Surprising Root Causes of Female Hair Loss and Key Nutrients for Healthy Hair and Hormones
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers breaks down the surprising root causes of female hair loss, focusing on the critical role of nutrient deficiencies and hormonal imbalances. He explains how vitamin D deficiency, for example, can trigger autoimmune reactions that impact hair follicles.
You'll learn how low levels of essential nutrients like zinc and iron can lead to thinning hair and why protein is vital for hair follicle health. Dr. Jockers dives into the connection between blood sugar, hormones, and hair growth.
Dr. Jockers also shares practical advice on how to balance your diet to address these deficiencies, supporting hair health and overall well-being. Tune in to discover actionable tips to help you reclaim your hair and improve your hormonal health.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Vitamin D and Autoimmunity
04:29 Understanding Female Hair Loss: Root Causes
06:55 Nutritional Factors in Hair Health
14:24 Key Nutrients for Hair and Immune Health
21:43 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | Vitamin D is super important. Why is vitamin D important? Because it may be the most important |
| 0:05.7 | vitamin or the most important nutrient when it comes to immune balance and keeping our immune |
| 0:11.2 | system balance and not triggering autoimmunity. There's a big association between vitamin D |
| 0:18.0 | deficiency and autoimmune conditions. Remember, I talked about how autoimmunity of the |
| 0:23.9 | hair follicle as well as Hashimoto's, autoimmunity of thyroid, are two big factors when it |
| 0:28.0 | comes to female hair loss. Well, making sure we're vitamin D sufficient, I recommend getting |
| 0:34.2 | your vitamin D is up. Well, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | Today's episode is on the surprising root causes of female hair loss and also the key |
| 0:44.1 | nutrients for healthy hair and hormones. |
| 0:45.5 | If you want to stop hair loss, particularly as a female, and you also want to know what |
| 0:51.9 | you should be eating, what nutrients are critical for healthy |
| 0:55.4 | hair and also healthy hormones because hormones play a key role with hair, hair function. |
| 1:00.6 | Then this is the episode for you. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm going to break it all down. |
| 1:02.8 | I'm going to go in detail on the most common deficiencies, nutrient deficiencies associated |
| 1:08.1 | with hair loss or with hair thinning and gray hair. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm going to break all that down and go through it in a thorough review. |
| 1:16.9 | So you guys are in for a treat. |
| 1:17.8 | And if you want more information, the best article and infographics on this topic, |
| 1:22.4 | female hair loss, it's right on Dr.jokers.com. |
| 1:25.4 | Just go to Dr.jokers.com. |
| 1:45.5 | Go to the search box. Type in female hair loss. And you're going to find the best article and infographics right there so you can learn more about this important topic. Thanks for doing that. And also take a moment. Leave us a five-star review on this podcast. Those reviews help us reach more people and impact more lives. |
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