hair loss

December 31, 2001

my hair is is starting to come out in large clumps. i think this has something

to do with mercury leaving through the scalp. anyway, is there a way to save my

hair?

January 1, 2002

<<my hair is is starting to come out in large clumps. i think this has

something to do with mercury leaving through the scalp. anyway, is there a

way to save my hair? >>

Hi Arthur;

Mercury is known to cause free radical stress.

In similar circumstances such as chemotherapy and radiation to avoid the

oxidative stress and the side effects that it causes such as hair and bowel

lining loss, vomiting and general illness, people are raising their

glutathione levels using Immunocal/HMS-90 both before the therapies and

after, to speed healing.

Many of these people are not even getting sick or losing their hair. In

fact, a lot of them don't even have to miss work.

hope this helps.

Duncan

January 23, 2002

At 19:01 1-23-2002 -0500, Arthur wrote:

>

> hair today- gone tomorrow. here's some interesting things that

are happening to my head. i started losing my hair last month while i

was doing andy cutler's ala protocol for mercury removal. though i

felt i was having great results (hair loss aside) from the ala, i

stopped the protocol. i reversed the hair loss with lots of parsley

juice. then the hair loss started again recently. and i am not taking

the ala anymore. so i can assume that wasn't the cause. i was also

taking a product called Adapt for my adrenals which my doctor

prescribed and pregnenolone. so now i am thinking it might have been

caused by one of those two products. i am stopping both immediately. ....<

Hair loss can be from estrogen, or from di-hydro testosterone.

Progesterone can possibly fix either problem (see below).

Progesterone will increase testosterone levels by blocking

its conversion to di-hydro testosterone.

Pregnenolone could (in some cases) increase estrogen, but

pregnenolone is reportedly good for the memory. However,

if both pregnenolone and progesterone are used together, an

increase of estrogen would tend to be prevented, and both

your hair and your memory might benefit.

Bill

-------- Forwarded message --------

To: AntiAgingResearch

Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002

Subj: [AntiAgingResearch] Progesterone for Men

http://www.alternativeskincare.net/progesterone/whymen.htm

Why Would Men Need to Use A Progesterone Cream?

===============================================

Did you know that men make estrogen and estradiol? Well

they do, but in much lower amounts than women. The male

hormone, testosterone, is antagonist to estradiol.

Testosterone prevents estradiol from causing prostate

cancer by destroying the prostate cancer cells it

stimulates. Testosterone does NOT cause prostate cancer. If

this were true 19 and 20-year-old males would be developing

prostate cancer, as these are the individuals with the

highest levels. This is obviously not the case. Males also

produce progesterone, although about half as much as

females do. The progesterone prevents the body from

converting testosterone to di-hydro testosterone. It does

this by inhibiting the enzyme 5-alpha reductase.

Progesterone inhibits 5 alpha reductase far more

effectively than Proscar and Saw Palmetto, which are the

more standard agents employed in traditional and natural

medicine.

As a male ages, his progesterone level decreases, just like

it does in women. In women this decease occurs about the

age of 35 and men about ten years later. When progesterone

levels decrease, the male's 5 alpha reductase converts the

testosterone to di-hydro testosterone, which is useless at

removing the prostate cancer cells that estradiol

stimulates. Estradiol also stimulates the enlargement of

the prostate. This allows the prostate gland to swell and

enlarge and in many cases transform into prostate cancer.

The prostate is embryologically similar to the female

uterus. Prostate cancer is the NUMBER ONE cancer in men.

Prostate enlargement is a major cause of problems in

elderly men. It appears we now have a simple, safe

inexpensive solution to prevent and treat this problem.

There are a large number of anecdotal stories of complete

reversals of metastatic prostatic cancers. The clinical

research has just begun.

The January 28 JAMA (*) had an article " To die or not to

die? " Most cells in the body die through a more subtle,

noninflammatory, energy-dependent form of cell death called

apoptosis. Recent research into the molecular mechanisms of

apoptosis has revealed that apoptosis is a genetically

programmed process that can become deranged when the

components of the cellular apoptotic machinery are mutated

or present in inappropriate quantities. Dysregulation of

apoptosis is associated with the cause of a wide array of

diseases: cancer, neurodegeneration, autoimmunity, heart

disease, and other disorders.

All cells, with the exception of brain and muscle cells,

multiply continuously. The genes that regulate this cell

growth are p53 and bcl2. If the gene bcl2 dominates it will

push cells to cancer. If gene p53 dominates the opposite

will occur and the cell growth is controlled and the cancer

do not occur The article clearly shows that traditional

chemotherapy using poisons to stop cell hyperplasia do not

work as they kill normal cells easier than cancer cells.

The new idea promoted by the review is to find agents that

activate p53 and deactivate bc12 is the hope for curing

cancer.

Well folks, guess what the research shows??? Estradiol

turns on the cancer gene bc12 and progesterone turns on the

anti-cancer gene p53!!! Breast cancer cells do not multiply

when women are on progesterone. These hormones also worked

for cancer of the ovary and uterus and small cell lung

cancer, which is normally a very difficult cancer to treat

q with a horribly dismal diagnosis.

