Food for Hair Growth
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-06-14

Hot peppers, soy foods, and pumpkin seeds may help with hair loss.

This is the last in a three-part series on hair loss and growth. The previous two videos were Supplements for Hair Growth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/supplements-for-hair-growth) and Pills for Hair Growth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pills-for-hair-growth).

A handful of pumpkin seeds would satisfy my Daily Dozen recommendation for nuts and seeds. See Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-dr-gregers-daily-dozen-checklist/).

CORRECTION on the pepper information around minute 2:40: I was confused by the “fresh” in the table, but as our new in-house video fact-checker just pointed out, the mg/g values for capsaicin were for fresh peppers… that were then dried! So it’s a little more daunting; instead of “a quarter of a fresh jalapeño,” it would really be like “a third of a habanero or a teaspoon of medium-hot red pepper (as per https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7455983/pdf/FSN3-8-4611.pdf).

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