On The Skin, Hair, Nails and Mucous Membranes …Vitamins.
Sometimes the body shows evidence of her condition, but not always. For example, the poor appearance of the skin, nails or hair can give an idea of the lack of any vitamin.
The lack of an essential mineral, iron deficiency causes anemia, which is associated with pale skin, increased hair loss and nail thin and flat.
For a healthy skin
A dry skin (xerosis) and squamous denotes hydration and little more. You need the nutrients that nourish skin cells for proper renewal and regeneration.
Vitamins A, C and K nourish the skin, so its absence is reflected in the outside of the body. The gloss and elasticity of the skin is provided by essential fatty acids, in turn paths and together with vitamins, can be missing to help treat or improving eczema, psoriasis and acne.
* To retrieve vitamin A and C: vegetables and orange fruits, like carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines, grapefruit).
* Fatty acids: the recipes should be dressed with extra virgin olive oil as a source of essential fatty acids indisputable.
* Good fats: add nuts to the dishes or take a few in between.
Hair and nails
The fragility may be due to lack of energy and protein. In turn, and maintained an inadequate supply of calcium, zinc, iodine, iron, vitamin A and C and some B vitamins results in hair and brittle nails, brittle and dull.
Nails thin and lose their shape are convex or flat, it means that lack iron.
Remedy
* To correct the lack of quality animal protein: switch on the diet the presence of chicken, fish and egg at least once daily.
* To restore the appearance of hair and nails: foods rich in vitamin C (also help to better absorption of iron).
To mouth, lips and tongue
The B vitamins do most work on proper nutrition and good condition of the mucous membranes (mouth, lips and tongue, but also the unseen: mucosa of the esophagus, stomach and intestines).
The mouth sores, cracks or swelling of the lips are features that suggest a lack of vitamin B2. They are also symptoms of this lack of angular stomatitis, causing fissures or cracks in the corners of the mouth, or cheilosis, that causes painful cracks in the upper and lower lips.
Glossitis or inflammation of the tongue is another condition of lack, but not only of vitamin B2, vitamin B3, but also and B6. The lack of this may cause grooves in the tongue, upset by painful.