The you are what you eat or vitamin supplement theory poses that the hair follicles of men who experience hair loss are deprived of essential nutrients, causing the follicles to die. This theory focuses on dietary supplement of vitamins and trace minerals, such as zinc, the amino acid cystine, and the B-complex vitamin biotin, as the best means of combating baldness.

Misleading advertisements will say that laboratory research has shown that hair, which is composed primarily of protein, must be fed certain vitamins, minerals, and amino acids for growth. Typically, the argument states that the average American’s diets is sorely lacking in these critical nutrients therefore, replacing then will combat hair loss.

Is it possible for a nutritional deficiency to cause balding? Yes but it must be so severe that the person is literally dying from lack of food. Occasional deficiencies found in the average healthy person, such as short term low levels of magnesium or zinc, are not the same as acute clinical starvation. Furthermore, clinical starvation does not and cannot cause hair loss in the pattern recognized as common male patterns baldness. Instead, it cause general or diffuse hair loss over the entire scalp. Moreover, hair loss is never the only symptom of clinical malnutrition, and it is usually one of the diseases of the internal organs, teeth, gums, skin, and nails. Therefore, if you have diffuse unpatterned hair loss, but no other signs of acute clinical starvation, it is safe to assume that a nutritional deficiency is not the cause.

Perhaps the Eskimo provide the best example of a culture that negates the common baldness myths. Eskimo males rarely wash their hair and wear hats most of the time. They also frequently apply whale and fish oils to their hair for sheen, which is considered pleasing in their culture. In addition, their restricted diet, consisting mostly of protein and fat, lack the variety of foods to qualify as balanced.

Subject to every mythic cause of baldness, the Eskimo make is a victim of poor circulation due to cold temperature, further decreased blood supply resulting from the wearing of hats, a sebum clogged scalp, and a diet that is lacking in essential vitamins all of which, according to the myths, should produce an unusually high rate of baldness. However, like others with similar racial characteristic, the Eskimo have much less chance of experiencing baldness than the average Caucasian male.

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