TO late summer the hair is particularly tried from heat and sweat, sun and salt. To regain the lost shape, the hair routine also includes nutrition: fruit, vegetables and legumes are essential for rehydrating the hair shaft and giving it brightness. With some precautions, because not all foods are suitable.
Hair and nutrition, the 7 suitable to eat at the end of summer
Some are unsuspected, others instead of the great classics: the late summer diet should include foods that also take care of the hair. Dole Italia, leader in the production and distribution of fresh fruit of premium quality, has selected 7 highlighting the virtues of each.
Bananas, a riot of benefits
often underestimated, bananas contain many properties that are very good for the hair. In fact they are inside iron, potassium, vitamins B6 and C as well as fiber: all of these help to make the hair shaft more elastic, made less flexible by lack of hydration, and to improve the structure, reinvigorating and strengthening it.
Dried fruit for the scalp
Eaten in the right amount, dried fruit is a source of many benefits. In particular, almonds, walnuts and peanuts they contain a lot of vitamin E with antioxidant properties but not only: it actually favors the absorption of oxygen so as to stimulate circulation also in the scalp. This allows you to have shiny hair but also faster in growth.
Orange, the color to look for in fruit and vegetables
The importance of color for the body. For hair the indispensable color is orange: carrots, pumpkins, tangerines and oranges contain large amounts of beta-carotene, which is then converted into vitamin A by the body. They also contain an important dose of retinol which nourishes the hair, so as to prevent aging.
Alternatively, green
If orange isn’t enough, there’s green too. To be found in vegetables, in particular spinach is full of benefits. In addition to iron and magnesium, they also contain omega 3 and B vitamins, including folic acid. Their tasks? They take care of brittle scalphave restructuring, energizing properties and promote regrowth.
Vitamin C, to be researched
Not just citrus fruits. Next too pineapples, strawberries, kiwis, broccoli and cabbage are inexhaustible sources of vitamin C, essential for the formation of collagen, an indispensable protein in the formation of a strong and healthy capillary structure.
Dry hair? Fill up on blueberries and avocados
Avocado and blueberries are a hydration boost for the hair. Their secret is in the very high amount of omega 3 contained which helps to counteract post-holiday dryness.
The anti-hair loss remedy? Legumes
In particular chickpeas, beans and lentils being very rich in iron, proteins and zinc help to counteract hair loss caused by weakening of the scalp.
Not only, but they also counteract the loss of color in the case of tints. Legumes are also very rich in vitamin B8, biotin, which stimulates the production of keratin which strengthens the hair.
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