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Diet & exercise grows hair back!
I suffered with alopecia in 2011. I was overweight and was dealing with depression severly. I changed my diet and began eating clean. I dranked lots of water daily and I began exercising. In only 4 months I'd lost 51lbs and had 4 months of new growth. I'm not sure if this will happen for anyone else, I just wanted to share my journey and my story.
Sincerely,
Theresa Spiller
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Permalink Reply by arizimlev on
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what is eating clean??? no red meats, all green vegs...you're not telling us too much. I suspect you eliminated all readmade meals or boxed meals, and fast foods... and sodas..uh???
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Permalink Reply by Theresa on
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Hello Arizimlev,
Eating clean is eating fresh/raw vegetables, nuts, fish, ground turkey, and chicken. I avoided all boxed and processed foods(man-made). I drink a gallon of water a day without fail and trained twice a day (4AM and 6PM) doing cardio and weights. My whole life, schedule, and attitude changed while adopting this rigorous program. It was hard and a lot of days I did not want to go but I did against my own feelings. I was allowed 1 cheat meal a week (which I enjoyed with my family over fajitas and a sweat dessert) and I enjoyed it but got back on my clean eating the very next day. I also took in supplements that I needed everyday like a multi vitamin, B-complex 100, calcium magnesium and others. It has made a difference in my body and my hair has completely recovered! I also wrote a blog entitled: FULL CIRCLE giving more details about what I did.
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I have a similar situation. I got really into health and fitness and have been seeing significant regrowth. Not sure if there is a connection but it does have me a bit hopeful. I also drink Shakeology which is a Beachbody product and is one of the healthiest things you can eat/drink. I wonder if that could be helping me. I am sure being healthy and feeling your best can only help any medical situation, especially since alopecia is known to be stress related and exercise helps relieve stress and when u are working out and eating healthy and you look and feel good i believe you are overall less stressed.
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Amkl...I know you're right! It is the only thing that has worked for me. Keeping my life stress-less as possible is the key. We can never really do away with stress but we can do something about the level of stress that plagues us. I have not tried shakeology but I might give it a try. I was offered an opportunity to be a sales rep for them. Well, continue to live healthy and stress free!
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Permalink Reply by itsmeehtalia on
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I believe It's a mixture of both. When I ate really healthy and cut out a lot of wheat and processed foods I felt that I had significant growth with my treatment. Supposedly it's said tha your body is inflamed inside which causes your immune Yates to overreact. This in turn results to alopecia for us. I may be wrong tho. But I'm glad it's working for you!
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Thank you Itsmeehtalia! It has made a big difference in how I look and feel; and the feeling part is most important. Bless you on your journey of recovery too!
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How long did it take for it to all grow back? I lost my eye brows too unfortunately. Did you loose hair anywhere else besides your scalp? Thanks for your help.
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Hi All,
Thank you for creating this forum and educating people about how to cure this pathetic disease. I had suffered alopecia areatia 3 years back. I tried many things like; alopethic and Homeopathic but it took around 2 years to cure however, i still could not cure it completely. The irony is i am in MNC in India and i have to go against nature. I do night shifts and maintaining diet and health is next to impossible in my line of business. I still tried my best, keep on taking medicines, the best part was i joined gym and it consequently improved my diet. My alopecia got stopped and it wasn't active anymore. I had to get my hair transplant done because it could not grow completely. Now aftr one year it came back again with a small spot. I am very much stressed now and i feel this is because i stopped my work out and my diet got impacted again. Is that true that it can come back?
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