Diet change=natural hair colour change?

[shootingstar]

I probably miss out alot in life for having black hair:


A woman at our office has experienced darkening of her natural hair colour over the last few months. She thinks it's due to her diet changes --now more veggies, fruits and less fat.

She cannot think of any other reason. The good thing is that she no longer spends time and money colouring her hair!

As a result, her hair has naturally darkened to her original colour -dark brown..which looks good on her. It used to be lighter, even abit of grey. She is in her late 30's.

Is this possible?

[Biciclista]

never heard of it. the operative word "she used to color her hair" says to me that she might not know what her natural color is... in her late 30's... many blondes and brunettes get darker colored hair as they age... until they go grey.

[OakLeaf]

I don't know about color, but I do know that when I had long hair, when I changed my diet, it grew longer. When I became a vegetarian, it grew longer; when I started eating fish again, it grew longer.

Mine has also darkened over the years, from light brown with a lot of blonde highlights, to medium brown with fewer highlights (and a bit of white ). +1 that I've heard that darkening with age is pretty common.

[shootingstar]

never heard of it. the operative word "she used to color her hair" says to me that she might not know what her natural color is... in her late 30's... many blondes and brunettes get darker colored hair as they age... until they go grey.

I find that hard to comprehend: not knowing one's own natural hair colour when one hasn't turned grey yet.

I guess for me, black hair is deeply to tied to my racial identity plus other natural features, as one of Asian descent. I know that black hair is on others naturally, but just the nature of the hair itself.

Ok, ok I know I will be challenged..in terms of one's self-identity when looking in the mirror.

[Artista]

Some raw food advocates claim that their natural hair color returned when they started the raw food diet. I've never been able to stay raw long enough to see if they're right.

[shootingstar]

How many of us actually had the same natural colour hair for over 5 decades of their life?

The only time my hair colour was different:

probably when I was a baby, since hair probably was a dark brown then after 1 yr. at least, on alot of Asian babies, it's black

Then when I grow old...grey. which hasn't happened yet.

My life is monotone. Not terrible thing, really. One less thing to worry.

[tangentgirl]

I find that hard to comprehend: not knowing one's own natural hair colour when one hasn't turned grey yet.

I bet my sister doesn't really know her natural (grown up) hair color. She was light blonde as a kid, and it started turning honey blonde when she was 12 or so. She started bleaching it light blonde again then and has been doing it ever since.

[Biciclista]

I have known more than one woman that told me she didn't know her natural hair color "anymore"

[SheFly]

When I finally stopped coloring my hair, I had NO IDEA what my natural color was. I started coloring at age 16, and continued for 25 years. That comment isn't surprising to me at all.

I'm not sure about diet actually changing hair color...

SheFly

[Pax]

My SIL has no idea what color her natural hair is, she started coloring it in high school and has had it colored ever since.

How many of us actually had the same natural colour hair for over 5 decades of their life?

The only time my hair colour was different:

probably when I was a baby, since hair probably was a dark brown then after 1 yr. at least, on alot of Asian babies, it's black

Then when I grow old...grey. which hasn't happened yet.

My life is monotone. Not terrible thing, really. One less thing to worry.

My hair started out white blond, at puberty it changed over to brown with red highlights, at menopause it got a little lighter and now has some gray in it.

[channlluv]

I remember reading somewhere that people who started drinking green smoothies (like, really green -- kale + romaine + spinach + pear + avocado, etc.) had a major improvement in overall health and a side benefit of their hair turning dark again, after having gone gray. It was credited to the better absorption of HCL in the greens by the digestive system, which required some healing from the greens to get there.

Ann Louise Gittleman, I think. The Fat Flush lady. Or maybe it was that lady who espouses the green smoothie lifestyle. I can't recall her name. It's Russian. I do like some of her smoothie recipes, but not the recommended two quarts a day.

Roxy

[Crankin]

My hair has always been a mix of golden blond shades. When I was little, people accused my mom of coloring my hair!
Then, all of a sudden, in my early thirties, it got darker. I have been doing various forms of highlights and occasional full colors since then. But, when I cut it short, you could see my hair is really light brown now, with a golden-reddish tint. I still see myself as a blond, though, although people who have met me in the past 5-6 years or so, don't. I am getting my hair colored regularly now; maybe 3-4 times a year. It's strange, that after a couple of weeks, it looks exactly like what I wanted it to look like when i did the highlights... a mixture of colors, which is my natural state. The highlights just faded on me and cost twice as much.
I don't have any gray. Maybe my good eating has something to do with it? Genetics are on my side, too. I only feel like my hair is "colored" for maybe the first week after it is done.

[emily_in_nc]

I don't have any gray. Maybe my good eating has something to do with it? Genetics are on my side, too. I only feel like my hair is "colored" for maybe the first week after it is done.

Wow...I honestly thought everyone had at least some gray hair by their 50s (and most during their 40s as well). You are a rare and lucky person! I got my first couple of grays at 25. I'd say I'm about 50% gray now at age 50.

[shootingstar]

I remember reading somewhere that people who started drinking green smoothies (like, really green -- kale + romaine + spinach + pear + avocado, etc.) had a major improvement in overall health and a side benefit of their hair turning dark again, after having gone gray. It was credited to the better absorption of HCL in the greens by the digestive system, which required some healing from the greens to get there.

I will mention this to the woman at work who now has lovely natural near-black brown hair while she's been on her healthier diet for awhile.