Why Does Hair Turn Gray?

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @Jamesnebula
    @Jamesnebula День назад +89

    Dr Gregor's next book is titled. How not to dye. 😃

  • @dianeladico1769
    @dianeladico1769 День назад +79

    My mother claimed all her grey hair was because of me.

  • @curtishenschen7311
    @curtishenschen7311 День назад +76

    Better gray than gone.

    • @rudebee15
      @rudebee15 День назад

      @@curtishenschen7311 amen!

  • @JaneDough-i2c
    @JaneDough-i2c День назад +20

    Im glad I quit coloring my hair. I love my gray hair😊 Being WFPB I get asked where do I get my protein. I have just as much hair as I always have, and it grows superfast. So, not worried about my protien at age 72.

    • @goku445
      @goku445 3 часа назад +1

      Beautiful

    • @mmc1086
      @mmc1086 3 часа назад

      Gray hair is gorgeous

  • @katvillain
    @katvillain День назад +20

    I started getting grey hairs around age 25 (as a Caucasian) but once I went vegan a couple years later, I've developed next to zero new grey hairs in the past 10 years. I just have the same ones I noticed over ten years ago. I was eating like crap before, and switched to a wfpb diet. I really believe it has to do with nutrient consumption (at least until we're much older).

  • @bobbyjones9461
    @bobbyjones9461 День назад +19

    So good answer to the first of two questions you said you would be answering. How it occurs…But now we are just missing, ‘what can you do about it?’

    • @raulgarcia8627
      @raulgarcia8627 День назад +5

      Also mentioned it was a two parts series

    • @zbridgjpxupzm
      @zbridgjpxupzm День назад

      Nothing can be done. if there was anything then there would be no rich people with grey hair.

    • @ax1066a-ghd2
      @ax1066a-ghd2 День назад

      You can shave your head or dye your hair.

    • @sharit7970
      @sharit7970 21 час назад

      As someone else mentioned, there's another video to come...stay tuned!

    • @pavolhorvath7850
      @pavolhorvath7850 12 часов назад +1

      @@zbridgjpxupzm But there are old people who never turn grey, so there clearly must be something that can be done to not turn grey in the first place.

  • @disolverofsouls
    @disolverofsouls День назад +6

    I'm almost 48 and have no grey hairs, except if I let my beard grow, that's where the greying has started. I have been eating mostly plantbased for the last 10 years, and i take some B vitamins.

  • @STERNWAERTS
    @STERNWAERTS День назад +9

    i'm 31, have all my hair and healthy hair, i eat well and take supplements, but there's quite a few grey ones in there too. i blame it on a solid amount of emotional stress that i went through between age 25 and 30. distress of any kind will lead to oxidative stress on a cellular level...

  • @soSEW-COB
    @soSEW-COB День назад +8

    My hair was thinning and going grey. In 2021 my doctor was very concerned with my blood work, on my own I went whole food plant based & S.O.S. free eating. Now, I still hv some grey, tucked under my natural colour that has returned.
    Our bodies repair when fed with real food ! 🥬
    👋 Dr.Greger, sad I missed ur talk when u were in Toronto, recently.
    Chris, Ont 🇨🇦 👋

  • @eng.miroslavmanahilov1944
    @eng.miroslavmanahilov1944 День назад +15

    I had graying hairs in school, but after I become vegan in university they were gone, colleges started asking if I dye my hair.
    P. S. I am not a junk food vegan, the opposite.

  • @alexraptor1347
    @alexraptor1347 День назад +26

    And here i am having gray here since 17 years old 😢

  • @joefriendly
    @joefriendly День назад +4

    Long ago I witnessed at an MIT lecture neuro-anatomist Walle Nauta report he had observed from several dissections of embryos that each region of the brain has a dendrite that migrates around the skull to a particular scalp hair follicle. So graying and baldness are result of changes in particular parts of the brain.

  • @aurorajones8481
    @aurorajones8481 День назад +12

    So is there a way we can take the antioxidant enzyme to help rebuild the colorizors?

    • @radeklatal810
      @radeklatal810 16 часов назад

      Unlikely unfortunately, since enzyme are sort of micromachines made of protein and we know what happens to protein in the digestive tract...

