Your hairstyle could be the reason you are piling on the pounds

According to Dr Regina Benjamin,the US Surgeon General,too many women are foregoing physical activity because it will ruin their hair. 

“Often you get women saying,‘I can’t exercise today because I don’t want to sweat my hair back or get my hair wet,’” the ‘Daily Mail’ quoted her as saying. 

“When you’re starting to exercise,you look for reasons not to,and sometimes the hair is one of those reasons. I hate to use the word ‘excuse,’ but that’s one of them,” she said. 

The problem,Dr Benjamin said,is that many women invest considerable time and money in taming their hair. Motion and moisture can undo all their hard work,so some simply avoid physical exertion entirely. 

Dr Emma Williams,of the British Nutrition Foundation,says the solution is to pick a form of exercise that doesn’t involve getting too hot and sweaty,such as doing household chores or going for a brisk walk.