In rats, if they drink less of the kind of milk that doesn’t have many vitamins, their fur might turn gray — it’s like their body isn’t getting enough good stuff, and that could show up as gray hair.

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Non-Identity of Gray Hair Produced by Mineral Deficiency and Vitamin Deficiency

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The study found that when rats drink less of a low-vitamin milk, their fur turns gray — and when they get more vitamins, it turns black again. This matches the claim that less vitamin-poor milk causes gray hair.

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Non-Identity of Gray Hair Produced by Mineral Deficiency and Vitamin Deficiency

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DOI: 10.3181/00379727-44-11458P

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