  • @lint8391
    @lint8391 День назад +7

    Oxidation strikes again!
    Let me guess, eating lots of anti-oxidants may reduce the rate at which we go grey. Therefore an unprocessed plant based diet is the best counter to going grey?

  • @offilawNoone
    @offilawNoone 20 часов назад +2

    Almost all the Koreans I know went gray before they were 30. I started getting gray hair in middle school, and 10-20% of my hair went gray before I was 30.

  • @michaelwatts1186
    @michaelwatts1186 23 часа назад +1

    It's a vitamin and mineral deficiencies. When micronutrients are depleted or low levels in human body you get grey, hair loss, skin is dull, and bad oral teeth. When you have a lack of fat and protein in your diet these variables will happen sooner than later.

  • @crowdofdissidents155
    @crowdofdissidents155 День назад +32

    Better gray than dye

    • @allencrider
      @allencrider День назад +4

      I'm 71 and women my age can really look silly with dyed hair.

    • @stx7389
      @stx7389 День назад +1

      Why is grey better then dye?

    • @aimee9478
      @aimee9478 День назад +3

      @@stx7389 It's easier and cheaper, and actually looks pretty cool on some people. I have nothing against dying hair as a concept and might dye hair later in life (or not), but I wish we stopped imposing it as some golden standard, especially for women.

    • @crowdofdissidents155
      @crowdofdissidents155 22 часа назад

      @@stx7389 It is simply an opinion. Unless it is an expensive dye job, it just looks sad to me.

  • @bqktwcommentary
    @bqktwcommentary День назад +12

    What happened to the what we can do about it part? It's mentioned at the beginning 🙂

    • @billyblackmore4282
      @billyblackmore4282 День назад

      excellent remark.

    • @leftyfourguns
      @leftyfourguns День назад +3

      He said it was a two part series
      Stay tuned!

    • @kengrew2616
      @kengrew2616 День назад

      The answer is the video. There's "nothing" there? Because the answer is "nothing"! 🤣 Maybe part two will have an answer! 😁

    • @bqktwcommentary
      @bqktwcommentary 20 часов назад +1

      @kengrew2616 awww lol 🙂

  • @VeganPrepper
    @VeganPrepper День назад +1

    I remember getting my first gray hair at 15, and I went significantly gray in my 20s. Now I'm 41 and most of my hair is gray. One of my sons now has his first gray hairs at 18, and my 23 year old son has some nice salt and pepper coming in at his temples already. Apparently my grandfather did the same thing. I remember his hair being almost white in his 50s. I actually hope my hair turns completely white. That would be so cool. My husband has almost no gray hair in his mid forties. It's interesting how it all comes together.

  • @RealDealy
    @RealDealy День назад +3

    Iron levels have been seen to effect gray hair. Along with low Catalase levels that keep hydrogen peroxide high

    • @meegy2
      @meegy2 День назад

      High or low iron?

    • @themotivator2587
      @themotivator2587 День назад

      ​@@meegy2I suspect high iron levels because iron is very pro-oxidant.

    • @RealDealy
      @RealDealy День назад

      @@meegy2 low iron

    • @tayloranderson456
      @tayloranderson456 День назад

      @@meegy2 both

    • @meegy2
      @meegy2 День назад

      @@RealDealy lol I got every answer

  • @debstayblessed9549
    @debstayblessed9549 День назад +2

    I heard grey hair is usually a copper deficiency. Double checked it could also be a deficiency of b12 and folate. 🎉

  • @KinaStaru
    @KinaStaru День назад +1

    So I love to dye my hair with vegan friendly hair dyes. BUT you have to first bleach your hair to get it to the right tone so that the cute pastel colors can be used. Otherwise they won't show. BUT this process requires to bleach so this means let the hair fully exposed to hydrogen peroxide and high levels even upto 40% and let it sit for 40 min. This is crazy, because it means it would also cause gray hairs to permanently show there. Didn't understand why so many gray hairs show up and now it's too late. It's funny because the only 2 hair sections that I bleached, those sections got overrun by actual gray hairs. Didn't even think it was due to the hydrogen peroxide. I just thought, damn I'm getting old must dye this gray hair before they are more noticeable and turns out, I end up making things worse...

