I've come to the realization that sugar consumption is the problem with regards to hair loss. Not DHT nor lack of animal fats / proteins / whatever.
The reason men and women are balding earlier and earlier isn't just a missed past trend. It's a real thing. I'll explain why I see sugar as the culprit in all of this.
As you all well know the consumption of sugar in the modern world has exploded. With tens of millions of cases in many major countries not just Western. In refined sugars and grains the typical modern diet is loaded with huge amounts of sugar. Enough so that diabetes type 2 has skyrocketed in the modern population. Obesity has, too. It is Academic to suggest that in most of the male population 16-50, blood sugar is far higher than it should be. During this time baldness and metabolic syndrome have grown hand in hand.
What we know of hyperglycemia ( high blood sugar ) is that it does damage the blood vessels by constricting blood flow and depriving vessels of nutrients. However, this isn't all. Think of the bloodstream as a two lane highway where blood is carrying nutrients to cells and also carrying toxins and excess hormones out of cells to be flushed from the system. One important destination is to your liver where excess hormones are broken down. If high blood sugar blocks nutrients from reaching blood vessels it also blocks toxins and excess hormones from being carried out. It effectively narrows the highway until the highway goes out of service.
How it relates to hormones and particularly DHT:
When we hit puberty as boys DHT production ramps up. It produces body hair and other features such as a receding hairline in some of us. Yes, some of us have a genetic disposition to DHT that causes us to thin at the top. However this should only happen much later in life. Even if hormones produce in excess a healthy bloodstream, liver and kidney system will manage just fine. Such a system will remove the burden of excess hormones before they do damage.
Unless of course this process is impaired by hyperglycemia. Even a healthy boy with a high sugar diet will fall prey here. You don't necessarily have to have diabetes for excess hormones to damage your system. Those excess hormones just need a reasonably big window of time to do damage. This is easier to accomplish the older you are as your body just becomes less capable of taking out the trash. To the extent that DHT can remain consistent or lower but you still bald.
I think the scalp itch is a canary in the coal mine of an impending problem. Redness is worse. Basically any scalp inflammation is telling you that excess toxins are present in the cells.
Two experiments to try here. Ramp up your testosterone and sugar intake by consuming a large quantity of refined sugars and masturbate frequently 3-4 times a day. You will notice the next day you will feel terrible. Over time, maybe less than a week you will notice your hair is in worse shape if you are sensitive to the presence of DHT. The easiest way to tell your body isn't dealing with the toxins is to sleep 8-12 hours and then see how you feel the next day waking up. If you feel like you haven't slept at all your toxins are out of control.
The second experiment is much harder. Eliminate all refined grains and refined sugars for a year. Drink only water. I refer to my mostly green strategy. It isn't the best diet in the world but we're just doing it to test something. Think of what we ate in the wild. Meat, nuts, berries and greens. No bread! No pasta! You can do it! Over time you should notice several things.
One: Much clearer skin / eyes.
Two: More energy when you wake up.
Three: No scalp itch.
Four: No scalp redness. In fact no skin redness in general.
Five: No hard crashes during the day.
Six: Clearer mind. No brain fog.
I think my biggest revelation came six months into the second experiment. When I saw that my hair loss hadn't progressed at all and my head felt a bit thicker on top. Hard to describe but the hair felt thicker / healthier and more resistant to my stroking it.
Little on me: I started going bald when I was 17. I am now in my 40s and am still waging the war on balding but it's become evident to me that my war is being waged on sugar. Like most westerners my diet was loaded with sugar as a kid and I think this was the reason my balding was so fast around the temples.
Disclaimer: I am not saying sugar directly causes balding. Just that sugar creates the conditions for us to bald faster. Men who do not have the same vulnerable follicles will have the irritation but not the hair loss. Women who have the same sugar-laden diet, vulnerable follicles and a higher than usual testosterone production will also bald.
