Whether you’re waiting for your hair to grow out after an unsuccessful haircut or you simply want longer locks, it will take quite some time before your hair reaches the length you want. Fortunately, it’s possible to try to influence the speed of hair growth. If you focus on this, you can achieve real results, especially when it comes to choosing foods. Below is a list of foods recommended by Harvard Medical School professor Jason Calton and licensed dietitian Mira Calton. These foods will help accelerate your hair growth.

  • Salmon: This fish is rich in substances that support hair growth, such as vitamin D and protein, and it also contains omega-3 fatty acids that promote hair growth and keep the scalp healthy.
  • Yellow bell pepper: Yellow sweet peppers contain almost five and a half times more vitamin C than oranges (341 mg versus 63 mg in oranges). This is good news for your locks, since vitamin C is an antioxidant that strengthens the hair structure and hair follicles, preventing breakage.
  • Oysters: A zinc deficiency causes hair loss and poor scalp condition. Oysters are packed with zinc—just 100 grams of oysters provide 493% of the daily value. No oysters? No problem. Zinc is also abundant in shrimp and seafood, seaweed, beef, pork and chicken liver, pine nuts, peanuts, beans, and peas.
  • Eggs: Eggs are an excellent source of the aforementioned omega-3 fatty acids and biotin. Many people try to speed up hair growth by taking dietary supplements that contain biotin. The source of the biotin that helps make our hair longer and more beautiful is not the whole egg, but the yolk only. Consuming too much egg white can block the body’s absorption of biotin and cause a deficiency.
  • Sunflower seeds: Just a few seeds can provide you with enough vitamin E to increase blood flow to the scalp and promote rapid hair growth.
  • Sweet potato: Sweet potato is valuable for its beta-carotene, from which the human body synthesizes retinol (vitamin A), which not only supports skin health but also enhances hair growth. No sweet potatoes at the shop near your house? You can choose other foods rich in beta-carotene (carrots, sorrel, sea buckthorn, parsley, rosehip), but be careful with high doses—more than 2,500 mg of vitamin A can be toxic.
  • Avocado is an ancient beauty secret thanks to its high concentration of essential fatty acids, which help keep the skin smooth and elastic. When applied to the hair and scalp, it stimulates the production of additional collagen and elastin. Mix a little avocado with sour cream (which contains lactic acid and helps exfoliate dead particles and cleanse the scalp) and apply to the hair and scalp for about 10 minutes, then rinse off.

Source: The Style Caster publishing house.