A New Member of the Dark Roots Club

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:15 pm

I just recently noticed that I have a lot of dark hair growing where it was totally gray/white before. Pretty amazing. I started going gray at 21 and always suspected some kind of "nutritional something" was going on. My paternal grandmother was totally gray as long as I knew her (okay she turned it blue for the most part). My deceased mother, who I just learned from my sister had some variation of colitis had thinning/gray hair for a number of years. Her mother was a missionary who spent a good portion of her life in third world countries and had pretty dark hair up until her death at 90+. So is it a logical assumption that because my gluten readings were extremely high (510) I've probably not been absorbing food properly for a long time and that probably contributed to my hair color? Maternal Grandma probably didn't eat too much gluten. I know Paternal Grandma ate a lot of gluten, she was a terrific baker/cook. Maybe premature gray hair could indicate an early problem?

Post by **tex** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:40 pm

Hi Deb,

I tend to agree with you. A high IgA antibody level typically indicates long-term untreated gluten-sensitivity. My hair was dark up until about my mid 50s, and when it started turning grey, it turned in a hurry. A few years later, my GI symptoms started.

Tex

sarkin · Post by **sarkin** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:35 am

Deb,

I've been graying for years, and my hair has darkened, too. I wonder whether there's not a combination of nutrient malabsorption, and maybe some autoimmune process, involved in premature graying. I see women younger than me with much more gray hair, and wonder about what health dilemmas they may face one day, that could be brewing already.

Congratulations - you must have improved your health in ways that are far more important, though less visible in the mirror!

dgshelton · Post by **dgshelton** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:20 am

Very interesting...I found a gray hair in my daughter's head when she was 8 years old! She is 24 now and colors her hair regularly because of graying. Her dad also went gray very early. He was salt and pepper when we married and he was only 20. He has also had some very strange skin conditions over the years. I hope for her sake she didn't get a double whammy, but I'm afraid that is wishful thinking on my part.

Hmmmm, more ammunition to persuade her to be tested.

Hugs,