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Why Does A Vegan Diet Cause Hair Loss?
ByMy friend from gentlemen’s lodge has went on this crazy cult diet and is losing his hair. I have 2 questions actually. The next question is this. Should someone who is losing their hair go ahead and shave their head? Which looks better, a person with thinning hair or a shaved head?
Lack of protein and iron. Also certain vitamin or mineral deficiencies like zinc, copper, magnesium. Vegans must get adequate protein and iron and should probably supplement with vitamins and minerals. They need their calcium, omega 3(flax oil) and other things they may not be getting from being totally Vegan. I’m not bashing veganism, I have a friend who is vegan and she is fine but she supplements and takes vegan protein shakes daily. I wish I had the will power to be vegan, we’d all be much healthier actually.
Tori
there is such a thing as being a junk food Vegan — you have to eat balanced meals when you are a vegan too. if he isn’t getting enough fats he should suppliment with flax oils — you need your omega 3s and 6s for thick hair. if his main protein is soy that is a bad idea — it is full of estrogen which his body will counteract with testosterone production which will make your hair fall out.
It doesn’t.
Crazy cult diet? That like 2 billion people in Eastern Asia follow? You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Vegan Diets don’t cause hair loss. They actually correct it.
Nor is veganism a crazy cult diet. It’s a well thought out lifestyle choice.
While folks above me have stated protein deficiency causes hair loss, in actuality the opposite is true. Too much protein causes hair loss.
You’ve seen those dogs with “hot spots” and bald butts? Too much protein. Adding fresh brown rice to their diet corrects the problem. So of course pet food manufacturers jump on that and start presenting kibble forumulated with rice. Which is a waste of time and money.
Too much protein taxes the kidneys. Toxins start coming out your skin. It can often look like a mild sunburn.
Also, sodium laurel (and laureth) sulfate in your every day shampoo is known to cause hair loss. Then they try to sell us Rogain to counter the issue when all we need is a SLS free shampoo.
As to which looks better, that depends on the individual. Some men have very sexy skulls. Some don’t.
My question for you: Is is better to ask annoying questions or to remain silent?
As many other vegans with a wonderful, full, thick head of hair have already told you veganism doesn’t cause hairloss. In fact, I haven’t met a bald Vegan yet! You also know that veganism isn’t a cult. Also, most vegans I know wouldn’t be seen dead or alive in a Gentleman’s lodge – who’d cater for us there – no one!
It must be wonderful for you living in your dream world where vegans are the enemy and it’s okay to kill inocent animals for fun. I’d hate to think you actually had to wake up and smell the coffee and realise you’re wrong.
Oh, because it doesn’t. Fantastic scientific investigation with a representative sample of 1.
Get a life foxhunter and stop trying to insult Vegetarians and vegans with your ignorant comments and made up questions.
As for your 2nd question-it’s his choice.
A balanced Vegan Diet will not cause hair loss. Your friend must sort his diet out before he ends up with a serious medical condition – a trip to a qualified dietitian or nutritionist would be a good idea as they would be able to identify what essential nutrients he’s cut out of his diet and causing this problem.
With regards to thinning hair, I think shaving it looks better. Never, EVER go for the comb over!
no. a Vegan Diet does not cause hair loss. his hair loss may be his age,his genes, stress, etc.thinning hair or a shaved head depends on the persons face and shape off head. also vegan is not a cult. please look up in all the journals you have,for the correct definition of ‘cult”.
Cha Foxhunter!, la, la, la, I can’t hear you…take your bogus questions elsewhere…la, la, la….
There is no evidence that a Vegan Diet causes hairloss. Shave your head if you’re losing your hair. This way, once you lose the rest of it you will look pretty much the same and there will be no adjustment period when you have no choice. As for losing your hair in general, it’s best to try to accept this fact without trying to figure out a way to try to hide it with a hat or a hairstyle that makes it look like you have more hair than you actually do. Losing your hair is a tough thing, but the sooner you accept it the better off you’ll be. There are plenty of women out there who don’t care about hairloss, don’t panic, it’s part of life. I say shave your head and don’t think about it anymore.
He is probably not getting the proper amount of vitamins and minerals. Also, lack of protein will cause hair loss. And if a person is losing their hair, just shave it. That looks much better that thinning hair.
I have very concerned about the female Vegetarians noticing, or their friends notice, an INCREASE in Facial Hair!!! So what is this all about? What is causing this, do you think?
Please let me know if you get any answers, or have any answers! Thank you!
Because your not eating all of the foods that your body needs.
And if you are a Vegan or thinking of becoming one, I would advise agentst it. You can get really sick from becoming a Vegan. And I mean REALLY sick!
I was amused by some of the answers on this thread. If the guy is getting enough calories & isn’t in heavy training than he’s certainly getting enough protein (just about all athletes supplement protein who train, whatever their diet). You could experience hairloss if you went on a very restrictive diet that lacked a large variety of vitamins, but for the average Vegan, eating a variety of foods, that shouldn’t be a problem. A a sports nutritionist about to embark on yet another course studying nutrition (& a vegan of over 20 years), I find that it is easy to eat healthily & look great (with a full head of head – I’m actually known for my hair!) on a Vegan Diet.
