jads

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August 29, 2010, 08:31 PM

Read with interest the comment below by Immortal re DHT and insulin resistance.

I think high DHT is a symptom of low testosterone (except for young men with very low SHBG levels). Low testosterone is a result of insulin resistance. insulin resistance sets the stage for testosterone depletion and higher estrogen. The body responds by converting some of its unbound testosterone into DHT to compensate. When glucose and insulin levels are brought down, less DHT is converted from testosterone.

My feeling is, having been suffering hairloss for 7 or more years now, that my onset of AA maps quite closely to a several year period of declining health, of which I exhibited some of the signs of insulin resistance and lowered testosterone: moodiness, brainfog, poor concentration, nutritionally deficient and leaky gut syndrome. Prior to this my hair loss was mild and almost unoticeable. It took a desperate visit to a Naturopath and a detox to get back on track in mid 08.

I think there’s a definete connection here, or at least there is for me!  I would also comment that 18 months worth of topical DHT blocker (revivogen) did little to help me. It may have slowed the DHT build up but I saw nothing in the way of regrowth of any of large amount of shedding that hit me late 2007. Suggests to me that topicals just aren’t that effective for some people. There is just far too much DHT circulating as a result of hormone imbalances for a topical to be that much help.

Mastery

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September 06, 2010, 12:45 AM

I’d have to agree with this. Life Extension Foundation opine that fasting glucose serum above 90 is bad news, whereas most would say above 100.

IMO any fungal condition, bacterial or other pathogenic, so many of whch are derived from sugar intake (I include grain and dairy), will makeit hard to arrest the declines.

Revivogen worked for me initially but I kept eating poorly and then I had a very, very vivid dream that where I was applying it topically would become my weakest spot. That dream came true. It was meant as a warning.

Recently, I had a vivid dream about an anti fungal shampoo allowing me to grow all my hair thicker. And now I have many signs of candida related symptoms being at the root of my very recent mintuarization, as well as a disastrous summer in florida heat (read moldy houses or polluted AC’s)

Point being: “comb what you eat” and also, revivogen may work initially for some, but then I think the actual number of androgen receptors in that area will build a compensatory feedback mechanism by increasing in number.

The golden rules have to remain - live in as clean an outer environemnt as you can get, CREATE as clean an inner environment as you can get through diet (check out body ecology diet book - AMAZING), find love, joy & peace, meditate, supplement shrewdly, exercise per your body type and LLLT as long as not very high sebum.

Enjoy

jdp710

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September 06, 2010, 03:12 PM

jads,

I highly agree with that statement.  At least my experience mirrors that. 

Mastery,

FWIW, most candida problems are probably a symptom of heavy metal toxicity.  Just one example is copper as you can be both copper toxic and copper deficient at same time (i.e. oxidized copper)... many with MPB probably have this issue.  Especially if you have a red face. 

May be one of the reasons why Prague has mentioned about ionic copper.  Probably one of the reasons why large doses of molybdenum helped me early this year…. large doses of molybdenum chelate oxidized copper.  Cutler says 1000-1500 mcg 3x day

Manganese will do same as will zinc.  Those who have gluten sentivitity are zinc deficient.  Most of us with MPB are probably gluten sensitive based on percentage of PCOS sufferers.  To avoid confusion for others that didn’t read other thread should mention don’t take zinc by itself without copper as if mercury toxic, can transport huge amounts of mercury past blood brain barrier per Andy Cutler. 

Well, I’m rambling again, lol. 

hope this helps