reduce surface sebum, which contains high levels of testosterone and DHT that may reenter the skin and affect the hair follicle.

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