Hey guys this week's video is all about grey hair. We're going to be talking about many different
things we're going to be talking about what causes grey hair? We're going to be talking about
premature greying so premature grey hair? And then we're going to talk about different lifestyle
things that you can do that could potentially help to stop grey hair from forming? Especially if it's
happening prematurely okay so we're going to talk about all these different topics in this week's
video so this is going to be a relatively long video jam packed full of information so if at any
point you want to find any specific information feel free to click on that description below it's
all been chaptered you can find what you want also please remember if you find anything in
this video helpful if you learned something new from it today if you've just enjoyed watching it
please do click that like button that's going to help me and it's going to help the video perform
better so more people can watch it and become aware of what's causing the gray hair and what
to do in terms of remedies and treatments for gray hair so let's begin with the science of gray hair
on our scalp we've got millions of hair follicles you've probably seen them they're bulb shaped and
then the hair comes out of them from the hair follicle it contains something called melanin
and the melanin gives it the color it gives the hair the color and after a while as we age
that color goes down it gets bleached and then the hair becomes gray now the process of hair changing
color from a darker color to a white color is all usually due to age and mostly due to our genetics
so you need to look at your parents and think when did they start going gray and then you can kind of
see a correlation between yourself as well so in terms of the hair changing color within those hair
follicles we have a byproduct that's made called hydrogen peroxide i'm sure you've all heard of
it and like i said that bleaching is caused by the hydrogen peroxide this is what's going to
change the color now we also have an enzyme called catalase and catalans breaks down the
hydrogen peroxide and stops it from changing the colour of the hair now usually something usually
due to genetics or other causes as we get older as well that catalase is reduced okay when the
catalyst is reduced we get more hydrogen peroxide which then causes more hair to go grey with time
so now that we've looked at the science let's talk about what is causing the hair to go great
because it's not only due to age and genetics there's many different factors as well that
we're now going to discuss so the first chords i want to talk to you about is vitamin deficiencies
in 2015 a study was done where they found various different deficiencies from b6 to b12
to biotin to vitamin d to vitamin e and these were linked to premature graying of the hair so vitamin
deficiencies could be a cause of premature graying of the hair now it's important to remember this
doesn't mean go out and buy loads of multivitamins but it is an important thing that you can discuss
with your healthcare professional as well and actually think to yourself could there be a cause
for me to have these vitamin deficiencies because if you are having a healthy balanced diet
most likely there won't be a cause but one of the other things i'm going to talk to you later on
about this in this video is about your gut biome as well the bacteria in your gut now this isn't
proven yet with gray hair but it could potentially be a contributor as well into the different
deficiencies that we might have within our body so the next cause i want to talk to you about
is genetics we spoke about it a little but also i want to talk to you about a few studies some
studies have shown that caucasian people can grade prematurely as early as the age of 20 okay and
it's also been shown in studies as well the asian and african american people can get premature
grain from the age of 25 to 30 as well now some medical conditions as well can cause premature
graying and growing of the hair so for example autoimmune diseases if you have any autoimmune
diseases it can potentially cause premature grain and also any other medical conditions like thyroid
conditions this can also cause it now with regards to the autoimmune conditions again i'm going to
talk about the gut biome a little later in terms of treatment options that we can try now again
this isn't something that's proven but there are some really interesting studies out there now
talking about the gut biome by them by the way it means you've got bacteria so the bacteria within
the gut and making sure you've got the good bacteria in your gut and potentially leading
to helping with the premature graying and reducing the hair grain now again we're going
to talk about it later we'll get to that once we've done the causes now moving on to stress
there's conflicting evidence about stress some people believe that stress isn't contributing to
premature growing of the hair and some scientists believe that it is there are some studies
showing either way so it's a bit of a 50 50 split however again leading this one linking this onto
your gut biome and the good bacteria stress can also be a contributor of making gut biomes making
the gut bacteria worse within your system and then helping it by having too much stress it's
going to help all the bad bacteria increase which could then release them toxins that are going to
potentially then cause more grain these are one of the theories out there there's loads of theories
but it's the theory that i'm starting to to fall in with and i feel like there's a lot of research
to be done in this and i'm going to talk about the bio a bit later again i keep saying this to you
i feel like i keep teasing you but i just want to finish the causes first now moving on to the next
