Nails, A Window to Your Health

02/03/08

Maintaining beautiful, healthy nails can be a real challenge. Healthy nails are usually smooth and consistent in color. Ridges, cracks, chips, and discoloration are reality for most of us, making artificial nails a desirable quick fix. Unfortunately these beautiful nails only cover what lies underneath and may even hide early signs of health problems.

Some types of nail discoloration and changes in growth rate can signal various lung, heart, kidney and liver diseases, as well as diabetes and anemia. However, as unsightly as they may be, white spots and vertical ridges are harmless.

Nails are made of a hard protein called keratin, as well as sulfur, calcium, fats and water. They grow from the matrix (under the cuticle) and provide protection for the sensitive nail bed. Since the formation of the nail is under the cuticle, topical application of nail strengthening products is of little value.

Great Nails Start Inside
The best way to improve nail health starts inside. Here are some essential nutrients for healthy fingernails and toenails.

Zinc – Improves white spots, hangnails and deformed nails.

Horsetail – Contains high silicon levels & helps in the formation of collagen, making nails less brittle.

Iron – An iron-deficiency has been linked to “spoon-shaped” nails and brittleness. Yellow Dock and Dandelion help to increase iron/hemoglobin levels, thereby improving shape and strength of the nail.

Glucosamine sulfate – Protects and maintain connective tissue. Helps nail grow faster and harder.

Biotin – Helps increase thickness, hardness, and prevents splitting.

These supplements can be purchased separately or found in combination products for skin, hair, and nails. Good nutrition and appropriate supplements are the best way to achieve good health which will naturally result in beautiful, healthy nails.

Be well,
Medicine Plants™

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