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Fasting restored some of my hair twice (AU!)
Hey, this may be usefull for some people.
When I was 14, I've started loosing a lot of hair on my head, but I didn't realy care too much because it was just AA. But after two months, it turned quickly into an AU, and I lost my whole bodyhair in two weeks from there.
At the age of 15 (I'm 16 today, by the way) I got so depressed about my alopecia, that I couldn't eat for 2-3 days.
And I couldn't believe it, but so much of my hair started growing back on my eyebrows and eyelashes.
After this peroid, I've lost that new hair after 2-3 weeks (I ate normaly in this time).
The same happened some months ago, I was in a bad mood, I couldn't eat, and again : A lot of my hair grew back, I ate again, and they fell out after a short time.
Now I've read somewhere that fasting does restore your immunity system.
I may be allergic to a lot of food or have the leaky gut syndrome (or both, lol!)
I just felt like I had to share this, I'll be trying to fast for three days from tomorrow, and share my results.
And sorry if there are any faults in my text, I'm from Switzerland and don't talk perfect english.
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Permalink Reply by michael.kiyoshi.salvatore on
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thanks for your story! how much time was between your fasting and the return of hair? perahps you have been cutting out something you are specifically allergic to during these fasts
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Permalink Reply by SwissAlopecian on
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It's been like two months I guess.
I will try a special diet for the next weeks, wish me luck!
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Permalink Reply by Return_life on
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good luck man. stay strong.
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Fasting does not "restore" or boost your immune system. In fact, it does the opposite. You need proper nutrition for your body to function, especially at your age. You need to talk to your parents about going to a dermatologist for your hair loss and a nutritionist to help you develop a healthy diet. Fasting like this can very easily turn into an eating disorder, which you do not want to develop.
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Permalink Reply by eleven11 on
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Not according to this, https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-...
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That is a study that is focused on the effects of fasting on mice and humans on chemotherapy -- i.e., bodies in the midst of profound crisis. It "suggests" that fasting might cause decreases in white cells and a particular enzyme and that the depletion of old white cells might cause the body to produce new ones. The authors of the study extrapolated from that some potential "indications" and "implications" regarding the use of fasting for other conditions. The study does not show that fasting cures or treats alopecia. Repeated fasting depletes your body of necessary fuel and nutrients, thereby leading to a variety of potential health risks, including stress and fatigue and increased blood pressure. For people with other health conditions -- e.g., diabetes -- fasting can be even more dangerous as it can throw your body into metabolic crisis and cause fluctuations in insulin. Repeated fasting can put you at risk for developing an eating disorder.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Staffieri RHN on
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fasting it's supposed to restore your immune system through autophagy...you don't have to fast for three days...try 16:8...16 hours no food with just water and green tea or black coffee and eat within 8 hours of the day...Ive been doing it for 3 weeks...eye brows starting to grow
within the 8 hours of eating just eat meat protein (either fish, chicken, lamb, beef ) with green vegetables and some fruit in the mornings...all very low allergenic food.
if you're a type B blood no chicken, if type A or AB blood omit cows meat, Type O blood just follow the list to the letter below
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Permalink Reply by cwincos on
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I'm glad you posted Mike, I was just about to give the 16:8 a try and exclude nightshades. Good to know its working for someone
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also https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1876678/
https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitamin-d-receptor-may-play-an-impo...
also check out the Coimbra protocol
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Thank you, I had come across the Vit-D connections about 2 yrs ago and switch up to 5000 IU resulted with vellus growth but never progressed. My Dr didn't want to go to 10K IU, but I'll print these articles and bring to my next visit. Good luck with the diet changes.
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Background
I am Male, 36 Years Old, Played sports at a high level, Had alopecia as a child but always just patches on my head that would come and go, I could cover them by letting my hair grow a little longer.
2010 I really pushed by body hard by entering a sports competition, I had a 13 week prep, Maybe 2 week after completion of the competition I noticed patches of body hair fallen out, Then a small piece of my eyebrow, my beard had completely stopped growing. Within maybe 8 week I was completely AU.
I unfortunately fell for every Con, Bought all the Gels, was sold the magic Pills, The Creams, Listening to horrible people who claimed to have the answers to fixing it if you purchased their snake oil etc. Like many on here I scoured the Internet looking for answers and would often spend 6hrs straight on this site looking for answers.
Luckily enough after a year or so I was able to find acceptance and start to move on with my life, Which was incredibly hard since it completely altered how I looked etc.
Always being into health and fitness I tried the Auto Immune diet, For me it was just too difficult, My Wife and I don't drink so we like to eat out and I found it very hard to enjoy nights out.
In 2013 I started to read up on Intermitting Fasting. The gist of the diet was simple, pick 8 or 6 hour window, Eat within these 8/6 hours, When the 8 hours have pass you go into a fasted state (No food, or drinks with cals) It was sold to me as a great way of staying trim and strict on a diet. After spending maybe 6 months or so on the diet I got back some body hair, Hair on my head etc, By 8 months in I was fully back. My brows, Facial Hair, BodyHair (Only thing I didn't Miss Much ha)
For some reason I did not connect the hair and fasting and after awhile I started to skip on the diet here and there. Until one year in Id changed my diet and I was no longer fasting anymore.
Gradually I started to see the same spots again. I had patches in my beard, Body Hair, Hair on my arms stopped. I wasn't as crushed by this as I was the first time around, I spend a lot of time learning how to accept it but at the same time It did hurt, People asking if I was ok or peoples faces when they could see I was losing it again.
From 2015 to 2018 or so I was pretty much AU.
My brother and I were always into fitness and Id become sluggish etc when he suggested I give the Intermitted Fasting another go. So in early 2018 I started again as a way to stay in shape. My window was 12 to 8pm, If I didn't eat in my window then I didn't eat. (unless you have health issues this is completely fine, Some people panic if they haven't eaten in a few hours, You can fast for few days with zero issues)
I first noticed hair kicking back in hard on my legs and Arms, I had other health issues such as inflammation in my legs and especially my back and hips, I noticed this had also fallen greatly. within 8 months I was back to somewhat normal. My hair is not as thick as the first time around, My beard is not as strong etc but I have full body hair, eyebrows (Very few lashes) I have facial stubble.
it was then I made the connection to Fasting and my AU
Over time I started to find more about intermittent fasting, High level athletes like GSP were using fasting not just to look good but for also the insane health benefits that came with it.
Basically humans as not suppose to be able to go to a fridge and gorge. Today people eat way way too much and the issues is the majority of what we eat is absolute junk anyway. By eating within a 6 or 8 hour window you give your body 18 to 16hrs of rest and repair, make new cells and recover from the toxins.
I am of course on here with nothing to sell, Like so many I spend years of my life on here looking for answers and never really found them, The top person in the field of fasting and its benefits is Dr Rhonda Patrick. She has many podcasts and written articles that go deep into why Fasting can really help people who have health issues. My brother has used Intermediated Fasting now for 8 years. I know I will stay with this diet long term as its helped me with inflammation greatly and I just feel better in general.
Just thought Id post my experience here. There is plenty of information on fasting but I would suggest Dr Rhonda Patrick
Thanks for the read :)
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