GREY hair can be a result of a copper deficiency but it's not the primary cause.
GREY hair occurs when your hair follicles stop producing melanin which is the pigment that gives your hair it's color.
Copper is essential for melanin production so it can lead to GREY hair but other things such as vitamin deficiencies in B12, aging and genetics can also lead to GREY hair.
Also Tyrosinase helps to convert the amino acid tyrosine into melanin and without adequate copper in the body, the enzyme's activity is also impaired, which causes reduced melanin production and in turn causes grey hair or white hair to develop.
The neurological symptoms of a copper deficiency are myelopathy, "spinal cord damage", peripheral neuropathy, "nerve damage in your extremities", and optic neuropathy which is damage to your optic nerve.
ANd other symptoms of a copper deficiency are ataxic gait, "loss of coordination", spasticity, "muscle stiffness", and sensory ataxia, "loss of sensation and coordination.
And in some cases you may experience cognitive impairment, irritability and confusion with a copper deficiency.
The mental symptoms of copper deficiency are mild depression, irritability, confusion, muscle weakness and impaired coordination.
More severe copper deficiencies such as Menkes syndrome can also lead to intellectual disability.
And even some studies have also explored a connection between depression and copper levels.
Copper is essential for the body and it's proper nerve function and being deficient in copper can also affect the signals which control the body's movement and cause a loss of coordination and unsteadiness.
A deficiency of copper can also cause muscle weakness, which can also be related to impaired nerve function.
And some people that have a copper deficiency can experience mental symptoms such as irritability, mild depression and confusion.
Menke's syndrome is a genetic disorder which causes copper deficiency and can result in severe neurological issues and intellectual disability.
You can increase your copper level in the body by taking copper supplements of at least 2 mg per day.
A copper deficiency also known as hypocupremia is when your body does not have enough copper to meet it's needs.
Being low in copper can also cause fatigue, anemia and neurological problems.
Healthy people can develop a copper deficiency due to poor dietary intake, malabsorption and other medical conditions.