How I Grew THICKER HAIR and Achieved the BEST SKIN & HEALTH of My Life NATURALLY (2 Key Nutrients)!

Summary

In this video, the narrator discusses changes she has made to her diet that have improved the health and density of her hair. She emphasizes consuming foods high in niacin like beef liver and zinc like oysters and shellfish. She advises avoiding supplements and getting nutrients directly from whole food sources that contain complementary nutrients to aid absorption. The narrator passionately advocates for the immense impact diet has on hair, skin, and overall health. She urges viewers to be mindful of incorporating niacin and zinc-rich foods into their diets to potentially see positive changes.

Takeaways

• 😊 The video focuses on tips for healthy hair and skin, emphasizing diet over products
• 🥩 Beef liver is touted as the most nutrient-dense food, specifically for niacin, vitamin A and zinc
• 🍤 Other zinc and niacin-rich foods recommended are shellfish, salmon, whole grains and beans
• 💊 Supplements are discouraged as food sources allow better absorption and prevent overconsumption
• 🧬 Niacin aids DNA repair, strengthens skin/hair, and protects against skin cancer
• 👀 Zinc is critical for wound healing, immune function, vision health and more
• 🤝 Many foods contain both niacin and zinc, so eating these provides complementary benefits
• 🧑‍🍳 The presenter credits an improved diet for resolving her scalp psoriasis
• 👩‍🦱 She emphasizes that good genes cannot override the effects of poor lifestyle habits
• 🚯 The takeaway is we have the power to transform our health through mindful eating

Q & A

What shampoo and hair products does the woman use?

She uses VO5 Pomegranate shampoo and no conditioner. She doesn't use any other hair products.

What two key nutrients has the woman focused on supplying her body with?

The two key nutrients are niacin (vitamin B3) and zinc.

What food does the woman say is the number one superfood that has changed her life?

Grass-fed beef liver. She says when she started eating it, her whole life changed - her skin got better, clearer and more glowing.

Why does the woman prefer getting nutrients from food rather than supplements?

She believes nutrients are better absorbed from food sources. Also, foods contain complementary nutrients that aid absorption, whereas supplements can provide too much of isolated nutrients.

Which zinc-rich food does the woman especially like to eat?

She likes to eat oysters, specifically boiled whole oysters from South Korea.

What health benefits does zinc provide?

Zinc is critical for wound healing, cell division, immune function, healthy skin, slowing age-related macular degeneration, metabolic function, digestion, and nerve health.

What does the woman say is an indicator that her skin is in very good health?

Her scalp psoriasis, which she used to have, is now in complete remission after changing her diet.

What does the woman mean when she says we 'wear what we consume'?

She means that what we put into our bodies through food and drink shows up in our outward appearance - especially in our skin, hair, and nails.

What does the woman say about the impact of lifestyle versus genetics on disease risk?

She says that even good genes cannot negate the effects of poor lifestyle habits. Likewise, adopting healthy habits can help prevent diseases coded for in the genes.

What does the woman encourage viewers to be mindful of?

She encourages being mindful of the foods you consume and avoid in order to have power over your health.

Outlines

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🤩Niacin and Beef Liver for Healthy Hair

The first paragraph discusses how niacin or vitamin B3 is an essential nutrient that strengthens hair and skin. It acts as an antioxidant, aids in DNA repair, and converts food into energy. Foods high in niacin include beef liver, which is very high in niacin and other nutrients. Consuming beef liver improved the author's skin and hair. She recommends eating a 3 oz serving 1-2 times per month. She prefers getting nutrients from whole food sources rather than supplements due to better absorption.

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🦪Zinc-Rich Foods Like Shellfish and Oysters

The second paragraph focuses on zinc, an abundant trace mineral vital for wound healing, cell division, immune function, healthy skin, vision, metabolism and more. Good sources are oysters, shellfish, crab, beef, beans, nuts and more. The author eats shellfish and oysters for zinc rather than taking supplements. She notes that zinc and niacin containing foods often contain both, making it efficient to get these nutrients.

Keywords

💡diet

The video emphasizes diet as the most important factor influencing hair and skin health. The narrator states that topical treatments can help, but diet provides the "building blocks" for healthy tissues. She credits improving her diet, especially eating liver, with transforming her skin and eliminating her scalp psoriasis.

💡nutrients

The video focuses on the nutrients niacin and zinc as being particularly important for hair and skin. It states foods high in these nutrients and explains their benefits - niacin strengthens hair/skin, zinc aids wound healing and cell division. Consuming nutrient-rich foods is preferred over supplements.

