Hair Care Soup

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.

That's enough for today.

Chet Day
Editor, The Health Circus
http://chetday.com