Why So Many People Are Losing Hair at the Crown and Hairline. What May Help

The Silent Pandemic of Hair Loss

There is an alarming increase in the number of individuals losing their hair, and they do not realize that something in the environment is destroying their bodies. There are three main reasons why this is happening — but the root cause of all them it is what people are introducing into their bodies, as I describe in this article.

One of the biggest lies from pseudo-health experts is that this condition is due to genes. It is a very superficial conclusion because genes are influenced by the environment.

Whatever you introduce into your body, the environment and life style influence gene expression. So yes, it is about the gene activity, but the problem is not the genes, but the trash people are introducing into their bodies that affects negatively the gene expression, including medications, foods, beverages and even electromagnetic pollution.

There are studies confirming that EMFs can impact gene expression!

People do not understand genes, and most of the products they consume negatively influence gene expression, imbalance hormones, and cause nutrient deficiencies. Hair loss is also a result of hormonal imbalances and nutrient deficiencies. Many products cause all of these issues, and I will discuss them in this article while offering some solutions.

Gene Expression and the Environment causing Baldness

Humans are biologically designed to live independently into old age, with strong bodies, healthy hair, clear vision, and well-functioning organs. Yet today, we see a growing number of people experiencing premature baldness, sight problems, obesity-related deformities, chronic fragility in old age, and increasing numbers of newborns with health issues.

When it comes to baldness, several key genes regulate hair follicle development, growth cycles, and protein production involved in hair structure. One of the most critical is the AR gene (Androgen Receptor gene). Certain variations in this gene can make hair follicles more sensitive to DHT (dihydrotestosterone), a hormone derived from testosterone.

Over time, DHT can shrink the follicles — a process called miniaturization — until they stop producing visible hair. But here's the key: environmental triggers such as diet, toxins, hormone-disrupting chemicals, and stress can worsen this genetic sensitivity or even activate it in people who wouldn’t otherwise be affected.

Below is a breakdown of certain foods and substances that contribute to hair loss and baldness through their influence on gene expression, hormonal imbalance, and nutrient deficiency. Some commonly consumed foods not only lack nutrients but also deplete the body’s existing nutrient reserves, such as white bread, white rice, and ultra-processed foods.

Foods and Substances That May Contribute to Baldness

1. High-Sugar Foods and Sweetened Beverages

   
   

   Diets high in sugar can lead to insulin resistance, which increases circulating androgens (male hormones). This includes products containing maltodextrin, which can elevate androgen levels — especially dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone known to shrink hair follicles, contributing to androgenetic alopecia. High sugar intake also alters the expression of genes involved in insulin signaling and androgen metabolism.

   
   

2. Highly Processed Foods

   
   

   Examples include instant noodles, frozen pizzas, chips, and fast food. These items often contain trans fats, preservatives, and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which trigger oxidative stress and systemic inflammation. These conditions activate genes that promote hair follicle miniaturization and disrupt normal hair growth cycles.

   
   

3. Alcohol (frequent or excessive consumption)

   
   

   Alcohol depletes essential nutrients such as zinc and B-vitamins and impairs protein synthesis. It also affects liver detoxification pathways, which are crucial for hormone balance. These changes can alter the expression of genes involved in hair growth regulation and hormone metabolism.

   
   

4. Cigarette Smoke

   
   

   Cigarette smoke contains harmful substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals like cadmium. These toxins can cause DNA methylation, a significant epigenetic modification. They also disrupt hair follicle stem cells and suppress Wnt signaling, a key pathway for hair regeneration. A 2003 study published in Dermatology found a strong association between smoking and early-onset androgenetic alopecia.

   
   

5. Other Risk Factors and Nutrient Imbalances

   
   

   • Diets high in omega-6 fatty acids (from vegetable oils) promote inflammation.

   • Low protein intake can reduce keratin production, the main structural protein in hair.

   • Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame may disrupt the gut microbiome, potentially impairing nutrient absorption and influencing gene expression indirectly.

   • Deficiencies in zinc, biotin, iron, and selenium negatively affect the expression of genes responsible for hair follicle maintenance.

⚠️ Medications That May Contribute to Baldness

Several commonly prescribed medications have been found to negatively affect hair growth through mechanisms such as altering gene expression, hormonal pathways, and follicular metabolism. While often overlooked, their impact on the body’s epigenetic landscape can be significant. As an anti-aging coach, I do not recommend to anyone to consume chemical medicines. They are very toxic, harmful, and natural remedies are always available.

