Fish Oil Pills for the Hair

Fish Oil Pills for the Hair
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Fish oil contains fatty acids called omega-3s, which help your body's circulation, decrease your triglyceride levels and promote a healthier heart, as well as vitamins A, E, K and D. Your hair benefits from increased circulation to your scalp. Eating a diet that includes fish two to three times a week will help the condition of your hair. Before changing your diet or adding a fish oil supplement, talk to your doctor. Fish oil may interfere with medication you take such as a blood thinner.

Drug Interactions

While being a rich source of nutrition for your hair, fish oil may have drug interactions. If you take warfarin, sold as Coumadin, or a blood thinner, do not begin fish oil. You doctor needs to evaluate your ability to take fish oil and warfarin together.

Hair Follicles

Your hair follicles benefit from the introduction of fish oil to your diet, MayoClinic.com indicates. Increased circulation to your scalp occurs with continued use of fish oil. Hair follicles need adequate circulation to grow and re-grow hair on your scalp.

Protein Rich

Omega-3 fish oil remains protein rich. Gale Maleskey a nutritional therapist and author of "Nature's Medicines: The Definitive Guide to health Supplements"; states the moisture added to your hair helps with texture and helps prevent breakage of hair from the hair's root and shaft. Fish oil helps your body replenish tissues and muscle fibers needing regrowth and repair. Your hair benefits from omega-3 fish oil protein adding moisture and assisting with regrowth of hair.

Vitamin A

Vitamin A in fish oil helps to stimulate re-growth of hair, Maleskey states. Vitamin A neutralizes free-radicals in your body. Vitamin A helps repair damaged cells in your body. This action includes the cellular structures involved in the regrowth of hair.

Vitamin D

According to the "Dermatology" online journal, vitamin D helps in the cycle of the hair cycle related to growth. The chemical makeup of vitamin D helps restore new hair growth by stimulating the hair follicle.

Vitamin E

Maleskey states that vitamin E in fish plays a key role in the nutritional well being of your hair. She indicates vitamin E helps regulate hormones in your body related to growth of hair.

Hair Nutrition

Omega-3s in fish oil help prevent premature baldness, Maleskey reports. Again, hair follicles benefit from the vitamins and minerals in fish oil. Fish oil contains Vitamins A, D and E which help in the growth of your hair .

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Article reviewed by Tad Cronn Last updated on: Jul 14, 2011

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