HUMAN DISEASES REDEFINED

© 2008/2010:Dr. V.M.Palaniappan

45. Grey Hair / White Hair

I have written in elaborate detail a book on hair problems (Palaniappan, 2005). The causes for greying, cure for the problem, and the method for the prevention of greying, etc. are well described in it.

Hair becomes grey in people under the age of about 40 because of iron inadequacy or its depletion.

The black pigment-producing cell called melanocyte present at the base of the hair stops its productivity when people become older, and that too makes the hair grey.

Eating food that does not contain enough iron, the unavailability of the iron present in some of the vegetable matter, or the loss of iron due to its removal by alkaline substances can result in iron inadequacy leading to premature greying.

In the obese people, and also in the asthmatics, there is abundant calcium accumulation because of under-urination.

Additionally, these people tend to eat calcium-enriched food items, or even take calcium tablets, believing that it is good for them.
Calcium being an alkaline substance, makes all heavy metals, including iron, unavailable to the body for use.

This is the reason why the asthmatics and the obese develop premature grey hair.

The cure rests upon the efficient removal of the hurdles that prevent iron availability.

Therefore, a drastic reduction of the excessive calcium from the body would set right the premature greying in the asthmatics and the obese.

As described earlier, one should drink more water, urinate nearly all of it, eat slightly more of the acid-natured vegetable matter such as garlic, mangos, and the like that taste sour to the tongue.

The grey can most probably be seen turning blackish in about four months. However, one should remember not to overdo when it comes to the consumption of acid foods, for the rule is ‘anything in excess will become dangerous’.

See Hair Problems.