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Zinc and Hair Loss
Zinc stimulates hair growth by enhancing immune function. In laboratory tests animals fed with a zinc supplement showed signs of more hair growth, as opposed to loss of hair in animals that were deprived of zinc in their feed. It was discovered that there was a change in the hair protein structure when zinc was deficient in the diet.
Severe zinc deficiency in humans has been shown to produce baldness and scalp problems that were reversed when zinc was returned to the diet. No more than 80 mg of zinc, daily may be recommended. Studies show that Zinc may affect the levels of androgens, the hormones involved in some forms of genetic hair loss. It's important that zinc and copper remain in the proper ratio and that you do not over supplement Zinc as it may then create a copper deficiency.
Zinc has also been shown to stop hair turning grey. One doctor taking zinc for a year reversed the grey hairs which returned to their original color.
Zinc can be depleted by high stress levels. For a good source of zinc, wheat germ is the best, other sources are brewer's yeast, pumpkin seeds, oysters and mussels, shrimps and egg yolks.
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