Grey Hair

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Not all grey hair is pretty.

Some people (and they are usually natural brunettes) will get silvery white hair rather than that mottled salt and pepper wiry grey. It can be pretty, but, IMO, any grey hair makes a person look older. Coloring the grey always (and I repeat ALWAYS) takes years off someone's face. Grey or white hair drains the complexion of color because it lacks any warm pigment. When you add some warmth (reddish tones, warm browns or golden blonde) it revitalizes the appearance of your skin. I would look terrible with grey hair so I color it.

Gloria

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I read something about a copper deficiency somewhere and can't find that info again.

Interesting.

Grey hair might be pretty but it is just another symptom of an

underlying something.

Becky

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, "Well, that's not going to happen."

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I sprout at least one more every time I let myself get too stressed about something.

I think greying hair is part diet, part heredity, and part stress. I once met a woman who had long totally grey hair. She said it happened when she had a very stressful event in her life and it literally turned grey overnight. She was 22 and I thought she was in her forties.

Gloria

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I guess we all have our limits, or priorities.

As an RN and holistic healthcare consultant, I recommend that everyone get rid of all chemicals in their environment, and on their bodies. I have done so, myself, and use all natural personal care products.

The only thing I can't give up, is hair coloring. I just don't like the grey. I am not hypocritical about it, and freely tell that I color my hair. That is just he one area I can't change.

Barb

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Yes, I do probably look a little washed out, but I would rather have the grey than chemicals on my head. Too close to my brain and I've done enough chemicals internally (I'm a product of the '60s!) to damage my brain!!

My daughter is 20 and the other day she made the comment "you know, you and dad's skin seems to glow. But Aunt Judy and Uncle Troy look grey". If a kid notices something like that, then I don't care if my hair is platinum!

Besides I don't work with the mainstream public and most of my work is done on the phone. Who cares what color my hair is, I'm not my hair.

Shari

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The only thing I can't give up, is hair coloring. I just don't like the grey. I am not hypocritical about it, and freely tell that I color my hair. That is just he one area I can't change.

Hi Barb! I'm in the same boat. I have never given a thought to NOT coloring my hair. It's just a decision I made and do it. I'm not trying to fool anyone about my age (including myself). I just look and feel better without the grey and see nothing wrong with looking my best. People have been coloring their hair for centuries...maybe since the beginning of time? ;-).

Gloria

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> Yes, I do probably look a little washed out, but I would rather

> have the grey than chemicals on my head.

Yes, the folks on list who color their hair should sit down and read

the list of chemicals that are in hair dye

and the chemicals that are in any makeup product for that matter.

Everything that you inhale (artificial fragrances), ingest, and

absorb has to eventually be processed by your liver and kidney.

What the liver and kidney can not identify to eliminate

they will recirculate until it finds a home in your fat.

Loose the lipids in your fat cells (adipose tissue looses lipids when

you loose weight that is fat. You never loose the fats cells themself.

They just become empty of lipids.) and those toxins are released

back into your circulating system.

Penel

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I have been taking 2mg. copper for 3 months now for grey hair,

nothing yet.

-- In health , bbarnyard82637@w...

wrote:

> I read something about a copper deficiency somewhere and can't

find that info

> again.

>

>

> > Interesting.

> > Grey hair might be pretty but it is just another symptom of an

> > underlying something.

> >

>

>

> Becky

> I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the

end and I

> think, " Well, that's not going to happen. "

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> Not true.. I was a dishwater blond as it is put.. my hair has

> darkened some over the years..but with all my gray, no one

> ever believes I'm 51... 35-40 is the usually call

One of my grandmothers (the one whose mitochondria I inherited) lived

to 105.

If I live as long as my grandmother, and I just might if I pay

attention well enough, my life is only a tiny bit half over.

Here's the thing of it, since when is being older not sexy or

beautiful?

2 year ago my grey haired head and I toured Italy. For some reason

both the Italians and the American tourists fell all over themselves

trying to speak French to me.

Grey haired, make-upless me in my early 50s they assumed was a

carefree French woman of means. What a lark!

I think its all in the way one carries oneself. A healthy self image

is a large part of being healthy.

