Wednesday, 3 July 2013

A Healthy Mind and Body equals Healthy Hair

Benefits of eating healthy for you body, skin and hair!

Sometimes we focus so much on having beautiful, bouncy shinny hair and we forget that what we eat equally affects our skin,body and our hair. The most harm you can do to your body and your health is eating the wrong foods! most of us know this and some may not but overall its very important to give your body the right foods and these will reflect on you skin, your body and of course you hair.

Important sources of natural remedies for a healthy you

Eating the right fats for your body and  your hair!

Essential fatty acids are very important for helping your body function properly, the best source of these are walnuts,flax -seeds, fish, avocado etc, these are very essential for our bodies and sometimes you can even use avocado to deep condition your hair, avocado was a common deep conditioner back in the day and even now still moisturizes and keeps our hair in good shape! Some natural oils are also excellent for our hair as they help to seal and retain moisture in our hair! Natural oils such as olive oil, coconut oil, almond oil, Shea butter are very good for our hair as they help to keep hair moisturized and enhance growth!

                                                                      Olive oil



                                                                   Avocado


                                                                Coconut oil

                                                                 

                                                                 Shea butter



  benefits of  vitamin C for you body and hair!

Collagen is very essential for growing healthy hair as it surrounds the hair strands and prevents breakage, the best way to boost collagen levels in our bodies is by eating foods that contain vitamin c especially citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, strawberries, kiwi. in fact kiwi contains much more vitamin c than oranges and lemons, I dint know that!!!!!

                                          Fruits fruits and more fruits!!!!!!



Boost Keratin Production with MSM!


Methylsulfonylmethane aids in the production of keratin (a protein in the hair) while doing double-duty to strengthen hair follicles. Resent  studies have shown that most people who supplement with MSM show reduced hair loss and increased  hair growth  in only six weeks. Eating veggies in general is a great way of keeping your body in good shape, and if your body is happy so is your hair!!



water water water water!!!!!!!!


There are a thousand and one benefits of drinking lots of water, water helps to keep our bodies clean inside out! flashes out unwanted toxins from our bodies, hydrates our skin and is natural hair's best friend! water is essential to having healthy skin and hair so drink up!!!!!!!!






There are so many things that are essential to our health that I haven't mentioned but keeping these few things in mind will no doubt boost your health and help you grow healthy beautiful hair! that doesn't mean that if you eat lots of veggies, fruits and drink water your hair will grow overnight!!!!!! it only means that if we take good care of our health from the inside it would reflect on the outside! YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!!! so take good care of your beautiful natural self and have a fantastic week!!!!!!