As hair is essentially made up of protein, it makes sense that a diet that contains lots of protein would be necessary to achieve maximum growth. Protein-rich foods include chicken, fish, cheese and eggs, or if you're a vegan, grains, beans, seeds and nuts. As for foods rich in iron, these include red meat, green leafy vegetables (especially spinach), nuts, eggs, and soy products like tofu and soy milk. The beauty of many of these foods is that their iron and protein contents often overlap - that is, foods that are high in iron will be high in protein, and vice versa.
It's also important to actually EAT these foods, as opposed to merely supplementing them with vitamins. Nutrient absorption from food has been proven many times over to be far more effective than the nutrient absorption from vitamins, so if you don't actually eat the foods, you'll be doing yourself and your hair a disservice. Thankfully the foods that are high in protein and iron are quite diverse, so if you don't like the taste of one thing, you can always replace it with another.
The food that I've personally had the most success with, when it comes to increasing my hair's growth rate, is sushi. Like many women I go through 'food phases' - that is, favouring one type of food heavily for a few weeks or months, before moving onto something else. Since a fabulous sushi restaurant opened up in my neighbourhood a few months ago, I've been eating the stuff practically every day, and the results have been quite extraordinary! Even my boyfriend commented on how long my hair had become, and he's not normally the type to notice such things. Of course, sushi is extremely high in protein - being largely made of rice, seaweed, and raw fish - so this is what would have caused the steep increase in my hair's growth rate.
Remember that the most important element of your diet is that it's a balanced one, but by incorporating a greater proportion of both protein-rich and iron-rich foods, you'll be allowing your tresses to grow as fast as they possibly can. And when it comes to reaching your hair growth goals, the faster you get there, the better!
18-year-old Twilight star Kristen Stewart is most recognisable as the beautiful brunette Bella Swan, but she has played with a variety of hair colours over the years, mostly switching them up for movie roles. Personally I think she looks best as a brunette, as it's more suited to her skin tone, but she still manages to pull off the light and dark blonde, as well as the auburn hues, in high style. Here are some great photos of Kristen Stewart's hair.
Remember that the most important element of your diet is that it's a balanced one, but by incorporating a greater proportion of both protein-rich and iron-rich foods, you'll be allowing your tresses to grow as fast as they possibly can. And when it comes to reaching your hair growth goals, the faster you get there, the better!
18-year-old Twilight star Kristen Stewart is most recognisable as the beautiful brunette Bella Swan, but she has played with a variety of hair colours over the years, mostly switching them up for movie roles. Personally I think she looks best as a brunette, as it's more suited to her skin tone, but she still manages to pull off the light and dark blonde, as well as the auburn hues, in high style. Here are some great photos of Kristen Stewart's hair.
Anyone who says that hair is nothing but strands of dead protein growing out of our scalps does not understand its importance, both to the woman it is a part of, and the society she inhabits. Hair not only conveys our sense of style to the world, it can be a manifestation of our inner emotional state.
Dr David Castle, co-author of Living With Your Looks, says that "a woman's hair carries a strong emotional and cultural investment. It can express life, attractiveness, femininity, sexuality, health and personality, to name just some aspects."
When a woman goes through a period of emotional hardship - whether that be the death of a family member, the breakup of a relationship, or countless other life-changing scenarios - she can be tempted to drastically alter her appearance, and often does so by cutting or colouring her hair. "There is a very strong heritage in our society, in fact, many human societies, on the augmentation of appearance for people's mental state," says Castle.
In other words, altering our appearance, by getting a drastic haircut, for example, can be a symbolic way of healing our inner states. Think of when Britney Spears shaved her head - she had hit rock bottom, both in her career and her personal life. She was not serving some vain purpose by making a change in her image; she was externalising her inner pain and using the removal of her hair as a means of symbolic reinvention.
Of course, any changes in appearance that are made will only give temporary relief to emotional pain: and sometimes, if we regret the change, can make it that much worse. By being aware that you may feel compelled to make large changes to your hair when emotional crises occur, you may be able to avoid a hair disaster before it happens. Any release that we feel as a result of hair alterations will only be temporary - it is the heart, and not our hair, that we must attend to first.
19-year-old singing sensation Taylor Swift is truly making her mark in the world of country music. The New York Times described her as being "one of pop's finest songwriters, country's foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults." She's also been noted for her unique sense of style, and this, of course, includes her hair - her ethereal blonde curls are rarely straightened and she seems to prefer wearing it loose, though it also looks fabulous in an updo. Here are some great photos of Taylor Swift's hair.
Dr David Castle, co-author of Living With Your Looks, says that "a woman's hair carries a strong emotional and cultural investment. It can express life, attractiveness, femininity, sexuality, health and personality, to name just some aspects."
When a woman goes through a period of emotional hardship - whether that be the death of a family member, the breakup of a relationship, or countless other life-changing scenarios - she can be tempted to drastically alter her appearance, and often does so by cutting or colouring her hair. "There is a very strong heritage in our society, in fact, many human societies, on the augmentation of appearance for people's mental state," says Castle.
In other words, altering our appearance, by getting a drastic haircut, for example, can be a symbolic way of healing our inner states. Think of when Britney Spears shaved her head - she had hit rock bottom, both in her career and her personal life. She was not serving some vain purpose by making a change in her image; she was externalising her inner pain and using the removal of her hair as a means of symbolic reinvention.
Of course, any changes in appearance that are made will only give temporary relief to emotional pain: and sometimes, if we regret the change, can make it that much worse. By being aware that you may feel compelled to make large changes to your hair when emotional crises occur, you may be able to avoid a hair disaster before it happens. Any release that we feel as a result of hair alterations will only be temporary - it is the heart, and not our hair, that we must attend to first.
19-year-old singing sensation Taylor Swift is truly making her mark in the world of country music. The New York Times described her as being "one of pop's finest songwriters, country's foremost pragmatist and more in touch with her inner life than most adults." She's also been noted for her unique sense of style, and this, of course, includes her hair - her ethereal blonde curls are rarely straightened and she seems to prefer wearing it loose, though it also looks fabulous in an updo. Here are some great photos of Taylor Swift's hair.
Ashlee Simpson has been a redhead for so long, I'd almost forgotten how gorgeous she looks with blonde hair. She debuted a classic California blonde hue yesterday, while shopping in Beverly Hills.
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