Your hair reflects your general health and is vulnerable to stresses and strains of your everyday life. If you are not healthy and not taking care of yourself and not following a healthy diet then your hair will lose its shine and bounce and become dull. You should have a healthy diet and exercise enough to ensure that your hair follicles get enough blood.

Food For Healthy Hair

Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet is important for healthy hair. There are certain specific foods that are important for healthy hair. Your diet should consist of the following foods if you want your hair to look healthy and shine.

Protein: Is found meat, fish, poultry, milk, eggs, cheese, yogurt, sunflower seeds etc.

Vitamin A: Is found in butter, eggs, milk, carrots, tomatoes, oily fish, dark green leafy vegetables, apricots etc.

Vitamin B: Found in milk, eggs, wholegrain cereals, bread, wheat germs, nuts, soya beans, poultry, fish, meat etc.

Vitamin D: Sunlight, fish liver oils, oily fish, milk and eggs etc.

Vitamin C: Found in blackcurrant, green peppers, citrus fruits, bananas, avocados, artichokes, leafy green vegetables etc.

Vitamin E: Found wheat germ, peanuts, vegetable oils, pulses, green leafy vegetables etc.

Iron: Found spinach, cockles, liver, kidneys, pulses, lentils, beans, peas, dried fruit etc.

Calcium: Found cheese, nuts, eggs, milk, yogurt, sardines, root vegetables etc.

Iodine: Found in seafood, dried kelp, iodized salt etc.

Sulphur: Found eggs, meat, cheese, diary products etc.

Drink coconut water at least twice a week, it is good for your skin, digestive system and does wonders to your hair.

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