flaking nails

RE: flaking nails

Are you on a low fat diet?

If you are then this is the main reason for flaky nails. Your nails are made up of layers of dead tissue and held together with oils and fats. If you are on a low fat diet, the nails arent held together as you are lacking the essential oils.

If you wish to maintain a low fat diet, try adding oily fish a few times a week. If this isnt your cup of tea, try a supplement like Omega Fish oils or cod liver oil. Also rub in cuticle oil (recommend Solar Oil) to your nails at night and leave. But the best advise is to use the fish oil supplements.

Other reasons for flaky nails can be medication, are you on HRT? If this is the case then you will either have to cease the medication or live with flaky nails!!

Hope this helps

RE: flaking nails

Sunflower seeds and jelly....... but not at the same time. Try them and see, both foods have properties which will contribute to good nail growth and colour providing you are absorbing correctly.

Also, try stimulating the reflex kidney points on feet or hands. Do you have a lot of fear in your life as this can also be responsible for the flaky nails?

Let me know how you get on

Honeybee[sm=sandrine.gif]

RE: flaking nails

hi there

thanks for your replies.

ummmm...... not on medication, not on low fat diet, but am quite nervous about starting my own business in june. how does being in fear of something make your nails flakey???

i also take cod liver oil tablets every day and eat tuna alot.....so its not looking good for my nails is it!!! haha.

peace and love

sarah

RE: flaking nails

Hi Sarah,
See if you can do something about the nervousness. (eg. try EFT!!! ;))

According to Louise Hay, Nails represent protection; Is you protection flaky at the moment? Ring any bells?

Here's an idea to play with:
Thinking about the nervousness, just imagine you can take it out of yourself and look at it, then add something to it to change it, like excitement / playfulness/ amusement. Then when it's changed, just put it back inside and see whether that changes your view of your new business

All the best - have fun
Jonathan