  • @sharit7970
    @sharit7970 22 часа назад +2

    What to do about it? Just embrace it. I quit the dye > 10 years ago and I'm super glad. No stressing over needing to color grey roots, pressure to spend the time with it, harsh chemicals, cost, etc, etc. I'll never go back. I'm almost 60, hair dye won't change that.

  • @spliter227
    @spliter227 День назад +2

    Obviously a wfpb diet will not help this, respectfully look at Dr. Gregor. Just saying.

  • @cquinn2750
    @cquinn2750 День назад +1

    Will be pulling my last few grey hairs out waiting for part two to drop 🤔

  • @brianjessen9925
    @brianjessen9925 День назад +5

    My hair went almost totally grey and then I started eating a beans & greens vegan diet and now I have no more grey hair (which I think is a side effect of eating beans).

  • @BigIndianBindi-jy1cz
    @BigIndianBindi-jy1cz День назад +5

    had gray hair since teenager. also have cptsd

    • @BexadrineD
      @BexadrineD День назад

      @@BigIndianBindi-jy1cz me too.

  • @citigirlqueens6242
    @citigirlqueens6242 День назад +2

    That’s interesting, I must be an anomaly. My hair originally dark auburn, was snow white on my crown in 2017 (I also stopped dying my hair a couple years before) with considerable grey hairs elsewhere. I began changing my diet towards WFPB, but was eating lots of soy meat substitute products in my transition. In 2018/19 I was more vegetables than soy products. By 2020 my crown was beginning to show a little color - now it is showing a little more color- all over my head …. (I hardly eat any fake meats). I wonder what is causing my color to return ever so slowly? My suspicion is that I eat a lot of green leafy veggies and the minerals from these is doing it, but I don’t have any proof. Do you know if it is possible for minerals in our diet to affect the color of our hair? The only trouble I have is my hair keeps shedding… which I don’t understand if my diet is primarily wfpb ( not 100% but pretty close).

    • @DashingPartyCrasher
      @DashingPartyCrasher 10 часов назад

      I'd say yes. Dr Greger has done other videos about the benefits of a wfpb diet on hair health.

  • @amya9597
    @amya9597 5 часов назад +1

    Turns gray because you’re not using Amla powder.😄

  • @safffff1000
    @safffff1000 День назад +1

    I went to the Philippines and rarely do you see old people with grey hair compared to the USA

    • @samiryan214
      @samiryan214 День назад

      Because they eat fish and rarely eat meats

    • @safffff1000
      @safffff1000 День назад

      @@samiryan214 Pork is super consumed there. lechon

    • @AthleticHobo-br4qh
      @AthleticHobo-br4qh 6 часов назад

      From what I've been told by my filipino coworkers there is more whole foods consumed and much less work life stress. Sure one can't buy a fancy car and the latest electronics, but work life balance is better for many there, along with much less stress. They of course speak for themselves. We aren't talking about those that live in abject poverty there.

  • @stephss
    @stephss День назад +3

    So, what makes the grey hairs more course then? I have this mole, which has gone though it's hair journey from my natural blonde, to black, now white/grey hairs. The hair itself has gone though several changes of being long and fine, to course and pokey...and it will flop flop brtween the two. My wisdom whiskers have always been pokey and grayish. Seems like stress and hormones have a big role to play in both the colour and texture...just would like an explanation as to why it gets thicker and course; or is that just a trick?

    • @themotivator2587
      @themotivator2587 День назад +1

      Yeah. I'm more interested in why the texture of the hair changes so much when it turns white -- especially beard hair.

    • @Kris-h5z
      @Kris-h5z День назад +1

      It is hormonal when our hair turns darker and gets coarser on our legs and such when we enter puberty so I would think it has to be related.

  • @michelem226
    @michelem226 День назад +1

    It doesn't appear that this research applies to redheads. My anecdotal experience on the redhead forums is that our hair goes blonde or gets darker with age. My mom's red hair turned strawberry blonde, while mine is turning more auburn than red. Also, I have always had blonde eyelashes and still do. It's not the darkest hair on me!

