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In today’s era, the problem of hair fall has become a very common and serious concern. Due to many reasons like changing lifestyle, increasing mental stress, poor diet, pollution and hormonal imbalance, people continuously complain of hair fall. However, many times we forget that frequent hair fall is not only due to external reasons (like shampoo or water) but can also be an alarm of deficiency of some essential nutrient in the internal organs of the body. One of these important nutrients is Zincwhose deficiency people often ignore.
Why is zinc important for hair health?
Zinc is an essential mineral, which plays an important role in hair growth, skin glow, healing of wounds, strengthening the immune system and development of cells in our body.
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Keep hair follicles strong: According to a report by ‘Cleveland Clinic’, zinc is very important for keeping the hair follicles (hair roots) healthy and growing new hair.
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Hair becomes weak and breaks: When the level of zinc in the body starts falling, the hair roots start becoming weak and the hair starts falling faster than normal.
Note: However, just because of hair fall does not mean that there is only zinc deficiency in your body. Excessive stress, thyroid, iron (anemia) and vitamin D deficiency and hormonal changes can also be the main reasons behind hair fall.
Who is most at risk for zinc deficiency?
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Vegetarians: Since the largest sources of zinc are mainly found in non-veg foods.
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Pregnant and lactating women: During this period, women’s body needs more nutrients than normal.
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Patients suffering from digestive diseases: People whose digestive system is weak, their body is not able to completely absorb zinc from food.
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Elderly person: With increasing age the absorption of minerals in the body decreases.
These 6 other symptoms appear in the body due to zinc deficiency
If you do not have sufficient amount of zinc in your body, apart from hair fall, you may also experience the following symptoms:
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Frequent rashes, acne or dryness on the skin.
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Healing of any injury or wound is much slower than normal.
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Weak immunity due to which the person becomes vulnerable to cold, cough or infection again and again.
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Change in taste of the tongue and sudden decrease in smell.
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Very low appetite and feeling tired all the time.
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Stopping or slowing down of physical growth, height and mental development in children.
How to overcome zinc deficiency naturally?
Best source for non-vegetarian people:
If you are a non-vegetarian, include red meat, eggs and seafood (especially oysters and fish) in your diet. Apart from this, dairy products like milk, cheese and curd are also excellent sources of zinc.
Best option for vegetarian people:
Vegetarians can easily meet their daily requirement of zinc by including the following in their diet:
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Pulses and Legumes: Pigeon peas, moong, urad dal, chickpeas, kidney beans and black gram.
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Nuts and Seeds: Pumpkin seeds, sesame, flax seeds, cashews and almonds.
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Whole grains: Oats, millet, brown rice and whole wheat flour.
Doctor’s advice is very important
If you are suffering from severe hair fall for a long time and the above mentioned symptoms are also visible in the body, then immediately contact a specialist doctor. The doctor will check the zinc level in the body through a simple blood test. If serious zinc deficiency is found in the test, then start a course of zinc supplements only under the supervision of a doctor. Keep in mind, taking zinc tablets on your own without medical advice can prove to be harmful for health, because excessive amount of zinc in the body can also disturb the balance of other minerals.