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It looks like soda drinkers may have a link to hair loss.
A new study out of Tsinghua University in Beijing has found a link between soft drinks and male pattern hair loss, with beverages ranging from soft drinks to artificially- sweetened juices to energy drinks being some of the primary culprits.
All the stuff that tastes great may cause you to lose your hair.
It's not the first time we've heard about the ill health effects of sugar sweetened beverages.
The wider-lens examination of the connection is fascinating. The researchers at Tsinghua's Vanke School of Public Health surveyed 1028 men online between the ages of 18 and 45 on the Chinese mainland, asking them their sweetened drink intake, any health issues they may be experiencing, whether they smoked or drank, and if they had ever
It was striking. They found that respondents with male pattern baldness drank an average of more than a gallon a week while respondents with full heads of hair drank an average of less than a liter a week.
Tsinghua researchers theorize that the root cause could be sugar sweetened drinks. Diabetes studies show that heightened blood sugar levels are associated with hair loss, and with sweet drinks being a major risk factor for developing or worsening diabetes, the logic may hold up.
The paper's authors noted that more study is needed but it's an intriguing new reason not to drink too much.
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