Known by several names, including vitamin B7, coenzyme R, and vitamin H, biotin is a B-complex vitamin. It helps with the metabolism of the amino acids that make proteins and are necessary for the development of nails.
Furthermore crucial for nail health are other B vitamins. The synthesis of red blood cells and iron absorption are two functions of vitamin B12. Strong, healthy nails need both iron and B12.
Iron composes the center of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to your organs and every cell in your body including your nails. Without iron, oxygen does not get adequately carried to your cells.
Nail development depends on protein synthesis, one of the more than 300 processes in which magnesium is involved. Nail ridges running vertically might indicate a magnesium shortage.
Nails are primarily made of a fibrous structural protein called keratin. This is what gives nails their strength and resilience. It also protects your nails from damage or stress.
Your nails will seem glossy because omega-3 fatty acids may help lubricate and moisturize them. Furthermore feeding and promoting the health of the cells that form your nail plate, these fatty acids may lessen inflammation.
Collagen, the building block of teeth, hair, and fingernails and the protein that gives many tissues their form, strength, and integrity, cannot be produced without vitamin C.