According to Helen Lee in her book The Tao of Beauty, you can eat your way to great hair.
Her Black Sesame Seed Soup can be eaten as a snack or even for dessert and supposedly provides skin and hair care benefits.
Lee says the ingredients should be purchased fresh from your nearest Chinese grocer.
BLACK SESAME SEED SOUP
1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
1 cup black sesame seeds
1 Tbs sugar or to your own taste
Wash and drain the rice and the sesame seeds in separate containers. Stir-fry the sesame seeds in a dry skillet over low heat for approximately five minutes or until the heat releases their fragrance. Be careful to not let them burn.
Grind the rice and toasted seeds with 1/4 cup of water in a blender or food processor.
Pour the mixture plus an additional 1 3/4 cups of water into a medium-sized saucepan. Cook over medium heat for approximately 10 minutes, stirring often to avoid burning. Add sugar as desired to taste.
Hair care soups notwithstanding, if you’re having hair loss problems and also drinking distilled water, there may be a connection between the two. Click here for a detailed article on how distilled water drinking may lead to hair care problems.
For the one or two of those reading this who might be curious, at age 64 on February 23, 2012, as I write these words, I still have the thick full head of hair that I’ve always carried. Yes, the locks are gray to white instead of the brilliant brown that once topped my skull, but, hey, at least I still have something to cut up there, eh?
