Vitamins are vitally essential for health and the proper maintenance of our body. Supplements are constantly touted and sold everywhere, from minerals to vitamins and herbal products. Regular food intake is often not balanced properly to get all the essential vitamins and minerals from regular food.
Hair loss too can occur due to a lack of vitamin D. Lack of vitamin D causes rickets in children and osteomalacia and other bone diseases in adults. Vitamin D is also required to maintain a strong and vigorous immune system.
Research conducted in mice has shown that vitamin D helps prevent hair loss. When unusual hair loss is seen in young adults, it could very well be due to vitamin D deficiency. Research in this field is ongoing, in order to clarify and simulate other clinical and emotional conditions and situations and these researches are considered incomplete.
Sunlight is an excellent source for synthesizing vitamin D. Today’s lifestyle leaves very little time for outdoor activity and often one does not get enough sunlight to naturally synthesize the vitamin D needed. Research has, however, shown that a lack of essential fatty acids is the main cause for vitamin D deficiency, as vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin.
The body can only synthesize vitamin D provided there is the required essential fatty acid Omega 3. Fatty acids not only produce cholesterol but are also responsible for the removal of the excess cholesterol from circulation. Fatty acids are fundamental for the performance of the various, complex body functions.
The fatty acids in cholesterol help with the conversion of vitamin D. When this conversion cannot be done due to a lack of fatty acids, the deficiency manifests as flaky scalp with hair loss and psoriasis among others.
Other causes for hair loss include L-lysine, copper and zinc deficiency. However, by far vitamin D deficiency is the most common cause for hair loss.
Vitamin D is manufactured by several reputable pharmacies. It is important to use products from a reputable source so that one uses a licensed, quality controlled, dependable product, with someone responsible for it. In addition, care should be taken to maintain a balanced diet with regular exercise. Fish and fish products, liver, dairy products and eggs are all good natural sources for vitamin D.
All vitamins, though good for the body can become toxic if overdosed. Toxic levels of vitamin D can cause vomiting, nausea, weakness, constipation and poor appetite among others. Due to elevated calcium levels, confusion and disturbed mental status can be set off in addition to abnormal cardiac rhythm. Elevated calcium storage in the kidneys can cause renal complications.
Vitamins, like all medications, must be talked about with a physician in order to adjust dosage and frequency before being consumed. Vitamin intake though generally harmless may have to be calculated according to the age and weight of a patient. Consulting a physician and following the recommended dosage can often work wonders in reversing the ill effects of vitamin D deficiency and that ugly hair loss.