229. Is hair loss reversible?

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Paul Saladino, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s podcast, Paul addresses the link between hair loss and nutrient deficiencies. He touches on different kinds of hair loss such as male patterned hair loss, female patterned hair loss, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium, and highlights some of the problems with the mainstream treatment methods for these conditions.

00:06:50 Anecdotes on hair regrowth

00:11:40 Different types of hair loss

00:16:00 Nutrient deficiencies that may lead to hair loss

00:39:20 Thoughts on biotin

00:43:10 Concerns with mainstream hair loss therapy

00:47:10 Testosterone lowering foods to avoid

References:

The Nutrition Source, Zinc: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/zinc/

A Cross-sectional Study of Plasma Trace Elements and Vitamins Content in Androgenetic Alopecia in Men: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33151470/

Plasma Zinc Levels in Males with Androgenetic Alopecia as Possible Predictors of the Subsequent Conservative Therapy’s Effectiveness: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277952/

The Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Hair Loss: A Review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30547302/

The Effect of a Food Supplement and a Hair Lotion on the Progression of Androgenetic Alopecia: https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=96669

Efficacy and tolerability of an oral supplement containing amino acids, iron, selenium, and marine hydrolyzed collagen in subjects with hair loss (androgenetic alopecia, AGA or FAGA or telogen effluvium). A prospective, randomized, 3-month, controlled, assessor-blinded study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37357646/

Protective effects of taurine on human hair follicle grown in vitro: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18489269/

Management of hair loss in women: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8435917/

The Therapeutic Effect and the Changed Serum Zinc Level after Zinc Supplementation in Alopecia Areata Patients Who Had a Low Serum Zinc Level: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861201/

Post-finasteride syndrome: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7253896/

Pilot study of dietary fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation in men with prostate cancer before surgery: exploring the effects on hormonal levels, prostate-specific antigen, and histopathologic features: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11445478/

Isoflavone-rich soy protein isolate suppresses androgen receptor expression without altering estrogen receptor-beta expression or serum hormonal profiles in men at high risk of prostate cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17585029/

Modulation of AKR1C2 by curcumin decreases testosterone production in prostate cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891173/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	the nutrients found predominantly in bioavailable forms and animal foods, help with hair
0:04.9	regrowth, hair maintenance, hair health, and you don't get that on a vegan diet.
0:09.9	On this week's podcast, I am talking about hair loss.
0:13.6	And specifically, I wanted to talk about different types of hair loss and compelling evidence
0:17.9	that nutrient deficiencies are more often than not connected here.
0:22.3	When I go online and I search hair loss with pen or mayo or Harvard or any illustrious
0:29.4	medical university institution, I never see any of them telling people that nutrient deficiencies
0:34.7	could be connected here.
0:35.7	So I wanted to get this information out there.
0:37.6	So there are many nutrient deficiencies that are reproducibly consistently seen in people
0:41.0	with male pattern hair loss, female pattern hair loss, alopecia ariata, and tealigen afluvia.
0:46.2	I talk about all those different types of hair loss in this podcast.
0:48.8	And I talk about my concerns with mainstream hair loss therapies, specifically things like
0:54.2	finasteride, also known as propitia, a five-offered octane inhibitor, with some pretty scary potential
1:00.1	side effects for humans.
1:01.3	So enjoy this podcast on hair loss and maybe you'll have some new types of shampoo at the
1:07.3	end of it.
1:08.3	You'll learn about that in this podcast as well.
1:09.4	So enjoy this one guys, hope it's helpful for all of you.
1:12.5	Also want to give a shout out to my sponsors, they make this podcast free and available to
1:16.0	all of you.
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