  • @livephysiology
    @livephysiology День назад +2

    It's interesting that some exercise routines have been linked to an increase in antioxidant production in the body. It would interesting to see if there was an exercise routine that could undo greying of hair that coincided with an increase in antioxidants from the exercise training.

  • @davidgreene8608
    @davidgreene8608 День назад +3

    Beans and greens will reverse gray hair

  • @scubameg
    @scubameg День назад +2

    Will you please do a video on the HOPE Accord next? 💜🙏

  • @Vegan4Everything
    @Vegan4Everything День назад +3

    So we should stop using hydrogen peroxide and start using shampoo and conditioner.

    • @Vegan4Everything
      @Vegan4Everything День назад +2

      (Joke)

    • @beepbeepnj2658
      @beepbeepnj2658 День назад

      @@Vegan4Everything Someone looked at my weight this morning and said I need to diet, so I told them I will tonight after the shower, dark brown.

  • @elenaserrato5558
    @elenaserrato5558 7 часов назад

    Im 61 and almost not white hair ,canas we call in Mexico, Im been vegetarian since 15 years old and álmos 20 years vegan

  • @thebrinksf69
    @thebrinksf69 День назад +1

    Wait, now talk about how the missing thing from head hair, that is in eye lash hair can be extracted and put into the head to bring back dark hair.

  • @reinux
    @reinux День назад +8

    I always had a sense that black people age well. Guess it's not just their skin but their hair too.

  • @dctrex
    @dctrex День назад +8

    Well so I gather the takeaway is to consume antioxidants like your life depended on it! 😀

    • @danman3163
      @danman3163 День назад

      Probably a particular antioxydant found in a handful of foods... which I will then add to my daily diet. mehehe

  • @ColeSvetlanaRealtor
    @ColeSvetlanaRealtor 2 часа назад

    Where to get that special protein and what is the name of it?

  • @joephillips5594
    @joephillips5594 День назад +4

    More to come?

    • @sharit7970
      @sharit7970 21 час назад +1

      yep, he said at the beginning that this is part 1 of 2 videos...stay tuned!

  • @ta9143
    @ta9143 День назад +15

    That was a cliffhanger!

  • @TheAdventurousHermits
    @TheAdventurousHermits 23 часа назад +1

    I've heard copper vitamins/ drinking from a copper bottle can reverse gray hair.

  • @monicadelarosa7712
    @monicadelarosa7712 День назад

    To reduce hair graying eat, black sesame seeds, add 1 teaspoon of blackstrap molasses to your diet, and if your home doesn’t have copper pipes, you might want to consider drinking from a copper cup.

  • @joebuskirk1224
    @joebuskirk1224 День назад +1

    And what we can do about it?

    • @samiryan214
      @samiryan214 День назад

      Do nothing...

    • @deleted836
      @deleted836 22 часа назад

      Nothing. Just a shitty thing that happens as we age...

  • @vanesslifeygo
    @vanesslifeygo 14 часов назад

    do you have a specific probiotic recommendation? I can't find anything with the strains that wOuld give me Urolithin A producing bacteria. all I can do is gamble by trying different things.

  • @Alexander-ok7fm
    @Alexander-ok7fm День назад

    Thank you!

  • @carmelacristoforo262
    @carmelacristoforo262 6 часов назад

    I just started getting a tiny bit of gray on my baby hairs by my hairline and I'm 61. 😟 I guess I had a good run. The question is how do I keep it at a minimum?

  • @db50000
    @db50000 Час назад

    As a 45 years old man, without a single grey hair, I can tell you my secret: never married, no kids. No wife = happy life.

  • @rjtruth1779
    @rjtruth1779 День назад

    I got my first grey hair when i was 21ish. I'm not even 30 yet and have a lot of grey around my ears.

  • @caraosullivan7089
    @caraosullivan7089 День назад +1

    I'm not gray; I'm SILVER!! ;-)

  • @marcv2648
    @marcv2648 4 часа назад

    53, carnivore for 6 years. No gray hair. Which is odd because I did have some in my 30s. It's all gone now.

