Posted on 01/20/2009 5:13:56 AM PST by Loyalist
TORONTO - Barack Obama appears to come by his nickname honestly.
Despite stepping into the U.S. presidency at perhaps the most difficult juncture in decades, No Drama Obama seems as unruffled - and as youthful - now as he did nearly two years ago when he announced he was seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Except, that is, for the small matter of his hair.
Since last summer, Obama's once jet-black hair has gone grey at a startling clip.
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I guess the stress of avoiding tough questions and being adored by massive, worshipful crowds can wear a man down. Poor guy /HEAVY sarc
Or perhaps this is merely more evidence of a style-over-substance administration: they’re purposely greying his hair to give the impression that he’s working hard.
Very Clintonesque. How long before he dons reading glasses, ala Slick Willy?
My wife had some gray but after chemo she now has all brown hair. Maybe they ought to find out what exactly caused that and market it.
Naw, it is Gillette’s new “dial some gravitas” hair color for men.
Hair dressers magic. He needed o look a little older to assume this lofty job.
“I suppose the stress of deciding which puppy to purchase was too much for him.”
Good one.
Yeah his hair did go gray really fast. Kind of reminds me of the black chick in Omega Man. Near the end of the movie, she went shopping in the daylight, and by nighttime her hair went from black to white as the zombie virus overcame her immune system.
I think he has narrowed it down to a choice between a bluetick and a redbone.
If that clowns hair turns gray, it’s not from stress. He hates the US and couldn’t care less what happens to it or it’s people.
Bingo!!
Dontyaknow that the risen Christ had His hair described as white and woolly? It’s just a natural progression toward messiah-hood. /sarc
Probably. But so can make-up, especially when an young actor is being made to look "mature."
Thanks for making sure we all noticed, Yahoo!
LOL...that has to be the toughest decision he's ever made.
Yeah, he was courting the MTV crowd, needed to be grey-free!
Zinc is extremely important - it plays a role in immune function, muscle gain and retention, male sexual health, clotting, healing functions, etc - it is a critical enzyme cofactor, and also plays a role in cell signaling. A deficiency can manifest itself in so many different ways that diagnosis is often not reached until a wide collection of symptoms develops. Premature graying is one such symptom (but obviously there are numerous other potential causes). Another is hair loss.
Zinc can be the limiting factor in the production of testosterone in your body (and the inhibition of aromatase from converting testosterone into estrogen) - it may be the case that problems associated with low serum testosterone levels can be solved with zinc supplementation. Directly related to testosterone production, zinc is used in the production of luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormones as well.
I take 20 mg per day of zinc monomethionine (high bioavailability - when supplementing, you have to exceed the RDI for most trace minerals because the bioavailability of the naked compounds is much lower compared to the bioavailability of the compounds when contained in foods) PLUS 300 micrograms of copper (reason being that you need to maintain a proper ratio of zinc to copper, or risk developing or exacerbating a host of neurological problems, for starters). Stopped my hairloss in its tracks.
a friend was working at a restaurant that was held up by men with machine guns, the next day his hair had turned grey
Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon when the boss explains why a person got promoted, “He has executive hair; we think it will turn silver.”
I think he was dying it, then let it go. To make a statement that, first, he was young and cool, and second, that he was mature enough to be elected.
Just a thot. Those east coast elites are big on the botox, facials and so forth.
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