cause which is smoking the study was done which shown that if you're a smoker you're two and a
half times more likely to get premature grain by the age of 30 okay which is a massive contributor
so not only the smoking cause various cancers lung cancer heart disease all of these problems that it
causes but now also has been linked to grave okay so if there's any reason for you to stop smoking
far from all the other reasons grain should be on top of it now as well moving on to the next cause
which is oxidative stress and oxidative stress and you've probably heard of antioxidants before
it's basically free radicals within the body are causing damage to the cells
all these free radicals are bouncing off the different cells and causing damage and potentially
causing premature grain so too many free radicals is a bad thing and that's why we need antioxidants
to get rid of these as well to restore a balance and reduce that premature aging and damage that's
gonna potentially cause graying of the hair and the final cause is some chemical hair dyes even
some shampoos and products that you put in hair can increase your risk of getting gray hair for
example a lot of hair dyes and hair bleaches can contain hydrogen peroxide which again we
spoke about earlier which if you're putting on constantly can potentially increase your risk of
getting more gray hair so have a look have a read through your shampoos and everything that you use
and make sure it's containing ingredients that are safe to use within the hair so the next part
of this video is how do we prevent grey hair how do we stop getting gray hairs is there anything
we can do to stop getting gray hair or premature graying off the hair well first of all in terms
of genetics i'm sorry there's nothing else we can do about that if your genetics are like that if
you look at your mum if you look at your dad and you've noticed that actually they're telling you
i started growing when i was 25 then most likely you are going to be like that as well it's going
to be highly likely if the two of them are like that you're going to be like that's also not much
else you can do in terms of stopping the gray hair but we are going to discuss about the preventative
stuff and other things that could potentially stop you from getting gray hairs so please do continue
watching the video as some of them you might be able to relate to so moving on to tip number one
which is all about diet and stress so so far in this video i've been talking a lot about gut biome
and i told you i'm gonna go through it in more detail now okay there haven't been any studies
correlating gut biome with actual gray hair okay we're causing the gray hair but there have
been studies with diet related stuff and eating healthier foods and making sure that we're having
all the correct foods to get all the nutrients and vitamins that we need okay all of these are linked
so just by taking a vitamin supplement doesn't mean that you're going to get all the correct
vitamins either you need to get certain ones from your foods and eating healthy okay one of the
things as well that we can do to make sure that we're absorbing everything correctly is by having
the correct bacteria within our guts the bacteria plays a massive role for various different things
in the body so making sure that our gut biome so the good bacteria is all good and correct
can be one of the most contributing factors and unfortunately as part of the diet that we have
these days in the western world it can result in a really poor gut biome and potentially potentially
been causing dysbiosis where the gut bacteria is all over the place the bad bacteria is kind of
overtaken if you want to think of it like that it's overtaking all the good bacteria which leads
to us not absorbing a lot of essential vitamins and stuff that we need because we need bacteria
to absorb a lot of stuff because it breaks down certain things and a good bacteria does that for
us so they work in symbiosis so they work together with the body so in terms of your diet to help if
you've got biome definitely do some research it's going to be really difficult for me to explain
everything of what you need to do to help with your gut biome but look at having a more healthy
balanced diet one thing for example that doesn't help with the gut biome is a diet very high in
gluten so if you're having loads of things full of gluten okay maybe think about reducing it this
is going to help as well if you're eating out all the time if you're having takeaways you know three
times a week if you're having dirty foods full of hydrogenated fats if you're having processed meat
all of these things have been linked to making your gut bio worse and that means the bad bacteria
increases the good bacteria aren't doing well and it's going to lead to these deficiencies that you
won't even know about so you need to make sure that you're kind of detoxing basically have a
deep thing think about what you're eating and look at look it up research about the gut binding what
you can do to help it what kind of foods to eat what kind of antioxidants to eat example we spoke
about oxidative stress as well what kind of foods to eat the antioxidants as well like for example
pomegranates are great for that as well and they help if you've got biome they're a bit of a
prebiotic as well and there's loads of different things you can do and again stress as well if
you're stressing too much like i said earlier it's gonna cause harmful effects to the biome
as well so you need to look at different things as well that you can do to help with the stress
yoga socializing you know these sort of things that you can just switch off because these lives
that we live these days they are so stressful we have so much going on and all of these things are
