In allergy and hair loss juice therapy can also proved useful, if taken with full care and regularly.
Allergy
An allergy is a reaction to a substance that in nonsensitive persons would produce no effect. It is an antibody-antigen reaction that may be caused by the release of histamine or histamine-like substances from injured cells. The offending substance is known as an allergen and can be anything that brings on the symptoms of an allergy.
General Recommendations
Food allergies should be identified, and problem foods should be avoided. Blood tests are more effective than the skin scratch test in identifying food allergies. Certain additives, such as aspartame (Nutra Sweet), monosodium glutamate (MSG), and sulfites, can also cause allergic reactions. In addition, an overgrowth of the yeast known as Candida albicans can cause a variety of food sensitivities. Either a blood test or stool culture can determine whether there is a yeast overgrowth present in the body. When this yeast overgrowth is brought under control, many people notice that their allergies and sensitivities have improved. In addition, the Juice Fast has been helpful for many allergy sufferers.
Nutrients that Help
Vitamin B6 may be beneficial for MSG sensitivity.
Vitamin B12 may have therapeutic benefits. Speak to your doctor about supplementation, as this nutrient cannot be obtained from juices.
Vitamin C may reduce blood histamine levels and MSG sensitivity.
Vitamin E has antihistamine activity.
Molybdenum may be helpful, as this nutrient might be deficient in the majority of people with sulfite sensitivity.
Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bifidus, may be beneficial, as a deficiency may exist with food allergies. Speak to your doctor about supplementation, as these substances are not found in juices.
Bioflavonoids potentiate the action of vitamin C.
Beneficial Juices
Kale, spinach, and sweet pepper—sources of vitamin B6.
Kale, parsley, and collared greens—sources of vitamin C.
Spinach., asparagus, and carrot—sources of vitamin E.
Orange, cantaloupe, and parsley—sources of bioflavonoids..
Dietary Modifications
Identify food allergies and eliminate those foods that cause symptoms.
Avoid additives that commonly cause reactions, including MSG, softies, and aspartame (Nutraftleet).
Suggested Juicing Recipes For Allergies
Hair Loss (Alopecia)
Alopecia is natural or abnormal baldness or thinning of the hair. It can appear in patches or over the entire head. Hair loss can result from the aging process, surgery, radiation, severe illness, drugs, endocrine disorders such as hypothyroidism, sudden loss of weight, vitamin or mineral deficiency (especially iron), overconsumption of supplements such as vitamin A and niacin, poor diet, stress, certain forms of dermatitis, pregnancy, and hereditary factors. There are over a dozen types of alopecia. Therefore, if you suddenly lose large amounts of hair, it may be appropriate to consult your physician to rule out any underlying medical problem that may be causing this loss. Be aware, though, that it is normal to lose about forty to eighty hairs per day.
General Recommendations
Some people lose hair after an illness because of an accumulation of oils, dead cells and medication residues at the hair follicle. These residues can ‘choke’ the hair, causing it to fall out. Ask your beautician about products that remove such residues from hair and scalp. A rinse of sage tea or apple cider vinegar can help hair grow, as can a scalp massage with ginger root juice tonic or with a tonic that combines cayenne pepper with vodka. Lying on a slant board for 15-20 minutes per day will cause blood to flow to the scalp and daily scalp massages will also help improve circulation. To encourage hair growth, make an infusion with the herbs horsetail, catnip and southernwood and use as a rinse. Use only natural hair products; avoid using harsh chemical products on your hair.
Stimulating hair growth from within by the foods you eat is even more important than what you put on your scalp and hair. Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other nutrients provide the raw materials from which hair is produced. You may need to make certain dietary modifications to encourage your hair to grow.
Dietary Modifications
- Include plenty foods rich in the sulfur-containing amino acids L-cysteine and Z-methionine, which are found in animal products (eggs are an especially rich source), legumes and cabbage. Skin, hair and nails contain some of the body’s most rigid proteins, all of which have a high sulfur content. Eat animal proteins in moderation, however an ample serving of lean meat, poultry or fish is three to five ounces, depending upon your body size. Eastern medicine says that eating too much meat can cause hair loss.
- Cut down on sweets. Eastern medicine also says that too much sugar—especially fruit sugar (fructose)—can cause balding on the sides of the forehead. It is found that sugar is often a contributing factor in hair loss, and that after sugar is certain individuals, the hair-loss removed from the diets of certain individuals, the hair-loss process is either halted or totally or partially reversed.
- Include foods rich in the D vitamins, with special emphasis on choline, inositol and PABA. Choline is plentiful in eggs, wheat germ, legumes (beans, split peas, and lentils), oatmeal and brown rice. Lecithin, wheat germ, rice bran, whole wheat, and legumes are excellent sources of inositol PABA is found in mushrooms, cabbage, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, oats, spinach, and eggs.
- Make sure that your diet contains ample essential JattV acids. Eat fish two or three times a week (not deep-fried). If your hair is dry and brittle, you may improve its texture by supplementing your diet with expeller-pressed flaxseed oil.
Nutrients That Help
B-complex vitamins are essential for health and growth of hair.
Vitamin C helps improve circulation to the scalp.
Vitamin E improves hair health and enhances hair growth
Beneficial juices
Green leafy vegetables—sources of B-complex vitamins.
Kale, parsley, green chilli, and broccoli—sources of vitamin C.
Spinach, asparagus and carrot—sources of vitamin E.
Alfalfa—helps to stimulate hair growth.
Ginger juice—used traditionally to stimulate circulation to the scalp.
Hair Growth Tonics
Ginger Juice Tonic
1- to 2-inch piece ginger root
Juice ginger root. Pour the juice on your head and massage into the scalp. Let dry for 10-15 minutes; then shampoo. Ginger root juice has been used naturopathically to stimulate circulation to the scalp. Your head will feel a tingling sensation, as if it just had a Certs!
Cayenne Pepper Tonic
4 oz. red cayenne pepper
1 pint 100-proof vodka
Mix red cayenne pepper with vodka. Let sit for two weeks, shaking the mixture several times. Then strain until the liquid is pepper free. (A nylon sox works well for straining.) This makes liquid capsicum pepper. (It is not for drinking) Each day, apply this mixture to thinning or bald areas of the scalp. Within five or six weeks hair should begin to grow. This may not work for hereditary baldness.
