1 Place 2 teaspoons of spice mixture in the center of a 4 inch square of cheesecloth or muslin; bring corners together and tie with string to make a bag. 2  Tie 3 cinnamon sticks to each bag; repeat with remaining spice mixture. 3  Directions for use: Place 1 bag in 1 quart apple cider, cranberry juice or red wine.
4. Lentils. Lentils are full of vitamin B-9, also known as folic acid. Like B-12, a deficiency in vitamin B- 9 can lead to prematurely grey hair because it is an important component of methionine. Methionine, an amino acid, blocks natural damage to the hair cells that can lead to a loss of hair color.
Drinking too much tea, coffee, smoking and alcohol consumption results in grey hair. Reasons of hair graying are excessive intake of tea, coffee and alcohol, of fried and oily foods, spices and sour and acidic foods. Genes play a large role in graying, and there's wide variation among ethnic groups.