Collagen recommendations
fatsork
Posts: 82 Member
Hi iv been on keto about 6 months now and have noticed a lot of hair loss , i do eat protein but im thinking to supplement with collagen does anybody have any recommendations on collagen ?
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I'm no help with the collagen recommendations but I'd be more concerned about why exactly you're losing a lot of hair? Hair loss when dieting is often a result of aggressive calorie deficits, nutrient deficiencies and poor gut health resulting in some nutrients not being absorbed properly. If any of these apply to you I would work on trying to fix the underlying problem.8
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Yeah, I agree with Teabythesea. Hair loss is nothing to mess around with. Once you notice it, the damage is going to take months to repair.
How much are you eating? I would go to maintenance calories immediately and see a doctor for nutritional deficiencies.6 -
I third what the others have said. This makes me think you are undereating. You should immediately increase your food intake and see your doctor.3
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Thanks everyone i did think this was part and parcel of keto diet , i have had blood work done and it did come back all normal 🤔0
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Thanks everyone i did think this was part and parcel of keto diet , i have had blood work done and it did come back all normal 🤔
What specifically were you tested for? Iron and iodine deficiencies can both cause hair loss. These are not part of the standard yearly panel, even for me, who was first diagnosed as anemic in 1988 - I have to specifically request this test each year.2 -
Thanks everyone i did think this was part and parcel of keto diet , i have had blood work done and it did come back all normal 🤔
If it was part of a routine panel then it was just a complete blood count. It can help determine if you're anemic which can be caused by vitamin deficiencies but doesn't test specifically for those deficiencies or any others. If a CBC comes back normal that doesn't mean you're not deficient either. Hair loss doesn't just happen for no reason, so again I'd figure out what that reason is.4 -
Not to mention different doctors have different levels of thoroughness. I have had two in the last 12 months. The first one ran blood tests and told me everything was normal and the second one tested for what seemed like everything under the sun and now I am on 5 prescriptions (some temporary). I knew the first one was missing at least one thing and I was right.2
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Also on a side note, evidence shows that collagen supplements are pretty much pointless.2
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Thanks everyone i think it was a generic test done so i will need to go back and ask for more specific tests 👍0
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