linked to the gut ion there's so much research being done now on the gut bacteria and it's links
to different things you know recently stress and anxiety disorders have been linked to it recently
cardiovascular diseases have been linked to it so there's so many new things coming out
it's really really impressive when i've been reading up about these and i just wanted to make
you all aware of it so it's not 100 science that if you do this it's going to stop the gray hair
but there's definitely some links as well there's definitely links at the moment we've got biomes
and alopecia and hair loss and certain things like that as well so all of these could potentially be
linked as well with our diet and making sure that it's correct i'm sorry for what fall down a lot i
hope that's made complete sense to you you will need to do a bit of research as well but i will
try and leave some links and information in the description below as well now moving on
to tip number two tip number two is all about vitamin deficiencies do speak to your healthcare
professional if you think you might be vitamin deficient in the uk for example we recommend that
everyone takes a vitamin d supplement especially during the winter months when there's less sun
because most likely you're going to be vitamin d deficient especially if you're doing jobs
like an office job where you sat inside all day you hardly see the sun when you when you wake up
it's dark when you come home it's dark especially here in the uk that's how it is during the winter
months especially you're not getting much sun you're not getting that vitamin d so vitamin d
can be essential as well that's one of the main beta vitamins that we promote here in the uk but
in different countries it might be different but one of the most important things is don't just go
out and buy a load of vitamins without speaking to your health care professional first speak to your
healthcare professional they might do some blood tests for you as well to see if you're actually
deficient in any of them remember as well it links to the gut bio if you've got biome is
working correctly you will most likely get all the vitamins as well because i did explain it a little
earlier for you as well tip number three to stop gray hair to stop that premature in gray hair
okay with tip number three it's all about smoking you need to quit okay it's as simple as that like
we said two and a half times more likely to get premature grain so if you do smoke quit if you
really want to stop the gray hair and potentially reduce it you need to quit smoking and not only is
it going to help the gray hair it's going to help with cardiovascular disease it's going to help
with the various different cancers that it causes it's going to help with the poor skin the aging
it's going to help with that stink that everyone gets when they smoke so please
quit smoking it's probably going to be one of the best things you will ever not probably will be the
best thing you ever do in your life if you do quit if you do smoke so in terms of how to quit smoking
i do have a video on that topic which i'll leave a link to up here and in the description below
please watch it if you want more information on if you're a smoker of course and tip number four make
sure you do your own research as well look there's lots of things out there when you google it
for great hair remedies and i don't know slap an egg on your head or pour some turmeric on it
there's so many outrageous things out there by the way i'm not telling you to do any of them
okay that can potentially stop gray hair but just do your research okay don't just go for
whatever you read anywhere that anyone's telling you you need to look at the research as well so
have a look on scientific websites i'll actually link a journal website that i like to use in the
description below for you that you know if you're ever wondering if you want to read about sort of
site if you want to read through scientific journals about certain things that you might
have read online search it up on the journal website or even actually just use google scholar
google scholar is really good for that sort of stuff so i won't need to link it actually just
search google scholar on google and it can do a big search for these topics and look at scientific
papers but most importantly when you're looking at these papers look at it like a scientist don't
just think oh actually oh it says yeah it works in the abstract but look at how it was done how was
it performed you know how many participants did they have in it who funded it most importantly
if i'm a company creating this drink for example that is going to stop grey hair and i'm funding
this research to be done on two people and we're telling you that yeah it works great
then think about it like is it actually a real research or is it just being funded by a company
to try and get this message out so really do your due diligence so it looks like we're coming to
the end of the video like i said earlier if you found any of this information helpful in this
video which i really hope you have please do click that like button i'd really appreciate it and also
it's going to help the video grow it's going to make it more popular for other people to see
and it's going to help more people potentially well hopefully okay because i know a lot of people
will be searching how to stop gray hair you know how to prevent gray hair what causes gray hair so
so this video will be telling them everything they need to know about it and i really hope you found
this information helpful like i always say at the end of every single video always remember you're
awesome and i will see you next week hey guys thanks for watching this week's video make sure
to click that like follow or subscribe button now to stay up to date with new weekly videos