Vitamins for Your Hair Care
An inadequate supply of certain vitamins and essential fatty acids are the main cause of anomalies in the bulb and the hair loss.
Vitamin B2 or riboflavin:
Have Hair Loss action and acts against seborrhea. The foods that are abundant: milk and dairy products (yogurt, cheese …), eggs, meats, fish, liver, legumes and nuts (almonds, walnuts …).
Vitamin B3 or niacin: involved in the synthesis of keratin. It is found in meat, fish, organ meats and whole grains and dried fruit (peaches, apricots, figs, dates, etc).
Vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid:
This vitamin plays a role in hair growth and health of skin and nails. Vitamin supplements provided by prescription, is indicated for the treatment of seborrhea and hair loss. The quintessential dietary sources are organ meats (liver, kidneys …), beer yeast, whole grains, fresh vegetables and milk.
Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine:
It is essential for the proper metabolism of zinc, a mineral that is part of skin, hair and nails. It is widely distributed in all foods: fresh food in general, blue fish, meat, eggs, nuts, whole grains, bananas, spinach, brewer’s yeast, wheat germ.
Vitamin A:
Its deficit is reflected more in the skin, it is dry and rough as a result of deficiency in the secretion in the sweat glands and sebaceous glands. Foods rich in this vitamin are whole milk, cheese, butter, egg yolk. Yellow vegetables, orange or red as pumpkin, peach, apricot, mandarin orange … are a source of beta-carotene, a substance that is converted into vitamin A as it needs it.
Fatty acids (linoleic and linolenic):
The inadequate supply of these essential elements that the body can not synthesize and must supplement through diet, is associated with hair kept falling and causing a drying of the skin. Foods with higher content of beneficial fatty acids are oily fish (salmon, trout, sardines …) to eat at least 3 times a week, nuts, oil seeds (sunflower, corn, soybean seeds …), sesame.
And Grandma’s Remedies
* Rinse hair with an infusion of rosemary to give strength, prevent hair loss and hair shine
* Squeeze lemon juice before you put the sun to have natural blonde highlights
* If you have dark hair, uses the leftover tea to rinse your hair and give mahogany reflections.
* Prevents dandruff with a massage of extra virgin olive oil, letting it penetrate the roots and scalp. Much better if you do it at night and sleep with a towel rolled up, to act on plan mask longer.