It’s October, and you can find pumpkins almost anywhere right now! Halloween is right around the corner, and people are carving out jack-o-lanterns, decorating their front porches with pumpkins, and, of course, drinking some pumpkin spice lattes! Okay, the last one doesn’t really help you here, but it’s still a popular item during the fall! 

What a lot of people don’t realize is that pumpkins are more useful than just decoration, creative carving, and flavoring your coffee! Pumpkins are actually a huge health benefit, from helping improve vision, providing your body with vitamins, and even helping reduce hair loss!

Diets can be a big reason you’re seeing increased hair loss, and adding pumpkin to your diet (not just during October) can help you gain and retain that hair you once had. While pumpkins are low in fat, they offer high fiber, natural antioxidants, and a high amount of Vitamins A and C.

Pumpkins are also a great source of magnesium and copper. Both of these help keep your hair thick and healthy. Magnesium helps the body to absorb calcium, and a deficiency can lead to hair loss similar to excessive shedding caused by a calcium deficiency. Copper contributes to the proper functioning of the nervous system and may help the hair to retain its normal pigmentation.

Not only do pumpkins offer these vitamins and health benefits, they also offer cholesterol management and have been linked to keeping hearts healthy. Things like soy isoflavones, tryptophan, and other amino acids help reduce DHT in the blood, making pumpkins a magical fruit for your hair in both women and men!

Pumpkins also promote better sleep, which, in turn, promotes hair growth! Hair sheds for multiple different reasons, including stress, poor diet, and lack of sleep. You’ll often find pumpkin in the ingredients of many multivitamins and supplements for hair loss. The Halloween fruit really does carry so many benefits, you should try eating pumpkin in things like smoothies and even in their seed form!

Are you in desperate need of something to help your grow your hair back or stop your hair from thinning? You can nip it in the bud by making pumpkin a part of your daily diet! You can also call Apollo Hair Replacement of Dallas/Fort Worth for a free consultation about how to regrow or replace your thinning hair. We’ll consult you on your diet, sleep habits, and so many other things that affect your scalp and hair.

Don’t be spooked! Call Apollo today to get your hair back, and turn this Halloween into Hairloween!