Has anyone been able to reverse grey hair?

[Vegan Princess]

Hi,

I am curious if anyone has had any success with their grey hair returning to its natural color by eating raw. If so, how long were you raw before you began to notice this? Thanks! I am 1 month in and so hoping this will eventually happen to me!

VP

[Gwena]

Good question Vegan Princess! I've been wondering about this too.

[Bethanie]

Taking Brewer's Yeast contains many minerals that will help the hair and it also contains zinc that has been known to restore natural hair color.
I'm taking Brewer's Yeast and putting it on my food also, looking for great results soon.
B.

[I~Wanna~RAWk]

I just googled brewers yeast. Now I'm confused, is brewers yeast the same as nutritional yeast?

[vgloveforlife]

Brewers Yeast and Nutritional Yeast are NOT the same thing. They taste completely different. I use both once and awhile. Brewers yeast has a lot of nutrients!

[James]

After 3 months 100% raw, my grey hair started to change back to its normal color. 6 months now and I have to convince friends I haven't seen for a while that I am NOT dying my hair. About half my grey hair has reversed so far. My wife has stopped going grey completely. Also, I notice new growth in my "balding" areas. Pretty freaky... but exciting.

James

[Shmoopie]

After 3 months 100% raw, my grey hair started to change back to its normal color. 6 months now and I have to convince friends I haven't seen for a while that I am NOT dying my hair. About half my grey hair has reversed so far. My wife has stopped going grey completely. Also, I notice new growth in my "balding" areas. Pretty freaky... but exciting.

James

I LOVE seeing stuff like this. All these successes are so inspirational. Thanks for sharing :)

[Vegan Princess]

James - that is so awesome!! I don't have a lot of grey hair (I'm only 28)...but it's all right up front (or at least that's what I keep telling myself ;) ). It would be so awesome not to have to dye more...or at least not to have to color it quite as often. Keeping my fingers crossed!

VP

[carolg]

James,
Are you using brewers yeast too? Wow, that is an amazing testimony!
carolg

[chilove]

Hi there,

I am just now (after 2.5 years raw) beginning to think that I have less grey hair than I used to. I do use red henna on my hair, but in between applications I think I'm seeing less grey than before. I'm 37. I love raw!!!! :-)

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

[Vegan Princess]

Audrey,

Your before and after pics are astounding! You took 10 years at least off of your face!! Reason enough to be raw...grey hair aside. :p

VP

[veeg]

When I first went raw (about two years ago), friends noticed that my gray hairs seemd to be disappearing and that my thinning spots were filling in. Also my skin tone changed dramatically to a point where I had a very light "permanent tan".

This happened very quickly...and sadly, the effects went away as soon as a started to veer away from 100% raw.

[jenna rose]

in victoria boutenko's book "green for life", she mentions quite a few people reversing the color change by drinking green smoothies regularly.

[learningrawways]

I swear my hair is going brown again, to me it looks like I've lost some gray, but my daughter looks at my hair and shakes her head no. But last fall, I was under a lot of stress and I noticed more & more gray hairs, it was getting really obvious to me that I was slowly going gray. And it made me sad because I don't want to dye my hair but I don't like gray either. I just reconciled myself to having gray hair. But lately, I see less & less gray hair. I had a nice big streak of gray hair in the front, my hair is parted on right side and the streak of gray was on both sides, now it's on the right side of my part only. I keep eating my green smoothies and my daughter will see that gray going away hehe.

[Bethanie]

:D It is mostly in the front but going toward the top it doesn't seem as grey and even with the grey my hair is looking much healthier and i'm glad about that.
I will continue to take the Brewer's Yeast so that my hair will go all the way back to black.
I'm use to the taste and now i've started to miss it when i run out.
Keep the testimonies coming :) :)
Thanks.
B.

[REx10]

Hi

I want to know what is the exact method to turn grey hair black...

[EternityRider]

Sounds almost too good to be true, or hard to believe. But I believe..

Ann Wigmore on her own experience with wheatgrass...At fifty years of age my hair was gray, I had a terrible case of colitis and other colon problems, I suffered from low energy and had no clear direction in life. Out of desperation I turned to nature for relief. ...In Wheatgrass, raw foods and exercise, I found what I feel is as close to the fountain of youth as we are going to get. Twenty-five years after my discovery, my hair was turned fully natural brown again. My weight has been a stable 119 and my energy level is limitless...

Turns gray hair to its natural color again, raises energy levels...Daily consumption of Wheatgrass and sprouts can turn gray hair to its natural color again, and give you a limitless energy level.

