Top 3 Plant-Based Foods that Promote Healthy Hair Growth

Have you been noticing that your hairline has been receding for quite some time now? Or, have you found more hair in your hairbrush than normal? Integrating more plant-based foods into your regular diet can help promote hair growth, not to mention stronger, healthier hair from your follicle up.

The association between healthy hair and diet is stronger than one often realizes, and by making some changes, preventing hair loss and even reversal is achievable.

According to Balance One's Trista Best, MPH, RD, foods to incorporate into the diet are filled with nutrients such as "biotin, protein, and zinc."

These foods, she added, have additional advantages as well when incorporated into the diet, such as cholesterol reduction from their fiber content and "balancing food pressure" due to their potassium content.

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Experts say that the healthiest, not to mention the most effective way of reaping all of the nutrients of greens for healthy hair growth, is by consuming raw in smoothies, salads, and the like.

3 Best Plant-Based Foods to Eat for Healthy Hair

To be sure you are eating right for hair growth and healthy hair, nutritionists have a long list of plant-based foods. Here are 3 of them:

1. Sweet Potatoes

This is many people's favorite "lazy dinner side," specifically when baked with mustard and plant-based butter. Best noted that a single food, specifically that meets all the standards, is sweet potatoes.

This root plant is versatile, delicious, affordable, and is filled with lots of benefits. Due to its versatility, Best also said, due to the versatility of sweet potatoes, one can easily use it as a base for any meal in traditionally baked form or as baked fries. In addition, sweet potatoes can be an ideal addition, too, to any vegan stew, as a filling ingredient.

2. Spinach

Who would have thought that the favorite vegetable of Popeye is such a winner too, for those into hair growth regimen? Spinach is yet another nutritious vegan food that's ideal for hair growth.

Spinach is rich in iron, folate, and vitamins A and C. All of these nutrients, according to Bansari Acharya, MA, RD, particularly iron, are "needed for the healthy growth of hair follicles."

Acharya noted, too, that the healthiest, not to mention the most effective way of reaping all of the nutrients of greens, is by consuming raw in smoothies, salads, and the like.

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3. Foods Rich in Vitamin D 

Foods filled with vitamin D like fortified plant-based milk and mushrooms are also great to add to a regular diet if you want to achieve healthy hair growth.

According to TelaDietitian founder Jackie Elnahar RD, Esq, vitamin D is one vitamin that has consistently been shown to help with hair loss. TelaDietitian is a tele-nutrition platform that is currently a part of Teladoc Health.

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