The Essential Diet to Prevent and Treat Hair Loss

One factor that many people don’t even realise can affect hair health is their diet. So here is the essential diet that prevents and treats hair loss.

Fruits and Vegetables that Affect Hair Growth

There are lots of vitamins and nutrients that your body needs in order to produce healthy hair. If your body lack these, your hair shafts can become weak resulting in massive shedding,- hair loss. Sometimes, simply altering your diet to include healthy foods can decrease the amount of shedding you experience. So what are they?


Fruits—melons, berries, bananas, oranges, apples and many other fruits can supply your body with the proper vitamins to reduce hair loss.

Vegetables—while all vegetables will provide your hair with additional vitamins, the ones that offer the most benefits are those of the green leafy variety, including spinach, cabbage, etc.

Dairy—increasing your dairy intake, including milk, eggs and cheese, can increase your hair’s overall health by providing it with the vitamin B-12 as well as protein.

Lean, healthy meats—this includes chicken, nuts, fish, and organ meats (such as liver). By adding these to your diet, or increasing your intake of these items, you will supply your hair follicles with the vitamins they need for optimal operation and hair growth.

Water—consuming at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day will help transport the needed nutrients to your hair and help keep your hair strands hydrated and strong.

As you can see, the foods necessary to have healthy hair are the same that are necessary for overall body health. By regulating your intake of sweets and fatty foods (which should be avoided), and increasing your intake of the healthy foods listed above, you can reduce the severity of hair loss and improve your overall health.

Vitamins

In order to reduce or avoid hair loss, eating healthy to acquire the necessary vitamins is the first step. But sometimes it can be difficult to reach the necessary vitamin intake through food alone. This is particularly true for those who have a problem digesting a certain type of food (such as those with allergies or lactose intolerance). In this case, it is often best to take a supplementary vitamin to reach your daily goals and promote the health of your hair. You can either choose to take only the vitamins your diet is lacking as a supplement, or choose a multivitamin that contains all (or as many as possible) of the following:

* Vitamin A

* Vitamin C

* Amino Acids/Protein

* Iron

* Folic Acid

* Vitamins B-6 and B-12

* Copper

* Zinc

By flexing out your diet to include the proper nutrients, or by supplementing your diet with vitamins to achieve these goals, you will reduce the amount of hair loss you experience and will instead have healthier hair than you ever thought possible!