| | - Hair is a
protein called
Keratin.
- Proteins contain
about 15%
nitrogen.
- Human hair
contains nitrogen (15%), carbon,
hydrogen, sulfur, and
oxygen.
- Human hair
contains trace elements of iron,
iodine, copper, and
zinc.
- Soil microbes
break down hair to provide nutrients
for plant uptake.
- The outer layer
of hair is sheathed in overlapping
cuticles much like roof
shingles.
- Hair fibers
attract and hold moisture, partly due
to the cuticles.
- Hair holds five
times its weight in
water.
- The average
scalp has 100,000
hairs.
- Human hair grows
5-6 inches per
year.
- A human hair is
about .001 inches
thick.
 | - 35 meters of
hair fiber are produced every day on
the average adult
body.
- 90% of scalp
hairs are growing and 10% are
resting.
- Load-carrying
capacity of one human hair is 100
grams (= one candy
bar)
- L-cysteine is a
popular additive in bagels, croissants,
hard rolls, cake donuts, pita bread,
crackers, Melba toast, baby milk
formula, dietary supplements, and many
snack foods.
- L-cysteine is an
amino acid and its most popular source
is human hair.
- L-cysteine
reduces the mixing time of flour dough,
increases stretchiness and reduces
shrinking of
dough.
- L-cysteine has
nutritional
benefits.
- By the time a
human hair derivative reaches your
food, it has been reduced to its
chemical
constituents.
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