This is MAJOR news and will provide a radical shift in my

recommendations for hormonal replacement. It is fast

becoming apparent that nearly all men should seriously

consider natural progesterone replacement sometime in their

40s, or even earlier if they have a family history of

prostate cancer. There is also a reasonable likelihood that

this will decrease male balding. So, all the men who wish

to retain what is left of their hair should start this

immediately.

It is recommended that a low dose progesterone cream is

used, in comparison to a high dosage cream. When much

higher doses are given, the excess progesterone is

metabolized in the liver and some of the metabolites may

have an anesthetic dose on the brain. I believe that many

of the patients I have prescribed the higher dose 10% cream

for have experienced some of these symptoms. The other

consideration has to do with the distribution of the dose.

The progesterone cream enters from the skin into the fat.

The progesterone is released from the fat into the blood

stream in direct proportion to the concentration of the

cream. The danger of using a higher dose cream is that

there will not be a smooth release of the hormone into the

blood stream over the 12-hour period. Since progesterone

has a relatively short half-life of five minutes once it is

in the blood, this will significantly limit its

effectiveness and one will only receive partial benefits

from the progesterone.

There are many low dose non-prescription natural

progesterone creams on the market. A typical one would have

about 900 mg per two ounces, which is about 1.7%. Many are

available in the health food store. However, one needs to

be very careful that the cream indeed has natural

progesterone and in the 1.7% concentration. The dose of

natural progesterone for men is 10 to 12 mg per day. Men do

NOT need time off like women and can take the progesterone

without taking any days off. The normal dose for women of

natural progesterone should be about 20 mg per day from day

12 to 26. These doses are split and taken twice a day.

(*) JAMA. January 28, 1998;279:300-307

..

January 23, 2002

dear friend...re hair, i can offer no insight...but re memory...contrary to

all prognostications...when i take preg...i experience increased brain

stall. i dont do pregneleone any more due to discernable lapses

in...in...uh...oh, yeah...memory.

best regards

hair loss

> hair today- gone tomorrow. here's some interesting things that are

happening to my head. i started losing my hair last month while i was doing

andy cutler's ala protocol for mercury removal. though i felt i was having

great results (hair loss aside) from the ala, i stopped the protocol. i

reversed the hair loss with lots of parsely juice. then the hair loss

started again recently. and i am not taking the ala anymore. so i can assume

that wasn't the cause. i was also taking a product called Adapt for my

adrenals which my doctor prescribed and pregnenelone. so now i am thinking

it might have been caused by one of those two products. i am stopping both

immediately. the adapt has copper in it, and cutler is opposed to any copper

if you have a mercury problem because it will antagonize it. ideas on this?

>

> i guess i will have to start up with the parsley juice again. has anyone

any ideas on why i need to drink parsely juice in order to maintain hair?

>

> trying to be healthy sucks!!!

>

> if i had energy and could concentrate i would leave my hair as an offering

to the gods of sickness and be on my merry way. but bald, stupid and tired

is not my desired life path

>

> aajonus' take on this is that hair loss is a sign of mercury leaving the

body. i am inclined to agree with this. especially since parsely binds to

mercury. and if the adapt product turns out to be the cause then this will

fortify my theory. it is strange because i am losing hair only on the front

of my head, the rest of it is growing at a good clip.

>

> my memory is going really fast too. two days ago i left the water on the

sink and flooded my entire apartment building. i will be sued for the

damage.

>

> my feeling is that after all these years of cleansing my body is starting

to ick out mercury very fast and i can't seem to keep up with the pace. open

to suggestions.

>

January 24, 2002

Hi ;

Hair loss is often linked to oxidative stress, specifically lipid

peroxidation near the follicle, which interferes with cell growth. As such

it can be prevented or stopped by increasing cellular glutathione with

Immunocal or HMS-90 from Immunotec Research. Both products are available on

EBay, the Canadian HMS-90 is priced better.

I can see you're resisting glutathione supplements because of a scare

perpetrated by Mr. Cutler on GSH and chelation. But you have elected to not

follow his advice after all because of side effects. The fact remains that

natural chelation is a mechanism that uses levels of cellular glutathione as

a continuous defence mechanism. Glutathione is built into a healthy body and

is the only antioxidant naturally part of your system. The molecular bond

isn't as weak as Andy says because it binds both mercury sites and a

glutathione on each side as per the Quig study. Chelation of aluminum uses

three GSH molecules.

Glutathione and organic sulfur are both intimately linked with hormone

recycling too, so if you were prescribed preg and adrenal enhancers, that's

probably good and necessary as the MD says but may still indicate low

cellular GSH levels to recycle your existing production.

I would suggest to continue to take the hormone supplements and start on

Immunocal/HMS-90 and a good oxygen booster, then maybe slowly drop the dose

of the hormones if necessary. The GSH produces will also help to recycle the

ALA you're taking and several antioxidants in your cells, as well as the

NADH for energy.

List mates can always get the best price on HMS-90 from a Canadian

distributor (like me

Duncan

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