It's also worth nothing that other things impair your bloodstream. Such as smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol.
Thanks for reading!
The reason men and women are balding earlier and earlier isn't just a missed past trend. It's a real thing. I'll explain why I see sugar as the culprit in all of this.
As you all well know the consumption of sugar in the modern world has exploded. With tens of millions of cases in many major countries not just Western. In refined sugars and grains the typical modern diet is loaded with huge amounts of sugar. Enough so that diabetes type 2 has skyrocketed in the modern population. Obesity has, too. It is Academic to suggest that in most of the male population 16-50, blood sugar is far higher than it should be. During this time baldness and metabolic syndrome have grown hand in hand.
What we know of hyperglycemia ( high blood sugar ) is that it does damage the blood vessels by constricting blood flow and depriving vessels of nutrients. However, this isn't all. Think of the bloodstream as a two lane highway where blood is carrying nutrients to cells and also carrying toxins and excess hormones out of cells to be flushed from the system. One important destination is to your liver where excess hormones are broken down. If high blood sugar blocks nutrients from reaching blood vessels it also blocks toxins and excess hormones from being carried out. It effectively narrows the highway until the highway goes out of service.
How it relates to hormones and particularly DHT:
When we hit puberty as boys DHT production ramps up. It produces body hair and other features such as a receding hairline in some of us. Yes, some of us have a genetic disposition to DHT that causes us to thin at the top. However this should only happen much later in life. Even if hormones produce in excess a healthy bloodstream, liver and kidney system will manage just fine. Such a system will remove the burden of excess hormones before they do damage.
Unless of course this process is impaired by hyperglycemia. Even a healthy boy with a high sugar diet will fall prey here. You don't necessarily have to have diabetes for excess hormones to damage your system. Those excess hormones just need a reasonably big window of time to do damage. This is easier to accomplish the older you are as your body just becomes less capable of taking out the trash. To the extent that DHT can remain consistent or lower but you still bald.
I think the scalp itch is a canary in the coal mine of an impending problem. Redness is worse. Basically any scalp inflammation is telling you that excess toxins are present in the cells.
Two experiments to try here. Ramp up your testosterone and sugar intake by consuming a large quantity of refined sugars and masturbate frequently 3-4 times a day. You will notice the next day you will feel terrible. Over time, maybe less than a week you will notice your hair is in worse shape if you are sensitive to the presence of DHT. The easiest way to tell your body isn't dealing with the toxins is to sleep 8-12 hours and then see how you feel the next day waking up. If you feel like you haven't slept at all your toxins are out of control.
The second experiment is much harder. Eliminate all refined grains and refined sugars for a year. Drink only water. I refer to my mostly green strategy. It isn't the best diet in the world but we're just doing it to test something. Think of what we ate in the wild. Meat, nuts, berries and greens. No bread! No pasta! You can do it! Over time you should notice several things.
One: Much clearer skin / eyes.
Two: More energy when you wake up.
Three: No scalp itch.
Four: No scalp redness. In fact no skin redness in general.
Five: No hard crashes during the day.
Six: Clearer mind. No brain fog.
I think my biggest revelation came six months into the second experiment. When I saw that my hair loss hadn't progressed at all and my head felt a bit thicker on top. Hard to describe but the hair felt thicker / healthier and more resistant to my stroking it.
Little on me: I started going bald when I was 17. I am now in my 40s and am still waging the war on balding but it's become evident to me that my war is being waged on sugar. Like most westerners my diet was loaded with sugar as a kid and I think this was the reason my balding was so fast around the temples.
Disclaimer: I am not saying sugar directly causes balding. Just that sugar creates the conditions for us to bald faster. Men who do not have the same vulnerable follicles will have the irritation but not the hair loss. Women who have the same sugar-laden diet, vulnerable follicles and a higher than usual testosterone production will also bald.
It's also worth nothing that other things impair your bloodstream. Such as smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol.
Thanks for reading!
