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Hair fall & stress
Hello B, I have so much stress sometimes it leads me to go to toilet every hour. I noticed this yesterday I had work stress was too much and I didn’t drink water and I am fasting how I am going to toilet every hour full day. So I thought because of the stress. When this happened how can I deal with it?Also due to high stress last 3 year unit now I lost a lots of hair. And I am still losing hair. What should I do for my stress and my hair? Any recommendations?
I am not taking any hair vitamins.
I talk daily:
Morning:
Liposomal vitamin C
Liposomal vitamin D3 + k2
Liposomal glutathione
Collagen gel ( Healthnag)Night:
Magnesium Bisglycinate powder
L-Tryptophan
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Hey ,
Three years of stress is a long time to be stressed… I hope there is some pressure relief possible for you in the near future!
Stress can influence health for sure. The way stress influences your health is unique to you and your circumstances though. Both the frequency you need to go to the toilet and hair loss can be caused by stress, but still in different ways. Here are some things to consider:
Stress can influence nutrient absorption
Nutrient deficiencies like iron and zinc can cause hair loss. These minerals need to be sufficient in your diet of course, but for absorption, these minerals also need strong stomach acid. Testing iron can be done by your doctor as well. An iron deficiency can also cause anemia. Other symptoms of anemia are looking pale, feeling fatigued, shortness of breath, mouth ulcers, an inflamed tongue, brittle nails or even the desire to eat ice or other non-food things.The HCl dosing challenge can give you a clue as to if you are deficient in stomach acid. Just remember that this challenge isn’t a diagnostic tool.
Other nutrients that play a role
Proteins, Selenium, B vitamins, vitamin A and vitamin D play a role as well. How much vitamin D are you supplementing with? And do you know your current serum levels? All these nutrients are also needed for a healthy thyroid hormone balance. In fact, a slow thyroid can also cause hair loss, which brings me to the next topic.Stress and thyroid function
If you are sensitive to cold, feeling fatigued, depressed, constipated or have unexplained weight gains, these are all extra symptoms that could point to having a slow thyroid.Stress raises reverse T3 and blocks the action of the metabolic active T3. If you aren’t sure how this all works, I recommend you watch this explanation.
Attached below I have added a handout that will dive into details of what nutrients you should be focussing on.
If you recognize more symptoms I would recommend you watch the full Thyroid Balance course, but as a bare minimum, this video will explain to you how to test your thyroid.
Hairloss & hormones
Elevations in androgens can also cause hair loss. If you experience hormonal imbalances in sex hormones, this might be worth exploring.Stress, hair loss & auto-immune issues
In some auto-immune diseases the immune system attacks the hair follicle. Just asking: do you have any that you know of?Stress & Urination
Ongoing stress can lead to frequent urination. Making sure you get enough electrolytes (for example by making sole) could help you. But basically your body, in a parasympathetic dominant state, will lose water. The long-term solution will be addressing stress.Another possible reason why you might lose water is the fasting process which you are going through. If the body gets depleted from glycogen (the cells storage form of glucose) your cells will lose water.
This is actually normal and might not be something you should worry about too much.
If you experience these symptoms also when you’re not fasting, this might be more related to a parasympathetic state. If your stress is emotional in nature or caused by for example work-related seeking out somebody who can give you another perspective on your personal situation can be really valuable. Here you can find recommendations that might be helpful to you!
If you like to test your stress hormones I would really recommend the Dutch test.
Last but definitely not least: we have a full course that talks about stress hormones called Adrenal Balance. If you haven’t seen this course, I would really recommend you watch it!
Let me know what resonates with you!
[Thyroid Nutrition.pdf]
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I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been under so much stress and for so long. Prolonged stress sets up the whole body for imbalances by skewing the HPATG axis (brain-adrenal-thyroid-sex hormones pathway), so while there are ways to help support the adrenals like adaptogenic herbs and glandulars (which I discuss in this video here and here in the Adrenal Balance course), the best solution (but never the easiest) is to reduce the sources of stress. Easier said than done, I know, but at the end of the day, if you don’t slow down or change your path, your body will force you to slow down, in the name of your own survival.
This should be your starting point if you know and acknowledge that stress is the root cause. I would suggest adrenal testing to know exactly where your adrenal health status currently is to know how best to support it since there are stages of HPA (brain-adrenal) dysfunction. Do you need boosting herbs or calming herbs? Or both at different times of the day? Or perhaps glandular support? This is where testing can help answer these questions to support stress resiliency, and I discuss them in the Adrenal Balance course.
But in the meantime, help your body feel safe by working on ways to reduce stress; watch comedy shows that make you burst out laughing, meet up with friends who make you forget about your worries, ground barefoot outside, go to the beach, journal, read – whatever activity that you enjoy and helps calm your nervous system on a daily basis should be prioritized.
And if you can shed more light on the type of stress you’re under, perhaps we can help offer more targeted suggestions.
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thank you so much for your reply,
I am practicing daily yoga, meditation breathing exercise because I love it. and connecting to nature daily, and sunlight eating healthy. I feel most of the time I am relaxed and happy overall. but when there is something relate to work and future It hit me hard. This is how I notice recently my body reaction to stress. I was going to the toilet every hours while I was fasting and I didn’t drink much of water. I am taking Humantra with my water as you recommended me during ramadan and I feel great without to drink much of water. Other wise I will not notice because I use to drink more water daily and going to the toilet a lots.
I have checked all the videos you and Danial sent.
• I have joined the DNRS I feel this is so exciting to do and I am very interested.
• I will also do the Dutch Plus test. this is also interesting to do.For ordering the dutch plus I couldn’t do the payment. Every time I want to do the payment it says “Payment Failed with message: ‘Payment data verification error!’.
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Thank you so much. this was very helpful information to look at.
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Hey ,
Did you send them an email? Perhaps they could provide you with a solution!
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yes I will thank you
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glad to hear you joined DNRS – please do let us know how it goes and your experience!!
Regarding the DUTCH Plus test, if you’re in Dubai, we can provide you with the requisition for the test kit from a lab here locally. Please send us an email with your full name, email address, date of birth, shipping/billing address (if different) and let support team know you want the DUTCH Plus test. will set that up for you. You can send the email to support@BernadetteAbraham.com
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hello B I have sent email regarding the DUTCh Plus test but no reply so far.
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I just saw she replied me 13 april but I didn’t now see it until now.
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