Is intermittent fasting bad for your hair?
FirstpostIntermittent fasting permits individuals to consume the daily calorie intake in eight to twelve hours, with the remainder of the day being spent fasting. A new study suggests that the diet could also slow down hair regrowth Intermittent fasting has been linked to an increased risk of death from heart disease. According to a new study, intermittent fasting among health freaks could also slow down hair regrowth. The study titled Intermittent fasting triggers interorgan communication to suppress hair follicle regeneration is one of the earliest studies to provide evidence of a link between intermittent fasting and hair loss. “During fasting, adipose tissue starts to release free fatty acids, and these fatty acids enter the HFSCs that were recently activated, but these stem cells don’t have the right machinery to use them,” Bing Zhang, senior author and stem cell biologist of Westlake University in Zhejiang, China, told Cell Press.