Liz McKeon has been in the beauty, wellness, treatment business in Ireland for well over a decade. She writes a popular monthly column in the IRISH BEAUTY magazine, and has been repeteadly on RTE OFF THE RAILS as a beauty consultant. She also appeared in the SALON IRELAND magazine and other important publications.
Along with hair and skin, nails are the first to lose out in the nutrition stakes when the body is lacking vitamins and minerals. Here\’s how to eat your way to better nails:\n\nSplitting: a lack of protein and the mineral silica can lead to nails splitting and flaking. \nEat: Cucumbers, brown rice, root vegetables, nuts and eggs.\n\nWhite spots: often down to a zinc deficiency or the bruising of the nail plate.\nEat: Zinc-rich food such as crab, herring and black-eyed peas.\n\nRidges: tend to increase with age, but they can also point to a lack of iron.\nEat: red meat, eggs and cherries.\n\nDryness: dry, dehydrated nails tend to break easily as they\’re lacking in protein. It can also be partly down to a vitamin B12 deficiency\nEat: tuna, salmon, liver and spirulina.\n
