If we haven’t stressed this enough already, you are what you eat! The nutrients that you consume through your diet are largely what determine your skin and hair health. If you’ve been battling hair loss, or if you have inherently thin hair, consuming these superfoods can really help you fill in all the missing gaps that you might be lacking as far as the important vitamins and minerals are concerned.
Hair loss or thinning hair can all be boiled down to hereditary, hormonal changes, a medical condition, stress, and nutritional deficiencies. Eating foods that are rich with antioxidant flavonoids that strengthen hair follicles, iron-rich foods that boost red blood cells, and protein- and silica-rich foods that promote hair growth and healthy hair can work wonders in getting all those lost locks back!
So without further ado, let’s get to the kind of foods you need to eat and the diet you need to consume in order to have thicker, more voluminous hair!
Eggs
Filled to the brim with all that protein you need for your hair, eggs help to boost collagen production. Collagen surrounds the hair strands, but as we age collagen breaks down more, which makes hair more vulnerable to breaking. Consisting of Vitamins A and D, carotenes, lutein, zinc, protein, try to incorporate a boiled or poached egg into your diet, at least 4 times a week.
Flaxseeds
High in omega-3, these seeds help nourish hair and prevent it from drying out and becoming weak and easily broken. Apart from Omega-3, flaxseeds also contain vitamin B1, magnesium, phosphorus, and selenium. Consume 1 tablespoon of roasted flaxseeds every day! Pro tip: Add a little rock salt or Himalayan Pink Salt into the mix, while roasting the seeds. This will make your daily dose of Flaxseeds a lot tastier!
Avocado
Who doesn’t love Avocados, right? Apart from tasting amazing and supplying you with good fats, creamy avocados supply vitamin E, which increases oxygen uptake, improving circulation to the scalp to promote healthy hair growth. Avocados are loaded with Vitamin E, potassium, omega-9, B-vitamins and folic acid. Eat 1 medium avocado 2–4 times a week.
Green Leafy Vegetables
Greens such as Spinach, Methi, Sarso, and cabbage, promote keratin, a hair protein that strengthens the follicles. Leafy greens are loaded with Vitamins A, C, and K, B vitamins, potassium, and folate. Eat at least 100g (3½ oz) portion of leafy greens daily in a salad or a meal.
Almonds
Sharper memory, thicker hair! Almonds provide a wide variety of B vitamins, zinc, and essential fatty acids. Tasty and convenient, nuts contain a variety of nutrients that may promote hair growth.
There you have it! Spruce up your diet with these amazing whole foods that nourish your hair and make them a whole lot thicker! To find a thorough solution for thinning hair or hair loss, go ahead and feed your scalp the natural goodness it needs, with your very own, Ravel Custom hair shampoo, Custom conditioner, Custom hair serum, and customised hair oil!
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