Staying Young

[frb3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close frb3]

An acquaintance of mine once made a profound statement that to stay young looking you must remain thin and keep your hair. Have tried to follow that advice.

Now as to the staying thin part of it, have developed a system that works very well. You can eat anything and everything you want, just don't swallow.

As to the hair. Had a fellow I knew casually back in New York that went to the hair club for men. The result was he looked as if a small furry animal had died on his head. The only ones that look good with a rug are movie stars. They have a hair dresser that follows them around.

So to keep your hair and its color you may want to add PABA and Beta Carotene for color and Biotin and Zinc for hair restoring to your daily routine. Works for me.

Now lets fill me in on the location of those 18 year olds.

frb

[Betterman Member Find all posts View Profile Close Betterman]

Or you could use beauty creme made from aborted human fetus'. Don't blame the messenger, just some FYI. =[

Aborted fetus cells used in beauty creams - Washington Times

[frb3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close frb3]

That is truly disgusting. Will stick with my vitamins and minerals.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

Umm the zinc etc didn't work for me, did delay baldness a little though.

[Going411x7 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Going411x7]

Although I have virtually no wrinkles and a youthful body, I'm pretty much bald, so I shave my head close. I'm glad shaved heads are in style.

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

You are ahead of me going 4, my body is good ,but the head is an issue.

[growing4her Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close growing4her]

Marry a younger woman , workout and eat right. Thats what works for me

And have lots and lots of laughter and sex.

[frb3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close frb3]

Umm the zinc etc didn't work for me, did delay baldness a little though.

Might I kindly suggest you check the zinc you are taking. Some of the supplements do not contain minerals that are readily available. A bit of research will show you that some form of chelated zinc is more readily absorbed by the body. Licking a galvanized milk pail won't do it for you. Additionally zinc is necessary for a healthy libido.

frb

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Growing I married and divorced a younger woman. I do workout and eat right and have lots of sex ,must be the laughter that let me down.

Frb I have been aware of chelation, since it became popular decades ago. I think zinc tends to be undersupplied in the western diet, magniusm is another mineral I pay attention to for the same reason.
All these things may help with premature aging but are not a fountain of youth. Sort of like sunscreen and caring for your teeth.

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Growing I married and divorced a younger woman. I do workout and eat right and have lots of sex ,must be the laughter that let me down.

Frb I have been aware of chelation, since it became popular decades ago. I think zinc tends to be undersupplied in the western diet, magniusm is another mineral I pay attention to for the same reason.
All these things may help with premature aging but are not a fountain of youth. Sort of like sunscreen and caring for your teeth.

Interesting point. When dolomite tablets became popular during the late 70's it was soon learned that the calcium, magnesium in ground limestone wasn't available in human digestion. Same with elemental zinc. That's why organic sources were needed. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't zinc picolinate the most available of the zinc sources. Personally, have just started taking extra magnesium vis a vi blood pressure control.

[007 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 007]

