Sometimes, all those hair loss lotions and potions just don’t cut it, which is when you need to take a serious look into your diet. Without a healthy diet, hair can become dull, thin and start falling. In fact, poor nutrition, including vitamin deficiencies, is a major factor of hair loss.

So, if you feel your hair loss is due to poor diet, the best form of treatment is to begin improving your diet and adding the necessary vitamins and minerals. Biotin, amino acids, essential fatty acids, iron, zinc, sulfur, vitamins A, C & E etc. are regarded as the some of the best nutrients for healthy hair.

So instead of relying on hair loss shampoos, lotions, potions and expensive salon treatments, all you need to do to reverse your hair loss is adding vitamin rich foods to your diet or using a good quality hair supplement. Continue reading

We all know the value and importance of calcium, magnesium & vitamin D (bone health), iron (tiredness & fatigue), omega 3 (heart health), vitamin B complex (energy), vitamin A, C, & E (longevity & immunity) etc. in our daily diets. But how familiar are you with potassium? Continue reading

Do you ever have trouble turning your brain off at bedtime? Do you ever lie down in bed intending to sleep but your mind is working on a zillion things – the family, future, work, and the bills! Have you ever found yourself awake at 3:00 a.m. and then finding it impossible to get back to sleep?

If your answer is yes, to any of these above scenarios, you may my dear girl, have insomnia!

But as much as it might seem to you that you’re the only one in the world not getting sound sleep, you’ll be surprised to know that more than 30% of the population suffers from some kind of insomnia or sleep disorder.

So what do you do, when the ‘zzzs’ elude you? Pop a sleeping pill?

While, sleeping pills do offer an easy and quick solution, they come with a long list of consequences or side effects. And convincing yourself that this is only a temporary phase and you’ll soon return to normal is not going to help either.

So what can you do to get better sleep? Continue reading