Vitamin E reduces the effects of free radicals on one's scalp and promotes hair growth.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient that has the positive impact on hair growth.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient that has the positive impact on hair growth.Tocotrienols belong to the vitamin E family and are known to be potent antioxidants. Vitamin E is the potent chain-breaking antioxidant that inhibits the production of reactive oxygen species that is primarily located in the cell and organelle membranes where it exerts its protective effect; when its concentration ratio is one molecule for every 2,000 phospholipid molecules and acts as the defense against lipid peroxidation, protecting the cell membranes from free radical attack.

Vitamin E supplementation promotes hair growth. Edible vegetable oils are the richest dietary sources of Vitamin E.

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