If you want gorgeous, fast-growing hair that is lustrous and practically invincible to damage then consider taking amino acid supplements. Overall there are twenty major amino acids that are required for humans to take in order to be healthy. These amino acids must be working in synchronicity in your body at all times for you to be able to have the ability to fight the ravages of aging and in order to repair any type of damage that is done to your scalp or hair.
Amino acids are broken down from the food that we eat and then re-used to build the proteins that make up the fibers and tissues of the human body. This includes hair because hair is made up of almost 100% protein. These amino acids can also create enzymes and hormones necessary to build and rebuild the body and make your hair grow beautifully.
Hair follicles require a constant supply of amino acids via the blood stream to maintain hair growth. Hair follicles contain some of the fastest growing and dividing cells in the body so their energy, vitamin, mineral, and amino acid consumption is high. If amino acids are lacking hair follicles simply get the message from the brain to stop creating new hair cells. The body will decide to send those building blocks of protein to other areas of the body.
In terms of hair growth, the most important amino acid is cysteine. Cystiene is the most common amino acid in hair. It is also responsible for creating the sulfur molecules in hair. You can smell the cytokine burning when your hair is burnt or lights on fire.
The reason cysteine is so important is because it does create those sulfur molecules which in turn produce something called disulfide bonds. These are the chemical bonds that give your hair its tensile strength and prevent it from breaking.
Proteins from animal sources, such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, and yogurt, provide all nine indispensable amino acids in adequate amounts and for this reason are considered “complete proteins”. These are the foods that are the best sources of amino acid and especially the animal sources.
Proteins from plants, legumes, grains, nuts, seeds, and vegetables tend to be deficient in one or more of the other amino acids and are called ‘incomplete proteins’. Vegetarian and vegan diets may contain enough protein, but people following these diets may not be receiving all the essential amino acids they need to guarantee themselves a beautiful and lasting head of hair.
The amino acids: Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Lysine and Leucine are considered to be essential amino acids. If you are missing any one of these or if they are out of balance then you might experience a stalled period where your hair absolutely refuses to grow! Cysteine is the amino acid that you must supplement with if you are going to have enough sulfur compounds in your hair to keep it strong.
So the bottom line is that if your hair just seems to be stalled in its growth then try supplementation with an amino acids formula that also includes cysteine.
