Benefits of Hair Growth vitamins
Vitamins for Hair Growth
To maintain proper body functions your body needs variety of vitamins and minerals. In the same way, good nutrition is required not only for your body but for your hair also. There are a lot of factors that affect the growth of hair, such as stress, lack op sleep, toxins in our environment, cigarette smoke (passively or actively inhaled), exposure to the sun and an excessive consumption of alcohol, are present in our everyday lives. To counteract the negative effects of these factors, you must have a proper diet that supplies the body with the necessary nutrients, vitamins, and minerals it needs to operate in an optimal level.
There are specific vitamins, minerals and amino acids which will benefit your hair and help it grow to its best capacity.
The benefits of vitamins, minerals and amino acids:
- Faster growing hair
- Healthier hair
- Stronger hair
- Thicker hair
There are several vitamins that are used for hair growth. If you start to take vitamins for your hair growth, then it takes two to three months to see the results in your hair’s condition.
The vitamins that plays the biggest roles for healthy hair growth:
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is an antioxidant that will help you to produce healthy sebum in the scalp. The daily dose of vitamin A should be 5000 IU. Be careful while taking the dose. Heavy dose can cause several side effects. Vitamin A intake of more than 25,000 IU, in a day is toxic and can cause harmful side effects such as hair loss and other health problems. The various food sources that will provide vitamin A are meat, eggs, cabbage, fish liver oil, carrots, peaches, spinach, broccoli and apricots.
Vitamin B
Vitamin B helps increase the blood flow to the scalp, which is great for hair growth because more blood flow means more nutrition for the hair, helps produce keratin, may prevent greying and hair loss and keeps hair follicles healthy at the cellular level. Loss of hair, or baldness, is the result of not having enough vitamin B supplements.
Vitamin B3 (niacin) promotes scalp circulation. Rich food sources include wheat germ, fish, chicken, turkey and meat.
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) prevent graying and hair loss. Rich food sources encompass whole grain cereals, organ meets and egg yolks.
Vitamin B6 is important vitamin, containing nutrients such as sulfur, biotin, magnesium, and zinc. Without these vitamins, your body won’t be able to grow hair as much, which commonly results in balding or hair loss as we get older. Food sources include brewer’s yeast, liver, whole grain cereals, vegetables, organ meats, and egg yolk.
Vitamin B12 helps in preventing hair loss. Rich food sources include chicken, fish, eggs, and milk. Inositol is used to keep hair follicles healthy at cellular level. Rich food sources whole grains, liver and citrus fruits.
Biotin promotes the production of keratin which helps in preventing hair loss and the discoloration of hair.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that promotes the maintenance of healthy skin and hair. Vitamin C will be found mostly in strawberries, green peppers, dark green vegetables, potatoes, cantaloupe, citrus fruits, kiwi and pine apple.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is also an antioxidant that will enhance the scalp circulation. It stimulates your intake of oxygen and helps to improve your blood circulation as well. Since hair health is tied to the immune health, vitamin E is believed to stimulate hair growth by enhancing the immune function. Be careful while taking Vitamin E because it will raise the blood pressure and reduce blood clotting. People who have high blood pressure should check with their doctors before taking vitamin E supplement. Food sources rich in vitamin E are vegetables oils, wheat germ oils, soybeans, raw seeds, nuts, dried beans, and leafy green vegetables.
These are the various vitamins that help hair growth. You should be careful regarding dose of each vitamin. Before you take any vitamins or supplements, you should always consult with your doctor and get his opinion, heavy dose of these vitamins can cause severe health problems.
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