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I was doing some hair research on copper and health, including hair and I found this article on copper that also discussed Menkes Syndrome (also known as Kinky hair disease or Menkes kinky hair syndrome). Apparently people with this disease usually have sparse, coarse, kinky hair that breaks easily.
ETA: My posting this has nothing to do with the disease, it is to inform you all of the benefits of copper, but I learned about the benefits from reading about the disease. Thanks to those who understood this!
http://www.cybernation.com/livingston/meltdown/morehair.php
Copper Causes Hair Loss
The metal copper controls hair growth and hair loss. Healthy tissue concentrations of copper lie between 1.7 and 3.5 milligrams. Everything else will cause hair loss. You can have too little copper (below 1.7 milligrams) or too much copper (above 3.5 milligrams) and the same thing will happen: kiss your hair good-bye.
Individuals metabolize copper at different rates, making copper toxicity or deficiency a personal affair. The slower your metabolic rate, the higher your copper retention, regardless of how copper gets into your system. The reverse is also true. If your metabolism works at mach speed, not much copper will accumulate, no matter the amount of copper you ingest.
Vegetarians have a greater ability to retain copper than non-vegetarians. If you don't eat meat and your hair is thinning, this could mean a simple solution to your problem.
From http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/?chunkiid=22831
Babies with Menkes syndrome often exhibit the following physical characteristics:
Hair that is stubby, tangled, sparse, lacking in color, and easily broken
Chubby cheeks
Flattened bridge of the nose
Face lacking in expression
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menkes_disease
It is characterized by sparse and coarse hair, growth failure, and deterioration of the nervous system. Onset of Menkes syndrome typically begins during infancy. Signs and symptoms of this disorder include weak muscle tone (hypotonia), sagging facial features, seizures, mental retardation, and developmental delay. The patients have brittle hair and metaphyseal widening. In rare cases, symptoms begin later in childhood and are less severe. It is a X-linked recessive disorder, and is therefore considerably more common in males: females require two defective alleles to develop the disease.
Food Sources of Coper
BREADS, CEREALS, AND OTHER GRAIN PRODUCTS
Barley, cooked 2/3 cup ++
English muffin, whole-wheat 1 +
Muffin, bran 1 medium +
Pita bread, whole-wheat 1 small +
FRUITS
Prunes, dried, cooked, unsweetened 1/2 cup +
VEGETABLES
Beans, lima, cooked 1/2 cup +
Mushrooms, cooked 1/2 cup +
Potato, baked or boiled, with skin 1 medium +
Sweetpotato, baked or boiled 1 medium +
Tomato juice cocktail 3/4 cup +
Turnip greens, cooked 1/2 cup +
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, AND ALTERNATES
Meat and Poultry
Liver, braised:
Beef or calf 3 ounces +++
Chicken or turkey 1/2 cup diced +
Fish and Seafood
Clams; steamed, boiled, or
canned; drained 3 ounces +
Crabmeat, steamed 3 ounces ++
Lobster, steamed or boiled 3 ounces +++
Oysters:
Baked, broiled, or steamed 3 ounces +++
Canned, undrained 3 ounces +++
Shrimp; broiled, steamed,
boiled, or canned; drained 3 ounces +
Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils
Beans, black-eyed peas (cowpeas),
or soybeans, cooked 1/2 cup +
Lentils, cooked 1/2 cup +
Nuts and Seeds
Almonds or cashews,
roasted or dry-roasted 2 tablespoons +
Brazil nuts, english walnuts,
filberts (hazelnuts), pine
nuts (pignolias) 2 tablespoons +
Mixed nuts, dry-roasted 2 tablespoons +
Peanuts, roasted 2 tablespoons +
Pistachio nuts, unroasted 2 tablespoons +
Pumpkin or squash seeds,
hulled, roasted 2 tablespoons +
Sesame seeds 2 tablespoons +
Sunflower seeds, hulled;
roasted, dry-roasted, or
unroasted 2 tablespoons +
(1) A selected serving size contains -
+ 10-24 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
++ 25-39 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
+++ 40 percent or more of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
I was doing some hair research on copper and health, including hair and I found this article on copper that also discussed Menkes Syndrome (also known as Kinky hair disease or Menkes kinky hair syndrome). Apparently people with this disease usually have sparse, coarse, kinky hair that breaks easily.
