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Hi, I thought I'd share my happy experiences with other people about how improving my diet has seemed to stop (and reverse) my development of baldness and am wondering whether this has happened to anyone else. I'm not advertising anything. Note, I have never taken steroids or any other supps (other than protein and creatine). This is a long post, but given how significant baldness is to guys experiencing, I wanted to be detailed
I'm only 25 (just recently). At 21, I noticed hair was falling out when I would have a shower. By about 23.5, I was getting the odd comment from my family that my hair looked thin whilst wet, and was getting worried. As such, I would always have an umbrella handy on wet days.
At the age of 24, I radically changed my diet. The reason was actually not just to lower my b.f., (which wasn't the best, probably about 17-20%) but I had for the last year a excruciating headache condition called new daily persistent headache (which is ruining my once promising law career), and I wanted to see whether a perfect diet would cure it. I also embarked on a grueling exercise regime - daily 10 km's runs, weights 4 t-5imes per weeks. It hasn't cured my headache. It has cured my developing baldness.
BEFORE THE CHANGE
My diet before the change was as follows:
- about 40 % good (legumes, whole wheat, chicken, 1% milk, some fruit, but little veggies other than carrots)
- 45% OK (tuna in sunflower oil, semi-processed cereal, e.g., special K, just right, and white potatoes, subway teriaki sandwiches)
- 15 % crap (weekly binge drinking, and I mean heavy binge drinking, junk food such as McDonald's 2 to 3 times per week, regular coke, icecream)
My exercise routine was only about 2-3 5 km runs per week also.
I should also add there was a period before this when I was about 20 where I ate junk daily (large KFC with actual Pepsi), and did no exercise. This is where I put on fat (I was an arrogant youngster who thought it was impossible to get fat)
AFTER THE CHANGE
Since the change, my diet (in my opinion) has been a model of healthiness. Seriously, this is all I have eaten in the last year (well, 98% compliance)
- for protein (in order of significance): salmon, tuna (in springwater only), chicken, kangaroo, skim milk, non-fat dairy, protein powder, and some eggs
- for carbs: sweet potatoes, oat bran, pumpkin, white potato (PWO only) and some fruit, skim milk, and of course loads of fiberous veggies
- for fats: salmon, ground flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, double strength fish oil tablets, some nuts and omega 3 eggs.
- over 1kg of fibrous veggies per day (brocolli, spinach, red capsicum, cabbage, cucumber, carrots, green beans, etc) and often over 100 grams of fiber per day.
Typically, my ratios have been protein 30-45; carbs 35-55; fats 15-20, although fats were just 10% until I realize from Burn the fat Feed the muscle that this was too low.
CHANGES to my HEAD HAIR
Amazing in 3 months after following this diet, as well as almost halving my b.f., my head hair no longer fell out in the shower. Now a year later it is thicker and has no signs of thinning at all - indeed, even wet it looks fine. No one comments about it now, except one friend asked me if I was taking proscar (no I'm not)! I don't have to worry about wet days and don't ever carry umbrellas now. There are no signs of thinning now at all.
Is THIS CO-INCIDENCE?
I don't think so. The following changes are significant in my diet
- my omega 3/6 ratio has drastically changed. Before the change, the only omega 3's I got were the small amounts from tuna. Less than 1 gram per day for sure. Whereas my omega 6 and transfat would have been much higher. Now in contrast, the oat bran is my only major omega 6 source, and most of my fat sources are rich in omega 3. I think I consume about 4-6 grams of omega 3 per day from fish fat, which is significant given my daily fat intake is about 60 grams. Yes, I have had mercury tests many times (I have always been a big tuna eater, but now salmon). Interestingly, the Japanese who eat lots of fish, have low levels of baldness.
- I eat no refined sugar now. For PWO carbs, I use white potato, oats, or pumpkin (I love pumpkin so much I will often use 700 grams of the stuff PWO. GI is 75 and sugar content is quite low). I'm suprised white potatoes, with a similar GI to dextrose, are not more popular PWO. Besides this I never eat high GI foods except pumpkin, which I'm addicted to, regularly eating 1kg a day.
- no alcohol (well not true, but about once per two months at most)
- no fatty meats and unhealthy fats. My diet contains no trans fat (except trace CLA in kangaroo), very little saturated fat, and is exceptionally high in omega 3, relative to other fats.
- shit loads of veggies. My diet on nutrition.data.com ridiculously exceeds vitamin and mineral requirements, particularly for vitamin's A (from the pumpkin), K, selenium (fish).
(Note, I no longer do daily 10km runs as I have tried to get more muscular, so do more HIIT to retain fitness. I do however still do heaps of cardio, as whilst it does have any long term benefits to my headaches, when I'm exercising I can't feel my headaches as severely, so I'm addicted to exercising)
THIS may just be a fluke, it may be that this happens to no one else, but it is reason enough for me to never change my diet.
