Menopausal hair!

Not only do menopausal women have to cope with increased adipose tissue, fat redisposition, hot flushes, recurring UTIs and vaginal dryness but also the thinning hair syndrome!

Okay, here is the plan. And if you follow it religiously, results will occur.

Firstly, ensure your zinc levels are fine. Many of you have had to endure the Zinc Tally Taste Perception Test. Zinc is crucial for skin, hair, and reproductive health, not to mention the immune system.

Iron is essential for good hair growth, and thinning hair with a great deal of fall out, is often attributable to this deficiency.

Essential fatty acids, Omega 3 and Omega 6, that is fish oil and evening primrose oil respectively, provide moisture and strength to hair and mucus membranes.

The B vitamin group, provides essential nutrients for hair follicle strength (especially biotin), helps combat dry, frizzy hair and prevents excessive shedding.

Calcium also is implicated in unusual hair loss, so ensure you are obtaining adequate calcium from your diet, and if not supplement with an absorbable form of calcium, such as calcium hydroxyapatite (RDA for post-menopausal women is at least 1000 mg per day). Dietary calcium doesn’t have to mean only dairy – green leafy vegetables, almonds, sesame seeds and seaweeds are all excellent forms of calcium.

Amla oil, a traditional Ayurveda treatment for hair loss, gives strength and a wonderful healthy shine – 5 ml massaged into the scalp once a week maintains healthy, shiny, thick hair. I swear by this lovely green oil!