Now you can't just blame your genes.
There are a lot of reasons to watch what you eat, but now there's another reason to avoid a bad diet — hair loss. While people usually attribute balding to genetics, another surprising factor is a person's diet.
According to a report from GQ, several studies have concluded that diet does in fact affect baldness. Three studies performed after 2009 in Mexico, Taiwan, and Turkey all came to similar conclusions: that hair loss is influenced by the foods we eat.
All three of the studies agree with the original groundbreaking study performed in Finland in 2000, which specifically looked at hair loss in men with insulin resistance. The study found that men with insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes and obesity, were more likely to be bald. And it's no coincidence that the most common cause of insulin resistance is a diet loaded with sugar and refined carbohydrates.
Now that scientists have found the link between insulin resistance and baldness, they are attempting to take the data a step further. Since they already see the connection between insulin resistance, diet, and hair loss, they are trying to demonstrate that what a person eats, especially sugar and carbs, can contribute to and even cause baldness.
David Kingsley, an expert on hair loss, stated, "The consensus is that diet influences hair loss." While the extent of this relationship remains unclear, one thing is certain: eating well won't reverse the balding process. However, it is possible that a low-carb, low-sugar diet will slow down a receding hairline.
Would you change your diet to slow down hair loss?