A real expert who wants to support your health will never recommend them. For example, consuming too many products and water with fluoride causes iodine deficiency. As a result, hairloss and eyebrow loss in women occur, but also prostate and breast cancer can develop.

When people with breast or prostate cancer caused by iodine deficiency seek help, pseudo-experts typically recommend chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or other highly harmful treatments that severely damage the body, reduce life expectancy, and harm DNA — even though the condition could be effectively treated with high doses of iodine.

So it is important that people be aware that mainstream chemical medicines are not health products, but part of an industry that only cares about money. Even the way these people diagnose the body is toxic — with harmful X-rays that destroy cells — while very advanced devices like Metatron, which are completely safe and provide much better information, even for the human spirit, are ignored and not used by the mainstream health systems.

✅ Top 10 Medications That Can Trigger Hair Thinning or Baldness

1. Finasteride and Dutasteride (Paradoxical Effect)

• Used for: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), male pattern baldness (ironically).

• How it affects hair: While these are typically used to treat hair loss, some users experience shedding (usually temporary, called shedding phase) when starting or stopping the medication.

• Mechanism: Alters DHT levels; may cause telogen effluvium in sensitive users.

  
  

2. Antidepressants and Antipsychotics

• Examples: Fluoxetine (Prozac), Sertraline (Zoloft), Amitriptyline, Lithium.

• Used for: Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder.

• How it affects hair: Can cause diffuse thinning or front-line hair loss.

• Mechanism: May alter hormonal balance or trigger stress response in follicles.

  
  

 3. Blood Thinners

• Examples: Heparin, Warfarin.

• Used for: Preventing blood clots.

• How it affects hair: Sudden shedding after several weeks of use.

• Mechanism: Pushes follicles into resting phase.

  
  

4. Retinoids (e.g. Isotretinoin / Accutane)

• Used for: Severe acne.

• How it affects hair: Thinning at crown or temples.

• Mechanism: Disrupts keratinization, dries out scalp, alters sebum, and can push follicles into telogen phase.

  
  

5. Beta-Blockers and Blood Pressure Medications

• Examples: Propranolol, Metoprolol, Atenolol.

• Used for: High blood pressure, anxiety, heart conditions.

• How it affects hair: Causes telogen effluvium (a form of temporary hair shedding).

• Mechanism: Interferes with the hair growth cycle, pushing follicles into the resting (telogen) phase prematurely.

  
  

6. Anticonvulsants and Mood Stabilizers

• Examples: Valproic acid, Carbamazepine, Phenytoin.

• Used for: Epilepsy, mood disorders.

• How it affects hair: Patchy or diffuse hair thinning.

• Mechanism: Impairs nutrient absorption and disrupts hair cycle.

   

 7. Thyroid Medications

• Examples: Levothyroxine (Synthroid).

• Used for: Hypothyroidism.

• How it affects hair: Hair loss if dosage is incorrect.

• Mechanism: Both over- and under-treatment can disrupt metabolic and hormonal balance affecting the follicle cycle.

  
  

8. Diabetes Medications

• Examples: Metformin.

• Used for: Type 2 diabetes.

• How it affects hair: May cause B12 deficiency, leading to hair thinning.

• Mechanism: Nutrient depletion and metabolic effects on hair growth.

9. Statins

• Examples: Atorvastatin, Simvastatin.

• Used for: High cholesterol.

• How it affects hair: Mild to moderate thinning in some users.

• Mechanism: May interfere with hormone levels or reduce nutrient absorption (e.g., CoQ10, needed for hair growth).

  
  

10. NSAIDs and Painkillers (in rare cases)

• Examples: Ibuprofen, Naproxen.

• Used for: Inflammation, pain relief.

• How it affects hair: Potential telogen effluvium.

• Mechanism: Interferes with prostaglandin pathways or stress response.

  
  

🧪 Mechanisms Summary:

• Anagen effluvium: Direct damage to growing hair follicles → immediate loss.

• Hormonal disruption: Alters levels of testosterone, DHT, or thyroid hormones.

• Nutrient interference: Depletes essential vitamins (B12, zinc, iron, biotin).

• Scalp impact: Affects sebum, inflammation, or blood flow.

• Telogen effluvium: Hair follicles prematurely enter resting phase → shedding after 2–3 months.

