A new study showed that interrupted fasting could have a possible negative impact on hair growth, despite the proven health benefits. The study published in the journal “Cell” revealed that interrupted fasting can delay the revival of hair, at least in mice, and although this study provides important visions on the effect of fasting on hair growth, the effects of people have not yet been confirmed. The researchers found that the mice subjected to interrupted systems showed an improvement in their metabolic health, but a slowdown in hair renovation; Compared to the mice that had constant access to food. The mice that followed at a time -limited time, which included 8 hours and 16 hours a day, and mice subjected to the fasting day, after day, is a delay in hair renewal. While the mice that had unlimited access to food repaired most of their fur after 30 days, the mice subjected to interrupted fasting showed only a partial growth of hair after 96 days. The researchers believe that interrupted fasting holds the health benefits, “but it is important that people are aware of the side effects that can result from this diet.” “We do not want to scare people of practicing interrupted, because it is linked to many health benefits, but it is important to be aware that it can have some unintended side effects.” The effect of interrupted fasting on the hair The study focused on understanding the reason for the effect of interrupted fasting to delay the re -relay of her, and the researchers found that tribal hairs play an important role in hair growth as these cells go through sessions of activity and inactivity. The hair lending depends on the activation of these cells, but in the mice that follow the intermittent fasting system, tribal hair cells could not handle oxidative tension due to the metaphor of using glucose to fat. When there are fasting, the fatty tissue starts to release free fatty acids into the bloodstream, then these fatty acids enter the active stem cells near the hair follicles. However, these stem cells do not have the equipment needed to use these fatty acids, causing the accumulation of harmful free radicals in the cells. As a result, many tribal cells underwent programmed death, which delayed the revival of the hair delay. On the other hand, the mice with continuous access to food kept active stem cells, and their hair registered at a natural rate. Voice -skin cells The study showed that stem skin cells, which are responsible for maintaining the skin barrier, were not influenced by interrupted fasting. Perhaps this is due to the fact that stem skin cells have a greater ability to withstand oxidation, which helps them to better resist oxidative tension compared to tribal hair cells. When the team tested whether antioxidants could reduce the effects of fasting on hair growth, they showed that the application of vitamin E is topical and an increased genetic ability to resist helping to survive hair cells during vast periods. The team also conducted a small clinical trial that included 49 young men with good health, to verify or fasten the rebirth of hair in people in a similar way. And they showed that the time -bound diet, which includes 18 hours per day, has reduced the velocity of hair growth with a rate of 18% compared to the control group, but due to the small size of the sample and the short study period (10 days); The researchers indicated that it is necessary to conduct larger studies to confirm this effect. “Zang,” said that people are very diverse, so the consequences can differ from person to person “and mice also have high metabolism compared to humans, so the effect of fasting and metabolic transformation has a more serious influence on tribal hair cells in the mice.” He added: “It means we can see a lighter effect on people … Some stem cells still die, but many tribal cells remain alive. That’s why hair growth continues, but it is a little slower than usual.” In their future studies, researchers plan to work with local hospitals to investigate how fasting the other types of stem cells in the skin and other body systems affect. “We are planning to study how this process affects the rebirth of tissues in other places … We also want to know how firmly affects skin wounds and identify the signs that can help keep stem cells and improve hair growth during the vast periods.”
Intermittent fasting can delay hair growth
