How to Fight Dandruff
Dandruff results from dead skin cells that are shed from the scalp and settle in a person's hair to produce flakes that are white and irritate the skin. Oily skin produces dandruff more often than mere dry skin, and there is research to show that more serious types of dandruff can be the result of too much growth of a yeast called Pityrosporum ovale that lives on skin. Dandruff may be the result of some illness, trauma or imbalances of hormones. Dandruff can be eliminated with a few simple steps. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Consume fewer sugar and carbohydrates because these chemicals can trigger more dandruff.
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Increase the amount of B-complex vitamins, essential fatty acids and selenium in your diet. B-complex vitamins provide the body with healthy hair and skin. Essential fatty acids assist the body in relieving inflammation and itching and are needed for a vigorous scalp and skin. Selenium aids the body in controlling a scalp that is dry.
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Consume enough raw food so that it makes up somewhere between 50 and 75 percent of your diet.
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Tips & Warnings
Evening primrose oil is a great source of a chemical called omega-6 EFA. Omega-6 EFA carries a chemical called gamma linolenic acid (GLA), which is one of the essential fatty acids.
If you supplement your diet with vitamin E, you can improve your chances of fighting dandruff. Vitamin E improves circulation.
Eat yogurts or "friendly" bacteria to help fulfill your requirement of eating a certain percentage of raw foods. Raw vegetables provide some of the best ingredients for your raw food diet, especially garlic, carrots and rice because they have many of the nutrients that can improve hair strands and scalp.
If you are working on improving your scalp, be wary of scratching it because this can worsen the dandruff problem. Avoid this by washing your hair as frequently as possible with a shampoo that is not oily. Otherwise, before you conduct your hair wash, add 8 tablespoons of pure organic peanut oil with the juice of a half lemon, then rub this mixture onto your scalp. After 5 to 10 minutes, apply the shampoo and wash.
Tea and coffee consumption endanger your scalp because some ingredients in them make the body, including the scalp, dehydrate, leading to an increase in dead cells that leads to dandruff.