💡beef liver

Beef liver is highlighted as the single most nutrient-dense food, extremely high in niacin, vitamin A and other nutrients. The narrator credits adding liver to her diet with radically improving her skin and "changing her life." Eating liver is her #1 recommendation for increasing health and nutrient intake.

💡seafood

In addition to beef liver, the video recommends eating seafood like salmon, sardines, oysters and crab for nutrients like zinc that support healthy hair and skin. Canned seafood with bones/skin is preferred for nutrient density.

💡nutrient absorption

The video argues that nutrients from food are better absorbed than supplements. It claims nature combines complementary nutrients that aid each other's absorption, whereas supplements provide isolated nutrients that are largely excreted.

💡lifestyle

The narrator ultimately argues that lifestyle choices, especially diet, are more influential than genetics in determining health outcomes. She states that poor lifestyle can negate even the best genes, while good lifestyle can help overcome poor genes.

💡food sources

Rather than recommending specific hair/skin products or treatments, the video advocates consuming nutrient-rich whole foods for improving hair and skin quality. It states that "we wear what we consume" and highlights changes in outward appearance as evidence of internal health.

💡moderation

The recommendations focus on incorporating small, moderate amounts of nutrient-dense foods like liver into one's existing diet, not radical short-term changes. This encourages realistic, sustainable lifestyle improvements.

💡anti-supplement

While not completely "anti-supplement", the narrator clearly favors a whole foods approach over taking vitamins or supplements. She suggests supplements provide excessive, poorly absorbed nutrients and can have negative interactions.

💡personal experience

The video uses the narrator's dramatic improvements in her own hair, skin and scalp after improving her diet as real-world evidence to support her nutritional advice to viewers hoping to emulate her results.

Highlights

The two key nutrients for hair health are niacin and zinc

Niacin strengthens hair, skin, prevents skin cancers, aids in DNA repair, and converts food into energy

Beef liver is the most nutrient dense food and very high in niacin and vitamin A

Eating beef liver improved skin tightness, collagen production, glow and integrity

It's best to get nutrients from whole food sources instead of synthetic supplements

Zinc is critical for wound healing, cell division, immune function, healthy skin, and slowing macular degeneration

Oysters are the food highest in zinc, also red meat, seafood, shellfish, whole grains, beans, nuts and chickpeas

Many zinc and niacin rich foods contain both nutrients

Diet and lifestyle changes have the power to negate poor genes and prevent disease

Be mindful of foods consumed and avoided - diet impacts health and appearance greatly

Increasing niacin and zinc intake through food improved hair density, skin clarity and scalp health

Topical treatments help but diet provides building blocks for skin and hair tissues

Nature perfectly packages nutrients to aid absorption unlike synthetic supplements

Zinc and niacin deficiencies are common since they are not stored in the body

We visually display through our skin and hair what we put into our bodies through diet