From:

http://www.earthnotions.ca/pages/wheatgrass.html


Raw Foods and Gray Hair
December 10th, 2008 . by Tonya Zavasta

At some point in our lives, just about every one of us will experience the onset of graying hair. What can be done to reverse or prevent gray?

Hair becomes gray when the cells in our hair follicles known as melanocytes cease to produce pigment, the chief one being melanin. Hairs are composed of an outer layer, known as the cuticle, made of overlapping flat cells and underneath is a thick cortex of protein called keratin. The inside of the hair are softer, rectangular cells. What determines the color of your hair is the concentration of pigment in the cortex.

Many factors affect how, when and if the melanocytes cease producing their usual pigment. The chief culprit is aging, with heredity being the second biggest factor.

In the February 2008 article entitled “Eat Your Seaweed for Beautiful Hair” I stated that

“Gray hair is often a companion of aging, because the cells in the bulb that are supposed to produce melanin are dead. They die for the same reasons other cells do. Poor assimilation, hormonal imbalances, and toxic waste buildup in the system are contributing factors.

Graying hair is caused by the consumption of saturated fat and protein, as well as salt. Another cause of graying hair is the excessive intake of simple sugars, which leach minerals from the blood, weakening the nutrients that reach the hair. Starving and suffocating hair turns gray.”

Emotional stress, worry, and shock can also significantly slow and in some cases even stop the production of melanin in the melanocytes.

Some other contributing factors can include:

Heredity

B12 deficiency

Thyroid imbalance

Low hydrochloric acid

Early menopause

Smoking (hopefully not an issue with any of you!)

In Oriental medicine the condition of the hair reflects the quality of your blood and the health of your kidneys.

On the raw food diet we have the opportunity to address and correct the underlying causes, rather than just treating the external factors.

Many people on raw food diet claim that their hair returned to its natural color. These include familiar names such as Ann Wigmore, Viktoras Kulvinskas, Victoria Boutenko, and Brenda Cobb.

I am convinced it’s possible to prevent hair from turning gray or reverse the process if already begun. It is possible that one may benefit by consuming some of the following foods that are popular for addressing underlying causes of graying hair:

Greens, greens and more greens! Green Smoothies made in the Vita-Mix are one of the best ways to accomplish this. This also helps to build the levels of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which is also essential for mineral absorption.
Seaweeds
Nettle
Black sesame seeds
Wheatgrass juice (some people swear by this)
Oriental herb known as He Shou Wu

http://www.beautifulonraw.com/raw-food-blog/rawsome-beauty/raw-foods-and-gray-hair/

Also:

http://www.hippocratesinst.org/Wheatgrass/Benefits-of-Wheatgrass.aspx

[HolyGuacamole]

Can't say what exactly is doing it, but I was wondering about this myself and just pulled out one of my gray hairs last night and had a look-see.
Sure enough, a good inch and a half on the root end was turning black.
Raw is the fountain of youth, I tells ya.

(Just intuitively, I think at least for me it's that I'm taking in an abundance of trace minerals my diet was previously lacking. I eat tons of greens, sprouts, microgreens, sea greens, and algae.)

[RawHeaven]

I only have 1 or 2 on my head, but white hair was plentiful in my, ahem, nether regions before raw. After about a year raw I had a brazilian in the summer and when it grew back it was yayyy without the white hairs! :D I'm curious if I stay raw will I reverse it forever - we will see. Ironically I'm okay with it on my head, just not on my lady parts. lol. I know - I'm weird.

[freshlight]

After 3 months 100% raw, my grey hair started to change back to its normal color. 6 months now and I have to convince friends I haven't seen for a while that I am NOT dying my hair. About half my grey hair has reversed so far. My wife has stopped going grey completely. Also, I notice new growth in my "balding" areas. Pretty freaky... but exciting.

James

WOW! how cool is that.......
I'm so happy for you :) keep up the wonderful raw work;)

[klomasius]

This is all so amazing, I love reading about reversal or prevention of grey hair.

I've consistently heard over the years that wheatgrass has been a factor in many people's reversal back to their natural colour. Some people have started drinking wheatgrass juice daily for that very purpose and seen results.

I'm 33 and don't have any grey hairs, though my sister and brother both had grey hairs by this age (actually a lot earlier) and in their forties now have lots of it. I'm interested in preventing it, so wheatgrass shots here we come! I already drink green smoothies pretty much daily and I think that helps.

Any doubt that it was possible has pretty much been eradicated in my mind by the consistent stories. What really got me was seeing Ann Wigmore with a shock of dark natural hair.:D

Keep those inspirational stories coming.

[natural-girl]

I just started the raw food diet this past month (took 2 months to transition to a 100% raw diet) and I have already noticed that my hair is less gray on top.

