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Thursday, March 19, 2015

How to increase Hair Growth and Volume Naturally

Losing hair is one of the common concerns for men and women. Generally we shed 50 to 100 hairs per day which is unrecognizable. However, for using excessive of bleach or other reasons, this number starts to increase. As a result, hair becomes thinner. On the other hand, hair can be thinner for biological reason. Women feel uncomfortable with this hairstyle.

How to Increase Hair Growth

1. Consult a physician

If thinning hair is caused by any medical issue, it will be better to solve it by consulting a physician. The primary medical causes are hormone imbalance, stress, hereditary, dietary, and surgery reason. Generally it is prescribed medicine which can be collected from nearest pharmacy. However this can be an expensive procedure and medicine may have side effects.

2. Vitamin and Supplements

Having vitamin and supplements can be another effective way to volumize one’s hair. Vitamin A assists to grow hair and is recommended for thin hair treatment. Vitamin B is also suggested to thick hair. Biotin, on the other hand, is helpful for hair re-growth especially in cases of losing hair due to childbirth, surgery or other same issues.

How to Increase Hair Growth Naturally

There are several natural procedures and mixtures which do not have any potential harmful side effects. In addition, they are very cheap and efficient. Some of common natural procedures are described below:

Blood flow to hair follicles can be increased by massaging scalp for 5 minutes per day. As a result, hair growth promotes and hairs become shiny.
A mixer of natural essentials also helps to improve hair condition. The mixture must be made out of lavender essential oil (6 drops) and bay essential oil (6 drops) in a base of almond oil (4 ounces).
Herbal shampoo can be made at home. The ingredients are aloe vera gel and coconut milk (small amount).
Onion juice is another effective liquid. Apply it to the roots of the hair and rinse it off after 1 to 2 minutes. Do this twice daily.

How to Increase Hair Volume

Hair Volume or Hair Density is another most concerned health topic. Sometimes hair volume starts to decrease with age or stress. The methods mentioned above may help but you can also use the following techniques to increase hair volume.

Try Hair Thickening Fiber

There are many thickening fibers in the market. Avoid those which contain chemical fiber. These are very injurious for hair and for scalp as well. Natural thickening fibers are easy to apply, safe and unnoticeable. It works as small magnets which volumize hair instantly. It is also inexpensive.

Hair Transplantation

It is a well-recognized way to restore hair. It requires implanting hair into the bald part of the scalp. It is very expensive and cost increases if a lot of hairs are lost. Infection and scarring are common side effects of this method.

Red Meat Breast Cancer Dietary Protein Sources in Early Adulthood and Breast Cancer Incidence 22 Risk Increase for Red Meat Eaters Substituting Poultry Normalizes Risk

Red (meat) breast cancer alert!

Its not the first study and I am pretty sure its not going to be the last study to link red meat and cancer, but in view of the fact that I am pretty sure that the results Maryam S Farvid and colleagues present in their latest paper in the British Journal of Medicine are going to be all over the place this week, I feel that its worth to give you an unbiased overview of the results before you are confronted with the sensational press release celebrating the newest "Harvard science" - a source people trust, one that "propagates the truth" and one that is (ab-)used by press release writers to generate the impression that each and every word they write is true.

Well the truth is that we are dealing with yet another prospective epidemiological study which does not have the power to reveal causal links between parameter (a), in this case the dietary protein sources in early adulthood and parameter (b), which is the incidence of breast cancer.

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The average ignoramus will still read the headlines as "red meat" causes cancer and think of poultry, fish, eggs, legumes, and nuts as "the cure". In contrast to the red meat intake which was associated with a 22% risk increase in the 2830 documented cases of breast cancer the scientists had been collecting and following for 20 years, the a higher intake of poultry, fish, eggs, legumes, and nuts was
not just unrelated to breast cancer, in postmenopausal women, a high poultry intake was even associated with a -27% reduced breast cancer risk.

Energy intake and cancer risk expressed relative to lowest intake quintile for red meat (Farvid. 2014)

The latter observation gives rise to one of the (imho) hilarious substitute this for that equations, where the "estimating the effects of exchanging different protein sources, substituting one serving/day of legumes for one serving/day of red meat was associated with a 15% lower risk of breast cancer among all women (0.85, 0.73 to 0.98) and a 19% lower risk among premenopausal women (0.81, 0.66 to 0.99). Substituting poultry for red meat was even associated with 17% and 24% lower breast cancer risk in all and postmenopausal women.

Unlike the fooled readers of the press release, the researchers are obviously aware of the weaknesses of the study, in the discussion of the results, Farvid et al. point out that "potential limitations need to be considered":

participants were predominantly white, educated US adults, they cannot determine whether our findings are generalizable to other race or ethnic groups
dietary intake was assessed by food frequency questionnaires, some degree of measurement error is inevitably present, and thus to reduce measurement error they used the cumulative average of
multiple measurements in a sensitivity analysis
residual confounders are always of concern in any observational studies; although they adjusted for a wide range of potential confounders for breast cancer, they still could not rule out the possibility that other unmeasured or inadequately measured factors have confounded the true association
they only estimated the effects of substitution of legumes, poultry, and other protein sources for red meat on risk of breast cancer, when trials on dietary modification would be ideal to support these substitutions

In addition, the scientists made multiple comparisons (different food groups and nutrients, premenopausal and postmenopausal subgroups, and subtype of tumors) in this analysis, and can thus not exclude the possibility of type I errors. But (sarcasm) this is not so much of concern, "the central finding of an association with red meat was [after all] a prior hypothesis." (Farvid. 2014) - In other words: What do you want people, weve just made sure we confirm our hypothesis.

Page from the original questionnaire | What? You dont know the margarine brand you have been using, when you were in highschool? Must be Alzeimers due to all the red meat!

So, here you have it: All youve got to do is to consume tons of poultry. Thats probably even going to cure breast cancer... right? I am obviously sarcastic, but with data thats based on a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire with approximately 130 items in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 about usual dietary intake and alcohol consumption during the past year - the same that was already used in the Nurses Health study, by the way (download it here), the results are about as reliable as your ability to tell me which brand of margarine your family has been using, when you were in high school (I am not kidding, this was one of the questions).

So instead of panicking, it would be wise to file this study next to the other "pizza salami is meat and meat is bad" studies Ive written about in the past (read more) - and remember: The "Harvard" label may stand for excellent research, but it also stands for the support of lobbyists and interests groups.

Reference:

Farvid, et al. "Dietary protein sources in early adulthood and breast cancer incidence: prospective cohort study." BMJ 2014;348:g3437 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3437