How to get strong and healthy nails

Nail Problems and Nail Nutrition
Along with hair and skin, nails are the first lo lose out in the nutrition stakes when the body is lacking vitamins and minerals.Here's how to eat and treat your way to better nails!

Problem: Splitting
Cause: A lack of protein and the mineral silica can lead to nails splitting and flaking.
Eat: Cucumbers, brown rice, root veges, nuts and eggs.
Treat: Get a nail strenghtener that toughens up weak nails.

Problem: White Spots
Cause: Whitish marks are often down to a zinc deficiency or bruising of the nail plate.
Eat: Zinc-rich foods such as crab, herring and black-eyed peas.
Treat: It's a wait-until-you-can-trim-it scenario, but to speed up nail growth, apply a treatment wich contains strengthening keratin.

Problem: Ridges
Cause: Vertical ridges tend to increase with age, but they can also point to a lack of iron. Horizontal ridges are usually the result of nailbed damage and should grow out.
Eat: Red meat, eggs and cherries.
Treat: Combat a hard, uneven surface with the softening nail protein formula.

Problem: Dryness
Cause: Dry, dehydrated nails tend to break easily as they're lacking in protein. It can also be partly down to a vit B12 eficiency.
Eat: Tuna, salmon, chicken, liver and spirulina.
Treat: Always use a nourishing base coat for dry nails.