As we age, the functions of the human body will gradually deteriorate, and gray hair will gradually grow. In today's society, young men are all white-haired, so they feel particularly old.
In order to delay gray hair, many people choose to dye hair to change the color of their hair, and the dyeing accumulated over the years is bound to cause certain damage to our scalp.
Why do some people develop gray hair at a young age?
1. Excessive stress
When you are young, your hair turns gray, and you are likely to stay up late on weekdays. Some people are overstressed, their health is impaired when they stay up late, changes in endocrine levels may damage hair health, and excessive stress may cause autonomic dysfunction. These adverse conditions affect for a long time, and people's hair is prone to graying.
2. Long-term malnutrition
Young people may also have gray hair due to malnutrition, if they are picky eaters, they do not consume enough protein and trace elements. In particular, there will be fewer melanocytes for trace elements such as copper, iron, and cobalt.
In this case, you must adjust your diet in time and eat more foods that can be black and black. Such as black sesame, black beans, black dates, black rice, etc.
3. Genetic factors
Genetic factors of gray hair play a very important role, congenital gray hair often has a family history, with localized gray hair is more common, and the anterior hairline is more common.
Some children and adolescents have gray hair, called juvenile white. In addition to the increase in gray hair, juvenile gray does not affect physical health.
4. Disease drug factors
Various diseases and taking drugs can also cause graying of hair, such as decreased pituitary gland function, endocrine disorders such as hyperthyroidism, and wasting diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and pernicious anemia. Autonomic dysfunction and other diseases that have been found to be related to the change of hair from black to white.
Try not to dye long white hair, eat more of these 5 types of food every day, or make white hair less
1. Black rice
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "black into the kidney" is like our common black rice, which belongs to cereals, and coarse grains contain more dietary fiber. Eating some black rice regularly can accelerate the digestion and decomposition of food, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and achieve the effect of detoxification.
If you have gray hair, eating some black rice appropriately can improve to a certain extent, because black rice is rich in nutrients. Regular eating can help the body supplement nutrients, and can also play a certain role in alleviating the gray hair problem.
2. Goji berries
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that goji berries are sweet and warm, and have the effect of nourishing the kidneys and yin, nourishing the liver and eyesight, and invigorating qi. It is suitable for kidney deficiency, waist and knee soreness, dizziness and other symptoms.
Because hair growth is closely related to kidney health and blood circulation, goji berries have a good effect on tonifying the kidney and activating blood. Goji berries are also one of the best foods to prevent hair loss and promote hair growth.
3. Black sesame seeds
Black sesame seeds are a very familiar food, which is very nutritious and contains a variety of vitamins and minerals.
In Chinese medicine, black into the kidney, eat some black sesame seeds appropriately, have a good nourishing effect on the kidney, can provide enough nutrients for hair growth.
In addition, certain substances in black sesame seeds can also promote the formation of melanin. Therefore, people with more white hair can eat a little black sesame seeds every day and stick to it for a while, which may improve the problem of graying hair.
4. Hericium erinaceus
I wonder if you've ever eaten lion's mane? Its nutritional value is still high, especially the protein content is about twice that of shiitake mushrooms. Hericium erinaceus contains 8 kinds of amino acids, volatile oils, polysaccharides and other substances needed by the human body.
And it is also very good for the treatment of gray hair, if the gray hair increases, it may be because of the lack of this nutrient in the body, usually you may wish to eat more.
5. Vitamin supplementation
People should take in sufficient nutrients every day to maintain normal physiological activities, vitamins are essential, and vitamins are needed to secrete melanin.
If you want to maintain black and bright hair, you need a lot of vitamin B family, which requires eating more fruits and vegetables.
Sufficient vitamins can make hair black and shiny, maintain hair quality and other effects. Vitamin B can be strengthened, darken hair and prevent the appearance of gray hair.
How to maintain healthy hair? It is recommended to learn these tips
1. Avoid using hot tools
Using hot tools such as hair dryers, curling irons, and perm sticks can cause damage to the hair. Therefore, these thermal tools should be avoided or used less frequently.
If needed, a low-temperature, low-power hair dryer should be used, avoiding concentrating heat in the same place, but blowing it evenly on the hair.
2. Eat lightly
Eat less spicy and greasy foods, which will aggravate oil secretion and are not conducive to hair growth. Personally, I think that vegetables and fruits and high-protein lean meat, eggs, milk, etc. can be eaten more, and occasionally you can eat some whole grains to supplement trace elements and dietary fiber.
3. Choose the shampoo that suits you
To choose a mild shampoo, do not choose a shampoo that contains irritating ingredients such as alcohol, sulfates, etc. These ingredients can damage the fibers of the hair, resulting in dry, brittle and breakable hair.
At the same time, the pH of the shampoo should also be moderate, in general, acidic shampoos are more beneficial for hair, while alkaline shampoos can damage hair.
4. Use warm water without cold water
Washing hair is to clean the scalp of dirt, harmful fungi and bacteria, the water temperature is too high is easy to burn the scalp, the water temperature is too low is not conducive to cleaning.
It is more appropriate to use water temperature around 40°C slightly above body temperature when washing hair, slightly cooler water in summer and slightly warmer water in winter. In this way, the scalp can be kept clean and the scalp environment can be balanced.
5. Increase exercise
Hair growth requires the delivery of blood through microcirculation to provide nutrients while transporting metabolic waste. Therefore, the body's blood circulation ability and microcirculation state will directly affect hair growth.
Extended reading: Is growing gray hair old?
Usually in old age, gray hair will start to gray from the sideburns, then slowly extend to the top of the head, and after a few years, the beard will also turn gray.
But there is a word called juvenile whitehead, which means that he is young but white, and when he sees this situation, many people will think that he is sick, aging fast, or simply dyed. In fact, the lack of whiteheads may be related to some factors.
Conclusion: The reason why many people grow gray hair when they are young is related to the lack of certain nutrients in their bodies, and we can properly eat some foods that are beneficial to nourish our hair in our lives. This can alleviate the gray hair phenomenon to a certain extent, promote the growth of black hair, and make us younger.
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