Hair loss…it’s all about absorption
After gastric bypass or gastric sleeve surgery, many patients find themselves dealing with hair loss despite hitting appropriate protein goals. Often times, this is a result of inadequate absorption of key vitamins, minerals and amino acids (protein).
For more on protein absorption, listen to episode 011: A Simple Strategy to Increase Protein Absorption without Increasing What You Eat
The hormone, hair loss connection
Your thyroid produces hormones needed by every single cell in your body. Several of these hormones, (TSH, FT4, FT3, and RTS) play a critical role in the health of your hair.
For a deeper explanation of this topic, please read Dr. Amy Myers blog post on 10 Tips to Reverse Thyroid Hair Loss
Amino acids are building blocks for many of these hormones. If your stomach is not properly breaking down the protein you consume into its amino acid components. The end result can be hair loss from hormone imbalance.
Two common minerals that play a key role in hair loss
Minerals also play an important role in the health of your hair. The two main minerals being zinc and iron. If either or both of these are low. This often leads to hair loss.
The goods news being you can easily optimize these values with food.
Identifying lab values is key to quickly restoring healthy hair
Understanding the connection between your thyroid, zinc, iron and critical amino acids (protein) is key to quickly restoring healthy hair. In this episode, we discuss each of these key components and their impact on hair loss.
We also share simple tests your bariatric team can perform to evaluate if you have an imbalance. And if so, we discuss several ways to end hair loss by treating these imbalances.
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Play-by-Play:
8:05 Learn how just hitting protein “numbers” may not prevent hair loss
11:35 Learn what mineral deficiency can cause hair loss and how PPI’s are connected
17:40 Learn the second mineral that causes hair loss if low and how to test and treat
20:25 Learn which hormone imbalance can cause hair loss
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References & Links:
- Hair Loss and your thyroid
- Effect of Hydrochloric Acid on Iron Absorption
- The Evolution of Stomach Acidity and Its Relevance to the Human Microbiome
- Effect of probiotics on postoperative quality of gastric bypass surgeries: A prospective randomized trial
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