The condition and appearance of your hair, skin and nails directly reflect the state of your overall health. We spend hundreds of pounds on beauty products to enhance our appearance, often not realising the most effective beauty products are those that we can take internally.
Hair, skin and nails are made up of connective tissue. This connective tissue is primarily made up of collagen and keratin, which are strong, fibrous proteins. Certain nutrients are vital to the formation of these proteins, therefore ensuring an adequate supply of these will go a long way to improving the condition of your hair, skin and nails.
Collagen and keratin-building nutrients include sulphur, the antioxidants (especially vitamin C) and zinc. MSM (Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane) is an organic sulphur-containing compound which when taken internally, may significantly help to support strong hair, hard nails and moist, supple skin.
The amino acids proline and lysine and the mineral silica are also vital for collagen synthesis and connective tissue development. These can often be found as the main nutrients in many HS&N nutritional supplement formulas.
Copper plays a role in the production of the skin pigment, melanin, by converting the amino acid tyrosine. Copper deficiency may cause early greying of the hair and loss of skin colour because melanin is a copper-dependent pigment.
Providing your body with these nutrients may help towards keeping you beautiful from the inside out.
