Salad Recipes for Boosting Hair Growth

Are you ready to learn how to create refreshing salads that can also boost hair growth and hair thickness? The salad recipes below use some of the best hair health promoting foods, including cucumber, onions, salmon, avocados, beets, ginger, and chicken.

Tip: If you haven't already done so, you may want to explore the section Best Diet Tips for Healthier Hair and the section Best Hair Growth Promoting Foods before getting started with the salad recipes below.

Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad

Tomatoes deliver copious amounts of hair health promoting nutrients, including copper, iron, carotenoids, and B vitamins. Red onions, on the other hand, are rich in sulphur, a mineral that is found in all cells of the human body and that is particularly abundant in our hair, skin, and nails. Sulfur is often referred to as "nature's beauty mineral" because of its capability to aid in good blood circulation, reduce skin inflammation, and promote hair growth. It also plays a role in the metabolism of several important B-vitamins including vitamins B1, B5 and B7. First signs of a sulphur deficiency often include loss of hair, brittle hair and nails, and dry skin.

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Salmon Salad

Salmon also contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid that is responsible for the pink color of salmon and that can act as a potent antioxidant. Also tomatoes are loaded with hair health promoting nutrients, including copper, iron, carotenoids, and B vitamins, and onions are rich in sulphur, a mineral that is often referred to as "nature's beauty mineral" because of its capability to aid in good blood circulation, reduce skin inflammation, and promote hair growth. It also plays a role in the metabolism of several important B-vitamins including B1, B5 and B7. First signs of a sulphur deficiency often include brittle hair and hair loss.

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Carrot and Avocado Salad

Not only does the avocado in this tasty salad add a creamy flavor, it also increases your body's ability to absorb the hair health promoting beta-carotene the carrots in this salad provide.

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Arugula, Avocado and Tomato Salad

The avocado in this hair health promoting salad increases your body's ability to absorb the carotenoids that the tomatoes and arugula in this delicious salad provide.

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ACE Salad

This summery salad works like magic to soothe your soul—and strengthen your hair. It is loaded with the ACE vitamins (pro-vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E) that are famous for their role in maintaining healthy, glossy hair.

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Beet and Carrot Salad with Ginger

This recipe pairs beets with carrots to create a natural weapon for fighting fragile hair. Beets are rich in folate, copper, and iron—three key nutrients for promoting healthy hair—while carrots are rich in beta-carotene and vitamin C.

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Super-Nutritious Broccoli Salad with Apples and Cranberries

This nutritious salad features ingredients that are bursting with hair health promoting nutrients such as B complex vitamins, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, iron, sulphur, and copper. It also provides a decent amount of protein.

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Romaine and Smoked Salmon Salad

Romaine lettuce is an excellent, low-calorie source of numerous hair health promoting nutrients, including beta-carotene, vitamin C, folate, and iron. Salmon contains astaxanthin, a carotenoid that is responsible for the reddish color of salmon and that can act as a potent antioxidant. Also the radishes in this wonderful salad help maintain strong and shiny hair as they are rich in sulphur, silica, and vitamin C. Radishes are also thought to promote hair growth due to their ability to stimulate circulation to the scalp.

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Shrimp and Eggs on Romaine Lettuce

Both eggs and shrimp provide an abundance of iron, a mineral that is crucial for healthy hair and scalp. Iron carries oxygen to the hair, and an inadequate intake of iron may cause the hair follicles to starve of oxygen. The watercress and tomatoes featured in this salad provide antioxidants.

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Chicken and Apple Salad

This recipe pairs meaty chicken with succulent grapes and crunchy apples to create a taste sensation that is sure to please everyone. But the best thing is, the benefits of this salad are not purely culinary; this salad is also great for your hair. Chicken delivers plenty of high-quality protein which is necessary for healthy hair growth, while apples provide antioxidant protection.

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For more recipes that can help you maintain healthy hair, visit the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Healthy Hair.