Transcripts

i want to talk about my hair today

because so many of you graciously thank

you

by the way commented on my hair in the

last video so i'm going to talk about

exactly what changes i've made to

increase my hair density

on the head the hair on the top of my

head

and many of you also commented on the

denseness

and thickness of my eyebrows so i'm

going to speak about my diet because

it all comes down to the diet and you've

heard me say that again and again that

topically we can do whatever to our skin

and our hair but

in my opinion the more important thing

is what we put in because

those are the building blocks to the

tissues actually so just really quickly

i will show you what i've been using for

shampoo

and it's just this v05 as you can see

it's almost done

88 vo5 pomegranate shampoo

and i have another one on deck because

it's almost gone

so that's what i use um i've used suave

the products are not important so to get

that out of the way though that's the

product i use and i don't use

conditioner

i find it ways my hair down so no

conditioner just shampoo

two to three times a week that's it no

product i wrap it when i

go to sleep at night so it doesn't get

tangled i braid it

to the side so on to the main point of

this video

there are two key nutrients that i've

been really supplying my body with

intentionally the first one is niacin

that's a b

vitamin and it's an essential nutrient

that acts as an antioxidant in the body

niacin strengthens the hair and the skin

it has even been shown to prevent

certain types of skin cancers

and it's protective against skin damage

so niacin or vitamin b3

is very very important indeed it's an

essential nutrient

and it aids in dna repair as well as

helping to convert

any food we eat into energy being a

water-soluble vitamin means that

it's not stored in the body therefore

you must obtain it from food

or supplements but you all know

how i feel about supplements you can do

whatever you please of course but

i personally don't take any supplements

besides vitamin d3

i prefer to get my nutrients straight

from the source

and in my experience and my humble

opinion

getting it from the food source is the

best in terms of absorption

because consuming an isolated nutrient

like

niacin or vitamin b in the form of a

man-made supplement

yes you are consuming that amount but

how much of it is actually being

absorbed

much of it is excreted in the urine so

our bodies don't get to

assimilate and use the nutrient and also

in nature the foods that are

containing the vital nutrients they're

often packaged with complementary

nutrients that aid in the absorption

of each other so nature has very

nicely made this symphony of

components in these foods that

make it so that our bodies can make it

work for us so i will just go over what

i have been

really focusing on foods that i have

already

sung the praises of the number one food

is

beef liver and that food is also very

high in vitamin a

as i've explained in a previous video

so that has helped a lot i will say that

when i first started eating organ meat

specifically grass-fed beef liver about

four years ago now

my life changed my whole life changed my

skin got better clearer more

glass-like glowy if you will it just

seemed to complement my tretinoin use

in terms of my skin health the integrity

of my skin so the tightness

and the collagen again a lot of that has

to do with

tretinoin which increases the collagen

production but

also the preformed vitamin a in beef

liver has really

done a number on my skin in a good way

so i love it just a modest three ounce

portion

and that portion has about 15 milligrams

of niacin so it's a good

addition to the diet if you're not

including it start eating beef liver

and i will never shut up about it

because it's the most nutrient dense

food on the planet actually

so one of the best things you can do to

increase your health overall

if you want to is simply adding a

serving of beef liver

you know twice a month or once a month

just add it

is my point is that including it

versus not including it is a game

changer so that's the number one

superfood of the foods that i eat the

other foods i

eat are sardines i like this because

it's in spring water

and it has the bones and the skin so i

like to eat the bones on the skin for

the calcium

i eat a lot of red sockeye wild salmon

again

canned this has the skin and the bones

so it's very

important calcium and vitamin d from

this it's a very good source the second

nutrient is zinc

after iron zinc is the most abundant

trace mineral in the body so niacin and

zinc

are the two nutrients that i've really

been

focusing on and again supplements aren't

ideal

especially in zinc because zinc can in

fact interfere with a lot of medications

so

although i'm not on any medications

that's just something to note

that a lot of supplements in general can

interfere with certain drugs

i also don't like isolated supplements

because you can get too much

and it's very hard to get too much from

a natural source

so i'll stop with the supplements but

i'm not anti-supplement i just don't

take them personally myself with

zinc there's again no storage system in

the body for zinc so we must obtain it

from food the food that is the highest

in zinc that i love to eat are oysters

these are just boiled whole oysters from

south korea other foods that are high in

zinc

are red meat seafood shellfish crab

anchovies whole grains beans nuts

chickpeas all of these foods are rich in

zinc

so personally i like to eat

shellfish i love crab i love oysters

and i do eat beef once every 10 days or

so

beef is not my favorite food i have to

say but i eat it for the nutrition so

i do include it in my diet the great

thing about

zinc and niacin is that a lot of foods

contain both so that's why i'm speaking

about them

in conjunction because many foods

contain both so that's great zinc is

critical

in wound healing cell division immune

function and healthy skin

studies have also shown that zinc helps

to slow the progression of age-related

macular degeneration

so that's very important indeed it's

important

also in metabolic function and digestion

and nerve health so all of the things

that matter the most

if you're not including zinc and niacin

rich foods in your diet

start and start with beef liver

that's the number one food i think of

all foods actually

start incorporating some healthy zinc

and niacin rich foods in your diet

see if the quality of your hair and your

skin

your nails see if it doesn't improve

because

it has for me and i still have no

my scalp psoriasis that i used to have

before i changed my diet it's in

remission completely

so i've not had a recurrence of that and

that

is one indicator that my skin is in very

good health indeed

so that's what i do i don't do anything

special i don't color my hair you always

hear me say that whatever we put in

it comes out we see it in the

skin which is the largest organ of the

body and it's on the outside

so we wear what we consume and

i that's why i'm so passionate about

healthy diet and healthy lifestyle

the diet it's always coming down to the

diet

with health in general and that's

something that

a lot of people don't want to hear

because it means

making certain changes it puts the onus

on

us to create those changes yes a portion

of it is genetic of course

but all the good genes in the world

are not going to help you if your

lifestyle

is poor in much the same way that if

your genes

are such that you have cancer for

instance in your family or alzheimer's

running in your family

if you adopt certain lifestyle habits

epigenetically we turn on and off those

receptors

so in other words a good diet and

lifestyle

can save you from poor genes

likewise poor lifestyle habits

will not negate good genes

so if you have good jeans for hair not

graying and hair not thinning but if

your lifestyle sucks

that's not going to save you so i hope i

made my point and i just want to

encourage you

i want to always encourage you that you

have the power

we each have the power so be mindful

be mindful of the foods you consume and

what you avoid

good luck and i wish you well thank you

as always for watching

bye