Thinning hair after 60 may not be an aging problem — a doctor says it may be a gut problem, and a 2-dollar-a-week drink may help

by Adrienne Erin

The gut connection nobody told you about — and a $2-a-week fix that works from the inside out.

Every morning the drain tells the story before you do. You reach for the shampoo, run your fingers through your hair, and a moment later you’re looking at your palm — more than yesterday, more than last month. You tell yourself it’s the water, the stress, just getting older. Then you catch yourself in a certain light and you see it. The part is wider. The temples are different. The volume that used to be there simply isn’t.

You’ve tried the thickening shampoos. The biotin supplements. The scalp serums that cost more than a decent dinner. You’ve changed your pillowcase and stopped heat styling. You’ve done everything the articles told you to do. And your hair keeps thinning.

Here is what no one has told you yet. What you’re wat