Dandruff not only looks unsightly but can also significantly affect your mood. In addition to various hair care products, you can also tackle the problem of dandrunk by adjusting your diet. A combination of diet and daily care can help you get rid of dandrunk. What should you eat to get rid of dandrunk?
Three types of foods can help reduce dandrunk
1. Foods rich in vitamins
If the human body lacks vitamins for a long period, it will lead to the continuous production of dandrunk. This means that paying attention to supplementing vitamins can effectively inhibit dandrunk. In particular, Vitamin B2 has a complete therapeutic effect on seborrheic dermatitis. Experts point out that Vitamin B6 plays an important role in the normal metabolism of proteins and lipids. If Vitamin B2 is deficient for a long time, it will lead to the production of dandrunk. Foods rich in Vitamin B2 include animal liver, kidneys, heart, egg yolks, dairy products, and more.
In addition to supplementing vitamins, patients should also pay attention to eating less food with high salt content. It is best to eat more green vegetables, fruits, and other foods rich in B vitamins. If necessary, you can also take small amounts of Vitamin B and Vitamin E orally.
2. Alkaline foods
Long-term over-fatigue can also lead to the production of dandrunk, which is the latest research finding. This is because fatigue causes some acidic components in the metabolic process to remain in the body, such as common lactic acid, uric acid, and phosphoric acid. These acidic substances can change the pH value of the blood, leading to various symptoms of fatigue in the human body. At the same time, they will affect the nutrition of the scalp skin and lead to a large amount of dandrunk production. Therefore, for this group of people, as long as they pay attention to eating more alkaline foods in their daily lives, they can effectively relieve dandrunk. Calcium, magnesium, zinc, and other elements in these foods can neutralize excess acidic substances in the body, thus restoring the body fluids to a weakly alkaline state.
3. Whole grain foods
In daily life, people with a lot of dandrunk should also appropriately eat more black whole grain foods, which also have an inhibitory and therapeutic effect on dandrunk. Experts point out that compared to foods of other colors, black foods are more nutritious. Even for the same type of food, the darker the color, the richer the nutrients it contains. Especially in black whole grain foods, most of them contain large amounts of vitamins, selenium, iron, calcium, zinc, and other minerals, which are very beneficial to human health.
Moreover, black foods are also very helpful for nourishing hair and kidneys. Many times, kidney deficiency and damage to kidney health are also the causes of dandrunk production. Common black whole grain foods include black rice, black beans, black sesame, etc. Patients should eat more of them.
Two diet recipes to drive away dandrunk
1. Vegetable Porridge: Suitable for "Blood Deficiency and Wind Dryness Type"
Ingredients: 50g spinach, 50g rice
Method: Wash the spinach, boil to remove its astringent taste, and cut into sections for later use. Wash the rice, put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and cook until the rice is tender and the soup is thick. Then add the spinach to the porridge and continue cooking until the porridge is ready. Take it on an empty stomach once a day.
2. Mung Bean and Coix Seed Soup: Suitable for "Damp-Heat Accumulation Type"
Ingredients: 200g coix seed, 50g mung beans
Method: Soak and cook the coix seed until soft, then add the mung beans and cook until they are done.