Super foods for Healthy Hair
If you like most people you spend a lot of time looking in the mirror and trying to figure out what to do with your hair. What will give you that healthy hair you crave? The way your hair looks can either make you look fabulous or give you a bad hair day.
If you find yourself reaching for a hat more often than you normally would to cover your locs, it’s a sign that something is not quite right and you probably need to take better care of your hair. When it comes to taking good care of their hair most people think about doing so externally but you need to make sure that you are doing this internally as well.
Here’s a look at some foods that you should treat your taste buds with so that your hair can grow long and beautiful.
Salmon
Do you dream of having hair that sparkles and glistens in the sun? If this has been your dream for a long time and you haven’t been able to achieve it because of one reason or another, starting a diet that is high in omega-3 fatty acid may be just what you need to make your dreams of long shimmering hair a reality.
You can get a lot of omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish such as mackerel, salmon and sardines. If the thought of eating all that fish has your stomach doing somersaults then another way you can get a lot of omega-3 fatty acids into your diet is simply by taking supplements.
Eat Yogurt
Protein is one of the building blocks of great hair and if you are ready to get your hair strong and healthy, you should incorporate more of it into your diet.
Consider eating yogurt. Specifically, you should consider eating Greek yogurt. It is loaded with B 5 vitamins that will make your hair look full and lush while blowing in the wind.
Try Spinach
Spinach is a vegetable that you may like or dislike. It’s really not one of those vegetables that make people hold their plates out for seconds.
However, if you want your hair to grow long and shiny this veggie should be your best friend. This dark green leafy vegetable is rich in Vitamin A and C as well as iron.
The last thing you want is for your hair to be breaking off every time you run your comb or brush through it. A lot of shed hair all over the ground means that your hair is getting thinner by the minute.
Try to find healthy recipes online so that you can get back to a healthy head of hair or keep the locs that you do have.
Eggs to Grow Hair
You should up your protein if you want to increase growth and thickness for your hair. There are so many ways to prepare eggs that it would be hard for you not to be able to find a way to put this important food into your diet.
When you eat eggs you’re not only get a lot of protein but you get iron as well. There’s also a B vitamin known as biotin that is found in eggs as well. This vitamin is known for pumping up the volume of your hair and speeding up its growth.
By consuming eggs you are getting all of these rich nutrients.
Eat Oysters
Oysters are known for being a luxurious seafood. It is one of those foods that you should try to incorporate in your diet just because it helps to make your hair very thick.
The secret behind oysters’ ability to make your hair grow full and thick is the mineral known as the zinc. When zinc is missing from your diet even your eyelashes start to fall out if you’re not careful.
A lot of the cells that build your hair rely on this nutrient. You should always try not to be without it.
Even if you are using something such as the money piece hair to make your hair look luxurious you would benefit from incorporating oysters and zinc in your diet just the same.
Blood Flow Up
Maybe the thought of blood flowing all around your body is not the most pleasant thing for you to think about. However, it’s important to understand how circulation affects the growth of your hair.
Thankfully, cinnamon is one of those spices that you can toss on just about anything. If you like to drink coffee just toss some into that. You can do the same thing with oatmeal or sprinkle some all over your toast to add a little spice to your life!
The blood flow that it will cause will bring a lot of oxygen to your hair follicles. Not only that, there will be lots of other nutrients as well. Get ready to see your hair grow like never before!
Sweet Potatoes
If your hair is looking very dull and you can’t seem to figure out how to get it to look shiny again. You might want to consider eating some sweet potatoes.
Dry hair can look very unattractive and make you look messy as well. The good news is that with all the beta carotene that is in those sweet potatoes by consuming them, you can get a lot of vitamin A that will make your hair look shiny and bouncy again.
The secret to the power of this food is that it turns beta-carotene into Vitamin A quite easily. They’re also some other sources that you can look to to get your carotene fix from. If you don’t like sweet potatoes try pumpkin, mangoes, and of course the famous carrots.
Eat Guavas
If you enjoy tropical fruit then you’ll be happy to know that guava is one of those tropical fruits that you can eat and that will help to prevent your hair from breaking.
Guava is loaded with vitamin C and this will help to stop your hair. This means you can keep your glamorous hairstyles for longer and look your best at all times.
Guava’s contain more than the average amount of Vitamin C. So if you want to you can get loaded up so that you can keep your hair looking shiny and bouncy.
Cereal With Iron
You don’t want to get so much iron that your hair starts falling out all over the place. You do want to get enough so that your hair is properly nourished.
There are a lot of cereals out there that have iron enrichment in them that you can eat for breakfast. This is an easy solution to helping you get all the important nutrients for making your hair shine.
Now that you know how to keep your hair looking fabulous you shouldn’t have any problem maintaining your luscious locks. All you have to do is make sure that you choose all the right foods to eat to nourish your hair from the inside out.
While it’s okay to buy fabulous hair products to care for your hair and make it look like you just stepped out of a salon, what you put on the inside is critical. You want to always make sure that you plan carefully.
You will want to incorporate the foods that were shown here into your diet in a fun way. Consider it an experiment and try to find the best way to prepare the foods. Scour the internet for recipes; there are several of them available, to help you conjure up delicious meals.
7 Comments
Tamra Phelps
I don’t think I could bring myself to eat oysters, lol. And no sweet potatoes, either…but the others I definitely eat. I’m always taking extra B vitamins, too.
heather
I eat a lot of these foods already but I will try all on this list thanks for sharing.
Peggy Nunn
I need to eat more of those foods. My hair is thin and could use some help in that department. Thank you for information.
Terri Quick
Thank you for these great tips
Tamra Phelps
My hair has gotten thinner as I get older and it drives me nuts. I’m always trying to make it healthier and thicker.
gloria patterson
One thing for sure I know by looking at this list……………. I don’t nice hair of any kind
And no way in this world am I going to eat Eat Oysters