Happy Wednesday Ray Peat forum,
While eating my mussel and shrimp breakfast this morning with a side of goat milk and honey I was trying to be present with the food and not get stuck in my stream of consciousness (a very pompous introductory sentence I know; perhaps the fact that I was wearing gym shorts and eating on a paper plate will help to adjust the immediate image that comes to mind) but a thought popped out that I wanted to share. A loose connection of sorts. I'm going to lay it out as simply and logically as I can (keep in mind theres no research studies to post, its simply a loose connection of multiple ideas I had floating around in my mind; do what you will with it):
1) zinc is depleted in chronic ejaculation/ grain based diets (phytic acid)
2) zinc is necessary for epithelial integrity in the gut
3) zinc is a 5-AR-1 inhibitor. According to wikipedia 5-AR-1 is expressed in the scalp after puberty
4) zinc functions in immunity
5) vit D functions in immunity
6) impaired gut integrity/ immunity from zinc depletion may lead to gut issues
7) impaired immunity with zinc may require increased of the utilization of vit d
7) gut issues lead to adrenal up regulation and excess prolactin etc.
8) vit D deficiency leads to hairloss, 5-AR-1 in the skin leads to increased DHT in the skin which we see leads to hairloss, adrenal up regulation (caused by gut issues) via glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids leads to hairloss.
Thus with all this in mind, an addition to the tenants I've posted about in other threads in relation to hairloss could include:
-increase of zinc status with oysters
-avoidance of excess ejaculation (people always mention this, heres a theoretical reason as to perhaps why it works)
-vit d supplementation or time in the sun
-fixing the gut with goat milk/ kefir etc. (previously mentioned in other posts)
-avoidance of grains and digestive inhibiting foods, specifically containing phytate, oxalate etc. (previously mentioned as well)
While eating my mussel and shrimp breakfast this morning with a side of goat milk and honey I was trying to be present with the food and not get stuck in my stream of consciousness (a very pompous introductory sentence I know; perhaps the fact that I was wearing gym shorts and eating on a paper plate will help to adjust the immediate image that comes to mind) but a thought popped out that I wanted to share. A loose connection of sorts. I'm going to lay it out as simply and logically as I can (keep in mind theres no research studies to post, its simply a loose connection of multiple ideas I had floating around in my mind; do what you will with it):
1) zinc is depleted in chronic ejaculation/ grain based diets (phytic acid)
2) zinc is necessary for epithelial integrity in the gut
3) zinc is a 5-AR-1 inhibitor. According to wikipedia 5-AR-1 is expressed in the scalp after puberty
4) zinc functions in immunity
5) vit D functions in immunity
6) impaired gut integrity/ immunity from zinc depletion may lead to gut issues
7) impaired immunity with zinc may require increased of the utilization of vit d
7) gut issues lead to adrenal up regulation and excess prolactin etc.
8) vit D deficiency leads to hairloss, 5-AR-1 in the skin leads to increased DHT in the skin which we see leads to hairloss, adrenal up regulation (caused by gut issues) via glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids leads to hairloss.
Thus with all this in mind, an addition to the tenants I've posted about in other threads in relation to hairloss could include:
-increase of zinc status with oysters
-avoidance of excess ejaculation (people always mention this, heres a theoretical reason as to perhaps why it works)
-vit d supplementation or time in the sun
-fixing the gut with goat milk/ kefir etc. (previously mentioned in other posts)
-avoidance of grains and digestive inhibiting foods, specifically containing phytate, oxalate etc. (previously mentioned as well)
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