| Many things in our every day lives may cause us to | | | | including dark green vegetables, carrots and sweet |
| suffer from a dry flaky scalp. Outdoor weather | | | | potatoes. |
| conditions, indoor humidity, harsh hair products and | | | | While using a topical treatment may seem like the |
| even the temperature of the water we use to bathe | | | | easier method to cure a dry flaky scalp, changing |
| are just some of the contributors to the problem. | | | | your diet to include omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin |
| Topical treatments, such as medications or special | | | | A rich foods will continually promote a healthy scalp |
| shampoos and conditioners, are most commonly used | | | | to keep the dryness and flakiness from coming back. |
| to remedy a dry flaky scalp. Limiting exposure to | | | | Incorporating these foods into your everyday life can |
| harmful weather conditions and changing the | | | | be as simple as adding nuts to your salad and |
| conditions of our indoor environment is also a | | | | changing your dressing to olive oil. You can add more |
| common method to solve the problem. While these | | | | dark vegetables and carrots to your soups and even |
| treatments may be effective, changing our nutritional | | | | to your main dishes such as pastas and stir fries. |
| habits may lead to a healthier scalp for longer. | | | | They can be easily incorporated in baked goods such |
| Research suggests that a healthy diet will lead to a | | | | as cookies and breads just by mixing in a little |
| healthy scalp. Eating foods that are rich in omega-3 | | | | flaxseed and by adding nuts or vegetables to the |
| fatty acids will help keep the scalp healthy and | | | | recipe. |
| nourished. Conversely, a diet that lacks omega-3 rich | | | | Eating a healthy diet and incorporating these omega-3 |
| foods will lead to a dry scalp that may flake. Some | | | | and vitamin A rich foods may not be a quick and |
| common omega-3 fatty acid rich foods are flaxseed, | | | | easy fix to the dry flaky scalp problem, but they will |
| walnuts, olive oil, and fish. | | | | promote an overall healthy scalp continually to keep |
| Eating foods that are rich in vitamin A will also lead to | | | | the problem from coming back. Instead of waiting for |
| a healthier scalp since Vitamin A is necessary in the | | | | your dry flaky scalp problem to arrive, you can avoid |
| production of sebum, our body's natural skin | | | | it completely by making a few changes to your diet |
| conditioner. Vitamin A can be found in many foods | | | | now. |