TEN-POINT DO-IT-YOURSELF PROGRAM FOR BETTER HAIR GROWTH
Here is a do-it-yourself program to stimulate your hair growth and prevent hair loss and baldness—and possibly even grow new hair on already bald heads!
1. H-Pantoten tablets are made in Sweden and are sold in every drug store, health food store and barber shop in Sweden and also in many other countries on the European continent. Perhaps they will soon be available in the United States. If you can obtain them, take one to three tablets each day, preferably before breakfast. If you are not able to obtain H-Pantoten, use a natural, multiple high-potency B-complex vitamin formula. Health food stores have several to choose from. Select one which has all the B-vitamins present with especially large doses of those B-vitamins named in this chapter as being of particular importance for the hair and for improving blood circulation: inositol, choline, biotin, pantothenic acid, nicotinic acid, folic acid, riboflavin, and pyridoxine. Take B-complex formulas before breakfast and before dinner.
2. Supplement your diet with a varied choice of the following B-vitamin-packed foods:
Brewer’s yeast—one to two tablespoons a day.
Desiccated liver (important for Bi2) —five to ten tablets a day.
Lecithin—one to two tablespoons a day.
Wheat germ—two to three tablespoons a day.
Sunflower seeds, whole grains, raw nuts, beans. Sunflower seeds are extremely rich in the minerals and vitamins essential for hair growth: choline, inositol, vitamin E and D, and minerals phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium.
3. Take the following additional food supplements:
•Wheat germ oil—two to three teaspoons a day.
Vitamin E—300-600 International Units a day. Start with 100 I.U. and add 100 I.U. each week. (In case of high blood pressure, consult your doctor.)
Vitamin C—up to 1,000 mg. a day.
Bioflavonoids—20—100 mg. a day.
•Cold-pressed vegetable oils—use them liberally with your salads or in cooking.
Cod liver oil—one tsp. daily.
Kelp—one tablet with each meal.
•Bone meal tablets, for minerals—five to ten daily. Where not suggested otherwise, food supplements should be
taken with meals.
4. Eat a balanced diet of vital, natural, unrefined foods, with
emphasis on raw fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, seeds,
and milk products.
5. Don’t overeat. Hardening of the arteries, which often ac-
companies obesity, may be a contributing cause of impaired
blood circulation and diminished blood supply to your
scalp.
6. Avoid salt, white sugar, white flour, and all foods made with them. Use sea salt moderately.
7. Avoid alcohol and tobacco.
8. Avoid excessive shampooing of your hair. Unless your hair
is excessively oily, do not wash it oftener than once a week.
Vigorous brushing twice a day for a few minutes will normally keep your scalp clean from dirt, dandruff, stale oils,
etc. The normal discharge of sebum, the oil from the sebaceous glands, is beneficial for your hair. Vigorous brushing is
extremely important for the healthy state of your hair and
for the prevention of baldness. It stimulates the sebaceous
glands and hair roots and increases the blood supply to the
hair follicles.
9. Use finger or vibrator massage to improve blood circulation
in your scalp. Here’s how you do it: place both hands, all
finger tips, firmly on your head and, without moving the
fingers, push the whole scalp in circular movements for a
few seconds; then place the fingers in a new position and repeat. Cover the whole scalp, including the forehead, temples, and neck. For effortless massage use an electric vibrator, available at department stores for less than ten dollars.
10. Use a slant board or headstand stool, both available at better health food stores. Lie on the slant board, with your head down at the lower level, at least twice a day for 15 minutes each time. If possible, do a headstand twice a day, one to three minutes each time. Both are extremely effective in bringing more blood to the blood-starving scalp. Many men have reported better hair growth and even new hair in completely bald areas after practicing headstands for a few months.
Warning: If you suffer from high blood pressure, or if your blood capillaries are in poor shape and brittle, build up your condition and strengthen your capillaries with the vitamins C, P and the macrobiotic diet.
*115\58\2*
