Your hair reflects your general health and is vulnerable to stresses and strains
of your everyday life. If you are not healthy and not taking care of yourself
and not following a healthy diet then your hair will lose its shine and bounce
and become dull. You should have a healthy diet and exercise enough to ensure
that your hair follicles get enough blood.
Food For Healthy Hair
Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet is important for healthy hair. There are
certain specific foods that are important for healthy hair. Your diet should
consist of the following foods if you want your hair to look healthy and shine.
* Protein: Is found meat, fish, poultry, milk, eggs, cheese, yogurt, sunflower
seeds etc.
* Vitamin A: Is found in butter, eggs, milk, carrots, tomatoes, oily fish, dark
green leafy vegetables, apricots etc.
* Vitamin B: Found in milk, eggs, wholegrain cereals, bread, wheat germs, nuts,
soya beans, poultry, fish, meat etc.
* Vitamin D: Sunlight, fish liver oils, oily fish, milk and eggs etc.
* Vitamin C: Found in blackcurrant, green peppers, citrus fruits, bananas,
avocados, artichokes, leafy green vegetables etc.
* Vitamin E: Found wheat germ, peanuts, vegetable oils, pulses, green leafy
vegetables etc.
* Iron: Found spinach, cockles, liver, kidneys, pulses, lentils, beans, peas,
dried fruit etc.
* Calcium: Found cheese, nuts, eggs, milk, yogurt, sardines, root vegetables
etc.
* Iodine: Found in seafood, dried kelp, iodized salt etc.
* Sulphur: Found eggs, meat, cheese, diary products etc.
* Drink coconut water at least twice a week, it is good for your skin, digestive
system and does wonders to your hair.
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