DIY Biotin Hair Growth Smoothie for Thick Long Hair

This DIY biotin hair growth smoothie contains a healthy amount of the B-vitamin, biotin, also known as Vitamin H or B7. Biotin encourages healthy hair growth and also strengthens fragile easily breakable hair. 

It’s actually really easy to make a biotin hair growth smoothie. You don’t need to add biotin powder or anything like that.  

The biotin you get from your diet is enough for you to reap the health benefits it offers.

Many fruits, vegetables, nut and whole grains contain good biotin levels that get absorbed into your body effectively.

Keep in mind heat can reduce biotin’s efficacy, so make sure to eat raw minimally processed biotin-rich foods/dishes. That’s why making a DIY biotin hair growth, which is totally raw and made without heat, is the perfect way to take this hair growth vitamin! 

Before we look at the ingredients needed for this smoothie, let’s find check out what biotin does for hair.

Benefits of Biotin for Hair Growth

Our skin, hair and nails are made up of a basic protein called keratin. Biotin is a vitamin that improves the body’s keratin infrastructure.

Keratin is a basic protein that makes up your hair, skin, and nails. It’s clear that biotin improves your body’s keratin infrastructure. It helps stimulate keratin production in hair which boosts hair growth, strength & shine for healthy-looking and voluminous hair. 

Since a biotin deficiency can lead to thinning of hair and hair loss, some people take biotin supplements to thicken hair and stimulate growth.

With this smoothie, you don’t have to take biotin supplements because it contains foods that contain a good amount of biotin:

• Oats – 1/4 cup of oats has 7.80 mcg of biotin, which is 26% the Daily Recommended Intake (DRI)
• Banana – One medium banana has 3.07 mcg of biotin, which is 10% the Daily Recommended Intake (DRI)
• Strawberries – One cup of strawberries has 1.58 mcg of biotin, which is 5% the Daily Recommended Intake (DRI)
• Almonds – ¼ cup of almonds 14.72 mcg of biotin, which is 49% the Daily Recommended Intake (DRI)
• Chlorella – 100 grams of chlorella contains 227 mcg of biotin

Coconut milk also contains a good amount of biotin. If you don’t have coconut milk, you can use almond milk instead, removing almonds and replacing them with avocado, that contain 5.40 mcg of biotin, which is 18% of the Daily Recommended Intake. 

DIY Biotin Hair Growth Smoothie

What You Need 

• 1 ripe banana 
• ¼ cup oats *soaked overnight (where to get it)
• 1 cup coconut milk (where to get it)
• 6 frozen strawberries 
• 12 almonds *soaked overnight and blanched (where to get it)
• 1/4 tsp chlorella powder (where to get it)
• High speed blender (where to get it) 
• Smoothie jar & straw (where to get it)

Directions 

1. Begin the night before by soaking ¼ cup of oats in a little water to submerge it. Store it in the fridge.
2. Soak 12 almonds in water overnight as well.
3. The next morning, remove the skin off the almonds.
4. Peel and slice the banana and add it to the blender.
5. Next add the overnight oats, coconut milk, almonds, frozen strawberries and chlorella powder.
6. Blend, blend, blend till you get a nice smoothie.
7. Pour into a smoothie jar and drink up. 
8. Drinking this daily can lengthen and thicken your hair as quick as 2 months.

Enjoy your DIY biotin hair growth smoothie! Watch your hair grow long, thick and shiny!