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex День назад

    Thanks as ever for your videos!
    Please can you do a video on Hereditary Haemochrotosis (HH / Celtic Curse)?
    Surprisingly in the UK I have spoken to quite a few medical professionals who have seem to be unaware of it. Like 1:200 people of Northern European descent have, it ranges higher in the British Isles from 1-150 in England to 1-83 in Irish Rep.
    At least it would highlight for people who have a mystery illness and early treatment is always better. I didn't find out until I did one of those genetic tests after years of feeling tired and slightly unwell, finding out I had HH was a real surprise. Fortunately, I think a vegan / low inflammatory diet maybe saved me the worst of it.
    Thanks.

  • @nazokashii
    @nazokashii День назад

    Fascinating! Thank you

  • @Mercymurv
    @Mercymurv 22 часа назад

    Soo, how to get eye lashes for hair?

  • @VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA
    @VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA 7 часов назад +1

    If i had hair, I could tell you.

  • @anniesshenanigans3815
    @anniesshenanigans3815 22 часа назад

    He did not say what you can do to prevent or reverse it...

  • @danman3163
    @danman3163 День назад

    Hey, what`s updoc?

  • @rebeccahenderson7761
    @rebeccahenderson7761 День назад +3

    Come on now! What's the solution? This vid is missing critical help for the viewer.

    • @peterjsmith5918
      @peterjsmith5918 22 часа назад

      Don't expect much of a solution from a guy who's already gray and bald in his 40's. See Lou Corona for the answer.

    • @Jeffs60
      @Jeffs60 21 час назад

      I'm not only the hairclub president but also a client.

    • @DashingPartyCrasher
      @DashingPartyCrasher 10 часов назад +1

      He usually follows up these cliffhanger endings with another related video, so I'd bet he'll post that soon.

  • @Irohbro
    @Irohbro День назад

    its like a spool of yarn and when it turns gray its cuss the last thread on the spool is gray.

  • @jttj742
    @jttj742 День назад

    Why do beards grey first? More damage from shaving?

    • @sundiataq
      @sundiataq День назад +2

      I haven't shaved since age 18, and now at age 35, I find the highest concentration of gray hair in my beard, so I'm pretty sure it's not due to shaving.

  • @johnpaulbuono
    @johnpaulbuono День назад +3

    How can I reverse greying. How to make the pigment.

    • @Haze1434
      @Haze1434 День назад +7

      If you read the description, it states this is part 1 of 2. That will likely come in part 2.

    • @Nobody-Nowhere
      @Nobody-Nowhere День назад +4

      @@Haze1434 if it was possible he himself would probably not have grey hair. In the end he says the theory is the free radical damage... so antioxidants should protect it. But we see vegans with totally gray hair, so either is some antioxidant they don't get or its more a genetic thing.

    • @johnpaulbuono
      @johnpaulbuono День назад

      @@Haze1434 oh, I didn’t read it, thank you for making me aware of a part 2. I’ll keep an eye out. Do you know when?

    • @cat12-b7i
      @cat12-b7i День назад

      If you search in Google it says it's not possible to reverse greying unless it's due to b12 deficiency

    • @aimee9478
      @aimee9478 День назад

      ​@@Nobody-NowhereIt's not possible to eliminate it with a 100% success rate for 100% of the human population, and yes, individual genetics do play a certain role. But there are certain recommendations that might slow down/minimize the process, and, if nothing else, will just make you healthier overall.

  • @misterx3188
    @misterx3188 День назад +5

    So how do I stop/reduce hair greying? (not that I care too much, I don't have much hair anymore lol)

  • @sandrafrancis3631
    @sandrafrancis3631 День назад +1

    This told me nothing much!😮!?

  • @luluandmeow
    @luluandmeow День назад

    What about stress?

  • @jumpander
    @jumpander День назад +2

    I wonder if micro-needling prevents the graying of hair.

  • @garycarnivore833
    @garycarnivore833 День назад +1

    Don’t think it’s a food or supplement problem, know many Vegans with grey hair, plus some are young as well, probably to do with certain chemicals that build up in the body over many years.

  • @gailtuominen7707
    @gailtuominen7707 22 часа назад

    My grandson was born with a gray hair! *Ü*

  • @AnticancerSmart
    @AnticancerSmart 23 часа назад

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @d3r4g45
    @d3r4g45 День назад

    What can be done about it?? How to reverse it?
    There have been cases of repigmentation after a burn of the skin. And after cancer and vitiligo therapy.

