Eat Your Way To Healthy Hair

Your hair needs a balanced, nutritious diet to stay healthy. Hair revitalizing products won't help if you are not nourishing your body.

Your daily diet should include proteins, minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids and water.

One-fourth of the weight of a strand of hair, is made up of water. Water makes hair supple and helps to keep hair silky and shiny, therefore you should always try to drink at least eight glasses per day.
Protein strengthens hair to protect it from becoming dry and brittle. Protein rich foods can be found in fish, lean meats, eggs and dairy foods and cereals.

Minerals are important for healthy hair.

Iron carries oxygen to the hair. Insufficient iron will starve the hair follicles of oxygen. Include red meat and dark green vegetable in your diet.

Zinc prevents hair loss. Meat and seafood have a high content of zinc.

Copper is needed for hair structure and is involved in the pigmentation of hair. Fresh vegetables, nuts, seeds, meat and liver are high in copper.

Ensure your diet has all the necessary vitamins that help in the growth of healthy hair.

Vitamin A keeps your scalp healthy and is good for your skin also. It is found in carrots, sweet potatos, broccoli, cantaloupe and apricots. Lack of B vitamins can lead to oily hair conditions, sources are: green vegetables, beans, sunflower seeds, nuts and peas.

Vitamin C strengthens the immune system and assists in metabolizing B vitamins and amino acids into the body. Lack of vitamin C can cause dry hair. Excellent sources of Vitamin C are found in citrus fruits, berries, green vegetables and tomatoes.

Vitamin E provides lots of benefits for growing vibrant hair. Sources are avocado, rice bran, nuts, dark green vegetables and whole grains.

Healthy hair also needs two essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, that are not produced naturally by the human body.

Omega-3 fats sources: flax oil, algae, cold-water fish, dark-green vegetables, hemp oil and pumpkin seed oil

Omega-6 fats sources: borage, evening primrose oil, safflower oil, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, corn and pumpkin seeds.

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