What Vitamins Are Good for Your Hair? Articles | Supplements

By: J.Morgan

You may already know that there are many vitamins available to help specific parts of the body. If you are looking to have healthier hair, slow or prevent hair loss or help your hair to grow, you should know that there are some vitamins that can help with this. It is equally important to know that too much vitamin intake can lead to hair loss. For this reason, you need to learn as much as you can about which vitamins to take and how much to take of them.

Some vitamins that are suggested for hair loss include:

Biotin
B Vitamins
Magnesium
Folic Acid
Sulfur
Zinc
Inositol

Research has shown that when these vitamins are taken in the proper prescribed doses, they can actually help reduce the thinning of hair. There are different symptoms that may indicate you have a deficiency in one of these important nutrients. For example, if you are losing your hair in patches, you could have a deficiency in magnesium. If you are experiencing total baldness, it could be a deficiency in biotin or Inositol.

There are certain vitamins and nutrients in the foods we eat that can help contribute to hair growth or healthy hair but if you are lacking these vitamins from your diet, you may consider supplements.

Here is an overview of how each vitamin may be able to help your hair:

Vitamin A helps prevent hair thinning and hair loss (anything more than 25,000 IU per day can cause hair loss, however)
Vitamins C and E give you a healthy scalp and contribute to fuller, shiner hair
Biotin helps prevent grey hair and hair loss
Vitamin B2 enhances the promotion of sebum on the scalp and helps keep the scalp healthy
Vitamin B6 contributes to healthy hair growth
Vitamin B3/Niacin helps increase hair growth
Zinc helps prevent the loss of hair and can also help prevent premature graying of the hair


In addition to these vitamins for the hair, here are some foods you should try to include in your diet for healthy hair:

Foods with fatty acids
Eggs
Nuts
Bran
Carrots
Cauliflower
Peas
Beans

When you eat the right foods and take the needed vitamins for healthy hair, you will notice a large improvement in the look and quality of your hair and you can prevent hair loss, premature graying and other unhealthy hair conditions.