The gray hair are not always age. Many people tend to think that, as we approach a certain stage of life, these begin to appear inevitably. However, there are other factors that can influence the gray hair arising before we expected. One of them is directly related to food: what we consume and put on our dish can have an important impact.
Although it is not very well known, the way we feed could influence the reduction of gray hair appearance, and a specific diet could be part of the solution. The gray hair are hair that have lost their natural pigmentation, which makes them look gray or even completely white. This occurs because they no longer contain melanin, the pigment that gives color to the hair.
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Dr. Sebastián La Rosa (@Dr.larosa), is a specialized doctor in integrative medicine. His approach combines conventional medicine with complementary therapies such as homeopathy and Chinese medicine. In addition, it is a recognized health disseminator on social networks, where it has more than 900 thousand followers on Instagram.
In one of his last videos, the expert mentions one of the possible causes of the premature appearance of gray hair: “In blood we have a substance called homocysteine. Therefore, more homocysteine, faster I will form gray hair. And we usually find high levels of homocysteine when there is a lot of inflammation.
The funny thing is that, in terms of food, a diet very rich in animal protein can raise these levels, but a completely free of animal protein can also do so, due to low vitamin B12 values, ”he explains.
How you should adapt your diet according to Dr. La Rosa
“Therefore, what we are looking for with feeding to avoid the premature training of gray hair is to follow a moderate diet in animal protein, which helps reduce homocysteine levels, and at the same time rich in antioxidants that compensate for that damage,” he explains in the video.
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The study by Chakrabarty et al. (2016) analyzed young people who had gray hair ahead of time and compared them to young people who did not have them. A significant association was demonstrated between vitamin B12 deficiency and the appearance of premature gray hair in a young population. The study suggested that the nutritional and metabolic factors play a relevant role in this case.
