Vitamin C

Vitamin C ensures the health of collagen in your body. Collagen is necessary to hold your body tissues tightly. The deficiency of vitamin C in your body can cause split ends and hair breakages. To ensure the enough supply of vitamin C in your body, you consume foods, like; fresh peppers, citrus fruits, melons berries, potatoes, tomatoes and leafy green vegetables, etc.

Vitamin E

Vitamin E in your body is responsible for healthy blood circulation and supply of oxygen to the scalps. Vitamin E deficiency is normally due to inability of body to absorb oils and fats. To ensure the sufficient supply of vitamin E in your body, you have to consume foods like leafy green vegetables, nuts, grains, vegetable oils, and ready to eat cereals, etc.

Iron (Heme)

This is the kind of iron which is found in leafy green vegetables. Heme is completely different from the iron that comes from red meat. The good sources of heme iron are; leafy green vegetables, kidney, beans, and bran. To ensure the supply of heme iron in your body, you must have to consume these food items.

Zinc

Zinc produces cells and imparts to tissue growth and repair. Zinc also promotes oily scalps and hair follicles. To ensure the enough supply of zinc in your body, you have to consume sea foods like oysters, etc.

Iodine

Iodine is very vital to your body health as well as hair health. To maintain enough of iodine level in your body, you have to consume foods like seaweed, salmon, seafood, lima beans, molasses, eggs and potatoes (skinless), watercress and garlic.

Proteins

Proteins are very important for your body and hair health. Eat meats, fish, milk, cheese, eggs, and yogurt to maintain the enough supply of proteins to your body.

Silica

Silica is also known as trace mineral. The deficiency of silica in your body causes hair problems. Although your body needs this mineral in very less quantity i.e. only in traces, but you must have to maintain that your body is getting enough supply of silica each day. Some rich food sources of silica are rice, oats, lettuce, parsnips, asparagus, onion, strawberry, cabbage, cucumber, leek, sunflower seeds, celery, rhubarb, cauliflower and Swiss chard. Have enough of these foods in your diet to maintain the desired amount of silica in your body.

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