Gray Hair and Overall Health

If you've been told it's genetic, it may very well be, but laboratory tests on animals have shown that genetic predisposition can be changed in as little as three generations. In certain situations, genetically induced problems and diseases in laboratory animals have been halted or reversed in the same generation through proper diet and exercise. You may prefer to color your hair or leave the gray you have. Gray hair can be a signpost that tells about experience and knowledge that others don't posses. If lab animals can make changes that are considered unalterable because of genetics, it would seem we could too. I'd hate to think I was less adaptable than a toad.

Chemical hair coloring can be detrimental to your health. The National Cancer Institute found that hairdressers, who frequently use dyes in their profession, have higher than average incidences of leukemia and other non-Hodgkin's type lymphoma.

There are natural treatments for graying hair that can get to the root of the problem (pun intended). Try rinsing the hair with a tea made from fresh rosemary or rubbing a few drops of rosemary essential oil and olive oil into the hair. There's an all-natural hair dye that's made from plants that you may be able to find in health food stores called Herbatint and distributed in the US by Bioforce Products in Kinderhook, NY.