I started going gray in my 20's, and now I am 41, and my hair has been 100% gray at the sides/temples for years now, and about 50%-75% gray on top. When I went to color my hair this week, I definitely noticed that my gray didn't seem to be as grey. (At first, I thought I was just imagining things, but then when I started reading more, I saw that others had reported this, too.)

Before going all raw, I did a detox diet (prescribed by my doctor for uterine fibroids, as I'm trying to avoid a hysterectomy) - and then transitioned to raw on my own. (The raw diet was not prescribed by my doctor.)

I'm thinking that from this point forward, I'm not going to color it anymore, and just let it grow out naturally, and use my gray hair as a barometer as how well the diet is working for me.

I've been contemplating not dying my hair any longer anyway, because dying my hair really dries it out. I used to have lush, healthy looking hair before I started to dye it, and I don't like how it feels now. Plus I can never get the color right, so it doesn't look right, anyway. PLUS...I've heard there are higher rates of cancer from using hair dyes for a long time, so I'm thinking that now that I'm raw, I'm just going to let it go natural.

I also have age spots that I am hoping will fade now that I am eating raw I have LOTS of them, and I am only 41! (Although people always tell me I look younger than my age...go figure. They must not be looking at my age spots. lol!)

My body must have been ridiculously toxic for all the gray hair and age spots and fibroids to develop so early. (I had my first fibroid surgery at the age of 30, where they removed 5 large fibroids.)

Edit to add:

Yesterday, I decided to also try 30 days of wheatgrass shots, so today was day #2 of drinking wheatgrass shots.

[seagle]

What's wrong with grey hair? I love mine! I have gotten more complements, in the last two years since i quit coloring my hair, than i ever did before. I love it!

[natural-girl]

Well, I'm only 41 and I'm single, so I'd rather stay looking as young for as long as possible. My gray hair (although it is a really pretty silver) really ages me a lot.

But if others want to stay gray, that's great.

[Dowlin]

I had a nice big streak of gray hair in the front, my hair is parted on right side and the streak of gray was on both sides, now it's on the right side of my part only. I keep eating my green smoothies and someone will see that gray going away.


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[doramide7]

I LOVE seeing stuff like this. All these successes are so inspirational. Thanks for sharing :)

James - that is so awesome!! I don't have a lot of grey hair (I'm only 28)...but it's all right up front (or at least that's what I keep telling myself ). It would be so awesome not to have to dye more...or at least not to have to color it quite as often. Keeping my fingers crossed!

[zinny]

I'm 39 and don't have much grey hair--as long as I part it in the right way it's hard to see that I have any (esp as my hair has a variety of brown/blonde/red anyway). My mother had a lot of gray by her early 30s, but she has very dark brown hair so it's more obvious.

I don't mind the gray color so much, but the gray hairs have a different texture, very coarse and wiry.

Just this week I found a hair that had been gray (and wiry) and that was growing in brown and smooth in the most recent few inches. I don't know what caused it ... but I like it!

[mcster]

I'm 38 and started going gray two years ago after going through a very stressful stage in my life. I actually like it and get a lot of compliments on it but if given the choice, I'd rather leave the graying for later stages in life. :)

While doing some research on going raw, I too found information on wheatgrass and its ability to reverse gray. I dug a little deeper and apparently blackstrap molasses can have the same effect. It seems as though gray hair is caused by a deficiency in copper and both wheatgrass and blackstrap molasses are excellent sources.

I've bought both and will start taking them on Monday. I will post back with my results. Apparently the reversal can take anywhere from a few weeks to six months or more, so be patient. :p

[bananaberrie]

What about people who have grey because it is hereditary? Would raw still reverse their grey? Grey hair is hereditary in my family. My dad is all grey, my brother about half and half, and me well I have more then I should for being 33 but not as much as them. I have recently decided to stop dying it, because other then the grey I look young for my age. Also, the dying really dries out my hair, not to mention expensive.

So is raw going to make a difference for me when it is a genetic thing?

[evelynf]

I have lots of grey and have decided to stop coloring. I haven't noticed anything significant I've been 95 - 100% raw for only a few weeks. Has anyone else noticed that they have less grey hair?

[bananaberrie]

I have lots of grey and have decided to stop coloring. I haven't noticed anything significant I've been 95 - 100% raw for only a few weeks. Has anyone else noticed that they have less grey hair?

I have only been on a high raw diet since December of 2010, and "no" I have not noticed any difference in my grey hair. I have also been growing and juicing wheat grass (not for the purpose of reversing grey, just because) and still no change.