I'm interested in whether anyone has had similar experiences, and if your facing a similar problem, give it a try. If it doesn't benefit your hair, at least it will benefit your health generally. At least consider abolishing the sugar and improving the omega 3/6 ratio.
Hope this is of interest to anyone facing this predicament
I'm only 25 (just recently). At 21, I noticed hair was falling out when I would have a shower. By about 23.5, I was getting the odd comment from my family that my hair looked thin whilst wet, and was getting worried. As such, I would always have an umbrella handy on wet days.
At the age of 24, I radically changed my diet. The reason was actually not just to lower my b.f., (which wasn't the best, probably about 17-20%) but I had for the last year a excruciating headache condition called new daily persistent headache (which is ruining my once promising law career), and I wanted to see whether a perfect diet would cure it. I also embarked on a grueling exercise regime - daily 10 km's runs, weights 4 t-5imes per weeks. It hasn't cured my headache. It has cured my developing baldness.
BEFORE THE CHANGE
My diet before the change was as follows:
- about 40 % good (legumes, whole wheat, chicken, 1% milk, some fruit, but little veggies other than carrots)
- 45% OK (tuna in sunflower oil, semi-processed cereal, e.g., special K, just right, and white potatoes, subway teriaki sandwiches)
- 15 % crap (weekly binge drinking, and I mean heavy binge drinking, junk food such as McDonald's 2 to 3 times per week, regular coke, icecream)
My exercise routine was only about 2-3 5 km runs per week also.
I should also add there was a period before this when I was about 20 where I ate junk daily (large KFC with actual Pepsi), and did no exercise. This is where I put on fat (I was an arrogant youngster who thought it was impossible to get fat)
AFTER THE CHANGE
Since the change, my diet (in my opinion) has been a model of healthiness. Seriously, this is all I have eaten in the last year (well, 98% compliance)
- for protein (in order of significance): salmon, tuna (in springwater only), chicken, kangaroo, skim milk, non-fat dairy, protein powder, and some eggs
- for carbs: sweet potatoes, oat bran, pumpkin, white potato (PWO only) and some fruit, skim milk, and of course loads of fiberous veggies
- for fats: salmon, ground flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, double strength fish oil tablets, some nuts and omega 3 eggs.
- over 1kg of fibrous veggies per day (brocolli, spinach, red capsicum, cabbage, cucumber, carrots, green beans, etc) and often over 100 grams of fiber per day.
Typically, my ratios have been protein 30-45; carbs 35-55; fats 15-20, although fats were just 10% until I realize from Burn the fat Feed the muscle that this was too low.
CHANGES to my HEAD HAIR
Amazing in 3 months after following this diet, as well as almost halving my b.f., my head hair no longer fell out in the shower. Now a year later it is thicker and has no signs of thinning at all - indeed, even wet it looks fine. No one comments about it now, except one friend asked me if I was taking proscar (no I'm not)! I don't have to worry about wet days and don't ever carry umbrellas now. There are no signs of thinning now at all.
Is THIS CO-INCIDENCE?
I don't think so. The following changes are significant in my diet
- my omega 3/6 ratio has drastically changed. Before the change, the only omega 3's I got were the small amounts from tuna. Less than 1 gram per day for sure. Whereas my omega 6 and transfat would have been much higher. Now in contrast, the oat bran is my only major omega 6 source, and most of my fat sources are rich in omega 3. I think I consume about 4-6 grams of omega 3 per day from fish fat, which is significant given my daily fat intake is about 60 grams. Yes, I have had mercury tests many times (I have always been a big tuna eater, but now salmon). Interestingly, the Japanese who eat lots of fish, have low levels of baldness.
- I eat no refined sugar now. For PWO carbs, I use white potato, oats, or pumpkin (I love pumpkin so much I will often use 700 grams of the stuff PWO. GI is 75 and sugar content is quite low). I'm suprised white potatoes, with a similar GI to dextrose, are not more popular PWO. Besides this I never eat high GI foods except pumpkin, which I'm addicted to, regularly eating 1kg a day.
- no alcohol (well not true, but about once per two months at most)
- no fatty meats and unhealthy fats. My diet contains no trans fat (except trace CLA in kangaroo), very little saturated fat, and is exceptionally high in omega 3, relative to other fats.
- shit loads of veggies. My diet on nutrition.data.com ridiculously exceeds vitamin and mineral requirements, particularly for vitamin's A (from the pumpkin), K, selenium (fish).
(Note, I no longer do daily 10km runs as I have tried to get more muscular, so do more HIIT to retain fitness. I do however still do heaps of cardio, as whilst it does have any long term benefits to my headaches, when I'm exercising I can't feel my headaches as severely, so I'm addicted to exercising)
THIS may just be a fluke, it may be that this happens to no one else, but it is reason enough for me to never change my diet.
I'm interested in whether anyone has had similar experiences, and if your facing a similar problem, give it a try. If it doesn't benefit your hair, at least it will benefit your health generally. At least consider abolishing the sugar and improving the omega 3/6 ratio.
Hope this is of interest to anyone facing this predicament
