Tag: hair

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Intermittent fasting causes hair loss by increasing lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation

Despite being all the rage these days on social media, intermittent fasting (IF) has now started to…

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High cortisol, cortisol/DHEA, cortisol/testosterone ratios may drive schizophrenia

The connection between chronic stress and schizophrenia is well-established but medicine continues to vehemently deny that stress…

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Hair glucocorticoid levels predict future cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Ever since we launched our hair/nail steroid analysis service couple of years ago, I have been seeing…

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Hypothyroidism, deficiency of calcium, vitamin D/B12 may cause hair graying

Yet another study/article that reports a link between bioenergetics and hair color. Premature graying has been one…

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IdeaLabs Service – Steroid Analysis (hair and/or (toe)nail)

Order the steroid analysis Note (5/27/2022): This launch is Part I of a two-part service – steroid analysis…

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New IdeaLabs Service – Mineral Analysis (hair and/or (toe)nail)

This is part one of a two-part announcement, with the second part hopefully coming out in the…

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Ear wax testing as a reliable method for measuring long-term steroid levels

Many of my readers already know about the unreliability of using steroid blood tests as diagnostic methods,…

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Topical T3 dramatically stimulates hair growth

I am posting this just a quick follow up and possible enhancement over the approach discussed in…

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Reducing stress may reverse greying of hair

Just a few weeks ago I made a post about yet another study linking grey hair to…

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Stress causes grey hair

Not exactly news for most of my readers, but it is a popular topic for many people…