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Hair Loss – Finding The Root Cause

By Janine Thornton, Medicinal Eating.


Our hair is often our crowning glory and if you are suffering with hair falling out, thinning or have bald patches appearing on your scalp it can be the cause of considerable distress. Research shows that changes in how our hair looks, it’s texture and thickness can often be a sign of underlying health problems, stress or nutritional deficiencies. But how do we go about finding out what these are and addressing the “root cause”?


Thinning hair due to excessive shedding can often start after a shock to the system and the first stage is to identify this shock or trigger. Stressful situations, hormonal imbalances, infections, medications and viral illness or vaccination can often be this trigger and usually hair loss is resolved after 3-6 months. But sometimes, this hair loss does not resolve and is further driven by metabolic or nutritional shortfalls. Some examples of these are: