Food for a healthy hair

Hello ladies,
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.

Food for a healthy hair
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• 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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hi Vidisha,

nice post. do u know any vegetarian source of vit d which is easily available if yes please post.

bye
padma

Padma/Vidisha,

I too would be glad to know some veg sources.

But Padma, application of castor oil with coconut oil, slightly heated (warm), helps have a healthy scalp and shiny strong hair. Leave the oil overnight or for more than 30 mins and don't forget to wash it. Castor oil is quite smelly.

Originally Posted by padmatvt

hi Vidisha,

nice post. do u know any vegetarian source of vit d which is easily available if yes please post.

bye
padma

dear padma,

standing under sunlight everday in morning before 8am for 10 min and after 4pm for 10min provides sufficient vit d for human body

Dear padma & lalitha,

Vitamin D sources are 1)Sun Exposure (early morning time is good)
And the food items are---->1. Egg, 1 whole (vitamin D is present in the yolk)
2. Milk, nonfat, reduced fat, and whole,
3.Cheese,


Bye,
Vidisha.....

hi Lalita, vidisha, suja,

thanks for response. before 8am i can stand in sun, egg i don't eat and castor oil and coconut oil not available in china, such a great place i am living. so now depend on sun.

bye
padma