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What foods should i eat for strengthening my fingernails?
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Great question: Unless you are malnourished, what you eat has little to do with nail health. I have seen nails get harder with oral biotin (2.5 gm daily). Don't fall for the gelatin myth- that does nothing.
Answered 10/4/2013
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