Nathan Brouillette • FMCHC Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach

❓Ever think about why your hair is all frizzy and dry? Or why it breaks easily? The answer may lie in your hair cuticles.

💪🏻 Your hair’s outermost layer is the cuticle. It’s made up of overlapping scales that protect your hair from damage. When your hair cuticles are healthy, your hair is smooth, shiny, and easy to manage. However, damaged hair cuticles can cause frizz, dryness, and brittleness in the hair.

💨 There are a number of things that can damage your hair cuticles, including heat styling, chemical treatments, and environmental factors like sun and wind. It’s crucial to maintain healthy hair by paying attention to the cuticles.

Here are some tips for keeping your hair cuticles healthy.

💦 Hydration is key. Make sure to get enough water intake as well as giving your hair plenty of hydration.

🪮 Be gentle when towel drying your hair. Friction can damage the cuticle. Also be sure to detangle hair with a wet brush or comb and start from the ends working gently up to the roots.

🥵 Try to take breaks from heat styling sometimes. This can give your hair a needed break and keep the cuticle healthy.

🌱 Finally, using products that care for the cuticle health is essential to healthy, shiny hair. Make sure your products infuse the hair with hydration and moisture. I am loving these new k-beauty haircare I’ve been using. Makes the hair feel like butter. This photo is after only one treatment. Her ends were so much healthier and it combed out like a dream.

Did you find these tips helpful? Let me know what you do to keep your hair healthy. 👇🏼

Client testimonial

I absolutely love getting happy messages from coaching clients who are falling back in love with their hair. This is Erin. She has been doing the 60 day healthy scalp hair growth challenge. These are her 6 week results!

From Erin:

“Nate! I am sooo happy with the products. I’m seeing little baby hairs come in and my hair hasn’t felt this good in years!!! One of the styling products is a lifesaver for my fine hair. The dry shampoo! It doesn’t build up like my other stuff!!! This is day two after washing. My hair has never felt so good and full.”

The products you use really do matter. Are you ready for your own transformation?

Drop a “transform” below and I will send you info on the 60 day challenge. Or you can check out my free consultation form in my bio to get started.

What do you know about Natural Flavors? 🤔⠀⠀
They sound natural and something that should be okay to consume right? 🛑 Not so fast 🛑⠀⠀
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Check the facts 👇🏼⠀⠀
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‼️ Each natural flavor may contain up to 100 ingredients, including synthetic chemicals such as the solvent propylene glycol, the preservative BHA, and GMO-derived ingredients (unless organic or Non-GMO Project verified).⠀⠀
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‼️ The ingredients in natural flavors are considered proprietary and not disclosed either on the label or to a customer who inquires – so you have no clue what is in them.⠀⠀
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‼️ Natural flavors can be derived from anything in nature, including animal parts. The only difference between natural and artificial flavors, is that natural flavors are derived from things found in nature (such as beaver glands...🤭😳 really!!).⠀⠀
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‼️ They can also legally contain naturally occurring “glutamate” by-products that act like MSG, which is an excitotoxin. Excitotoxins make food irresistible to eat but can cause stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, obesity, migraines, fatigue, and depression.⠀⠀
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‼️ Flavors are designed to have addictive qualities and increase food cravings, contributing to what David Kessler (former head of the FDA) calls a “food carnival” in your mouth. They trick your mind into wanting more and more. If you are having increased food cravings while guzzling down drinks full of natural flavors, you may want to take a closer look at what you are drinking and eating.⠀⠀
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🤓 Check the labels and don't be fooled by the word "natural"⠀⠀
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If a particular brand you love contains natural flavors you can always reach out to the company for clarification 🕵🏼‍♀️⠀⠀
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Had a lot of questions about Vitamin C lately…excellent to know about this, especially this time of year so⠀
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Let’s talk Vitamin C... ⠀
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Pro tip: Make sure that the vitamin C you purchase is plant-based and NOT ascorbic acid. 😳 (Yes, this would be a great time to go check your bottles...and on your skin care creams as well!)⠀
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Did you know? ⠀
🤔 Ascorbic acid is just an isolate of naturally occurring vitamin C.⠀
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🤔In addition to ascorbic acid, vitamin C must include rutin, bioflavonoids, Factor K, Factor J, Factor P, and other components. If any of these parts are missing, there is no vitamin C, no vitamin activity. ⠀
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When just some of those components are present, the body will draw on its own stores to try and make up the differences, so that the whole vitamin may be present. ⠀
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Most vitamin C supplements are just a chemical copy of naturally occurring ascorbic acid, which itself is still only a fraction of the actual Vitamin C.⠀
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Make sure you are getting what you are paying for...get the whole C from Nature!

Today was truly a blessed day. I traveled with my sweet godson down to Kemp, TX to visit the nuns at the monastery. His father is buried there. We brought some flowers and visited his grave. I am continually amazed by this beautiful life. There are blessings around every corner. Such a beautiful afternoon. 🙏💚🙏
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Simple veggie rice with mushrooms, onions, brussel sprouts and garlic. So delicious!

Recipe:

Sauté mushrooms, onions, garlic and brussel sprouts in grape seed oil for 5-7 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, dried thyme and roasted garlic bullion.

Pour in 1 cup of rice (I used Jasmine) and sauté for 3 more minutes.

Add 2 cups of water and stir.

Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.

Fluff rice and serve.

This would be great with a garden salad on the side.