  • @abc_cba
    @abc_cba День назад +2

    As a 34½ year old Indian man, I have just 2 grey hair on my body - one in my nose, one on my beard.
    I think there's something awesome about it, meanwhile most of my cousins, my nieces and nephews in their early and mid-20s have half of their hair grey, including my brothers.
    Can someone explain me that?
    I'm Fitzpatrick scale 5, dark brown hair, Indo-Aryan by race.

    • @always_b_kind
      @always_b_kind День назад +1

      Do they tend to eat more than you or at least more proteins than you? Way more lentils than you? Sulphur in proteins could be the culprit. Legumes are high in sulphur. We humans are kind of fixated on proteins yet many longevity studies show the less protein, the longer we live. Of course there are exceptions.

  • @DenaMaDena
    @DenaMaDena День назад

    Not sure you fully answered the questions you presented!

  • @kati-ana
    @kati-ana День назад

    My Japanese SIL was gray by her 30s. My caucasian aunt was gray by mid 20s.

  • @kocsiserika1987
    @kocsiserika1987 День назад +2

    So…what is the solution?

  • @ax1066a-ghd2
    @ax1066a-ghd2 День назад

    I have fair skin and reddish blonde hair but my back and shoulders are covered in black hair 🤔

  • @marklord7614
    @marklord7614 День назад +1

    Did I miss the part about what you can do about graying 🤔

    • @MsCValentiner
      @MsCValentiner День назад

      He said it is a two-part video. This one was just put up.

    • @marklord7614
      @marklord7614 День назад

      thanks.

    • @beepbeepnj2658
      @beepbeepnj2658 День назад

      @@MsCValentiner The Lorena Bobbitt story was also a video in two parts and you can buy it for 1/2 off.

  • @user-rw7xd7qy3j
    @user-rw7xd7qy3j День назад +4

    That was a rather useless video. No solution or suggestion to how to stop graying or reduce it. Or if there even is a solution

    • @themotivator2587
      @themotivator2587 День назад +3

      Wait for part 2 probably in the next day or two. Dr. Greger always does these things in a multipart series.

  • @solarcrystal5494
    @solarcrystal5494 18 часов назад

    It's been close to 2 years since you told us that pumpkin seeds reverse hair loss. Did you forget to take your own advice?

  • @amymartin5753
    @amymartin5753 День назад

    I went gray in my 40s and never colored it.

  • @always_b_kind
    @always_b_kind День назад +3

    I prefer the theory of Arnold Ehret, an author in the early 1900s, that it's the sulphur in proteins that chelate minerals out of body therefore bleaching hair. Eggs and beans/peanuts especially maybe since they can cause a lot of sulphuric gas. I wish Dr. Greger talked more humbly instead of a know-it-all, "these are the facts" type of doctor. Please present like, "Maybe this is why...".

    • @JasonJrake
      @JasonJrake День назад +4

      It’s always interesting to see where his blind spots are, considering how out of the box he is compared to most MDs.
      He just did a video on Vitamin E for example, without covering that most studies used the synthetic form of Tocopheral. He also never mentioned the more important variant, Tocotrienals. These were distinctions being made in consumer level books on nutrition over a decade ago. But he didn’t address this at all.
      He also never presents studies that claim a net negative effect from any vaccine or vaccine schedule. And maybe the studies aren’t good, but at least address them since they are all over the internet.

  • @christinetripp-g8p
    @christinetripp-g8p 12 часов назад

    Wondering what would cause no such build up then, in hydrogen peroxide, in ppl who as they age, do not grey? My husband at 73 still has not 1 grey hair on his head. While his sideburns (and beard if he let it grow) are completely grey, his head remains thick and brown.
    And it's not diet, unless junk food is key to not greying. I'm WFPB, while he's definitely not. I'm guessing since his mother also did not have a grey hair until her 80's, it can only be genetics?

  • @backwoodsmaster
    @backwoodsmaster День назад

    Bro ur diet is fossilizing you. Can u run a mile at decent pace? Squat body weight how many times? Grip strength?? U good brother?