Hello.
I am a 24 year old male that has been doing a mostly-ray-peat-inspired diet (so far haven't tried more of the far-out experimental foods/supps) and am generally healthy (pretty fit, do light exercise 3-4 times a week) except for diffuse thinning on the scalp and receding on the temples, which is what led me to danny roddy>ray peat. I don't believe I am suffering from MPB, from everything I've read on the subject my symptoms don't seem to match up with what most people experience with it. I feel like most of the things I've adopted have improved my health - cutting out PUFAs and grains for example - but I haven't really noticed much change with my hair.
Anyways that is just a brief introduction to where I am at, I am learning more and more about metabolism/temperature, etc. and am adopting these concepts more so I'm looking forward to those benefits but I do have a specific question about alcohol:
I live in a college town in the midwestern US so naturally me and my friends like to go out and drink. I used to drink heavily - lots of beer - and I always knew that contributed to my hair loss so I've toned it back significantly and have 100% cut out beer to get rid of the phytoestrogens and yeast. Side note, my scalp used to itch a lot when I would drink beer but now that is gone.
But to get to the point I've switched from drinking beer/wine to "screwdrivers" - clear Tito's vodka with orange juice. I'm wondering if drinking these in moderation could actually promote hair growth and what are really the negative aspects of it. Whenever I do drink these - sometimes I go a little overboard and have 3-4 of them - I wake up the next morning and my hair actually does pretty well and I have no hangover. Like I said I am generally healthy and am a large man so I can tolerate alcohol very well. Would just like to know what could be going on under the hood and if sustaining this habit would be detrimental in the long run or just fine.
Cheers
I am a 24 year old male that has been doing a mostly-ray-peat-inspired diet (so far haven't tried more of the far-out experimental foods/supps) and am generally healthy (pretty fit, do light exercise 3-4 times a week) except for diffuse thinning on the scalp and receding on the temples, which is what led me to danny roddy>ray peat. I don't believe I am suffering from MPB, from everything I've read on the subject my symptoms don't seem to match up with what most people experience with it. I feel like most of the things I've adopted have improved my health - cutting out PUFAs and grains for example - but I haven't really noticed much change with my hair.
Anyways that is just a brief introduction to where I am at, I am learning more and more about metabolism/temperature, etc. and am adopting these concepts more so I'm looking forward to those benefits but I do have a specific question about alcohol:
I live in a college town in the midwestern US so naturally me and my friends like to go out and drink. I used to drink heavily - lots of beer - and I always knew that contributed to my hair loss so I've toned it back significantly and have 100% cut out beer to get rid of the phytoestrogens and yeast. Side note, my scalp used to itch a lot when I would drink beer but now that is gone.
But to get to the point I've switched from drinking beer/wine to "screwdrivers" - clear Tito's vodka with orange juice. I'm wondering if drinking these in moderation could actually promote hair growth and what are really the negative aspects of it. Whenever I do drink these - sometimes I go a little overboard and have 3-4 of them - I wake up the next morning and my hair actually does pretty well and I have no hangover. Like I said I am generally healthy and am a large man so I can tolerate alcohol very well. Would just like to know what could be going on under the hood and if sustaining this habit would be detrimental in the long run or just fine.
Cheers