coeliac disease and hairloss, preventative?

[powersam]

recently attended something of a family reunion for my fathers immediate family and noticed something very interesting. My father has 5 brothers 4 of whom are similar to him in that they are all fat in the midsection and have lost most of their hair. One brother however is rake thin and has all his hair still. It turns out he has coeliac disease , a condition in which wheat kills the bacteria in your stomach and prevents adequate digestion from taking place. My grandmother has type2 diabetes and its reasonably certain most of my uncles have insulin resistance. coeliac disease would be the perfect protection against insulin resistance as you could never over feed yourself. in my head this at the very least adds some weight to the argument that heightened insulin levels cause or aggravate hairloss.

 

[chewbaca]

I am rake thin 50Kg at 24 years old, dont suffer from Diabetes and eat a lot of sugar and soy...I am asian and rice is my main diet..suffer from male pattern baldness, what are the implications.

 

[powersam]

the big assumption people seem to make here is that there is only one cause of hairloss and write off perfectly logical and supportable theories because their personal situation doesnt fully support it.

truth be told there have to be many and varied causes of hairloss. the insulin-hairloss link is a much discussed and i believe scientifically backed theory. the observational evidence i put forth seemed to further this theory.

oh by the way, being rake thin and eating a lot of sugar doesnt mean you wont have insulin resistance. it has many varied symptoms two of which are inability to put on weight and craving for sugar/ simple carbs etc. insulin resistance is not type 2 diabetes though it is very similar. think of it as the precursor before your body totally gives up the fight. i'm also a thin person, had insulin resistance test and found i had quite high resistance to it.

 

[Aviator]

Coeliac disease (also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy or coeliac sprue) is a condition of the small intestine. Gluten, a substance found in wheat, barley and rye, reacts with the small bowel, causing damage by activating the immune system to attack the delicate lining of the bowel, which is responsible for absorbing nutrients and vitamins.

BOTH me and my dad have this disease and even though we eat healthy we´re both losing hair. In fact my dad has three brothers who all have a full head of hair and my dad who suffers from coeliac disease is the only one losing hair.

 

[Norwood2.5]

i'm also a thin person, had insulin resistance test and found i had quite high resistance to it.

This insulin resistance test, what does it consist of? Blood analysis?

 

[powersam]

if you have coeliac and avoid the irritant foods , then your body absorbs nutrients as normal. the only way the disease comes into play is if you do not avoid the foods you should avoid. my uncle does not avoid these foods and therefore his body is in a semi permanent state of malnutrition. this would mean his insulin levels would never ever reach anything close to even normal levels.

so maybe if you want to stop losing your hair , get back on the wheat etc and let your body starve itself

 

[Fallout Boy]

no its genetic

 

[powersam]

of course hairloss is to some extent caused by a genetic pre-disposition. i'm just saying that its more than possible that this genetic condition causing (aggravating , etc) hairloss could be insulin resistance. you just saying "its genetic" means absolutely nothing at all. its not like simply have a little chromosome saying "hair must fall out" , its more like something in your genetic makeup causes a condition whereby the baldness is a symptom.

 

[chewbaca]

of course hairloss is to some extent caused by a genetic pre-disposition. i'm just saying that its more than possible that this genetic condition causing (aggravating , etc) hairloss could be insulin resistance. you just saying "its genetic" means absolutely nothing at all. its not like simply have a little chromosome saying "hair must fall out" , its more like something in your genetic makeup causes a condition whereby the baldness is a symptom.

Well did u know that balding is in iherited from your mother only...and there are other sets of genes in conjunction with the baldness gene which determine the severity and onset ect of hair loss...maybe its this other sets of genes which insulin restance comes from......so i think its rather complicated if this is the case..u cant attribute insulin resistance only as the sole factor for hair loss........take a look at my post

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/discussions ... hp?t=15615

 

[JayB]

well i have a friend who has celiac disease, hes not rake thin, hes actually a big guy about 190.. and he has very very thick hair...

i also have a friend whose father has diabetes and at 57 has all of his hair.

 

[powersam]

chewbacca- sorry dude but you can inherit 'male pattern baldness' from either side of your family, the whole mothers side only thing is an old wives tale with no real scientific basis. also i did not say nor do i believe that insulin resistance is the sole cause of hairloss.


BUT.. http://www.mercola.com/2000/oct/22/baldness_insulin.htm