| Good nutrition is vital to healthy hair growth, just as it's | | | | iron and is difficult for the body to absorb, as are many |
| essential to overall good health. Although your body | | | | iron supplements. |
| needs a variety of vitamins and minerals to maintain | | | | Good heme iron sources are green leafy vegetables, |
| proper body functions, there are several that are | | | | kidney beans, and bran. Also, one can increase the |
| specific to hair growth and health. | | | | absorption of non-heme iron into the body by |
| Vitamin C antioxidant that helps maintains skin & hair | | | | consuming non-heme food sources and vitamin C |
| health. Food sources: Citrus fruits, strawberries, kiwi, | | | | sources in the same meal. |
| cantaloupe, pineapple, tomatoes, green peppers, | | | | Using protein and moisture treatments can help rebuild |
| potatoes and dark green vegetables. Daily Dose: 60 | | | | hair strength and keep it from breaking. The reason it |
| mg. | | | | is so important to use protien treatments is because |
| Vitamin B6 prevents hair loss; helps create melanin, | | | | the hair is made mostly of protein, acutally about 88%. |
| which gives hair its color. Food sources: Brewer's | | | | When your hair is relaxed, for example, many of the |
| yeast, liver, whole grain cereals, vegetables, organ | | | | protein bonds in the hair are broken. This allows the |
| meats and egg yolk. Daily dose: 1.6 mg. Warnings: High | | | | curly pattern to become looser, and eventually straight. |
| doses can cause numbness in hands and feet. | | | | Hair vitamins can do more to promote healthy hair |
| Vitamins and minerals are taken to supplement for any | | | | growth than any shampoo or conditioner. Your diet |
| deficiency. Eating a balanced diet may be sufficient to | | | | profoundly effects the health of not only internal |
| obtain all the important vitamins and minerals you need. | | | | systems and organs, but external ones including the |
| However, whenever a deficiency is noticed by way of | | | | hair, skin, and fingernails. Hair vitamins can be helpful in |
| malfunction of any bodily function, vitamin supplements | | | | addressing a variety of hair concerns from hair that |
| can be taken to stop this malfunction. | | | | grows too slowly to hair that is thinning. Hair Stimulator |
| There are many levels of treatment to jump-start | | | | Vitamins were designed for the fastest hair growth |
| ovulation. Halverson often starts with something as | | | | possible. |
| simple as taking five pills a month to stimulate the | | | | Certain essential amino acids are found to control the |
| ovary. Or, later, she may recommend stronger fertility | | | | thinning and thickening of hair in laboratory animals. For |
| drugs that require monitoring with ultrasounds and | | | | example, when rats were fed a diet deficient in |
| blood tests. The good news is that more than 90% of | | | | magnesium, they lost their hair in bunches. The situation |
| women with anovulation are able to release an egg | | | | was even more serious with some other B-vitamins. |
| with appropriate treatment. | | | | When rats were fed a diet low in biotin or inositol, they |
| Another key mineral vital in the production of | | | | became hairless! This nutrient-deficient condition was |
| hemoglobin is iron. Iron is found in two forms, heme and | | | | found to be reversible. When the rats were fed a diet |
| non-heme; heme iron is much easier to absorb into the | | | | that was rich in B vitamins, it resulted in the complete |
| system. Of course most people know that red meat is | | | | restoration of hair. |
| a good source of iron, however red meat is non-heme | | | | |