I look at pictures of my father when he was young and he was stick thin. All of a sudden at a certain age he says his gut gets tremendous as an elephant in breakneed speed. Accordint to him, he didn't start eating differently or exercising less or anything.
Coincidently (not) during this same period he flew off the norwood charts to a full NW7.
Now I've always been extremely thin myself (you know where this is going). About a year ago I noticed my gut began expanding like a baloon with wild abandon (like my father). During this exact time my hairloss accelerated at the speed of light. I also began to having to urinate 500 times a day (something common to my father as well).
So I thought about all of this and began to look at picture of Norwood 7s online and ones I passed on the street (people who had avanced past standard NW6 of a decently young age). EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS A HUGE GUT. I'm sure it's not 100% by any means, but I've yet to pass a NW7 who wasn't huge in the gut.
So what's the connection here? I've heard that CORTISOL causes visceral fat (fat in that area). Is CORTISOL related to hairloss. Should we be treating to reduce cortisol. There is a hormonal link here. Does DHT also cause visceral fat perhaps?
Cortisol is made by the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands also produce androgens such as DHT. Is it possible people with aggressive male pattern baldness have over active or 'over firing' adrenal glands that excrete excess CORTISOL AND ANDROGENS when stressed (adrenals are the stress glands). Me and my father..both super high stress..
There seems to be a process that goes on where you get fat in the gut, lose muscle tone, and go bald at the same time. These all seem to be signs of aging as your body winds down. Cortisol is sometimes known as the death hormone. However, this seems to be happening younger and younger.
Is it possible being overstressed causes your body to signal the aging deteroriation process (via adrenal glands) at a sooner time. Should we slow down cortisol?
anyone have any answers.
Coincidently (not) during this same period he flew off the norwood charts to a full NW7.
Now I've always been extremely thin myself (you know where this is going). About a year ago I noticed my gut began expanding like a baloon with wild abandon (like my father). During this exact time my hairloss accelerated at the speed of light. I also began to having to urinate 500 times a day (something common to my father as well).
So I thought about all of this and began to look at picture of Norwood 7s online and ones I passed on the street (people who had avanced past standard NW6 of a decently young age). EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS A HUGE GUT. I'm sure it's not 100% by any means, but I've yet to pass a NW7 who wasn't huge in the gut.
So what's the connection here? I've heard that CORTISOL causes visceral fat (fat in that area). Is CORTISOL related to hairloss. Should we be treating to reduce cortisol. There is a hormonal link here. Does DHT also cause visceral fat perhaps?
Cortisol is made by the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands also produce androgens such as DHT. Is it possible people with aggressive male pattern baldness have over active or 'over firing' adrenal glands that excrete excess CORTISOL AND ANDROGENS when stressed (adrenals are the stress glands). Me and my father..both super high stress..
There seems to be a process that goes on where you get fat in the gut, lose muscle tone, and go bald at the same time. These all seem to be signs of aging as your body winds down. Cortisol is sometimes known as the death hormone. However, this seems to be happening younger and younger.
Is it possible being overstressed causes your body to signal the aging deteroriation process (via adrenal glands) at a sooner time. Should we slow down cortisol?
anyone have any answers.
