Diet change=natural hair colour change?

[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.

[Pax]

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.

I have a couple of stripes, maybe a 1/4 an inch wide above my temples, but not a lot of gray (yet) at age 50. Seems to be genetic, my mom is 76 and still has naturally blond hair with just a bit of white streaking through it.

[Crankin]

At one point, when I was under stress, I had a little bit near my part, at the temple. I pulled out the hairs and they never came back.
Both of my parents didn't get gray until their 60s. My mom died at 67 and was not really even 50% gray when she died.

[emily_in_nc]

At one point, when I was under stress, I had a little bit near my part, at the temple. I pulled out the hairs and they never came back.
Both of my parents didn't get gray until their 60s. My mom died at 67 and was not really even 50% gray when she died.

Yes, on the genetic part. My paternal grandmother had brunette hair and started graying only in her late 60s or 70s. She died at 81 and was also not even 50% gray. My maternal grandmother, otoh, was prematurely gray. According to my mom, she was almost completely gray by age 30! So, I'm somewhere between the two. My mom is gray now in her late 70s but was not gray in her 50s, so it must skip a generation. Wish I'd inherited from my paternal grandmother instead!

[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.