Does eating jello really help?
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Topic: Does eating jello really help?
Posted By: ChemicalRomance
Subject: Does eating jello really help?
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 6:45pm
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If you eat like one thing of jello per day can it help in faster hair growth, I heard gelatin in the jello helps hair grow or something. Do you actually eat it or wash ur hair with it? ------------- "Our Sufferings on Earth Give Rewards In Heaven" MCR Rocks |
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:49pm
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Whoa... that would be cool. Although I think the sugar content would contribute to scalp itching, which leads to scratching, and possibly more frequent washing. Maybe sugar free jello. Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com">  my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:59pm
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On second thought, it can't hurt to try! I don't react well to sugary foods nor artificial sweeteners, otherwise I'd volunteer. Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: dancingbarefoot
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 1:23am
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Gelatine, not necessarily Jell-O. If you aren't getting enough gelatine in your
diet, eating more might help you have stronger nails and hair. I'm not sure that it will speed up growth, though. ------------- |
Posted By: horselover_1625
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 3:02pm
If someone decided to eat jello for a month, would that be once a day, two times a day, etc.? I'd volunteer, but I'm not sure if my hair would grow that much...I haven't really been tracking the growth...actually, I don't know if I've ever measured!!! ------------- RANITA~~ ----------- What good is life without a horse??!!! |
AnaisSatin wrote:
Anyways, I'm willing to give it a shot, but, like I said, I'm not sure if my hair would cooperate...might just depend on the person's hair type.Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 3:42pm
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Is there such a thing as vegan or vegetarian gelatine? I had heard that it is made from animals..... ------------- 
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Posted By: Tyranna
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 4:19pm
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/\ I don't think so - it would be kind of like asking for artificial honey. BTW, I hve heard collodial minerals are good for hair. ------------- 
Weather Forcast - With high humidity in the air, expect general hair frizziness to continue :-/ Current Length: 30 inches or so from the front |
Posted By: tinied
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 5:07pm
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i actually take gelatine pills for hair growth and nails...been taking them for a year and my nails are so strong , they grow so fast , i have to cut them every 5-6 days...my hair has grown and is always shiny..ppl have asked me what i use in my hair to make it shiny. i dont even have to use a shine serum in my hair ------------- *D* |
Posted By: Karen26
Date Posted: March 26 2006 at 7:56am
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 7:47am
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I volunteer to eat jello everyday...I've been doing it anyway!
For about a month now I have eaten one serving of jello every day just
because. (Childhood nostalgia? Stargate episode made me
realize I'd never tried blue? Dunno!). My diet is otherwise
vegetarian, but not 100%, and since jello doesn't look anything like
meat its hard to think of it as meat related. Hair growth: My hair did grow what looked like about 2 mm. more than its usual half inch a month, but I only started eating it a week before my usual monthly growth week, so its too early to tell. I'm waiting to see what I get this month. I will find this thread again after that and post here to tell you. Nail growth: I wouldn't say they're any stronger as I just broke off 2 of 'em yesterday. I used to hate green jello when I was a kid, but after eating all the flavors recently, I think its my favorite one. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: SpecialKitty
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 11:06am
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Susan, that is so cute that you're eating all those different colors of jello! Does it make you feel like a kid? I am trying to remember back to when I ate jello - I think I also liked the green and also the red. What does blue taste like? Looking forward to hearing the results of the experiment. -------------
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 7:21am
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I don't really feel like a kid, but it does bring back memories of
times I ate it when I was a kid - memories I never would have thought
of otherwise since they don't have any other associations. Blue
tastes kind of like a mixture between raspberry and blueberry (that's
what's on the box too, but they did a pretty good job of imitating
raspberry and blueberry).
------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: redhairedgirl
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 9:58am
Vegan girl here! 
Yes you can get vegan gelatin....look in your local health food shop...you can get packets of vegan gelatin to make your own jello. Or depending on the size of the shop, they might have some pre-packaged stuff  ------------- |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 7:13am
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Okay, so I'm kicking this thread back up like I said I would.
