Garlic - foe of bald men

[IBM]

According to this research garlic may increase testicular testosterone which is the opposite of what we want.

he effects of garlic supplementation on protein metabolism were investigated by measuring testis testosterone and plasma corticosterone in rats fed diets with different protein levels. In Experiment 1, rats were fed experimental diets with different protein levels (40, 25 or 10 g/100 g casein) with or without 0.8 g/100 g garlic powder. After 28 d of feeding, testosterone contents in the testis were significantly higher and plasma corticosterone concentrations were significantly lower in rats fed 40 and 25% casein diets with garlic powder than in those fed the same diets without garlic powder. Urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroid (an index of testosterone), nitrogen balance and hepatic arginase activity were significantly higher in rats fed the 40% casein diet with garlic powder than in the 40% casein controls. In Experiment 2, the effect of diallyldisulfide (a major volatile sulfur-containing compound in garlic) on the secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) from the pituitary gland, which regulates testosterone production in the testis, was investigated in anesthetized rats. Plasma LH concentration increased dose dependently after administration of diallyldisulfide (P < 0.01, r = 0.558). These results suggest that dietary supplementation with 0.8 g/100 g garlic alters hormones associated with protein anabolism by increasing testicular testosterone and decreasing plasma corticosterone in rats fed a high protein diet.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=11481410&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google

 

[CCS]

those italians better watch out. or at least the italian rats better watch out so they don't go bald.

 

[IBM]

more T more DHT that's the true!

 

[Jkkezh]

Wow what a conclusion to base on some stupid rat study...Don't listen to IBM and keep eating that garlic, it's good stuff for a lot of things.

 

[squeegee]

EAT GARLIC AND STINK.

 

[michael barry]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... _care.html


There is an article claiming that eating aged garlic or rubbing it into your scalp is actually good for hair.

I have no idea personally.



One might metion that finasteride also increases testosterone levels by limiting alpha five reductase's ablility to convert testosterone to DHT..................however Ive never heard of anyone claiming a compound in garlic might inhibit alpha five reductase so thats a stretch. Garlic is supposed to be a good anti-oxidant.....................


If it ups testosterone, older men with erectile dysfunction might find it a natural alternative to cialis and v**** along with arginine..............

 

[KielMcK]

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[michael barry]

Garlic does appear to be beneficial to fight against prostate cancer,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2415035.stm



I have no idea if its a hair-killer or not thought. It makes spaghetti taste good though.

 

[IBM]

Lately (since two weeks ago) i've been eating lots of garlic (at least one thooth a day). Though my physical body is better (no visible gyno, and less belly fat) my hair became worse. I felt like i lost most of my healthy hair in one week.

Well i made the mistake of eating lot of garlic once again.

 

[JLL]

Doesn't necessarily mean there's more DHT.

 

[debris]

we dont know if increased T will increase DHT. it may be much more complex than that. body can for example compensate for low T by increased amounts of 5AR and thus DHT.

its not that simple rly. this study proves nothing.

 

[casperz]

I started taking Garlic about 3-4 years ago and that is about when my hair
loss started getting worse. Maybe something to it.

 

[goata007]

I started taking Garlic about 3-4 years ago and that is about when my hair
loss started getting worse. Maybe something to it.

hmmm...chinese people eat garlic all the time, and they aren't really known for their hairloss. I don't think there is a positive corelation between garlic and increased hairloss.

 

[toivonen]

ahah..

This makes m laugh...tell you a secret chiiiiuu :blush: ..but i begin to suspect that the simple fact of been alive, is the main reason to lose hair..if we're not, we would never loose! But please, don't tell anyone, is just a suspicion..i may have to study that a little bit more...AHAH

Eat the fu..garlic, it's one of the most powerfull source of antioxidants, you can easilly get!..period! And please, please..start thinking for yourselves!! Geezzz :jackit:

 

[JLL]

Well, just because something is an antioxidant doesn't mean it couldn't be bad for hair.

 

[toivonen]

I never said that, did i?..in a much larger spectrum of health, it sure is a good thing, and i don't think that no one of us here wants a full head of hair, in a sick debelitated body, do we?!?...
Just because there's one study that shows that garlic raises certain levels of testosterone, it doesn't mean either...and thats the important thing to regard...like someone pointed, the asians consum more than the rest of us 2 controversial things in these forums: Green Tea and Garlic...and coicidently they are known and in fact have less cases of MPD than that rest of the world...now you might think tht's a coincidence or due to other fact, but i don't!..and if i can't proove i'm right, no one can proove i'm wrong either, so in these cases i make the option, of consum a thing that is prooven to improove general health! I think it's logical, no?!

 

[ukw]

Old thread, but I just wanted to confirm that yes, in my experience garlic is bad for hair. After eating pasta with garlic I consistently see a bigger shed.

 

[Serpico]

Bumping an old thread to add an explanation -- garlic inhibits DHT formation in prostate cells (see below). Usualy when something inhibits DHT formation, testosterone goes up. Similar to closing an exit increases the traffic on the highway itself. DPC are not prostate cells, but they are similar. Based on that indirect evidence, I would posit that it's good for your hair.

To the post above me (ukw), could it have been the gluten in the pasta? That's clearly inflammatory and associated with leaky gut/endotoxemia, which are probably bad for hair.

Phytother Res. 2016 Jul;30(7):1197-203. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5637. Epub 2016 May 18.
Anti-Proliferation Effects of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) on the Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Chung KS1, Shin SJ1, Lee NY1, Cheon SY1, Park W2, Sun SH3, An HJ1.
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Abstract
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a urologic disease that affects most of men over the age 50. But until now there is no such perfect cure without side effects. Because of diverse adverse effects, it is desirable to develop effective and long term-safety-herbal medicines to inhibit the progress of BPH. In spite of garlic's large use and a wide spectrum of studies, including anti-hyperlipidemic, cardio-protective, and anti-inflammatory activities, there was none to prove efficacy for BPH. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of garlic to prove its suppressing effects on BPH. Garlic administration decreased relative prostate weight ratio, suppressed mRNA expression level of AR, DHT serum levels, and the growth of prostatic tissue in BPH-induced rats. Moreover, garlic administration decreased the levels of inflammatory proteins, iNOS, and COX-2 in prostatic tissue. Further investigation showed that garlic induced accumulation of death-inducing signal complex and activation of AMPK and decreased the levels of anti-apoptotic proteins, such as Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and survivin. These results suggest that garlic may have suppressing effects on BPH and it has great potential to be developed as treatment for BPH.

 

[Xander94]

rest in peace garlic man

 

[Serpico]

rest in peace garlic man

Right back at ya Xander