The importance of Vitamin B6
While doing research for this blog I noticed that one of the ingredients that Provillus contains is Vitamin B6, which is touted as one of the “ultimate and most essential” components of the oral supplement that Provillus provides along with its topical minoxidil solution. Vitamin B6, or Pyridoxine HCL, is part of the B complex vitamin group and it is essential to many bodily functions including protein digestion, red blood cell production and nerve stimulation. While B6 is obviously a very important vitamin that our body’s needs in order to function properly, I found that the claim of it being the “ultimate” ingredient with the supplement a bit curious. So I decided to do a bit a research to find out why this vitamin is so important to hair growth.
Vitamin B6 and hairloss
According to the provillus web site, the lack of Vitamin B6 is considered one of the contributing factors to hair loss. Since this B vitamin is responsible for the absorption of nutrients, which are the essential to growing hair, not having enough of it in your system will eventually lead to hair loss along with bad skin and irritability. Furthermore, B6 is important in the production of red blood cells, which help carry oxygen and nutrients to the hair follicles. Once again, if you lack the proper amount of Pyridoxine (B6) in your system, your red blood cell count might be low, and your body might decide to cut off the supply line to the less important body functions, such as hair growth.
B6 and hair growth
Studies have shown that B6 when combined with zinc could also help inhibit DHT production and contribute to new hair growth. As well all know, DHT is considered one of the culprits in Androgenic Alopecia ( male pattern baldness. While more studies are needed before researchers are ready to declare B6 as a natural DHT inhibitor, it looks very promising.
Natural sources of B6
Vitamin b6 can be found in foods like fish, chicken, whole wheat bread, bananas, oranges and cauliflower. Eating healthy will probably ensure that you will get enough B6, but why take chances? Get yourself the provillus supplement and then you will be sure that your are getting enough B6, an essential ingredient for healthy hair.
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