Role of Vitamins to Prevent Hair Loss

Any body who love healthy hairs and want to prevent him from hair loss or baldness must know the vitamins that are the basic need of healthy hairs. Vitamin A and B are the basic nutrients to maintain hair health.

Vitamin A and its Sources

Vitamin A plays an important role in developing healthy cells, tissues of the body and ultimately prevents from hair loss or premature grey The common problem s like thickening of scalp skin, dryness of hair and dandruff are causes due to the lack of Vitamin A. Deficiency of vitamin A is very much depends on unhealthy lifestyle; polluted air, smoking habit, extreme bright lights, and certain cholesterol lowering drugs, over use of laxatives and aspirin causes inhibition of the Vitamin A.

Sources of Vitamin A

Following are the main sources of Vitamin A;-

a) Liver

b) Fish oil

c) Eggs and Beep

d) Fortified milk and cheese

e) Carrots, Papaya and mango

f) Red, yellow and orange vegetables including dark green leafy vegetable like spinach

Vitamin B and its Sources

Vitamin B needs to be maintained in all levels to protect health especially from hair loss. Healthy hemoglobin (the portion containing the iron of red blood cells) levels in the blood can not be maintained without Vitamin B6, folic acid, biotin and B-12. The hemoglobin is responsible to carry oxygen from lungs to each cell of the body; ultimately its deficiency causes hair and skin complications.

Sources of Vitamin B

Vitamin B can be obtained from the following sources:-

a) Liver, eggs, Meat, fish

b) Haddock

c) Mollusks

d) Milk and dairy products

e) Nuts, Pasta

f) Enriched cerealsg) Green vegetables and Mushrooms