"This might be a good thing to notice that as you fast you may find that you don’t need as much medication and longer term you may be able to ditch all of your medications. This is why it is no surprise that the medical community is not so hot on the topic."
Fasting is a miracle however every time I fast, I lose at least 30%-50% of my hair. As a woman, this is very distressing. I want to fast again but I am worried about losing more hair. So instead I will start eating meat only and alternating fasting and eating days and hope my hair doesn’t fall out.
In 2018 I did a 20 day fast and lost 25 lbs. didn’t really need to lose weight but I felt fantastic. Took a few days to start eating again with broth and then raw eggs and then scrambled eggs etc. then in 2023 I fasted for 30 days, then took a month off, and then fasted another 30 days. I lost 50’lbs. I needed to lose the weight, I was 200 lbs. today I regained some weight back and am about 180 or less and so much stress in my life right now. I lost so much hair, I feel like I’ve never looked worse in my life. My hair has already grown back to 3 inches (I have long hair but the hairs that fell out have all regrown to 3 inches) but I’m worried I’ll lose more again. Fasting makes me glow and feel so beautiful so I want to do it again but…. The hair loss.
In that case maybe fasting is not the best thing for you? It could be that you don't need to fast. There are definitely lots of people who talk about fasting on YouTube. I will see if I can find information about this for you!
Thank you. I myself have not been able to find much. I have thought about it at length, though… something that I thought about was that perhaps fasting invokes an ancestral memory of famine… I know we all come from ancestors who endured incredible hardship, I just wonder if maybe the fasting triggers a state of extreme duress (even with me taking magnesium, potassium, extra salt, and lots of sleep, it made no difference and the hair fell out exactly 3 months later, all the same) and because it doesn’t happen to everyone (many do not lose their hair) that it could be in more recent times in my lineage, maybe there were traumatic events and famine that are remembered in some part of me and in others who lose their hair. Maybe that makes no sense at all. The human body is fascinating and also more complex than I could ever truly comprehend.
This makes sense. If you wanted to do a longer fast it may work better if you had zero stress in your life. Maybe if you were able to meditate a lot and get a lot of back rubs or something like that. I found one video so far on the subject. She made a couple of suggestions such as that you would need to stop fasting, however she did say that maybe other types of fasts would work better for you. One meal a day. Or just 3 meals a day. Long term fasts are probably not necessary. I have never done a long term fast. I mostly stick to the one meal a day fast. At the moment I am not doing one meal a day fasting because we are working on our roofs and I sometimes feel a bit dizzy while fasting so it is not a good time to be on a roof. LOL Someone posted this comment on the video I am talking about. "
@pamn8661
3 years ago
I have posted this info on a Dr. Mindy video before but my experience with hair loss was linked 100% to amino acid deficiency. Several years ago I lost 80% of my hair and reached a point where I had to wear wigs. I consulted 3 naturopaths that all insisted it had to be a thyroid issue but the tests didn’t bear that out. I finally found a doctor who said immediately that I was amino acid deficient, and that rapid hair loss was always caused by amino acid deficiency. He put me on 2 amino acid IVs for the first 2 weeks and the hair loss stopped with the first one. Then I went to one a week for the next month. This boosted my levels and then to maintain my amino acid levels, I was told take HCL with all of my protein meals. A Heidelberg test( don’t think too many people offer this) revealed I make almost no stomach acid which is needed to break protein down into amino acids. The HCL basically replaces what ,y body does not make. Stomach acid declines in all of us after we reach 40 but mine just stopped all together. Anyhow something else to research. If I had not found an ND with this knowledge I am sure I would have been bald. My doctor is Jonathan Wright and he is interviewed in all of Suzanne Sommers books since he is one of her doctors, too. He talked about the hair loss.HCL link in one of her anti aging books. The IVs I received are called Freeamine, from McGuff pharmacy if that is helpful to anyone." Also here is a link to the video in case you were interested. https://youtu.be/oRpBqUxRV_8?si=taqrGhBLTqqFRbCi
Renee…. Low HCL is also often a cause or associated with autoimmune disorders, of which I have at least 2 (psoriasis and arthritis)… you’ve sent me down the right rabbit hole that’s for sure. Thank you!
Lol omg definitely a wise idea to eat if only one meal when you’re high up on a roof under the hot sun, yes you don’t want to get light headed up there!!!
Omg thank you for this tidbit BECAUSE! While I was reading the first few lines I was thinking to myself, “but I eat so much raw animal foods every day surely I get enough protein,” but then the HCL line got me! That is something I’m going to try! This could totally be something to investigate… wow thank you for finding that. I’ve scoured comment sections for YEARS I’m telling you and never come across that. Reddit, different YouTube people like coke Robinson and some other small names, dr Jason fung, some other authors whose names I can’t remember but I read their books on fasting… I take screenshots of the tidbits that offer hints at what could be going on but never found anything like this. Low HCL makes a ton of sense, and now I have to see what the symptoms are but it’s harmless if I get the tablets while I do the research so I’ll pick some up. Thanks very much!
Get off all medications especially cholesterol and high blood pressure meds.
Try a grain and seed oil free diet heavy in grass fed beef.
Get out in the sun!
Consider having your root canal teeth removed and silver fillings replaced.
Most importantly cut out all sugar which includes anything with fructose or high fructose corn syrup.
