The Japanese women's Secret...Seaweed for hair growth, shine, and luster!!!

[dcprdiva]

where do you purchase your miso soup? does it have seaweed in it? i like the seaweed in my miso.

I eat sushi and miso soup at least once a week. i just ate some today. i would LOVE to eat miso soup everyday if the store kind tastes just as good.

 

[kaykaybobay]

Oh I love this! I will add more seaweed to my diet. I love miso but I need to learn to cook it myself, the stuff in the packages contains a zillion grams of salt and I dont want a stroke for long hair lol. I love Asians foods anyways especially Korean hmmm wonder if my favourite kimchii will help lol.

 

[Valerie]

A few years ago, when I was overweight, I started taking seaweed, I mostly used Kombu, which I boiled as a tea and added fruit juice for taste, when you boil it, the smell is very fishy, anyway, I drink the Kombu tea three times a day for three months and I noticed that my hair was very shiny, thick and increased growth, also I lost weight. The different seaweeds the Japanese eat is rich in Iodine and has a high quality of minerals, they take seaweed all the time, from baby to old age, it is their stable diet, nori sheets, snacks, also it increases the metabolic rate, so it helps some people to lose weight.

 

[seraphim712]

A few years ago, when I was overweight, I started taking seaweed, I mostly used Kombu, which I boiled as a tea and added fruit juice for taste, when you boil it, the smell is very fishy, anyway, I drink the Kombu tea three times a day for three months and I noticed that my hair was very shiny, thick and increased growth, also I lost weight. The different seaweeds the Japanese eat is rich in Iodine and has a high quality of minerals, they take seaweed all the time, from baby to old age, it is their stable diet, nori sheets, snacks, also it increases the metabolic rate, so it helps some people to lose weight.

I love tea!!!

Do you have a recipe for the Kombu tea you use to make?

 

[PanamasOwn]

i thought this was a good thread so i am bumping it

 

[cieramichele]

Hellooooo

 

[NinasLongAmbition]

so what store can i get these things at?

 

[mnemosyne]

Whole Foods. Any local Asian store, prolly.

 

[blasiancurlie]

Not necessarily true! My mother is Asian and she has some of the thickest hair I've ever seen. I def got my thick hair from her! She wore her hair WSL for years when I was younger. It's SL now that she's older but she's almost 60 and still has some thick a** hair. I love it!!! I think I got the best of both worlds...thick hair from my mama and curlies from my papa.

i am skeptical on whether it makes hair thicker because most japanese/chinese women i have seen have healthy shiny very fine looking hair erplexed

 

[cieramichele]

YUM! Miso soup. I made my own soup for the first time today. Its made of seaweed, onions, coconut fried rice, salmon, & a tbsp of the miso paste of course.

 

[cieramichele]

BUMPPPPPPPP

 

[The Savvy Sistah]

The Miso soup and salmon recipes sound great!

I'm getting ready to start adding more seaweed to my diet. I love sushi so I know I can eat it with other things.

Great Thread!!!!!

 

[oooop2]

The Miso soup and salmon recipes sound great!

I'm getting ready to start adding more seaweed to my diet. I love sushi so I know I can eat it with other things.

Great Thread!!!!!

I live in Japan, so I eat this stuff a lot

 

[gn1g]

I live in Japan, so I eat this stuff a lot

You live in Japan?? Wow what's life like over there? Is your hair shinny? If so I need to get on this ban wagon ASAP.

 

[The Savvy Sistah]

OOOOP2, i'm so jealous. I went over there a few times as a flight attendant and I really liked it.

I think they have some of the best food.

Do you have any easy quick recipes you can share?

 

[Irresistible]

Be careful of the seaweed, ladies.

My mom implemented seaweed in her diet and somehow it didn't agree with her thyroid. She wound up losing hair, and had to start over.

She's re-grown now, but it was a long road back.

Also here in Okinawa, the ladies seem to lose their hair (on top) as well. I don't know if there is a connection or not (my Okinawan friend said she aked her doctor and he said it was stress- which it very well could be) but I made the mental connection to my mom & her hair.

I could be WAY off-base, but just be careful.

nah it WAS the IODINE!

 

[2themax]

wow..just..wow

This isn't just some "fad" I've come across. I'm not forcing ANYTHING on ANYONE. I'm just trying to throw it out there for those who want to try it. If not fine, but call it what it is, and not what it isn't. The Japanese for centuries have eaten seaweed for growth. That isn't a fad in my book. If you don't like my input fine, but when some of you act like someone's trying to push something on you to do, and then accuse their advice of being a "fad", then next time, don't sit and wonder why some women refuse to share how they got their hair to grow...

I haven't tried the seaweed yet, but I surely do intend to. I've heard very positive things about seaweed/kelp and hair growth for quite some time now. For my own benefit, I'm going to take a before photo on the day that I start taking it and then another photo after 2 to 3 months depending upon the growth. If I don't see the types of growth that I was hoping for, I'll just back off. It's individual and you never know until you try - with caution

 

[*Happily Me*]

The Japanese are not the only ones who eat seaweed as a main part of their diet. Indigenous people around the world have been eating seaweed all along. I believe seaweed is important for one's overall health, which in turn affects the quality of ones hair.

Edible iodine is known to help with healthy hair and hair growth and some seaweed varieties have a very high amount of iodine (such as kelp). Those with thyroid problems should always consult their doctors before eating seaweed high in iodine.

full as wisdom as usual

thank you Isis. I enjoy seaweed just at least 3 times a week

 

[Duchesse]

For my egg cocktail sistrens...

 

[AstroQueen77]

bumping....

 

[mousee09]

im in japan right now so i need to be getting me some seaweed wait...i think i have some in the freight

 

[empressri]

miso soup my faaaaav thing. ive made some that came out better than some restaurants ive had it in.

 

[ycj1]

Anyone interested in starting a 6 month seaweed challenge? Just asking................

 

[TrueToHair]

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[justicefighter1913]

Hmmm, this sounds interesting...

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[GaiasDaughter24]

I loooooooooove seaweed. The Japanese diet is amazing. I can only imagine the benefits if you eat the way they eat for a year. I think I just might.

 

[Bnster]

Anyone interested in starting a 6 month seaweed challenge? Just asking................

ycj1 pls start that challenge and suggest different sources to get it as well.
Thanks!

 

[Bnster]

O.T - GaiasDaughter24 your babies are beautiful!

 

[omnipadme]

I was waiting for it .

I didn't read the whole thread, but I used to date an Asian guy (NEVER again, lol). One positive result of that relationship is that I became fairly versed in their culture. The women used raw sea kelp powder as a hair rinse once a month (I tried it but I couldn't bear the smell, no matter how silky it's supposed to make my hair). These women had some of the longest hair I've ever seen (silky black from root to tip), and eat some form of sea weed everyday (nori, kelp, etc). I take kelp as a supplement (good source of iodine) and I love the results for my overall health. My hair is doing great - so maybe that is helping along with everything else I'm doing.

Thanks for the tip- I think this would be a great addition to my ayurveda powder mixes. There are alot of amazing benefits for kelp & it's pretty cheap to buy in bulk.

 

[c*c*chic*]

I'm in! This thread is very interesting. I think I'm going to try valeries way of making it with the juice-going to add it to my green tea w/orange,jasmine and passion fruit. Gradually move up to adding it to my salads and then move up to the soups(im very picky :/). I'm going to get my stuff Friday =)