Healthy Hair Requires Eating Healthy
Nutrients Are a Direct Link
The place to start is with improving your diet. Often times, dull looking skin, hair without shine, or even thinning hair stems from a poor diet. It does not have to be hard to make changes to your diet to see results, though. These tips will help:
- Eat a variety of vegetables. A rainbow of colors is critical to your diet. Each color of vegetable represents a different set of nutrients. The more vegetables you eat, the more nutrients you get. Switch to whole grains. Instead of eating simple sugars in “white” carbs, eat whole grains instead. Making this switch can help in numerous ways, including helping you to lose any extra weight you may have.
- Add in a multivitamin to your diet. Doing so will give your body even more of the nutrients you are lacking.
The best foods for great looking hair include the following. Add these to your diet to ensure your body is getting the nutrients it needs for great looking hair.
- Salmon
- Walnuts
- Sweet Potatoes
- Eggs
- Lentils
- Oysters
- Spinach
Whether you are an avid outdoorsman and enjoy camping and fishing, or live in the city and the extent of your outdoor life is commuting to work or occasional trips to the shore, simply modifying your diet may not be enough to transform your hair into a healthy, strong, and thick mass. You’ll also need to focus on other areas of health management.
Detox Your Body
Sometimes it is not the lack of good nutrition going into your body, but also the buildup of toxins in your body. By eating more nutrient-rich vegetables, you’ll get antioxidants that will help to flush out these toxins. However, for faster results, you may want to do a three to five day detox.
Detox diets can help to cleanse your body of the toxin buildup present. Be sure to look for one that is more of a “green” detox. This way, your body is getting those all important nutrients and antioxidants through the process.
Have Your Hair and Skin Professionally Cared For
You may not realize it, but the chemical treatments, colorings, and other over the counter products you put in your hair are damaging it. You probably realize that the various makeup products, cleansing products, and sunscreens are also loading up your skin. One of the best ways to improve this is to seek out professional help.
By seeing a professional hairdresser or salon with the tools to help you to strip your hair clean and remove the buildup present, it will begin to look great sooner than you think. The same goes for your skin. Seek out a dermatologist and you’ll notice your skin feels better and looks great.
Know the Risks
Finally, be sure you know what the problem is with your hair and skin. You can and should talk to professionals about any areas of concern you may have. However, it is a very good idea to invest in a one-on-one discussion about any problem areas present.
For example, you may be using curling irons or other hot tools on a regular basis. This could be the cause of damage to your hair. You may be using the wrong products in your hair. Ask your technician about the products you are using on your skin, too.
