Re: Carbonic acid accumulation and hairloss

Xenon Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:24 am

young trunks wrote:However, I explained some methods I use which help to reduce the acidity build up in the scalp. They might work for you, you will just have to try them to find out.

What are these methods?

Ways of cooling down during and after a workout:

1) wear only a pair of shorts and let the sweat cool your body.

2) Take a warm shower shower, then switch it to cool (but only shower when you have totally cooled down from your workout)

3) Don't wear to much thick clothing, as this will promote lots of heat which will cause your cells to dilate. *Remember, after an intensive workout, your metabolism is still racing, and your capillaries will remain dilated. Too much oxygen will cause the cells to keep utilizing energy and C02 acids will build up. You have to gradually cool down and release these acids by walking around, and I recommend you do this in a pair of shorts.

4) Don't drink too many hot drinks after your work out, as this will also cause an increase in body heat. Instead, drink something cool.

5) Make sure you get plenty of rest afterwards (after you have walked enough to reduce the acid build up). Plenty of sleep = increased oxygen / pH in blood.

AS54 Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:33 am

LawOfThelema wrote:exercise doesnt raise your dht levels to anything that will matter for your hair. guys who juice on roids and pump iron might lose their hair but thats because they are altering their hormones with potent synthetic substances. if anything, cardio has been shown to lower dht, however only when in excess of 90 minute workouts.

i would not avoid exercise because of hair. how many of you know those sedentary dads and grandads who have whole hosts of health conditions, chronic pain that they developed probably beginning in their 40s. they also are suffering from more injuries and the injuries they are getting are taking them out for longer than the people their same age who engage in regular exercise. if you want to be like them, then yeah go ahead and avoid exercising. youll age faster, and develop more diseases, more chronic pain, etc. and your dht probably wont even be any lower.

^ where is the reasoning or evidence behind the claim that hot showers acidify the blood, and cold alkalyze it?

There is none because its bullshit. The body has sensitive ways of maintaining its blood pH through buffer systems, and pH is always "monitored". Its usually just above 7. Cold or hot water does not effect this. It would require taking large amounts of either an overly acidic substance, say ascorbic acid, or an extremely alkaline one, perhaps iodine. And it would take large, large doses. Acidosis and alkalosis are serious issues, but they are not induced by the temperature of water.