Questions on Hair Graying, Copper, and Estrogen

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How to slow or reverse graying of hair?

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Question: How to slow graying of hairs and potentially reverse it?

Short Answer: What works for any given individual will likely be to find the weakest link and fix it, from among the following systems: the signaling of energy abundance (body fat, insulin sensitivity, thyroid hormone, adequate protein, individualized meeting of carbohydrate needs, good management of psychosocial stress, supporting neuroendocrine signaling with copper, vitamin C, zinc, and glycine, and supporting thyroid function with iodine and selenium); the biochemical infrastructure of energy production (all the B vitamins, iron, copper, sulfur, magnesium, potassium, and managing genetic idiosyncrasies impacting energy metabolism), and antioxidant protection (protein, vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc, copper, selenium, iron, and manganese).

What is the relationship between copper and estrogen?

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Question: What is the relationship between copper and estrogen?

Short Answer: Estrogen moves copper from the mother’s bloodstream to the fetus during pregnancy. Its action at the intestines is poorly understood but I believe estrogen and progesterone interact to promote intestinal copper absorption. Maintaining pregnancy-level hormones while not pregnant poses a risk of promoting too much absorption of copper from food without transferring it to a growing baby. Copper status should be monitored when using supplemental hormones to avoid copper toxicity.

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Ask Me Anything | March 14, 2023

Hair loss, erythritol, estrogen, copper, and more.

The questions include:

• What about that new erythritol study?

• Can nicotinamide riboside cause hemolytic anemia in someone with G6PDH deficiency?

• Why is citric acid alkalinizing?

• If I switch my vitamin E to tocotrienols, am I missing anything?

• Vitamin A deficiency and toxicity symptoms at the same time?

• Vitamin A in pregnancy

• How long should I wait to measure whole blood riboflavin after making a change to my supplement?

• How to stack supplements for blood pressure?

• Rejuvant calcium alpha-ketoglutarate for anti-aging?

• Are dietary AGEs a problem?

• Is it safe to keep taking high-dose zinc?

• What’s the best way to get phosphorus?

• Weight loss question.

• How to eat to 80% full

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Thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope you find these useful!
Chris