### Human:\ni'm dieting to lose weight and my hair is falling out. could my diet be causing my hair loss?\n\n### Assistant: whether or not your hair loss is related depends on how rapidly you are losing weight. if you are crash dieting or using a fad diet for rapid weight loss you may indeed have a caloric deficiency which is translating to hair loss. i recommend that you lose the weight slowly and in a controlled fashion (1 pound per week) and be sure to maintain good nutrition while you're dieting.