Penel

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I am a big fan of Kombucha Fermented tea. A few years ago, I gave a

mushroom to a friend of my sister and after a couple of months of

drinking the tea, her hair started coming in dark at the roots. A lot

of claims are made for the mushroom but I believe that it does help some

people in perhaps different ways.

Here is a link to info on the mushroom. It is not necessary for anyone

to spend lots of money on a starter mushroom or culture. Those that

have the mushroom will usually be willing to send you one for just the

cost of postage.

I have several mushrooms in my fridge but they are old. I am planning

to make the tea today and see if the mushroom is still OK. It is a very

yummy drink and not too difficult to make. I can send the receipe to

anyone interested.

Anne

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I know, I am rationalizing.

Barb..I don't see you as rationalizing as much as defending yourself. No one lives a totally perfect life and you shouldn't expect that of yourself. I eat well, but color my hair and love chocolate. People at work laugh at me for this seeming contradiction, but they also know I eat really well and don't have a microwave. LOL!. If you color your hair, don't feel apologetic or guilty. Your lifestyle is still better than 99% of the population!

Gloria

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hyldemoer <hyldemoer@...> wrote:I think its all in the way one carries oneself. A healthy self imageis a large part of being healthy. PenelVery true, if you feel beautiful inside, you are..

Suzi__________________________________________________

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I let

her thoughts about aging and beauty cloud my thinking.

Remarks from other people can be hard to deal with unless you're very very secure with having grey hair. I know a 50-something teacher who always colored her hair and she did look younger than she actually is. She decided to stop coloring it and let her hair go it's natural grey. She said one day she was at a parent-student meeting and overheard one of her students saying something about her and the mother remarking "Oh, honey, be nice to her, afterall she's an old woman". She later laughed and told me that she had never heard anyone refer to her as an "old woman" when she colored her hair and it did have an impact on her.

Gloria

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I was feeling really good about my gray hair. I was very pleased

with the way I was greying. The friend I shopped with yesterday

hasn't seen me since the first of January and I was just starting to

let my natural color shine through back then. She told me yesterday

that she didn't like it because it made me look older. I

asked, " older than what? " She told me if I colored my hair I could

look so much younger. I knew I would feel some pressure from society

to look younger but didn't expect it from my friend and told her

that. Then again, she is the image that you see on the cover of the

Cosmo-type magazines so she's probably living with her own social

pressures. What made me angry was that after she said that I started

to feel old and as though I wanted to color my hair again -- I let

her thoughts about aging and beauty cloud my thinking.

--- In health , MorningGlory113@a...

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> > I know, I am rationalizing.

>

> Barb..I don't see you as rationalizing as much as defending

yourself. No one

> lives a totally perfect life and you shouldn't expect that of

yourself. I eat

> well, but color my hair and love chocolate. People at work laugh at

me for

> this seeming contradiction, but they also know I eat really well

and don't have a

> microwave. LOL!. If you color your hair, don't feel apologetic or

guilty.

> Your lifestyle is still better than 99% of the population!

>

> Gloria

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> >

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There was an article in our paper yesterday “Most

cosmetics go untested – should require safety labels” – and it

listed some of the most cancer-causing products. One was hair dye – it said it contains

coal tar which has been linked to bladder cancer and lymphoma. Do you really want to take that chance?

Carol

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wrote:

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> Hi Bee, Is grey hair genetic?

==>I do not believe a person inherits " genetics " per se from their

parents; they inherit their parent's and previous generation's

nutritional status which affects DNA of course, and it does makes them

vunerable to certain deficiencies which can lead to grey hair and other

health problems - so certain things do run in families. But again that

is because of nutritional status inherited upon conception.

> Does drinking wheatgrass reverse hair from turning grey? Does eating

certain food help?

==>I don't believe wheatgrass by itself reverses hair turning grey.

What helps the most is proper minerals, but because all nutrients work

together that would also include the entire diet and supplements

recommended. I don't believe any one thing can reverse grey hair. My

hair is turning dark again, but I've been on a much improved diet,

similar to the one I recommend for candida, for about 3 years now. It

does take a lot of time and consistency to turn around nutritional

status. At my age I believe it can take a lot longer than someone much

younger, and depending upon their inherited nutritional status.

Bee

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