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From: Sugar
Date: 30 May 2001
Time: 10:46:04
Remote Name: 65.32.94.122
Hey everyone,
Just a little note to let everyone know The Today Show, this morning, had a segment on poor nutrition and how it can affect your body.
They interviewed a Dr. Elizabeth Somers, author of The Origin Diet, who spoke about how lack of IRON, B-6, B-12, folic acid can cause dry skin, itching, fatigue, brittle nails and HAIR LOSS.
Matt Lauer, who also suffers hair loss, asked specifically about what to include in your diet. She said eat at least 2 servings of green leafy vegetables, legumes. Also eat protein (3 to 6 ounces fish, chicken, extra-lean red meat) and other things (I don't remember them all). She spoke about B-6, B-12, folic acid and IRON being very important for preventing hair loss and thinning.
Dr. Somers also said supplementing with additional vitamins is probably necessary for alot of people.
I have long thought that I, for one, don't eat as well as I should. Maybe people with a hair problems really do need to pay more attention to what they eat.
Anyway..just food for thought.
You can probably download the interview from The Today Show website. It was on the MSN/NBC home page today.
Sugar