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One Potential Way to Reduce Male Pattern Baldness Risk
SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION is associated with male pattern hair loss. Researchers recently discovered that men with male pattern hair loss consumed almost double the amount of sugar-laden drinks than those without the condition.
This finding is based on correlation and should not imply a causal relationship. Today we look briefly at male pattern baldness, the most common form of male hair loss, and the new research findings.
“Look Mister, I don’t care what you think, you are bald. If the census had a “bald” category, You’d be in it, no problem. If you go to heaven, you’re going to bald heaven. If you go to hell, you’re going to bald hell. Have you got that straight? Then stop looking away from the truth. Let’s go now. I’m taking you straight to bald heaven, nonstop.” ― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.
Male pattern hair loss
Male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) is men’s most common hair loss form. The condition will affect 30 to 50 percent of men by age 50. The incidence may be increasing.
