Friday, August 23, 2013

What Vitamins Help Hair Growth?

Now a days many people are suffering from falling hair, spitted hair, dull looking hair etc, and they wanted to make their hair grow, shiner, and stronger within a less time. However, hair can grow only 1 cm a month and that's too not fast.

Eating a balanced diet can help your hair easily and faster growth. The diet should include necessary vitamins, protein, minerals such as iron, zinc and even essential fats. Regular intake of vitamins can promotes healthy hair than any hair growth shampoo and other sources.

Just as our body needs vitamins to maintain proper body functioning, some vitamins too play a vital role for your healthier hair growth. So, better to focus on these vitamins for making your hair stronger, silkier, shiner, and fast growing. Lack of vitamins slows down the growth of hair, making your hair look dull and easily broken and may cause thinning hair.

Following are some of the vitamins which make your hair stronger and healthier:

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble antioxidant vitamin that produces healthy sebum in the scalp, which keeps the scalp and hair hydrated. This deficiency results breaking of hair and scaly acne skin. Vitamin A  is found in food sources such as carrot, lemon, grapefruit, sweet potatoes, broccoli, apricots, fish liver oil, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, and peaches. Right amount of this vitamin intake  daily can prevent most of the hair problems.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps in maintaining hair health. This vitamin can prevent hair loss as well as premature graying, dryness, and brittle hair. This vitamin deficiency can lead to weakening of hair structure. Sources of Vitamin C are orange, lemon, lime, melon, strawberries, kiwi, cantaloupe, pineapple, black current, tomato, cucumber, cauliflower, green peppers, potatoes etc.

Vitamin D is responsible for healthy hair follicle growth cycle and it reduces hair loss problem. Sources of Vitamin D are mushrooms, fish, whole egg, milk, cod liver oil, salmon, tuna, cereal, pork, beef liver, ricotta cheese and so on.

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that increases circulation to the scalp, responsible for strong, non-vibrant hair and functions as a stimulant to the immune system. Good immune system makes your hair grow faster. Vitamin E found in ice bran, dark green vegetables, legumes, whole grains, wheat germ oil, soybeans, raw seeds and nuts, dried beans, and so on.

Vitamin H, also known as biotin, produces keratin and promotes cell growth and metabolism that helps in hair growth and prevents brittle, fragile hair. Biotin deficiency results in loss of hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows. Sources of vitamin H are yeast, whole grains, egg yolks, liver, rice, milk, cheese, Swiss chard, peanuts, raw cauliflower, raspberries and avocado.

Vitamin B is also useful for hair. It strengthens hair follicles and makes it less prone to damage and hair loss. Eating vitamin B content in your diet will increase hair growth, reduce hair loss and prevent your hair from graying as well.  Vitamin B is found in eggs, meat, fresh fruits, turkey, and fish. Especially vitamin B5, B6, B9 are also useful for improving your hair condition.

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