I whole heartedly agree with the "lots of sex and laughter". Now as far as the hair goes, my mother suggested that biotin is good for the hair, for sometimes when woman are pregnant their hormones go wild and they can lose hair, and thus many take biotin to prevent or restore it. Next I read that certain animo acids...lysine in particular have positive effects on hair, in fact one copmany has applied for a patent on a lysine hair loss formula.
Next, anything that negatively affects the prostate has been linked to hairloss as indirect side effect. Now it was originally thought it was all DHT that causes the body to enlarge the prostate and causes the body to treat scalp follicles like organs being rejected, but there is also emerging evidence that excessive estrogen plays a much larger role than previously suspected. As guys age, their testosterone levels decline which will naturally increase the estrogen to test. ratio. Then you throw in a crap diet and alchohol and that will send estrogen levels, yes in Males, through the roof, and with insiffiecient test. to protect and offset the delicate balance of hormones you get estrogen running rampant, and estrogen at too high of levels is cancer promoting also. And much of the crap and chemicals in the cheap, processed, junk food we eat actually mimicks estrogen in the body and attacthes to the receptor points, only most Xenoestrogens (chemicals) are much more potent even than estrodiol, which is the strongest form of estrogen produced by the human body. And then alcohol raises estrogen levels by suppressing test. in the body.
Actually test. is an amazing hormone and is much more beneficial, protective, and helpful that people realize, as opposed to most peoples notion that is simply causes roid rage. So you get test. levels declining starting in your twenties which throws off kilter your delicate hormonal balance then you throw in a crap diet and maybe to much alcohol on the weekends, and you have recipe for prostate problems and hairloss. Furthermore your body think that with all this estrogen means that there is to much test. which all this estrogen is attempting to offset, because estr. and test. oppose one another, so your body will further inhibit test. production, and test. is your hairs' friend.
Also obesity further encourages an estrogen rich enviroment, because fat cells store estrogen and estrogen in turn encourages fat storage, it a viscous catch-22.
Whether it's the estrogen or the DHT or both, from this vantage point it is best to raise test. levels and suppress Dht and estrogen levels. Saw pallmatto, lycopene, pygeum, pumpkin seed extract have been shown to have positive effect on prostate and indirectly hair. And Nettle root also. Zinc is good because it encourages natural test. production, it strengthens the immune system, and it is an anti-aromatase, meaning it prevents test. from being converted into DHT the trouble causing step-child.
Also a great way to encourage natural test. production is weight lifting, and not just 10 pound cardio circuit, but heavy lifting, has been shown to encourage and increase test. production.
Also get a good multi-vitamin and plenty of anti-oxidants, and keep your stress managed, because stress causes elevated levels of the hormone cortisol, which is the fight or flight hormone, but has also been dubbed appropriately the "death hormone" for it's very detrimental and ravaging effects to the human body and immune system if it is chronically elevated. And in today's world stress isn't really optional, it is par for the course. And some studies are starting to link cortisol to the cascade of other hormonal fluctuations that is involved in hair problems.
Yes, there is the genetic factor, but I believe there is a huge enviromental variable in play here, because I'm starting to see more than a few females with thinning hair. So clean up the diet, excercise, and manage stress, Then, saw palmatto, nettle, pumkin seed extract, lycopene, and pygeum to keep DHT and estrogen in check and to keep them from attaching to receptor points. Biotin and zinc to further support health and hair growth. Also msm taken with vit. c, encourages cellular regeneration including hair. And don't drink to excess.
Sorry this is so long, and I wish I could suggest one magic bullit, but as with everything biological it is an intricate dance between a number of players, but I think cleanin up the diet, cutting out fast/junk food and pop in particular, would cure a number of health problems in this nation.
Oh and finally, growth hormone is the trump card, it is in fact the fountain of youth. It will produce hair growth from follicles long since retired, and it is insanely expensive for synthetic. But natural GH levels peak when we get good, quality sleep, and 4 or 5 hours a night doesn't cut it. Regular, consistant sleep, just like p.e. will yeild positve results.

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Interesting theory. Does contain holes though.
Yes magnesium is supposed to be good for blood pressure which is part of the reason I take it.
It is also good for cramps.
KP what do you think is the best source of zinc?

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Interesting theory. Does contain holes though.
Yes magnesium is supposed to be good for blood pressure which is part of the reason I take it.
It is also good for cramps.
KP what do you think is the best source of zinc?

Magnesoim or calcium citrate i think is the best absorbable calcium.magnesium fornulas. as far as zinc goes likely zinc glucanate is the the best.....i think.

I stay young by acting immature, i refuse to grow up!

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Hmm I use magniusm chelate and a mixed source calicum/mag.
Have used different zinc over the years ,can't remember zinc picolinate though.
Are you thinking of selinum picolinate?

[frb3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close frb3]

Hmm I use magniusm chelate and a mixed source calicum/mag.
Have used different zinc over the years ,can't remember zinc picolinate though.
Are you thinking of selinum picolinate?

Nope, zinc with picolinic acid. This form is reputed to be the most absorb able. I did some research on the internet and spent oh at least 10 minutes to come up with this form. You will probably have to go to a health food store, or vitamin shop to find this version. CVS doesn't carry it that much I know.

Again it is like the old dolomite tables available during the late 70's. They have the right ingredients i.e. calcium and magnesium, but totally unavailable. They were nothing more than powdered limestone. Some people got increased lead levels from them according to one source. That's where you need the chelated versions of minerals.