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Can Sandalore®, a Cheap Synthetic Replacement of Sandal-wood Extracts in Perfumes, Regrow Your Lost Scalp Hair?

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It's not clear if natural sandalwood extract will do the same as the synthetic sandalore that's used as a cheap sandal-wood replacement in perfumes (for more info on the difference read the green infobox in the bottom-line). A recent press release has been the #3 most viewed and debated posts on my social media accounts , recently; second only to my MTHFR and sucralose articles, the press release from my "colleagues" at the University of Münster (obviously I am working on my Ph.D. at the Physics Department , not at the Dermatology Department ;-) created quite a stir not just among SuppVersity  readers, but also among the general public from A as Australia to Z as Zambia (well, almost *lol*). But let's be honest: Is that really surprising? If you take into consideration that >50% of the male population and an ever-increasing number of females is affected by excess hair loss - reasons include regular aging ( Van Neste 2004 , Trüeb 2005 & 2006 ), ...

Hair Loss: Finasteride, Laser Light or Minoxidil - What Will Really Help Men & Women Regrow Lost Scalp Hair?

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Men may be at a higher risk, but androge-netic hair loss is not a male exclusive. Minoxidil, Finasteride, and low-level laser light therapy are Food and Drug Administration-approved/-cleared treatments for androgenetic alopecia, but do they actually work? That was one of the questions Areej Adil and Marshall Godwin tried to answer in a recent review; a systematic review and meta-analysis the scientists from the  Memorial University of Newfoundland  published in the Journal of the American Acadamy of Dermatology very recently and a paper of which its authors claim that I will clear up the confusion about the seemingly conflicting results of individual studies. If your scalp is not your weak area, try these exercise to shed fat and gain muscle . Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp.? Alternating Squat & Blood Pressure - Productive? Pre-Exhaustion Exhausts Your Growth Potential Full ROM ➯ Full Gains - Form Counts! Battle the Rope to Get Ripped...

Creatine, DHT, Hair Loss & Prostate Cancer - Bro-Scientific Old Wives' Tales or Possible Side Effect? Plus: (Non-)Sense Creatine Loading, Exercise Induced 5-α Reduction & More

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Poor guy! Must have taken too much creatine and treated his hair for muscle ;-) Ok, seriously, creatine may have helped a little that he was able to build this impressive physique, but the hair? Come on, seriously!? If you have been around the bulletin boards of the fitness and bodybuilding community, I am pretty sure you will have heard about creatine induced increases in dehydrotestosterone (DHT). Probably you will also have had someone chime in who claimed that his hair started to fall out, when he started to use creatine supplements - right? Well, I guess in that case you will probably also remember how another guy chimed in and said: "Hold on does that mean that creatine will cause prostate cancer?" Never heard something like that? I suggest you trust my word, then; and in case you want "scientific evidence" head over to www.pubmed.com and type in "creatine D" it will offer you "creatine DHT" as one of the typical search phrases people...

Androgen 3-Some: BPA Exposure & Free Testosterone in Men. TRT Good For the Prostate. DHT, Alopecia (Hair Loss) & Monascus Fermentation. Plus: Mycotoxins in GCB Supps

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Coffee and green coffee bean extracts are by no means the only way by which you are exposed to mycotoxins. Corn, for example, is likewise a favorite for the toxic mold. The same goes for almost all other grains. Common routes of exposure are, amongst others cereals, bread s, wines, and even mils and meats (of swine ad turkey, not chicken; Duarte. 2010) 36%, 32%, 10%, and 16% these are the SuppVersity Figures of the week and the percentages of green coffee bean supplements (remember the chlorogenic acid news in Thursday's installment of the Science Round-Up ) that were contaminated with Ochratoxin A, ochratoxin B, fumonisin B1 and mycophenolic acid , respectively. "Mycotoxins occurred in the following concentration ranges: ochratoxin A: 2.7–136.9 µg/kg, ochratoxin B: 3.5–20.2 µg/kg, fumonisin B1: 110.0–415.0 µg/kg, mycophenolic acid: 43.1–395.0 µg/kg." (Vaclavi. 2013) These poisonous substances are produced by fungi that form during (inproper) storage and are sus...

Intermittent Thoughts: Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) - Bigger, Stronger, Faster or just Balder, Fatter and Unhealthier?

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Image 1: The ancient Greek ideal of the male body has probably more to do with DHT than the freaky physiques of today's IFBB Pro bodybuilders. I guess after the revelations about the importance of estrogen in the process of skeletal muscle hypertrophy in the last installment of the Intermittent Thoughts you will probably be eager to hear what its male counterpart dihydrotestosterone (DHT), is able to do... I mean, with DHT being the male hormone par excellence it is only reasonable to assume that its effects on skeletal muscle mass and strength, two characteristic features of the male persuasion, must be significant, right? Before we are going to address this vitally important questions, let's briefly take a look at what the dihydrotestosterone actually is. DHT the hormone to which testosterone is just another prohormone Similar to estrogen, DHT (exact name 17β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one ) is a testosterone metabolite. The process by which your body (male and fema...
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