“Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age,” said Dr Samuel. “Our findings suggest that, irrespective of chronological age, hair greying indicates biological age and could be a warning sign of increased cardiovascular risk.”
Sigh...another fake copycat news site created in 2017. Flagged
for example: “Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age,” said Dr Samuel. “
"Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age"
... if you eat an unhealthy diet of fatty animal products and consume animal protein. Arterial blockage is literally reversed on a whole foods, plant based vegan diet.
Well, that's not great news for me, if true. On the other hand, men in my family, on both sides, pretty much exclusively die of heart disease, so I figured that was how I was going to go eventually.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm in decent shape and exercise regularly and eat a reasonable diet. I'm not saying I have active heart disease right now. My family does not die young of heart disease, just that's the eventual killer, most of the time.
There are athletes that die from heart disease every day. Exercise can help but doesn't reverse it and only slows it down. Also if you are eating a standard western diet with any meat even white meat, cheese, milk, or oil even olive oil you have the early stages of heart disease. They have seen plaque buildup in children as young as age 3.
The sad part about heart disease is there is a cure that works 100% of the time but because it involves changing how you eat and not taking some magic pill very few hear about it. Changing to a no oil whole plant-based diet has been scientifically proven to reverse heart disease. Read or google Dr Esselstyn. It might save your life one day.
I think they controlled for age, based on the language of the article, but didn't make that very clear. I would however reserve judgement until we actually see the published data.
If they controlled for age, and found that men of equal age with more grey hair than others have a higher risk, then it could be a good and reasonable screening tool.
That being said, I think that we have more sensitive screening tools available at an even earlier age that makes me feel like this isn't all that helpful. It's pretty obvious that certain things put you at higher risk for CAD, and by avoiding those risk factors you lower your risk.
“Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age,” said Dr Samuel. “Our findings suggest that, irrespective of chronological age, hair greying indicates biological age and could be a warning sign of increased cardiovascular risk.”