How to Stop Gray Hair

Hair color is the result of pigmentation due to the chemical melanin.

Melanin production is brought to a halt for a variety of reasons–some indicators of nutritional deficiency or some health issues.

Nutritional deficiencies are as follows:

•  Make sure she is getting enough vitamins and minerals, including iron, copper, Iodine, vitamin B and folic acid. Add lots of fresh, green leafy veggies raw as salad.
• Grey hair could be a major reason by a deficiency of B12. These you can get from food sources including meat, eggs, and dairy products.
• Iron and iodine present in seafood, carrots and bananas maintains the colour health of the hair.
• Anemea is the common causes of females for hair problem and dark circle under eyes.  Deficiencies of iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid are the most common causes of Anemea and deficiency of Vitamin C which helps body to absorb Iron. 
• Silica in all its forms is a trace mineral in our diets, and is a relatively rare component. It is also a very important mineral for hair. There are certain food sources of silica that you can use to ensure that you get the maximum amount naturally that you can.
• Vegetable Sources are cucumbers, asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, onions, potatoes, green leafy vegetables, beets, onions, parsnips, soybeans, pumpkin, carrots, capsicum,
• Fruits include apples, strawberries, grapes, oranges and raisins
•  Raw almonds, raw sunflower seeds raw flaxseed, and sunflower seeds have Vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is responsible for maintaining natural hair colour
• Daily silica needs for humans are 20 - 30 mg.

AVOID CORN SYRUP

Copper is needed for your hair to keep its color, and if you do a search, you'll find Americans especially are severely depleted of copper. Corn syrup sucks the copper out of your body, and corn syrup is in most of our processed foods.

 Black strap Molasses, is one of the best possible natural sources of copper, and is a good supplement for many other problems as well. Just add it as a sweetener to tea, or coffee.

Black strap molasses has proved successful as both internal and external hair treatment to improve health and help with growth as well as preventing gray hair.

        Research for natural remedies for grey hair has found that the addition of Black strap molasses to everyday diet reverse the loss of pigment in the hair shaft so that when new hair grows it regains its natural color.

Oat, Raisin has copper which prevents hairs to gray.

Go to the following link to find out more about the food and nutrition and hair care.

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• Indian gooseberry is beneficial in treating premature graying of hair. Cut the fruit into pieces and dry them. Once dried, put them in coconut oil, until the solid matter becomes dusty or powdered. Apply on the hair.
• Mix a tsp. of Indian gooseberry juice with a tsp. of almond oil and few drops of lime juice. Apply this mixture on your hair and keep it overnight. In the morning, wash the hair. This is an effective home remedy for treating premature graying of hair.
• Buy good quality organic gooseberry powder from reliable source, mix it with Lemon and Coconut oil. Use the oil as an overnight conditioner by massaging well into the scalp and hair. Wash it out in the morning. If you can't do this then massage it into the scalp and hair and leave it in for as long as you can even if it's only 30 to minutes 4 hours before a shower.