Hair Loss Vitamins

If you are suffering from hair loss, you may benefit from hair loss vitamins.

Many people do not realize it, but poor hair loss nutrition can greatly contribute to thinning hair. It can also cause hair to be unhealthy, to be brittle, and to break easily.

There are a number of hair loss vitamins that can help your hair become healthy and strong. Eating a healthy diet is important, but you can also take a multi-vitamin supplement to make sure you get the vitamins you need. Good hair loss nutrition can make a big difference in the health of your hair.


Following are some vitamins you will want to make sure you include in your daily diet:

• Vitamin A - This vitamin is found in broccoli, cabbage, carrots, spinach, apricots, peaches, milk, meat, and cheese. It helps produce oil in the scalp, which keeps the skin healthy.
• Niacin (Vitamin B 3) - This vitamin is found in whole grains, wheat germ, brewer’s yeast, nuts, and meat. It improves circulation to the scalp. Without adequate circulation to the scalp, hair cannot grow.
• Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B 5) - This vitamin is found in whole grains, brewer’s yeast, egg yolks, and organ meats. It prevents hair loss, and also helps to prevent hair from turning gray.
• Vitamin B 6 - This vitamin is found in vegetables, whole grains, brewer’s yeast, egg yolks, and organ meats. It helps prevent hair loss and also helps create melanin, which helps give hair its color.
• Vitamin B 12 - This vitamin is found in meat and dairy products. It helps prevent hair loss. Vegetarians who eat no animal products, including dairy, should take a Vitamin B 12 supplement.
• Vitamin C - This vitamin is found in citrus fruits, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, cantaloupe, potatoes, tomatoes, green peppers, and dark green vegetables. It promotes healthy skin and hair. Healthy skin of the scalp is important, because it helps the hair grow and prevents it from falling out.
• Vitamin E - This vitamin is found in leafy green vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, soybeans, dried beans, cold-pressed vegetable oils, and wheat germ oil. It improves circulation to the scalp.
• Inositol - This vitamin is found in citrus fruits, whole grains, brewer’s yeast, and liver. It keeps hair follicles healthy. This helps hair grow and also prevents it from falling out.
• Biotin - This vitamin is found in whole grains, brewer’s yeast, rice, milk, egg yolks, and liver. It helps produce keratin, a protein helps make up hair.

While this list of hair loss vitamins may look daunting, you should remember that good hair loss nutrition is really just good nutrition in general. If you eat a balanced diet, you will be getting all the hair loss vitamins you need.

To make sure you are practicing good hair loss nutrition, eat a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, some meat or other protein foods, and some dairy products. You can (and probably should) limit the amount of red meat and dairy that you eat for a healthy diet. You can take a multi-vitamin supplement to make sure you are getting all of the hair loss vitamins you need.

Good hair loss nutrition may not be enough by itself to cure or prevent hair loss, but it’s a good start. It will bolster any hair loss treatment that you use, as well.

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