Remember cholesterol is good.
"This might be a good thing to notice that as you fast you may find that you don’t need as much medication and longer term you may be able to ditch all of your medications. This is why it is no surprise that the medical community is not so hot on the topic."
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Fasting is a miracle however every time I fast, I lose at least 30%-50% of my hair. As a woman, this is very distressing. I want to fast again but I am worried about losing more hair. So instead I will start eating meat only and alternating fasting and eating days and hope my hair doesn’t fall out.
In 2018 I did a 20 day fast and lost 25 lbs. didn’t really need to lose weight but I felt fantastic. Took a few days to start eating again with broth and then raw eggs and then scrambled eggs etc. then in 2023 I fasted for 30 days, then took a month off, and then fasted another 30 days. I lost 50’lbs. I needed to lose the weight, I was 200 lbs. today I regained some weight back and am about 180 or less and so much stress in my life right now. I lost so much hair, I feel like I’ve never looked worse in my life. My hair has already grown back to 3 inches (I have long hair but the hairs that fell out have all regrown to 3 inches) but I’m worried I’ll lose more again. Fasting makes me glow and feel so beautiful so I want to do it again but…. The hair loss.
In that case maybe fasting is not the best thing for you? It could be that you don't need to fast. There are definitely lots of people who talk about fasting on YouTube. I will see if I can find information about this for you!
Thank you. I myself have not been able to find much. I have thought about it at length, though… something that I thought about was that perhaps fasting invokes an ancestral memory of famine… I know we all come from ancestors who endured incredible hardship, I just wonder if maybe the fasting triggers a state of extreme duress (even with me taking magnesium, potassium, extra salt, and lots of sleep, it made no difference and the hair fell out exactly 3 months later, all the same) and because it doesn’t happen to everyone (many do not lose their hair) that it could be in more recent times in my lineage, maybe there were traumatic events and famine that are remembered in some part of me and in others who lose their hair. Maybe that makes no sense at all. The human body is fascinating and also more complex than I could ever truly comprehend.
This makes sense. If you wanted to do a longer fast it may work better if you had zero stress in your life. Maybe if you were able to meditate a lot and get a lot of back rubs or something like that. I found one video so far on the subject. She made a couple of suggestions such as that you would need to stop fasting, however she did say that maybe other types of fasts would work better for you. One meal a day. Or just 3 meals a day. Long term fasts are probably not necessary. I have never done a long term fast. I mostly stick to the one meal a day fast. At the moment I am not doing one meal a day fasting because we are working on our roofs and I sometimes feel a bit dizzy while fasting so it is not a good time to be on a roof. LOL Someone posted this comment on the video I am talking about. "
@pamn8661
3 years ago
I have posted this info on a Dr. Mindy video before but my experience with hair loss was linked 100% to amino acid deficiency. Several years ago I lost 80% of my hair and reached a point where I had to wear wigs. I consulted 3 naturopaths that all insisted it had to be a thyroid issue but the tests didn’t bear that out. I finally found a doctor who said immediately that I was amino acid deficient, and that rapid hair loss was always caused by amino acid deficiency. He put me on 2 amino acid IVs for the first 2 weeks and the hair loss stopped with the first one. Then I went to one a week for the next month. This boosted my levels and then to maintain my amino acid levels, I was told take HCL with all of my protein meals. A Heidelberg test( don’t think too many people offer this) revealed I make almost no stomach acid which is needed to break protein down into amino acids. The HCL basically replaces what ,y body does not make. Stomach acid declines in all of us after we reach 40 but mine just stopped all together. Anyhow something else to research. If I had not found an ND with this knowledge I am sure I would have been bald. My doctor is Jonathan Wright and he is interviewed in all of Suzanne Sommers books since he is one of her doctors, too. He talked about the hair loss.HCL link in one of her anti aging books. The IVs I received are called Freeamine, from McGuff pharmacy if that is helpful to anyone." Also here is a link to the video in case you were interested. https://youtu.be/oRpBqUxRV_8?si=taqrGhBLTqqFRbCi
Renee…. Low HCL is also often a cause or associated with autoimmune disorders, of which I have at least 2 (psoriasis and arthritis)… you’ve sent me down the right rabbit hole that’s for sure. Thank you!
I am happy to hear that. I think I could be low on HCL too. So much to learn!
Lol omg definitely a wise idea to eat if only one meal when you’re high up on a roof under the hot sun, yes you don’t want to get light headed up there!!!
Omg thank you for this tidbit BECAUSE! While I was reading the first few lines I was thinking to myself, “but I eat so much raw animal foods every day surely I get enough protein,” but then the HCL line got me! That is something I’m going to try! This could totally be something to investigate… wow thank you for finding that. I’ve scoured comment sections for YEARS I’m telling you and never come across that. Reddit, different YouTube people like coke Robinson and some other small names, dr Jason fung, some other authors whose names I can’t remember but I read their books on fasting… I take screenshots of the tidbits that offer hints at what could be going on but never found anything like this. Low HCL makes a ton of sense, and now I have to see what the symptoms are but it’s harmless if I get the tablets while I do the research so I’ll pick some up. Thanks very much!
When you're not fasting, eat meat/fish and animal fats.
Very good point Renee. I will give this a try.
Leslie