Foods for healthy hair – good hair tips, protecting hair fall, growing hair tips
There is a famous proverb ‘long hair, don’t care’. But of course we do care about it. We all love long hair. There’s nothing more beautiful than gorgeous long hair. But for that, we need to be very careful and cut a few problems like hair loss. Thankfully, there are a few foods for healthy hair which helps to stop hair fall and to grow hair faster in a natural way.
Hair fall is the primary reason against the growth of hair. We tend to cut our hair short when we lose hair. The first thing that needs to be stopped is hair fall. Hair fall is often caused by iron deficiency (if not said otherwise by doctors like hormonal changes / cyst development / fungal problem in scalp or any other disease). So if you don’t have any of these issues and your hair is thinning, you might be anaemic or facing iron deficiency. If you don’t want to get into the dosage of iron supplements (medicines), make sure you intake iron naturally through your regular diet. In the end, balancing things with regular food is way better than taking medicines under doctor supervision.
So if you observe that you are facing hair loss (losing more hair than usual) or your hair has stopped growing or growing very slowly, you may consider adding a few of these foods for healthy hair. These foods can stop hair fall and help in restarting hair growth process or making it faster. These iron enriched food helps to protect the loss of hair, helps in re-generating and stimulating hair growth.
Beans
Beans offer 3 to 7 mg of iron per cup. It’s easily available and can easily be mixed with other foods.
Soybeans
A cup of soybeans provide substantial quantity of minerals. Apart from iron, it contains other essential minerals like copper and manganese. It is high on protein amino acid and vitamins too which offer a good immunity system and help us fight against germs, bacteria, fungus and diseases too. It is really helpful to keep us healthy.
Brocolli
Brocolli offers iron, calcium and multiple vitamins (A,C,E) which helps in keeping good bone health and immunity system too.
Potatoes
Potatoes contain iron, carbohydrate and vitamin.
Sesame seeds
Sesame seeds are wonderful and one of the great sources of iron.
Sunflower seeds
It contains iron and vitamin E which helps in protecting skin, eyesight too along with hair.
Pumpkin seeds
A cup of pumpkin seeds consists of 2 mg iron and a cup of the kernels contain a significant amount of 10 mg.
Lentils
One cup of cooked lentils are rich in iron. It contains good quantity with fiber which helps in preventing constipation. It helps in controlling blood sugar and cholesterol too.
Almonds
Almonds contain fair quantity of iron. Apart from that, it has protein and vitamin E too.
Dried Apricots
Dried apricots are a huge source of iron and has significant nutritional value.
Unripe Bananas
Unripe green bananas are a great source of iron and other minerals.
Cooked spinach
It is a valuable food supplement which contains iron. Additionally, it contains fiber, protein, calcium, Vitamin A and E too.
Chickpeas or black eyed peas
Rich and healthy source of iron. Contains good amount of protein and vitamin C respectively.
Fruits & vegetables
Many fruits, dry fruits and vegetables like bananas, apples, grapes, berries, lemons, plums, oranges, cashew nuts, dates, carrots contain iron.
For non-vegetarians
There are a few more source of iron in non-vegetarian diets:
Chicken
Chicken is rich in protein and iron.
Red Meat
Red meat has iron too but it is not advisable for high blood pressure /cholesterol patients.
Egg yolk
Egg yolk also has presence of iron content.
Liver: Organ meats like liver and giblets offers good amount of iron. Additionally, it contains minerals, vitamins and protein too. Beef and pork livers are enriched with iron but they are not good for cholesterol patients or pregnant women.
Oysters
While being a good source of iron, oysters supply zinc and vitamin B12 too.
Sea Fish
Sea fishes like canned salmon, tuna and cod contain iron.
Now we are hopeful that you know what exactly you need to include in your food chart to keep right iron level. Go and plan a diet including these foods for healthy hair. Stop hair loss to grow hair faster in a natural way.
Lots of love,
Twinkle
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