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Fatty Diets Linked to Male Baldness Related Links Get Lean Diet for Men Blood Pressure-What It Means Foods That Reduce Blood Pressure Foods That Strengthen Erections Ideal Weight for Men Losing some hair up top? You are not alone. Fifty percent (50%) of men suffer receding hair lines or male pattern baldness (also called androgenic alopecia) before age 50 and almost sixty seven percent (67%) of men will have hair loss at some point. In most of these men, balding begins early, for some as early as 17 or 18 years of age. Both heredity and diet and lifestyle seem to play a part in producing baldness. Of course genes play a role in deciding which men go bald. The gene for baldness comes from your mother’s side of the family, and if your grandfather on your mother’s side is bald and the men on her side of the family are bald, the cards are stacked against you. But here’s the latest news. Genes are not—repeat not—the whole story of whether you will go bald. Your diet may also determine whether you will suffer from baldness. High fat diets contribute the increase of DHT (Dihydrotestosterone), a type of testosterone which has been found to cause hair loss. Although not all of the research has been conclusive, there does appear to be link between baldness and diet. Societies that consumed relatively low-fat diets ---such as pre-World War II Japan --- experienced almost no pattern baldness. But post-World War II Japanese men have started to experience higher and higher levels of pattern baldness as their society consumes more Western-style fatty diets. Article Continues Below. In fact, one study by a leading manufacturer of men's wigs in Japan, the Anderans Co. Ltd, found that baldness and thinning hair has skyrocketed with the increasing popularity of Western fatty foods like hamburgers and fries. Aderans found that the percentage of balding men increased almost 200% in less than 20 years, from 6.2 million men in 1987 (8.1%) to 11.4 million men just 17 years later. Bottom line: Your genes are not the whole story when it comes to male pattern baldness. What you eat and how you live may contribute to baldness as much as genetics. Baldness: Facts and Myths Myth: Asian men can’t go bald Truth: There are some racial differences in the incidence of male pattern baldness. The highest rates are found among Caucasians, followed by Afro-Caribbeans. Chinese and Japanese men have the lowest rates. For some unknown reason, this form of hair loss is does not occur among Native Americans. Myth: Bald Men Are More Virile Virility, defined as high sex drive and the ability to father children, is not related at all to baldness. Native American men do not go bald and Asians and many Africans have low incidences of baldness but can produce high rates of pregnancy. The best known myth about baldness is that bald men are more virile. Dating from the centuries when castrated men –eunuchs—were enlisted to work as palace guards, people have observed that eunuchs do not go bald. But the connection between baldness and virility is not direct, guys. Baldness is caused by testerone. But, as we have described, the type of testosterone that causes baldness is a sex hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The body naturally converts testosterone to DHT. DHT in men is what stimulates your hair to grow on your face and your body, and it also stimulates your prostate gland and has been linked to heart disease. In the largest study on male pattern baldness, 3942 were examined by researchers compiling The National Health and Nutrition Examination Study. Their results? Severe hair loss and heart disease are connected. The most recent research has found that what really makes you bald is not that you have DHT—all men do—but that your scalp is super- sensitive to DHT. This is why even though you can get shiny bald on top, you can still grow a beard. Fact: Baldness Runs in Families Male pattern baldness runs in the family. If your grandfather, father or brothers went bald early, the chances are that you will too. The strongest influence is on the mother's side: if your maternal grandfather went bald, that's probably a better indicator that you will too than if your father's father lost his hair. The gene for baldness is located on what is called the androgene receptor on the X chromosomes fro your mother, comes from your mother’s side of the family. Myth: Too Much Testosterone Makes You Bald Here, the answer appears to be mostly “no”. Recent studies suggest that male pattern baldness results from an over-sensitivity of scalp hair follicles to DHT, rather than raised levels of either sex hormone in the blood. What Works-- Lifestyle and Diet As we have seen above, there is a direct connection between high fat diets and increased incidence of male patteren baldness. Diets low in saturated fat, and diets high in soy, have been linked with decreased levels of baldness. Obesity has been linked to increased baldness. Populations where men are at their ideal weight (Asia, Scandanavia, others) do not have as high rates of baldness as countries with higher rates of obesity (America, United Kingdom, others) Want Access to More Articles Like This One?-Register -It's Free and Easy. Our "Members Only" Area Gets First Look at Articles, Reviews of and links to free adult sites. |
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