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The anti gray hair vitamin

Imagine if there existed an anti-gray hair vitamin?  Well, it does exist!  The substance is called para-aminobenzoic acid, or PABA as it is most often referred.  Clinical studies have shown that animals whose diets lacked this vitamin developed gray hair.  Also, the gray hair actually returned to its natural color once the vitamin was added back into their diets. 

Other studies conducted on humans found that when each meal was supplemented with 200 mg of the vitamin PABA, seventy percent of the gray hair returned to its original color.  Moreover, additional research on the vitamin found that PABA, combined with Folic Acid, reversed gray hair as well. 

Other B vitamins whose deficiencies have been shown to result in gray hair are Biotin, Folic Acid, and Pantothenic Acid.  Foods rich in these vitamins, such as kidney, whole grains, yeast, and particularly liver, will aid in reversing gray hair. 

Granted, not all gray hair can be attributed to a B vitamin deficiency, as there are several factors involved in the hair turning gray.  However, in the few cases in which vitamins did not restore the gray hair back to its original color, the B vitamin supplementation did aid in improving the quality and strength of the hair growth, albeit gray hair growth. 

For a more preventative approach, Biotin (also called “vitamin H”) supplementation is an effective way to keep hair from turning gray.  In addition to this, it can prevent baldness.  Foods that contain biotin are cooked egg whites, liver, milk, yeast, and kidney.