ETA: My posting this has nothing to do with the disease, it is to inform you all of the benefits of copper, but I learned about the benefits from reading about the disease. Thanks to those who understood this!
http://www.cybernation.com/livingston/meltdown/morehair.php
Copper Causes Hair Loss
The metal copper controls hair growth and hair loss. Healthy tissue concentrations of copper lie between 1.7 and 3.5 milligrams. Everything else will cause hair loss. You can have too little copper (below 1.7 milligrams) or too much copper (above 3.5 milligrams) and the same thing will happen: kiss your hair good-bye.
Individuals metabolize copper at different rates, making copper toxicity or deficiency a personal affair. The slower your metabolic rate, the higher your copper retention, regardless of how copper gets into your system. The reverse is also true. If your metabolism works at mach speed, not much copper will accumulate, no matter the amount of copper you ingest.
Vegetarians have a greater ability to retain copper than non-vegetarians. If you don't eat meat and your hair is thinning, this could mean a simple solution to your problem.
From http://www.upmc.com/HealthManagement/ManagingYourHealth/HealthReference/Diseases/?chunkiid=22831
Babies with Menkes syndrome often exhibit the following physical characteristics:
Hair that is stubby, tangled, sparse, lacking in color, and easily broken
Chubby cheeks
Flattened bridge of the nose
Face lacking in expression
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menkes_disease
It is characterized by sparse and coarse hair, growth failure, and deterioration of the nervous system. Onset of Menkes syndrome typically begins during infancy. Signs and symptoms of this disorder include weak muscle tone (hypotonia), sagging facial features, seizures, mental retardation, and developmental delay. The patients have brittle hair and metaphyseal widening. In rare cases, symptoms begin later in childhood and are less severe. It is a X-linked recessive disorder, and is therefore considerably more common in males: females require two defective alleles to develop the disease.
Food Sources of Coper
BREADS, CEREALS, AND OTHER GRAIN PRODUCTS
Barley, cooked 2/3 cup ++
English muffin, whole-wheat 1 +
Muffin, bran 1 medium +
Pita bread, whole-wheat 1 small +
FRUITS
Prunes, dried, cooked, unsweetened 1/2 cup +
VEGETABLES
Beans, lima, cooked 1/2 cup +
Mushrooms, cooked 1/2 cup +
Potato, baked or boiled, with skin 1 medium +
Sweetpotato, baked or boiled 1 medium +
Tomato juice cocktail 3/4 cup +
Turnip greens, cooked 1/2 cup +
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, AND ALTERNATES
Meat and Poultry
Liver, braised:
Beef or calf 3 ounces +++
Chicken or turkey 1/2 cup diced +
Fish and Seafood
Clams; steamed, boiled, or
canned; drained 3 ounces +
Crabmeat, steamed 3 ounces ++
Lobster, steamed or boiled 3 ounces +++
Oysters:
Baked, broiled, or steamed 3 ounces +++
Canned, undrained 3 ounces +++
Shrimp; broiled, steamed,
boiled, or canned; drained 3 ounces +
Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils
Beans, black-eyed peas (cowpeas),
or soybeans, cooked 1/2 cup +
Lentils, cooked 1/2 cup +
Nuts and Seeds
Almonds or cashews,
roasted or dry-roasted 2 tablespoons +
Brazil nuts, english walnuts,
filberts (hazelnuts), pine
nuts (pignolias) 2 tablespoons +
Mixed nuts, dry-roasted 2 tablespoons +
Peanuts, roasted 2 tablespoons +
Pistachio nuts, unroasted 2 tablespoons +
Pumpkin or squash seeds,
hulled, roasted 2 tablespoons +
Sesame seeds 2 tablespoons +
Sunflower seeds, hulled;
roasted, dry-roasted, or
unroasted 2 tablespoons +
(1) A selected serving size contains -
+ 10-24 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
++ 25-39 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
+++ 40 percent or more of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
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, i've never heard of anything like that before. ---so do you think our has less copper than other races
hair different. How, Why? It does not mean self-hair hatred, especially on this hair board where the whole point is to learn about, care for, appreciate and enjoy your hair no matter what the hair type or how you choose to wear it.
