Posted in Hair, Health, Health Archive | Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Vida Starr, a fellow blogger from Life Star Beauty contacted me recently about a Health/Hair challenge that she’s having on her blog starting May 1st! Here’s the scoop…
Many of you know the relationship between a healthy lifestyle and healthy hair. We know the importance of drinking more water, eating healthy veggies and proteins, and definitely getting more exercise. Well www.lifestarbeauty.com has a hair challenge that incorporates them all! This hair challenge will take place in stages because for many of us it is difficult to abruptly start a new routine. Stages help to make sure we slowly incorporate each of these things into our routines!
May 1st (Stage 1): Drink at least 5 bottles of water (that’s 10 glasses of water at 8 oz) a day. It is recommended you drink 2 bottles before lunch. Also, eat one serving of green veggies per meal. If you don’t want any veggies at breakfast you can swap it for one serving of fruit. Remember to snack on fruits/veggies between meals.
June 1st (Stage 2): Eat salmon AT LEAST once a week. Salmon is a food that is loaded with omega 3’s, protein, and Vitamin B-12 which contributes to scalp health. A healthy scalp leads to healthy hair. If you don’t like/don’t prefer/can’t afford salmon you can replace it with other fish/foods high in protein. Two tablespoons of ground flaxseed included in your daily diet will also contribute to scalp health.
July 1st (Stage 3): Complete 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise 3 to 4 times a week. Cardio workout increases blood flow to the scalp which stimulates hair growth.
For those who would like to join me in this challenge please email me vidastarr@gmail.com and I will send you info, updates, and reminders. I will also send helpful information regarding the challenge. I am also opening up the blog so participants can blog about their challenges, and post if they are seeing any significant changes to their hair or health over all! For more info peep my blog! Those who choose to participate and post their experiences, challenges and results on the blog will be entered into a drawing for a pampering package from Curls By Sisters Smith!!
Think natural. Be natural.
Think healthy. Be Healthy.
Think Positive. Be Positive. … The only way to be a *Life Star*
The Life Star Beauty Health and Hair Challenge 2010
• I’m in! I’m hoping my butt will get smaller and my hair will get bigger! LOL. Who’s with me?
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I love this! I want in!
I really need to participate in this challenge! I recently started working out again, but I admit I am lazy and will look for any excuse to avoid doing it! Sad, but true. And all the other tips will definitely help me live a more healthy lifestyle too, so thank you for sharing this!
Great idea! I’m totally in!!!
I’m in!! A good way to incorporate green veggies into your meal is by putting it into a smoothie.. You don’t even know it’s there. I put bananas, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and a hand full of baby spinach leaves into my smoothie.. mix with water and you’ll have a healthy smoothie breakfast drink!! You don’t even taste the spinach leaves! This is great for those who don’t eat breakfast. I even use the bagged frozen fruit sometimes (without sugar)
I’m in. I actually just started doing something similar this week. It’ll be nice to actually follow a program with others since I couldn’t seem to find a method that was practical for my daily routine. I just feel so run down and finally decided that a change needed to be made now, so I am looking forward to this!
I’m in too! I feel good that I’m doing all of the above EXCEPT regular exercise. Some weeks I’m super motivated, working out 5 times a week. Other weeks, nada. I really need the motivation to get my butt working out!
This may be the ticket.
Count me in too! I will send you an e-mail now…thanks for sharing!
I’m so in!!!! Not only will it help my hair but it will get me in shape too!!!!
Count me in too!
Just joined
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I have not had salmon in a long time. Stage one is basically my life. Very beneficial for me since drinking lots of water and incorporating fruits vegs. But I may have to have salmon since It’s been a while. Great challenge healthy body equals healthy hair.