Hair Care Tips - 5 Great Foods For Healthy Hair

By Imani Brown

The science is relatively simple: in order to have healthy hair, skin and nails, you must eat a healthy well balanced diet. More specifically, for the healthiest hair you need a diet rich in protein, iron, vitamin A, B - 12, omega 3 fats, zinc, folic acid, selenium and biotin.

This is a fairly short list, and there is such a wide variety of tasty foods that you should never have any issue with including each of these essential elements into your healthy hair diet.

Once you know which vitamins and minerals you need, you can quickly compile a reasonable list of tasty foods with variety and map out a diet.

Lets first identify what each of these dietary components does for your hair, then we can identify the foods that contain them.

Why Do these Nutrients Help the Hair?

B - 12 - Promotes a healthy scalp and prevents dandruff. B - 12 also helps the body to absorb iron.
Biotin - Promotes cell regeneration and thickens hair strands.

Protein - Promotes growth and hair strength

Vitamin A - Promotes cell growth by helping the body to process protein and absorb calcium.
Iron - Strengthens hair growth and helps to prevent hair from falling out.

Folic Acid - Promotes cell renewal and therefore promotes growth.

Selenium - Aids in the production of sebum, the natural oil produced by hair follicle.

Zinc - Prevents shedding, promotes hair growth, and helps keep hair shiny with its natural color (prevent graying).

5 Healthy Hair Foods

Eggs - Eggs provide a simple source of protein, biotin, selenium and iron. Starting each day off with one or two boiled eggs with the yolks can be an excellent way to add these essentials to your daily plan.

Salmon - Salmon is one of the best natural dietary sources of omega 3 fats. It is also an excellent source of protein, B - 12 and iron.

Kale - Green leafy vegetables provide iron, calcium and vitamin A. In particular, kale is an extraordinary source of all of these healthy nutrients and more. It is one of the darkest green vegetables, and therefore contains high concentrations of the nutrients that it contains.

Poultry - Eat chicken and turkey for protein, but also for zinc and iron.

Black Beans - Legumes and beans provide protein, iron, zinc and biotin. Black beans, in particular, are a high performing super bean with high concentrations of nutrients.

Supplements

Of course, it is not enough to simply eat these vitamins and minerals, you must eat enough of them. Given this, it is reasonable to incorporate a Hair and Nail supplemental pill or other multi - vitamin into your daily routine to ensure the you get enough of each of these vitamins and minerals. One down - side to these supplements is that they are often quite large and hard to swallow. A simple solution to this is to also pick up a pill cutter when you purchase the supplements. Specific hair and nail enhancing formulas also often have a very strong and unpleasant odor to them. There's not much you can do about this other than to hold your breath and swallow!

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Caring for Your Long Hair in Summertime

By Jennifer C Smith


Trying to take care of long hair and keep it looking its best when summer comes around can be very hard. Sun, sea, sand and swimming pools are all rather hair unfriendly and if you have a longer head of hair it is far harder to keep it healthy than those with a cool short crop. Before you give in and cut your hair though try some of these tips when the temperatures rise this year, they should really help:

Change Your Styling Routines- The strong summer sun can dry out hair very quickly so you really do need to find a way to help your hair hold on to as many of its natural oils and moisture as possible. Two ways you can do this are to decrease the number of times you shampoo and then to limit your use of heat styling tools, especially your blow dryer. If you really cannot live without a blow out though make sure you apply a good leave in conditioner before you begin styling.

Nix the Swimming Cap - Most people are all too aware of the damage that chlorine and sea salt can inflict on hair and some ladies (and a few gents) turn to tucking their tresses underneath a swimming cap to try to prevent as much of this damage as possible. This is not however always a great idea either. The rubber that the average swimming cap is made from is not very hair friendly either, it tends to stick to hair and rip it when the cap is removed.

A far better idea is to dampen your hair and apply a little of your regular conditioner before you take a dip in the pool or the sea. The unwanted salt and chlorine will cling to the greasy conditioner and then you will be able to wash it all away with ease once you are back on dry land.

Cover Up During the Day- If you are going to be out in the sun when it is at its hottest and brightest - usually at lunchtime when you may be headed out for a break - the best weapon you have against sun damage is a good hat or even just a pretty summer scarf. A leave in conditioner is an alternative but it is not as effective as a physical cover up and lets face it - a hat can cover up a multitude of hair problems on those days when you simply do not have the energy to deal with it!

Fighting the Frizzies When the Heat Is On- Humidity is another big enemy of your summer time hair. Rinsing your hair in cold water when you wash it can help seal the ends and applying a silicone based serum can work wonders as well. If you do use a serum product though you really only need to use a very tiny amount and just work it through your hair very well - add too much and your hair will look greasy and oily, it's very strong stuff!

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