Article About Biological Age And Inflammation

[Timii]

Another method for measuring biological age is to look at how complex carbohydrates called glycans are attached to molecules in the body, a process called glycosylation. Gordan Lauc and colleagues at the University of Zagreb in Croatia recently discovered that glycosylation of an antibody called immunoglobulin G changes as we get older, and that this can be used to predict chronological age. When Lauc’s team compared 5117 people’s “glycan age” with known markers for health deterioration, such as insulin, glucose, BMI and cholesterol, they found that those who scored poorly on these markers also had an older glycan age.

“Your glycan age seems to reflect how much inflammation is occurring in the body,” says Lauc. Prolonged inflammation can make cells deteriorate faster, so having an accelerated glycan age could be used as an early warning signal that your health is at risk, he says.

Could this be the the reason why hair loss becomes more probable as you age? Is this also the reason why millennials are going bald earlier?

 

[jnestor481]

Why would Us Millenials be balding sooner ?

Not that I disagree but just curious to hear your reasoning.

 

[barfacan]

Androgenetic alopecia is a direct result of

1) Your follicles genetic sensitivity to androgen's (of which DHT is most potent) which may increase over time

2) Your bodies level of androgen stimulation


Cut either of these to ZERO, and hair-loss halts.

 

[Timii]

Why would Us Millenials be balding sooner ?

Not that I disagree but just curious to hear your reasoning.

I've always suspected it. My father started balding at 23. Me and my brother started balding at 16. Plus, there are many people who have the same impression, on top of that I read articles about this and studies backing this up . It can't be a coincidence

 

[Star Trek fan]

So... eat crap food and your hair falls out faster ?

 

[Timii]

So... eat crap food and your hair falls out faster ?

Yes, and not doing sports, too. I pretty much did both during puberty, I ate crap and sugary food and did little to no sport. In fact, my biological age is way higher than my chronological age (I also had some people telling me that I look older than my age). My father was very athletic and muscular in his youth and he had NW1 until 23-24. My maternal grandfather started balding in his 40s. What I want to say is that it can't be a coincidence, biological age and inflammation do play a role in baldness

 

[Capone]

Best anti inflammatory and insulin resistance diet?

Low carb is soo hard to do.

 

[BaldAsshole]

I was eating crap and doing no exercise at all when my hair loss started at 15, and then it stopped when I started moving more. Now I am 26 and I keep most of my hair, giving the evolution from 14 to 15, I was expecting to go full bald by 18 or sooner.

 

[Timii]

I was eating crap and doing no exercise at all when my hair loss started at 15, and then it stopped when I started moving more. Now I am 26 and I keep most of my hair, giving the evolution from 14 to 15, I was expecting to go full bald by 18 or sooner.

Yes, good news is you can reverse biological age by adopting healthy lifestyle habits. And even if it doesn't do anything to your hair, it's still very benificial for other reasons (looking overall younger, longer life, more energy, etc). Also, intermittent fasting is a way to reverse your biological age

 

[Balding curse]

Do you think prince william is balding because he is eating crap food?!

 

[Timii]

Do you think prince william is balding because he is eating crap food?!

Wtf? I only said that inflammation and biological age worsen hair loss. In a parallel universe where I ate healthy and did exercise regularly throughout puberty I would still have a NW1 hairline now (I'm 19) but I wouldn't completely avoid balding eventually

 

[9982]

Wtf? I only said that inflammation and biological age worsen hair loss. In a parallel universe where I ate healthy and did exercise regularly throughout puberty I would still have a NW1 hairline now (I'm 19) but I wouldn't completely avoid balding eventually

OK, this is anecdotal but, I had a great uncle who just passed away at 93. He went bald very young and was always very fit and worked up until his death. No long term illness just dropped dead.
I grew up in the 70s and as a kid/ teen I grew up on McDonald's and used to sit there watching TVand eat sugar literally by the spoonful .
I'm 52 and still have most of my hair. If you saw me you wouldn't know that I had any hair issues
So, I doubt that it's anything other than genetic and hairloss has nothing to do with diet or level of overall health.

 

[Pephair]

Try some hydrocortisone 1% on your scalp, wait 24 hours. If you wash your hair and your shedding has drastically reduced, I believe it's a scalp inflammation issue. (I use hydrocortisone every few days on my scalp, my doctor said its such a low dose and infrequent application that it wont have any side effects)

 

[Btg]

OK, this is anecdotal but, I had a great uncle who just passed away at 93. He went bald very young and was always very fit and worked up until his death. No long term illness just dropped dead.
I grew up in the 70s and as a kid/ teen I grew up on McDonald's and used to sit there watching TVand eat sugar literally by the spoonful .
I'm 52 and still have most of my hair. If you saw me you wouldn't know that I had any hair issues
So, I doubt that it's anything other than genetic and hairloss has nothing to do with diet or level of overall health.

well the same way that some people go bald at 16 and some dont lose a single hair until their 80s , it is almost entirely genetics.
But two of my friends are identical twins with some hair loss, one of them is extremely fit and he has a bit better hair than his brother. So i d say that individually being healthy will give your hair some more time , but you cant compare two different people based on hairloss and fitness