But I have seen Mcster post that his grey has been reversing. SO I guess it just depends on the person.

[Raw Angel Mom]

I am still waiting for mine to turn all brown, lol.... Good to see many of you had great result.

I am doing more wheat grass juice now and i am hoping this is going to help.

[dewy11]

I have read many articals on wheatgrass and reversing gray hair...if you goggle wheatgrass i am sure you will be amazed .

[DebB]

I've been doing wheatgrass shots for several weeks now.....still waiting for some blonde to reappear :) *Ü*

[Gossy]

I'm so glad this topic popped back up! I've had grey hair since the age of 13 (I'm now 28, almost 29!), which is also when a lot of my other health complaints started (things like migraines, horrible cramps during my period, lots of tummy troubles, etc - all inflammatory type issues I think). Now, my greys may be hereditary/genetic. My mother told me that she started getting greys at the same age, as did her sisters, my grandmother, my grandmother's sisters, on and on. I've learned to embrace my greys, I don't color them, and my sweet boyfriend even says he likes it too! It's kind of a cute little streak/spot I have . . .

I'm not dying for them to go away or anything . . . but I'm really curious to see if they do. I'm still transitioning my diet to 100% raw, which will hopefully be happening by the end of the month. I am currently high raw though, I'm weening myself off traditional hair products (shampoo, conditioner, etc), and I may start wheatgrass juicing too! I intend to report back here to let you peeps know what happens with my greys. It's a fun experiment! :excited:

[lululovesu]

What about people who have grey because it is hereditary? Would raw still reverse their grey? Grey hair is hereditary in my family. My dad is all grey, my brother about half and half, and me well I have more then I should for being 33 but not as much as them. I have recently decided to stop dying it, because other then the grey I look young for my age. Also, the dying really dries out my hair, not to mention expensive.

So is raw going to make a difference for me when it is a genetic thing?

I hope I am doing this right = )...I am trying to figure out how to say this without sounding confusing. I am not sure where I heard this, but you know when you see someone who is heavy, and they have a child who packs the weight the same and is overweight (and they say, being overweight is hereditary/genetic), well if that child is eating the same exact stuff as that parent, then you will see the fat in the same places because genetically they are built the same, (although another child may have gotten the other parents genes for packing on weight) but if that child or parent changes to a healthier diet, then you won't see the fat in those spots, same as if some one gets heart disease, the heredity part is that that is where they are weak, but if your diet is healthy, then the problem is not really there. So I would think the same with grey hair, that is a weak spot in your genetic line, but if you were to eat raw and be healthier than the ones who created you = ), then you may be able to prevent that (like preventing being overweight or having heart disease).

I am just starting on this raw journey and having a hard time with the satiating part of it. I really wanted something warm and fast because I was hungry and tired of salads. Does anyone have ideas for that?

[julie-lmp]

not only have several of my white hairs started to turn back to auburn but it has also gotten really curly. only been raw for 6 months. i have read several places that cucumber juice is good for that and i drink at least one green juice a week that contains 2 cucumbers. I still have a lot of white, which stinks since i am only 27, but am optomistic about it all growing back in.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Taking Brewer's Yeast contains many minerals that will help the hair and it also contains zinc that has been known to restore natural hair color.
I'm taking Brewer's Yeast and putting it on my food also, looking for great results soon.
B.

Brewers Yeast has a bad reputation for drawing excessive amounts of calcium out of the body. l hope you are planning your diet high in calcium to circumvent the loses caused by the yeast.

l haven't stopped my grey hair yet, but with time and my new wheatgrass nutrition l am hoping to do so.

When l used to be raw l grew my hair back. lt grew thicker and my receded forehead wasn't so high after a while. This time around l feel my hair may be growing back, but not enough to be certain....great health is alot harder to achieve this time around.

[mcster]

It's been about 9 weeks since I started taking wheatgrass and black strap molasses in an attempt to curve gray. In the past week or so I've noticed that my gray has become more subtle. Early this week I pulled pictures from last year that clearly show my gray was more prominent then. Keep in mind that most people don't see results until 3mos at the earliest and typically more like 6mos. I've also read that the people who have most success with this also take vitamin B complex. I'm not sure if it's necessary to take vitamin supplements eating raw but I'd rather err on the right side and will be adding them to the diet this weekend. All in all, I'm happy I'm giving it a shot but I have no expectations. I look good with gray anyway. :)

[teb]

spirulina and chlorella turn grey hair back also.

[DebB]

spirulina and chlorella turn grey hair back also.

Boy, I wish this were the case for me. I've been taking both for months and not a single reversed gray hair ~ I do wheatgrass juice shots (almost) daily as well - nothin'....