After 2 months of eating jello every day, I give you the response you
probably expected....I don't see any difference. That first month
I thought it grew a little longer than usual, this month, I got hardly
no growth at all (my hair WOULD choose now to go into a resting phase
right when I was trying to study it). There were confounds in this experiment anyway: 1. Being a vegetarian, its possible that the effect I got from the first month was because of something that a meat eater might be getting anyway (though not necessarily the protein, there's not really enough of that in jello to count, it even says that on the box, and I get far more of that from eggs, milk and cheese). 2. Its getting warmer and I'm spending more time outside doing more active things, so that may also have accounted for the extra growth the first month. I may still keep eating jello though. Now I like it. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: eatgreenjello
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 2:41pm
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This is a very interesting theory, gelatin is boiled animal bones, and *one might think* that marrow and protein may get in the jello from the boiled bones. If you read the ingredients on a box of sugar-free jello, there is no mention of protein. Protein is what you need for your hair to grow longer and healthier. So, I don't think gelatin is a good source to supplement your diet with hopes of hair growing longer. P.S. And if you really love animals, you may want to avoid gelatin altogether P.S.S. I *love* my chemical romance |
.Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 6:26pm
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Susan, at least you had fun eating jello! sigh: Jello. Yum Anais ------------- http://anaissatin.livejournal.com"> my LJ , 40 inches long
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 6:46pm
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Exactly, Anais. I've got 4 boxes sittin' on the kitchen shelf, waiting to be prepared... Good to "see" you posting again, eatgreenjello. You're a fan of the lime flavor, I take it? I just gave blood so maybe I should have some jello to help my body rejuvenate the missing bloodstream elements? <thread hijack> P.S. Donation of blood saves lives... makes donation of hair seem completely unimportant. </thread hijack> ------------- |
Posted By: eatgreenjello
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 8:47pm
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Hey Dave! hope you're doing well! Even though I totally LOVE animals and am an animal rights activist; I do go through phases where I eat jello (esp. green, LOL). Then I'll be the oposite and not eat meat products at all. It's all hormones. Any female would agree. *peace* P.S. dave; re: your hijacked 'blood' sentence: yes, donating blood rocks, my husband has had his life saved many times over from blood and plasma infusions; and I have a *very special* place in my heart for all who are healthy enough to take the time to donate blood. |
Posted By: missrini
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 10:28pm
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I'm not allowed to donate blood :( but I think that ppl who do all deserve a big warm hug!! As for the gelatin thing......when I was younger, my Mum used to buy these jelly beans that were high in gelatin. She used to get them from the Chemist and we'd eat them to make our nails stronger. I went to look for them last week and they were nowhere to be found, perhaps they don't make them anymore? I just thought this would be such a FUN way to get gelatin into your diet!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: horselover_1625
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 12:51pm
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Wow, rini, (sorry for going off topic!), your hair looks great and is growing fast! ------------- RANITA~~ ----------- What good is life without a horse??!!! |
Posted By: dude20
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 2:25pm
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Gelatin is found in supplements like Vitamin A and E.
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Posted By: DaveDecker
Date Posted: April 16 2006 at 3:57pm
Thank you, eatgreenjello and Rini. I felt very tired, very
drained (well, I was), the remainder of the week (much more than
usual). I'm starting to feel a bit better today. 
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Posted By: maiseycat
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 3:18pm
| Someone on another hair site I visit posted an interesting way to add gelatin to your diet - mix a tbsp of gelatin with a cup of boiling water to create a hot drink. It reminds me of hot Kool-aid. She started drinking this daily in order to increase hair growth. She didn't make any claims about its effectiveness, and hasn't reported her findings, not that I've seen, anyway. I thought I'd try it, though - it can't hurt. I've been consuming the "jello drink" for a few months, though I can't remember to drink it every day (my school/work schedule isn't very consistent). I have noticed a difference in nail growth and strength, not hair, though. I also added evening primrose oil to my diet around that time, so that may be helping my nails, also. |
Posted By: Alayney
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:19pm
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I didn't read every single post so forgive me if this has already been covered. I found this info: Gelatin is an incomplete nutritional protein because it lacks tryptophan, an essential amino acid. Jell-O itself has little nutritional value apart from energy--80 calories for a typical serving. For example, the list of ingredients on a box of strawberry Jell-O is sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), less than 2% of artificial flavor, disodium phosphate and sodium citrate (to control acidity), fumaric acid (for tartness), and the colorant red 40. I've always heard that it is a myth that Jello/gelatin helps hair and nails to grow. I assume it would be the protein in it that leads people to believe it is good for growth; however there is not a significant amount of protein in it. You're better off eating tuna or turkey, etc. |
Posted By: hairmetal
Date Posted: April 27 2006 at 12:08pm
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Well I've been eating 2 servings of jello every day for a week straight, and I'll keep doing it the entire summer. If my hair grows more than the expected 1 1/2 inches for three months then we might have something here..
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