Looking for an easy way to help increase the growth of your hair, but without any hair products or hair treatments? Yes, you read that right! This article is going to give you a super simple hair growth smoothie recipe that will help boost your hair growth from within!
While hair growth products can help promote hair growth externally, what our body consumes and intakes internally, also plays a major role in the growth of our hair. Therefore, we’ve got a super effective solution for you – a hair growth smoothie and trust me, it cannot get any better than this! This smoothie is very delicious, while it also can boost the growth of your hair – two-in-one. Check out the recipe below.
How does this smoothie enhance hair growth?
This smoothie contains a variety of ingredients like oats, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, brazil nuts and dates which are all very beneficial to the hair.
Here are their individual benefits:
Oats
Oats is rich in antioxidants and also contain omega-6 fatty acids. Thus, consuming oats can help strengthen the hair follicles and can also help reduce hair fall. They can also help stimulate hair follicles that are dormant, to promote hair growth.
Flaxseeds
Flaxseeds can help promote better blood circulation on the scalp and thus can help promote better hair growth, while also reducing hair breakage.
Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are rich in vitamin C and also contain an amino acid (a very unique type of amino acids) called cucurbitin, that can help promote better hair growth.
Brazil Nuts
Brazil nuts can help those who have selenium deficiency, because selenium deficiency leads to hair loss. Thus, consuming Brazil nuts can help reduce hair loss and promote hair growth effectively. But, you cannot consume more than 2 Brazil nuts per day in any form.
Dates
Dates contain high content of vitamin C and vitamin D. Dates are rich in iron and can promote hair health and reduce hair fall, because the iron in dates can help ensure proper blood flow to the scalp and provide nourishment to the hair.
How to make this hair growth smoothie at home?
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp oats
- 1 tsp flaxseeds
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 2 Brazil nuts
- 2 dates
- 1 cup water
Method:
Step 1: Soaking some of the ingredients
Into a bowl, add in the oats, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds and Brazil nuts. Top up the bowl with water, until all the ingredients are well submerged. Then, cover this bowl and let it soak overnight or for at least 8 hours.
Step 2: Making the smoothie
Once the soaking period is completed, you can make the smoothie. All you need to do is, strain the ingredients from the soaked water and transfer them into a mixer blender. Then, deseed the dates and add them into the mixer blender. Lastly, pour in the water and blend very well until it becomes a smooth and fine liquid mixture (without lumps). The smoothie is ready to be consumed.