A healthy scalp, good nutrition and no adverse external or internal influences will grow gorgeous healthy hair. You are what you eat when it comes to your hair so pack your diet with a good supply of essential vitamins and minerals.

The perfect ‘hair cocktail’ consists of:

Vitamin C (75 mg per day)
found in oranges or boiled broccoli

Biotin (100 mg per day)
found in eggs, yeast, peanuts, cauliflower

Iron (15 mg per day)
found in red meat, cereals

Zinc (15 mg per day)
found in red meat, poultry, chickpeas, beans

Folic acid (300 mg per day)
found in yeast, liver, lentils, asparagus, oranges, lemons

By using a nutrition chart, it’s easy to work out which foods contain these nutrients and in what concentration. You can’t go wrong with a plentiful selection of leafy greens, fruit, milk, soy, whole grain products, fish and poultry – a strict and balanced diet is your best guarantee for healthy, beautiful hair!