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CAN DIET CAUSE GREY HAIR

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

DIET SOLUTION FOR HAIR STARTING TO TURN GREY

Everyone knows that healthy diet is essential to a healthy body. The same goes for your hair. Eat badly and not only is your body unhealthy but so is your hair. If you are lacking anything in your diet, the first place it shows up is your hair. Depending on what you eat, your hair could be brittle, dry, greasy, oily, or beautiful.

If your hair is starting to grey, you may want to blame your diet. It’s possible that diet is to blame for graying hair, especially if you are graying prematurely. However, there is no definitive evidence that says diet is responsible. There are some suggestions that an amino acid called tyrosine can help with graying because it is the precursor to the pigments in hair and skin that produce color. It’s not known if it really helps but if you want to try to get more amino acids, lean proteins, (fish, chicken, lean red meats, for example) are great places to start.

Until we know for sure whether your diet can help or cause graying hair, keep eating as healthy as you can and stick to a good diet. And of course, there is always hair dye.