Canadian Geographic

NEW HAIR GROWTH!

Recently discovered fruit ingredient supports

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It is known that supplement­s can increase hair health and volume to some degree, but to find a supplement that can help increase new hair growth significan­tly, is rare. Still, this is what scientists are finding when studying palm fruits. A recent study was done in Malaysia with 38 people suffering from hair loss (alopecia)*. They were told to take a palm fruit extract containing a special ratio of “super-antioxidan­ts” called tocotrieno­ls. The results were surprising­ly good!

THE STUDY RESULTS

The scientists in the study suggested that the antioxidan­ts work specifical­ly to reduce scalp oxidation, a condition linked to balding. In sufficient time, this may allow for new hair to grow and hair count to increase. In the study, most of the group showed increases of 10-25%, but 40% of the group had more than 50% increase in hair growth. Only one person did not have any results.*

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 ??  ?? Researcher­s studied an area of the scalp equal to 2x2 cm and counted the hairs at the beginning of the study, at 4 months and at 8 months. At the end of the study, the participan­ts on the tocotrieno­l supplement had gained on average 34.5% more hair or an increase in hair count from 285 to 383 hairs.
Researcher­s studied an area of the scalp equal to 2x2 cm and counted the hairs at the beginning of the study, at 4 months and at 8 months. At the end of the study, the participan­ts on the tocotrieno­l supplement had gained on average 34.5% more hair or an increase in hair count from 285 to 383 hairs.

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