Recipes That Control Hair Loss (Main Dishes)

Are you ready to learn how to whip up tasty meals that also deliver hair loss controlling vitamins and minerals? The recipes on this page combine foods that deliver whopping amounts of hair loss combating nutrients.

Now, before you dig into the world of hair loss controlling recipes, you may want to take a look at the section Best Diet Tips for Hair Loss Prevention and the section Super-Foods That Help Prevent Hair Loss which provide more general tips on how your can combat hair loss and boost hair growth by changing your dietary habits.

Steamed Asparagus with Sesame Seeds

Turbo-charge your hair loss preventing diet by eating asparagus, a highly nutritious vegetable that is loaded with hair health promoting micronutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, and iron. The sesame seeds featured in this mouth-watering dish provide an abundance of zinc and copper, a key mineral combo for healthy hair. Sufficient levels of copper can prevent hair loss and contribute to hair thickness while zinc helps keep hair shiny.

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Shrimp and Mushroom Risotto

This easy recipe helps you create a risotto that's full of flavor and nutrients. It provides a generous amount of zinc which plays a role in the production of new cells (including hair cells) and the maintenance of the oil-secreting glands of the scalp that keep hair shiny. It is also rich in B vitamins and copper and provides a good amount of protein.

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ACE Salad

This summery salad works like magic to soothe your soul—and strengthen your hair. It is loaded with the ACE vitamins (pro-vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E) that are famous for their role in maintaining healthy, strong hair.

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Beet and Carrot Salad with Ginger

This recipe pairs beets with carrots to create an excellent natural weapon for preventing hair loss. Beets are loaded with folate, a micronutrient that plays a role in hemoglobin formation. Hemoglobin is needed for transporting oxygen from the lungs to other tissues in the body, including hair. Carrots on the other hand are one of the best natural sources of beta-carotene, an important nutrient that promotes healthy hair due to its role as a precursor to vitamin A. A deficiency of vitamin A has been associated with hair loss and thinning hair.

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Spinach and Mushroom Omelet

This easy-to-make omelet provides a great deal of high quality protein which is essential for hair growth. What's more, spinach, one of the key ingredients in this omelet, is loaded with beta-carotene which (in the form of vitamin A) promotes the growth of healthy cells and tissues, including hair and the scalp.

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Spicy Shrimp Omelet

Both eggs and shrimp contain plenty of iron, a mineral that is crucial for healthy hair growth. Iron carries oxygen to the hair, and an inadequate intake of iron may cause the hair follicles to starve of oxygen. Women who are menstruating (especially if they have heavy periods), women who are pregnant or have just given birth, long-distance runners, and vegans are often deficient in iron.

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Wholewheat Pasta with Nettle Pesto

Don't worry, this pasta dish won't sting your tongue! Young, blanched nettle leaves are completely edible, and they are packed with iron, providing more than four times the iron found in spinach. Iron carries oxygen to the hair, and an inadequate intake of this important mineral may cause the hair follicles to starve of oxygen. Depleted iron stores are one of the most common causes of hair loss in pre-menopausal women.

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Carrot, Tomato and Lentil Soup

Carrots are chock-a-block with beta-carotene which helps promote hair health due to its anti-oxidant properties and its role as a precursor to vitamin A. But the hair health benefits of this soup do not end there: the lentils in this dish provide plenty of hair loss fighting B vitamins and high quality protein.

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Stir-Fried Asparagus with Quinoa Noodles

Not only is this asparagus dish downright delicious, it is also great for your hair. Asparagus provides a slew of hair health promoting micronutrients, including beta-carotene, vitamin C, zinc, copper, and iron. The quinoa noodles provide valuable protein which is needed for normal hair growth.

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Tangy Tomato Soup with Basil

Tomatoes are jam-packed with hair health promoting nutrients, including copper, iron, carotenoids, and B vitamins. This pleasantly tangy soup also features shallots which are rich in sulphur, a mineral that is found in all cells of the human body and that is particularly abundant in our hair, skin, and nails. Sulfur is often referred to as "nature's beauty mineral" because of its capability to aid in good blood circulation, reduce skin inflammation, and promote hair growth. It also plays a role in the metabolism of several important B-vitamins including B1, B5 and B7. First signs of a sulphur deficiency often include loss of hair.

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Curried Sweet Potato Soup

Sweet potatoes are one of the most nutritious vegetables there is, and they are supercharged with nutrients that help prevent hair loss. The pink, orange, and yellow varieties—which this recipe calls for—are one of the most concentrated dietary sources of beta-carotene (the more intense the color, the more beta-carotene), but sweet potatoes also contain plenty of vitamin C, copper, and iron, all of which are necessary for healthy hair. In addition, sweet potatoes contain certain unique root proteins with potentially significant antioxidant properties.

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Super-Nutritious Broccoli Salad with Apples and Cranberries

This super healthy salad features ingredients that provide substantial amounts of hair loss fighting nutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, iron, sulphur, and copper. It also provides a decent amount of protein.

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Romaine and Smoked Salmon Salad

Salmon contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid with significant antioxidant properties. Radishes help hair growth faster due to their ability to boost circulation to the scalp. Romaine lettuce and carrots are rich in pro-vitamin A and vitamin C which are also needed for normal hair growth.

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Shrimp and Eggs on Romaine Lettuce

Both eggs and shrimp contain plenty of iron, a mineral that is crucial for healthy hair growth. Iron carries oxygen to the hair, and an inadequate intake of iron may cause the hair follicles to starve of oxygen. Women who are menstruating (especially if they have heavy periods), women who are pregnant or have just given birth, long-distance runners, and vegans are often deficient in iron.

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Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad

Tomatoes are jam-packed with hair health promoting nutrients, including copper, iron, carotenoids, and B vitamins. Red onions, on the other hand, are rich in sulphur, a mineral that is found in all cells of the human body and that is particularly abundant in our hair, skin, and nails. Sulfur is often referred to as "nature's beauty mineral" because of its capability to aid in good blood circulation, reduce skin inflammation, and promote hair growth. It also plays a role in the metabolism of several important B-vitamins including vitamins B1, B5 and B7. First signs of a sulphur deficiency often include loss of hair, brittle hair and nails, and dry skin.

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Hair Loss Controlling Salmon Salad

Salmon also contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid that is responsible for the pink color of salmon and that can act as a potent antioxidant. Also tomatoes are replete with hair health promoting nutrients, including copper, iron, carotenoids, and B vitamins, and onions are rich in sulphur.

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For more recipes that can help you prevent hair loss, go to the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Preventing Hair Loss.