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What Causes Hair Loss

Vitamin A plays an important role in hair growth. It keeps your hair black and shiny. Vitamin A contains  Antioxidants that moisturizes the scalp and prevents the hair from drying out it helps in strengthening and  thickening the hair.The animal form of vitamin A is retinol. It is a yellow, fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin  found in animal foods such as eggs, liver, whole milk and fortified foods like fat-reduced milk, cereals and breads.  Vitamin A, are the dark-colored pigments found in plant foods like fruits and vegetables (especially dark green leafy  ones and include spinach, cantaloupe, carrots, sweet potatoes and squash. Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant helpful in maintaining healthy hair. Sources of this vitamin are found in foods  such as citrus fruits, kiwi, pineapple, tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes with their skins and dark green vegetables.  deficiency may make your hair prone to hair loss and other hair-related conditions. Vitamin C is one of the mo

Is Drinking Green Tea Good For You?

Green Tea For 4,000 years, the Chinese people have been using green tea and its benefits as a treatment for everything from headaches to depression. Studies are conducted in Asia and the west in order to produce hard evidence of the health benefits of green tea. In the 1994 edition of the Journal of National Cancer Institute, the results of an epidemiological study stated that one of the health benefits of drinking green tea is that it can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by up to 60%. Aside from medicinal value, green tea can also offer other health benefits, especially in the fitness field. Drinking green tea can cause a person to burn more calories. A recent study on the health benefits of green tea shows that the drink can help dieters. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1999, men who take both caffeine and green tea burn down more calories than men who only take caffeine or a placebo.