Hair loss is pretty pedestrian if you ask the pharmaceutical industry. You see, they have it all figured out. Inhibit the manhood-promoting hormone, dehydrotestosterone (DHT), and you stop hair loss. 

The pharmaceutical drug Propecia is based on this very concept. Also called finsasteride, Propecia cripples the 5-alpha reductase enzyme that produces DHT from testosterone. 

So, how effective is this approach? Let's trek over to propeciasideeffects.com and ask the gentlemen suffering lifelong erectile dysfunction about it. They have some interesting things to say.

Like all diseases of civilization, hair loss pathylogy is rooted in the dysregulation of the hormones within our bodies. High DHT, which is public enemy number one to the pharmaceutical industry, is a symptom of the body going metabolically awry and not the sole problem. So what do we do? Do we take a drug to fix the problem? Do we rub goop in our hair every morning? Do we take fifty designer supplements with each meal?

All of these questions can be answered with a resounding no.

Hair loss, if not too far advanced, can be halted with a little know-how and determination. Let's go over the key players in what some have dubbed "the hairpocalypse"... Okay, only I have dubbed it the hairpocalypse.

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Hopefully for the gents losing their hair, my time away will have been well worth it.

For the last 6 months I have been working on a hair loss eBook that outlines how I stopped my progressive hair loss. My aim was to explain in lay man's terms, why our western diet is causing aggressive hair loss in those susceptible to balding.

When a man starts losing his hair the options he has are literally awful. He can turn to pharmaceuticals and risk "chemical castration", he can plan a hair transplant - which no one on this planet wants to go through, or he can gamble on a magic mix of supplementation and hope for the best.

Not being happy with the options out there, I turned to nutrition for answers. With tons of stumbling along the way, I researched tirelessly until I came upon a regime that kept my hair in my head and made me healthier in the process.

The eBook will cover the last four years of my experiment and will detail everything I have learned during my unique journey. I've worked extremely hard on this and I can't wait to bring it to the masses.

In a few more weeks the eBook should be ready. If anyone has any title suggestions, I'm all ears. 

Thank you for your patience dear reader, comment away if you have any questions! 

Updated on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 3:10PM by Danny Roddy

Let's talk about my past, my present and my quest for relentless improvement. I won't dip into my vegan experience, which you can read about, but I should start at the beginning with my dietary habits as a youngster.

My grade school menu consisted of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, and Cocoa Puffs. These nutritional power-houses were washed down with lactose infused fat-free milk followed by a tall glass of Tropicana orange juice, just like the kid on the commercial. I was the American dream. Sides that accompanied my main course were often of a cardboard box origin as well: Cinnamon Pop-Tarts, crumb mini doughnuts, coffee cake, or a peanut butter Eggo waffle all fit the bill as suitable choices to go along side my cereal super food. 

Hot on the heels of my cocaine like cereal addiction, was my penchant for Taco Bell. The recent purchase of a mountain bike had me riding to the local T-Bell nearly every day. Beaming with the feeling of independence, I indulged in taco supremes, nacho bell-grandes, chicken quesadillas a plenty. This particular T-Bell was one of the first I remember with an open soda fountain; thus enabling me to fuel my growing body with whatever ridiculous flavor the Mountain Dew corporation had thought of that week. 

Notable store bought items during junior high were: Gushers fruits snacks, Dunk-A-Roos, Lay's potato chips, root beer, Cactus Cooler orange soda, instant oatmeal, Pillsbury strudels, and not-for-the-weak Flaming Hot Cheetos. Looking back on it, I rarely ate meat unless it was honey glazed and came from the deli. I did eat a lot of ground beef from Taco Bell, but I'm not sure that counts.

High school and college was an onslaught of titanic-sized burritos and irish car bombs. It was at this point that the culmination of every poor nutritional decision collectively punched me in the face. I found myself in rough shape at the young age of 21. I had a very low libido, terrible anxiety, severe cold intolerance, digestive issues, sleep apnea, chronic halitosis, and a very itchy dandruff-ridden scalp. To top this off, all of my body hair started to fall out.

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Updated on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 8:12PM by Danny Roddy

Hair loss, for men and women, can be one of the most devastating diseases of civilization. The thought of one's outward appearance being changed, forever, is a hard pill to swallow. It can lead to anxiety, depression, and an overall failure to thrive. It's no wonder that hair loss is a multi-billion dollar industry with more and more products flooding the market everyday.

The problem with chosing any one drug or product is that the etiology of hair loss has many variables. Hair loss can manifest in almost any disease state, deficiency, or hormonal imbalance. Therefore we need something that will positively effect all the systems in our body, instead of focusing on one specific area. In this post I will try to demonstrate that the best way to combat hair loss, in all forms, is to adopt a carnivorous lifestyle.

Blood Sugar & Insulin

The starting point, as with any disease of civilization, is the dysregulation of insulin by high blood sugar. A high carbohydrate diet leads to elevated blood glucose, which ushers in the master hormone insulin. When this happens chronically, we acquire high blood sugar and insulin resistance. Studies show that men who experience advanced hair loss tend to have high blood insulin levels. It is no wonder why many type two diabetics also see a marked reduction in hair growth.

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It seems that Vegan Roulette is the most active article on this weblog. That being the case I wanted to add more about my experience and explain why veganism, for health reasons, is lowest on the totem pole in terms of adequate nutrition. I do so candidly because I wish to deter anyone on planet earth from trying something like this. My loss is your gain.

About two years ago, Takota headed to up to San Fransisco to play a small gig. Like all van rides during that time, I was impatiently waiting to arrive, so I could search for a grocery store. The realization of being vegan on the road is that there's nothing to eat. I did not eat sugar or highly refined carbohydrates, so finding "raw" fruits and veggies was extremely difficult, if not impossible. I often found myself fasting for a good portion of the day; when I was eating it was usually a plain McDonald's side salad with whatever fruit I could find.

When we arrived at our destination, we unloaded the trailer and were told to take our equipment down to the basement where the stage was. We looked at the steep flight of stairs, let out a collective groan, and started to unload the trailer. It was a struggle trying to get my 120lb frame to bare the weight of my bass equipment. After a couple of close calls, Brett, our guitar player, noticed my valiant effort, and told me he would handle it. It was truly pathetic, I sat on the sidelines and watched the rest of the band take in my equipment. I just couldn't do it.

So how does a 155 lb. male get sucked down to 120 lb. with chronic fatigue & extreme weakness? From what I've put together, a couple of reasons:

• Lack of dietary building blocks of testosterone and other key hormones
• Low amounts of superior dietary nutrients zinc, fat, cholesterol, and protein (animal)
• Excessive amounts of vegetables and fruits (read:sugar)
• Low overall calorie consumption

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