Maybe it just depends on our own bodies, as far as it working for some and not for others. *Ü*

[T-Bird]

When l used to be raw l grew my hair back. lt grew thicker and my receded forehead wasn't so high after a while. This time around l feel my hair may be growing back, but not enough to be certain....great health is alot harder to achieve this time around.

I'd really love to hear more of your story Mr. Raw! Is there a post somewhere, or have you not yet told it all?

[DawnD]

I researched Blackstrap Molasses a few months ago (probably b/c I read it here!) and I decided to add it to our morning smoothie. It tasted fine and rounded out the flavor of the other ingredients. I put in 2 tsp per smoothie. I drink one smoothie during the day and my husband drinks 2 so he gets 4 tsp of molasses per day. He will also take a nip from the bottle occasionally! His hair is coming in dark brown again. He definately has darker hair now. Of course he has frequent hair cuts so the change is more noticible. I have longer hair so I have not noticed my gray going away. But I will say that the molasses has helped him.

[James Carmichael]

I've read that sunlight is best for hair colour.

I've also read and experimented with.....wait for it.......wait for it........urine therapy. Say what you want about urine, but for me its liquid life. I was going grey at the sides of my head at 21 I'm now 24 and have dark brown hair everywhere and my hair isn't thinning anymore. I use it internally and externally on my hair daily.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

Brewers Yeast has a bad reputation for drawing excessive amounts of calcium out of the body. l hope you are planning your diet high in calcium to circumvent the loses caused by the yeast.

l haven't stopped my grey hair yet, but with time and my new wheatgrass nutrition l am hoping to do so.

When l used to be raw l grew my hair back. lt grew thicker and my receded forehead wasn't so high after a while. This time around l feel my hair may be growing back, but not enough to be certain....great health is alot harder to achieve this time around.

l now know that my hair IS growing back. l was fully receded (male pattern baldness) with not one hair on the top of my head. Now l have thousands of fine hairs all over. At this rate, l could have a full head of hair in 5 years time with a fringe and all. l am absolutely amazed. :woot:

[climbing]

This thread is amazing.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

There are two types of people in this world....

1). the people who can go raw and grow their natural colour hair back
2). the people who will never grow their natural colour back no matter how raw they go and how many greens drinks they have.

l am in the second group. l have been having truckloads of sprouts, algaes, sea vegetables, weeds and grasses over the last couple of years and now my hair is getting grayer than ever.

A raw food diet is NO guarantee of stopping grey hair.

[rawconvenience]

I think it is funny that there is such a buzz about hair. I just convinced myself that my changing hair color made me look more distinguished and now this. What am i to do? I'll have to watch and see. if it is true.......

[climbing]

There are two types of people in this world....

1). the people who can go raw and grow their natural colour hair back
2). the people who will never grow their natural colour back no matter how raw they go and how many greens drinks they have.

l am in the second group. l have been having truckloads of sprouts, algaes, sea vegetables, weeds and grasses over the last couple of years and now my hair is getting grayer than ever.

A raw food diet is NO guarantee of stopping grey hair.

I wonder why.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

I wonder why.
genetics according to Dr Brian Clement. You can fix many genetic faults through a good diet, but grey hair isn't one of them.

[climbing]

genetics according to Dr Brian Clement. You can fix many genetic faults through a good diet, but grey hair isn't one of them.

So do you think the people who went gray and were able to reverse it were gray because of toxins, or stress, or some other reason besides genetics?

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

So do you think the people who went gray and were able to reverse it were gray because of toxins, or stress, or some other reason besides genetics?

That is a very good question. l know from my experience that my stress is almost non existent and that l am highly detoxed and eat an incredible diet, but the grays are getting worse and worse. There could well be other factors besides from genetics, but l don't think anyone has the answer to that. Then again...l have done everything possible (perfect lifestyle) to get rid of gray hair and nothing works, so maybe Dr Brian is fully correct in saying that genetics plays a major part.

[climbing]

Yeah I'm sure it does too. Did your parents go gray early? My mom went gray in her late twenties but my dad is almost 60 and still barely gray (a little around his sideburns and stuff). My grandma (his mom) still had a fully black head of hair up until she lost it from the chemo and passed away (she was in her 60s), so I'm hoping I get their genetics. I'm 30 now and so far, have only had one gray that appeared after a very stressful time and never had another.

[snoops]

I tend to believe the genetics theory. My grandmother still had some dark hair in her 90's. My Mom passed when she was 71 and had only some wisps of grey at the temples and I'm 55 and only have a couple strands of grey. Thankful I got those particular genes from them!