Pumpkin Seeds Help Preventing Hair Loss

Raw pumpkin seeds contain lots of proteins and mineral and that have many benefits for hair loss prevention.

Here’s what makes them so good for your hair.

These seeds contain good levels of phytosterols, including the much researched beta-sitosterol, which has been shown to stop the conversion of testosterone to DHT by “killing” the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase.

This can have many positive effects on your hair because as you know DHT attacks and miniaturizes the hair follicles, but also for prostate problems: the less excess DHT in the body to act upon the prostate and your hair, the better.

The elevate zinc content may be another good cause why pumpkin seeds are good for hair loss and prostate problems.

This mineral is important for good hormone production, including testosterone.

It also has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities and is said to strenghten our immune response.

These are potentially great benefits for a man suffering from hair thinning an enlarged prostate.

Pumpkin seeds also contain other protective factors to help prevent or treat prostate problems, such as good levels of antioxidant carotenoids like beta-carotene and essential fatty acids.

The incidence of male prostate problems has been found to be considerably lower in countries where pumpkin seeds are often consumed, like Austria and Hungary. This is hardly surprising with all of the different nutrients in pumpkin seeds and eating them regularly may help reduce an enlarged prostate and relieve the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Pumpkin Seeds and Hair Loss

Too much dihydrotestosterone can create many problems for men, infact it causes hair loss in men by shortening the growth phase of the follicles, leading to progressively weaker hairs that eventually stop growing.

The beta-sitosterol contained in pumpkin seeds has been observed to act as an inhibitor of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme that changes testosterone into dihydrotestosterone.

It perfectly natural to have some DHT in our body, but most men would feel a lot better and have fewer health problems if there were less of this hormone conversion to dihydrotestosterone happening.

Eating a handful of raw pumpkin seed daily regularly may be a good way of lessening testosterone conversion to DHT and decreasing baldness.

How to use pumpkin seeds to prevent baldness

Some people go so far as to apply the oil coming from these seeds directly to their scalp before bed or two hours before shampoo.

Pumpkin seed oil has a quite a strong deep green color, so personally recommend to just snack on the seeds and use the oil on salads and in other recipes to maintain your hair healthy and strong.