  
  

🥦Top Foods That Support Hair Growth & Healthy

It’s incredible that no matter what condition I write about on my blog, I always end up giving very similar advice. That’s because the root cause behind so many health issues—whether it's baldness, cancer, dementia, cognitive decline, frailty in the elderly, obesity, hypertension, or cardiovascular disease—is often the same: the toxic products most people consume.

These harmful foods, drinks, medications, and substances are promoted and sold by the same small group of powerful stakeholders. The same forces profiting from one disease are often behind many others, and this is slowly destroying humanity as a specie.

Also, medications, GMOs, and even supplements like those from the brand Life Plus, whose consumers are completely indoctrinated, believing that this trash is the best—like a good friend of mine who has no ears when I try to talk with her about them. On the other hand, the same foods and beverages that support healthy hair also support age reversal.

I am talking about the best foods to consume for healthy hair below, but these foods and all the best therapies for hair health which I am describing in this other article are useless if people continuously poison their bodies with trash like seed oils, GMOs, ultra-processed and fast foods, medications, or if they sleep in a bedroom next to a Wi-Fi modem, imbalancing the hormones, expressing the wrong genes, and disrupting quality sleep.

Even if your parents aren’t bald, an unhealthy lifestyle — like smoking, drinking alcohol, or eating highly processed foods — can trigger hair loss in you. In some cases, this can activate or even create a genetic tendency that wasn’t strongly expressed in your family before. Once that tendency is established, it can be passed down to your children, starting a new pattern of hair loss in your family line.

🧬 Most People—Even Experts—Ignore How Genes Really Work

If you're young, healthy, and active when you have a child, that child will reflect who you are at that moment. But if you later start consuming unhealthy foods, smoking cigarettes, or alcohol, and then have another child, that child will reflect who you are in that new, unhealthy state—and may not be as healthy, smart, or could even be born with a deformity.

All deformities and conditions that prevent people from living freely are caused by pollution—not genetics. This includes what people introduce into their bodies (like medications), electromagnetic pollution, environmental toxins from industries, chemical trails, and even radiation from bombs that have been detonated on the planet by armies in distant places.

This is important to understand because your lifestyle not only determines how long you're going to live or how beautiful you can be, but also your mental cognition, level of consciousness, and even the health and beauty of your future generations, and if you want to know about the lifestyle that supports your hair, beauty and longevity, take a look at my free ebook. It is a document I wrote to provide the advice needed to almost never get ill.

Top 10 foods to support healthy hair growth

🐟 1. Wild Fatty Fish (Salmon, Mackerel, Sardines)

• Rich in omega-3s, vitamin D, B12, and protein

• Supports anti-inflammatory gene expression

• Encourages anagen (growth phase) in hair cycle

  
  

🥚 2. Eggs

• Excellent source of biotin (B7) and protein

• Biotin is crucial for keratin production

• Also contain choline, which supports gene methylation (important for healthy gene activity)

  
  

🥬 3. Spinach & Dark Leafy Greens

• Loaded with iron, folate, vitamin A, and C

• Folate supports DNA methylation (epigenetics), aiding in healthy cell turnover

• Vitamin C helps in collagen production (supports hair shaft)

  
  

🥜 4. Nuts & Seeds (Especially Walnuts, Pumpkin Seeds, Flaxseeds)

• Rich in zinc, selenium, vitamin E, and omega-3s

• Pumpkin seeds also contain DHT blockers (DHT causes hair follicle shrinking)

  
  

🫐 5. Berries (Blueberries, Strawberries, Blackberries)

• High in antioxidants (like anthocyanins) → fight oxidative stress

• Protects hair follicles and DNA from free radical damage

  
  

🍠 6. Sweet Potatoes

• Packed with beta-carotene, converted into vitamin A

• Supports sebum production, which keeps the scalp moisturized

• Helps express genes involved in keratinocyte function (skin/hair cells)

  
  

🫘 7. Lentils & Beans

• High in iron, zinc, protein, and biotin

• Iron supports oxygen delivery to hair follicles → essential for growth

  
  

🫒 8. Raw Unheated Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• Anti-inflammatory and rich in polyphenols

• Helps maintain a healthy scalp environment

• May help reduce DHT sensitivity

  
  

🌿 9. Green Tea

• Contains EGCG, which helps block DHT

• Stimulates Wnt signaling, a pathway critical for hair follicle regeneration

  
  

🥥 10. Coconut & Coconut Oil

• Anti-microbial and nourishing for the scalp barrier

• Lauric acid supports protein retention in hair