Vitamins and minerals food sources

While there are no foods that directly stimulate increased hair growth, choose foods that supply the body with a rich supply of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fibre, and protein.
To improve the health of your hair and prevent hair loss, consider also the following:
Get regular exercise and don’t smoke. According to researches report, smokers were four times more likely to have grey hair than non-smokers and were more prone to hair loss.
Besides natural food take if it necessary supplements of B-vitamins, essential fatty acids, and orthosilicic acid.

You should to include in diet for hair heath:

• Enough proteins which are necessary for hair growth. Best choose are lean sources of protein such as fish, poultry, lean cuts of meat, beans, nuts, seeds, and soy. Meat, poultry, and fish also contain iron, which is essential for proper hair growth.

• Essential fatty acids which are necessary for proper hair growth contain in fish and flaxseed.

• Magnesium is important for hair growth. Choose natural food sources such as leafy green vegetables, unrefined grains, nuts, seeds, meat, milk, soybeans, tofu, legumes, and figs.

• The outer skin of plants such as potatoes, cucumbers, green and red peppers and sprouts can strengthen hair because they are rich in the mineral silica.

• Good food sources of essential nutrients and fibre are grains, vegetables, and fruits are.

Foods which you should to avoid:

• Caffeine and alcohol can trigger hair loss as they deplete the body of nutrients and also raise adrenal levels.

• Foods contained high amount of sugar can raise cortisol levels (a stress hormone) and cause the body to produce more androgens, promoting hair loss.

• High intake of salt also has been linked to hair loss. Foods high in salt include processed and snack foods, deli meats, and the salt shaker.

• Reduce or eliminate pro-inflammatory foods: saturated fat (fatty meats and dairy) and fat in processed and fried foods. Saturated fat reduces the amount of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) which promotes hair loss.

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