Hello, I'm coming off of following a carnivore/low carb diet for close to three years. My hair had been thinning since a couple of years before that, and it has plagued me because my confidence is being lost with it. I noticed hardly any dandruff and the shedding stopped on keto, but with keto came thyroid problems among other things such as no sex drive and lethargy, etc. Anyway, I've started experimenting my diet according to Ray's teachings as well as posts on this forum. I am not dogmatic so some things I try you may not agree with. But I want to update this thread periodically to track my own progress or worsening of symptoms so that others may learn from what I'm doing and also so we can just discuss our own protocols and help each other out.
Anyway as of the past three days my scalp has been suffering from being very dry. My diet until ~a week ago has been beef, fruit, fruit juice, skim milk (milk fat increases dandruff and gives me acne). Dairy was historically a culprit in worsening my skin and dandruff so I've ordered a calcium carbonate supplement and cut it out for the time being to see if that benefits me at all. The past two days I also tried eating dates, figs, and raisins, because they're cost effective for the calorie density. But something about them makes me insanely constipated and it definitely affected my skin, probably the worst of anything yet. I suspect it's the histamine content like some have stated, but it could be the fiber content. So dried fruit will be eliminated completely for me. Going forward I need some more consistency in my diet to establish a baseline of symptoms. I suspect that drinking fruit juice isn't helping me either so I may cut that out as well.
I already supplement 5,000IU Vit D/500mg Mag/ recently 120mcg K2/ (Soon the calc. carbonate when it arrives). I'm thinking meat + clams a few times per week (Oysters are too expensive here) + weekly 250g liver + fruit (mostly pineapple +orange) + white rice + broccoli (based on posts by Elephanto) would be a decent place to start my diet going forward.
If anyone has suggestions for me that would be great, or feel free to post your current routine and if it works or not for your hair/scalp. I'm thinking of tracking my own progress here weekly or so to give things time to manifest.
Anyway as of the past three days my scalp has been suffering from being very dry. My diet until ~a week ago has been beef, fruit, fruit juice, skim milk (milk fat increases dandruff and gives me acne). Dairy was historically a culprit in worsening my skin and dandruff so I've ordered a calcium carbonate supplement and cut it out for the time being to see if that benefits me at all. The past two days I also tried eating dates, figs, and raisins, because they're cost effective for the calorie density. But something about them makes me insanely constipated and it definitely affected my skin, probably the worst of anything yet. I suspect it's the histamine content like some have stated, but it could be the fiber content. So dried fruit will be eliminated completely for me. Going forward I need some more consistency in my diet to establish a baseline of symptoms. I suspect that drinking fruit juice isn't helping me either so I may cut that out as well.
I already supplement 5,000IU Vit D/500mg Mag/ recently 120mcg K2/ (Soon the calc. carbonate when it arrives). I'm thinking meat + clams a few times per week (Oysters are too expensive here) + weekly 250g liver + fruit (mostly pineapple +orange) + white rice + broccoli (based on posts by Elephanto) would be a decent place to start my diet going forward.
If anyone has suggestions for me that would be great, or feel free to post your current routine and if it works or not for your hair/scalp. I'm thinking of tracking my own progress here weekly or so to give things time to manifest.
