Do you have rich, thick, shinny hair? Or is your hair dull, weak, dry and brittle? Chances are very good that by simply looking at the condition of your hair a person can know if you practice good nutrition or not. Hair loss is attributed to the poor quality of nutrition your body gets, just as beautiful healthy hair is the result of good nutrition.

If your hair is lacking shine, elasticity or even lacking in production; and especially if you are suffering from hair loss, you can improve your situation and even stop hair loss with proper nutrition and medications.

Nutrition

First let's look at the relationship between hair loss and nutrition. Because hair is a living, growing organism on the human body, it only makes sense that it requires good nutrition to grow and be healthy. Hair is particularly responsive to certain vitamins, minerals and amino acids. You may not be able to get all the required nutrition in your daily diet, so taking dietary supplements that target hair loss and the nutritional needs of hair will come in very handy.

A nutrition plan to prevent hair loss needs to include the following vitamins and minerals:

Vitamins

A, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, E, and Biotin;

Minerals

Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Inositol, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Selenium, Silica, Sulfur, and Zinc.

As already mentioned, you will probably not be able to get enough of these vitamins and minerals from food alone. If you struggle with hair loss then, it is strongly recommended that you take herbal supplements that contain these nutrients.

Medications

Secondly, let's survey some of the medications that address hair loss. The number one cause of hair loss is due to the over production of DHT in the body. Therefore, most of the medications used to treat hair loss do so by hindering DHT in the body from suffocating the hair follicles or by keeping the body from producing too much DHT in the first place.

Finasteride

This is the generic name for the drugs marketed under the names Proscar and Propecia. Although it was originally developed to treat enlarged prostate glands, researchers discovered that one of its side effects was the growth of hair. It was then further developed specifically to stop the process of hair loss.

Minoxidil

This drug was first designed from a chemical combination used to treat high blood pressure. Again, researchers discovered that one of it's side effects was spontaneous growth of hair.

Keep in mind that hair loss medications are synthetic and will therefore have a myriad of side effects. If you are wanting to slow or stop hair loss and do not want to endure the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs, it is better to look to matters of nutrition.

Hair loss is very disturbing. Hair loss can have severe negative effects on a person's personality. You do not have to suffer hair loss without hope for recovery any more. Meeting the nutritional needs of your hair is a safe and effective way to combat hair loss.