How often do you work out? How about the women around you or the women in your family? If you love to work out often, you're already winning the race. If you don't like to work out, I'd like to share that sweat is your friend! In fact, it's deeper than that ... You need to break a sweat often if you want healthy hair and skin!
Many women shy away from exercise because sweat invariably messes up one's hairstyle and styling curly hair AGAIN the next day is a nightmare! Many women with curly hair who have spent time (and money $$$) straightening it, shy away from all sorts of water!
- Rain (even a soft drizzle) will make permed hair frizzy or heat treated hair shrink.
- Showering without a shower cap will do the same.
- Exercising and sweating will just make the roots of your hair shrink, become knotted and difficult to comb. Even the salt that is deposited from sweating can cause your hair to dry out even more.
- Don't even mention swimming!! Dipping a full head of hair into chlorinated water can feel like diving headlong into the ultimate nightmare!
So what should curly, coily haired women do???
My advice is: Get your sweat on! Working out might ruin your hair style, but it might be worth re-thinking how you style your hair if it's preventing you from living your best and healthiest life.
My naturally curly hair isn't an impediment to exercising. In fact, it is so versatile for me that I don't worry about rain, getting water in my hair from swimming or sweating. I'm able to exercise and by using the Moisture Burst System regularly, I'm able to keep my hair soft and manageable.
Might keeping a simpler, more natural hair style give you options to be a healthier you with the express benefits of happier hair? There are so many options for styling hair that with some learning, a little frustration, good advice and persistence, you can work out a way to integrate regular exercise into your life while rocking the coolest hair styles.
Exercising at least 3 times a week:
- Improves circulation to your entire body including your scalp. This helps deliver more nutrients to your hair, thus stimulating healthy hair growth.
- Strengthens your heart muscle and overall health.
- Reduces stress and improves your mood. Excessive or sustained stress is known to cause hair loss.
- Improves elimination through your sweat glands, bowels as well as kidneys. This helps you eliminate toxins more effectively from your body.
Supplementing your exercise by drinking eight glasses of water a day will boost your health enormously. This is because water transports nutrients into your cells while carrying waste and toxins out.
So change your hair style if you need to and get your sweat on! For inspiration and ideas, check out our social media pages. Sometimes, imitation is the best form of flattery. Eat well, drink your water, get your sweat on and enjoy the healthy transformation that you will experience in your hair and skin!
We're rooting for you to win the race!!!
About the Author – Mumbi Dunjwa is an award-winning chemist from the American Chemical Society. She is the Founder & CEO of Naturaz and she formulated the industry leading Moisture Burst System™. This revolutionary 3-step system is an all-natural hair care product line which is 100% vegan and scientifically formulated to infuse long lasting moisture in curly, coily hair. Mumbi has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and nuclear medicine technology and a Masters degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She is passionate about seamlessly integrating health and beauty in our lives and she is a strong advocate for advancing STEM education among our youth, developing STEM careers and empowering women and girls around the world.