This appears to be a person just spamming for some fun, but hopefully they will accidently learn a few tips about diet & a healthy lifestyle by reading some of the responses, as for the rest of the people reading this, will learning about any diet is important to achieve your absolute best, but the scare story above is very likely a fiction & shouldn’t concern you, vegans do not lose any more hair than people on any other diet (they do tend to shed excess fat though
changing from one dieted to another in such a drastic way can obviously make the body change. it seems like your friends body (hair in particular) cannot handle a Vegan Diet. the change has to be gradual, not sudden.
and bold looks better
A shaved head, but I have noticed unsightly facial hair on female vegans
I just remembered that I need
to trim my thick Vegan mustache, shave
my beard down to a stubble and get a
haircut this weekend.
THANK YOU for reminding me.
I am not a vegetarian or a Vegan but I know that when my sister became a vegan, she DID start losing her hair and it WAS because she was not getting enough protein in her diet. She’s not a huge cook, so she went back to Vegetarianism, eating eggs and occasionally fish.
You do need to change some things about your lifestyle if you want to commit to not eating meat, and especially animal bi-products.
I’m surprised at some of the ignorant statements made in answer to this question!!!
THEY ARE NOT EATTING ENOUGH PROTEIN,,, SO THEY NEED TO FIND SUPPLIMENTS AND ALSO TAKE BOITIN THAT IS A VITAMIN THAT HELPS WITH HAIR LOSS
Your friend is losing his hair because hair is made of dead protein called keratin and a vegetarian diet excludes protein. He should take zinc or biotin pills to help his hair grow back and vitamins to help with the protein.
If your hair is falling off just shave it off. Sure, it will look weird at first but after a while nobody will notice. Don’t be a Donald Trump!
I really dont appriciate you calling veganism a CULT diet because it isnt I also think its bull that it causes hair loss i am Vegan and my hair is thicker then ever
your friend probably was not eating enough protien. there are a ton of foods that are Vegan, you just have to make sure you are getting all of your nutrients. I deffinatley prefer a shaved head to a thinning one. Just check out Britney Spears new do. It works for both guysand gals!
lack of protein?
60% of vegans are estimated to have some level of deficiency of vitamin B12, a symptom is which is…you guessed it…hair loss (also aneamia and death, but that takes longer).
Either get him back on meat or get him on B12 supplements.
I became a vegetarian about 6 years ago. And i remember the first time when my hair started to get thin on me. That was about 5 years ago and when i moved to México, and that’s when my diet changed dramaticlly.
Anyway my ponit is i started to eat meat about 6 months ago and my hair started to get thicker,
but as for the comment that Michelle wrote about her sister. I would have to say i was quite the same at not liking to cook also. I loved being a vegetarian because my skin looked good, felt great and healthy (i still do) but i don’t eat meat as offten though, maybe twice a week and only if it’s organic meat i’ll eat…anywhere else or any other place that don’t serve orgainc meat “NO THANK YOU” (witch no place really does) so i eat organic meat mostly at home. “Why!?” Because a freind of mine got hormone related cancer, so you have to really take care and watch where your meat is coming from. As a matter in fact, watch FOOD, INC great documantery.
But over all, I think being a vegetarian is a great joice for health reasons, but you have to like cooking or find someone who will cook vegetarian food for you. And have the money to spend, becuase it can be quite expansive…good food is really expansive.
So that was my experaince, i just thought i would share!
Cheers!
Just like everyone else, I’d like to add my 2 cents. I stopped eating meat 10 years ago and went Vegan with my fiance 4 years ago. I’m going on 28 years of age. When I lived in Baltimore city over the past 3 years I commuted to my part time job by bike. It was a 20 mile round trip ride up and down hills from MT. Washington to sea level, just past the harbor, fixed gear. It doesn’t sound like much but it was intense. So much so that I’ve seen guys finish the ride on foot. My full time job is in construction. I rock climb. I meet once a week with a healthy 40+ year old Vegan to have some fun on a longboard skateboard. My hair is about 8 inches from my ass and my beard is the thickest it’s ever been. I VERY RARELY take supplements and when I do its only a B12. I try to balance my diet and concentrate on organic foods but also stay away from eating too much Soy. I VERY VERY VERY RARELY even think about protein. It’s a joke to concern yourself with that unless, as stated above, you are a professional athlete or body builder. I would worry about B12 first but these days most foods are fortified with most of what you need, so, learn to balance your damn diet. I work hard, I play hard and I look better now than @ 18. I can typically carry more weight and for longer than other non-Veg people on the job. In my life I need no other proof and to those in doubt, contact me @ 50 and we can compare health status of each other then. Just reply to my comment on here and I can give you my email, Facebook, whatever, but I stand by what I say and if you have health problems from being Vegan then I truly believe you are doing something wrong. Either you are not balancing your diet properly or there is something very specific to you and your blood type that you are either getting too much of or not enough of.
-Charlie