| Many other vitamin or mineral deficiencies | | | | the hair. To get your B vitamins, eat plenty |
| can also cause hair loss. Vitamin A | | | | of chicken, fish, whole grains, beets, and |
| deficiency can create a rough, dry coat with | | | | orange juice.A vitamin deficiency in biotin |
| a shaggy appearance and dandruff. | | | | could cause hair loss. Though deficiency in |
| Zinc, iron, B vitamins, | | | | biotin is rare, it has been observed in some |
| essential fatty acids, amino acids and other | | | | cases. Biotin can be found in select foods, |
| nutrients are responsible for hair growth. If | | | | and it is also produced in the intestines by |
| these deficiencies occur ,for whatever | | | | good bacteria. Most people who eat a healthy |
| reason, hair loss is likely. These | | | | diet would never experience hair loss as a |
| deficiencies can result from many of the | | | | result of this vitamin deficiency. However, |
| problems referred to in this article as well | | | | if this does occur, vitamin supplements can |
| as poor diet. However, there are other cases | | | | be taken.What Else?Other vitamins are |
| when hair loss can be a sign of a serious | | | | important to the growth and maintenance of |
| medical problem. This is known as temporary | | | | hair. These vitamins include zinc, iron, |
| hair loss, because genes did not predetermine | | | | vitamin C, and copper. If you do not receive |
| the loss of hair. One of the leading causes | | | | an adequate amount of these vitamins, make |
| of temporary hair loss is vitamin deficiency. | | | | sure to look for food sources or begin taking |
| Hair follicles require certain vitamins to | | | | supplements.High doses of Vitamin A can also |
| carry on their constant function of | | | | result in the temporary loss of hair.Iron |
| regeneration and growth. If follicles remain | | | | deficiency can be another cause of hair loss. |
| deprived of these vitamins they won't be able | | | | Young women often have low iron due to the |
| to carry out their normal functioning and may | | | | changes in their bodies and their menstrual |
| result in hair loss.Most often due to poor | | | | cycle. Some people do not consume enough iron |
| dietary habits or disturbed metabolism folks | | | | in their diets or have an inability to |
| happen to be deficient with these vitamins. | | | | properly absorb iron. A doctor can test your |
| So a change in dietary habits or food intake | | | | blood for iron levels and can treat this by |
| is necessary to ensure enough intake of | | | | recommending iron pills as part of your |
| necessary vitamins for hair in order to | | | | vitamin and mineral regiment.Insufficient |
| prevent hair loss.Vital Vitamins To Prevent | | | | protein in your diet may result in protein |
| Hair LossThere are many different vitamins | | | | malnutrition that can affect hair loss. If |
| that are extremely important to maintaining a | | | | you are on a diet that is low in protein this |
| healthy head of hair. Hair loss could be | | | | may be the culprit. Your body will take the |
| caused by a vitamin deficiency in any of | | | | protein from your hair, forcing your hair |
| these nutrients. All that is necessary to | | | | into the telogen or resting phase. Hair loss |
| reverse the temporary hair loss is following | | | | will then occur two or more months later. |
| a proper diet!Vitamin A is a vitamin that | | | | This is not permanent hair loss and can be |
| promotes the healthy growth of both cells and | | | | reversed with a proper diet with healthy |
| tissue in various parts of the body, | | | | amounts of protein. Biotin For people who eat |
| including the cells in the scalp and hair. A | | | | a healthy diet, biotin deficiency is rare. |
| vitamin A deficiency could lead to hair loss | | | | Besides getting biotin from select food |
| and dandruff, especially if the deficiency | | | | sources, biotin is also manufactured in our |
| occurs for an extended period of time. To get | | | | intestines by gut bacteria. In rare instances |
| the vitamin A you need, make sure to consume | | | | though, biotin deficiency can cause hair |
| lots of leafy vegetables, colorful fruits, | | | | loss. Both patients had severe loss of hair. |
| liver, eggs, and fish oil.Hair loss could be | | | | These patients, due to their medical |
| caused by a vitamin deficiency in one or more | | | | condition, did not manufacture biotin in |
| of three B vitamins. These three B vitamins | | | | their gut and consumed no biotin orally or |
| (more specifically folic acid, vitamin B6, | | | | parenterally. Daily supplementation of biotin |
| and vitamin B12) are important to the | | | | resulted in the gradual regrowth of healthy |
| creation of red blood cells and hemoglobin. | | | | hair.If you are facing deficiency of these |
| The hemoglobin carries oxygen to various body | | | | vitamins you should incorporate food items in |
| tissues, including the hair cells. A vitamin | | | | your diet to ensure sufficient intake of |
| deficiency could cause hair loss due to the | | | | these vitamins. It would lessen possibility |
| resulting reduced blood and oxygen supply to | | | | of hair loss. |