Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nails can split for a variety of reasons, experts say. whitemay via Getty Images One day your manicure looks so good, you wonder ...

Q: Is there a correlation between eating avocados and strengthening one’s fingernails? I never had nice fingernails. They were always soft and splitting. About a year ago, I started eating avocados.

One day your manicure looks so good, you wonder if you’ve missed your calling as a hand model. The next day, you start to notice that your nails have started to split and peel. What’s going on? “The ...