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Grey hair linked with increased heart disease risk in men

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“Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age,” said Dr Samuel. “Our findings suggest that, irrespective of chronological age, hair greying indicates biological age and could be a warning sign of increased cardiovascular risk.”

Sigh...another fake copycat news site created in 2017. Flagged

for example: “Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age,” said Dr Samuel. “

https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CAtherosclerosis+and...

"Being old" linked with diseases related to getting older.

Walking to the shop linked with arriving at the shop.

Birthday cakes linked with getting older.

That's the state of the art of Research these days. La Palice would be proud.

Wow! I'm not having any more birthday cake! :)

Seems to be down ATM. Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http:/...

"Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age"

... if you eat an unhealthy diet of fatty animal products and consume animal protein. Arterial blockage is literally reversed on a whole foods, plant based vegan diet.

> The amount of grey hair was graded using the hair whitening score ... grade was determined by two independent observers.

I wonder how hard it would've been to use some simple analysis of a photograph of the hair.

Well, that's not great news for me, if true. On the other hand, men in my family, on both sides, pretty much exclusively die of heart disease, so I figured that was how I was going to go eventually.

Heart disease is reversible with diet and life changes. Look up Dr Greger.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm in decent shape and exercise regularly and eat a reasonable diet. I'm not saying I have active heart disease right now. My family does not die young of heart disease, just that's the eventual killer, most of the time.

There are athletes that die from heart disease every day. Exercise can help but doesn't reverse it and only slows it down. Also if you are eating a standard western diet with any meat even white meat, cheese, milk, or oil even olive oil you have the early stages of heart disease. They have seen plaque buildup in children as young as age 3.

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Is this the first time this link has been found? I was under the assumption that most (< 90%) men go grey or bald eventually.

That's why you have to dye your hair!

The sad part about heart disease is there is a cure that works 100% of the time but because it involves changing how you eat and not taking some magic pill very few hear about it. Changing to a no oil whole plant-based diet has been scientifically proven to reverse heart disease. Read or google Dr Esselstyn. It might save your life one day.

And be sure to check out NutritionFacts.org for this life saving information. It really blew my mind and changed my life.

That's me. What the fuck should I do about it?

Stop eating animals. Start eating fruit and vegetables.

http://www.dresselstyn.com/site/

Bizarre observations. Grey hair indicates aging, and the likelihood of heart disease increases with age.

Why not fucking well control for age then?!

"Worn passport documents linked to increased heart disease risk"

I think they controlled for age, based on the language of the article, but didn't make that very clear. I would however reserve judgement until we actually see the published data.

If they controlled for age, and found that men of equal age with more grey hair than others have a higher risk, then it could be a good and reasonable screening tool.

That being said, I think that we have more sensitive screening tools available at an even earlier age that makes me feel like this isn't all that helpful. It's pretty obvious that certain things put you at higher risk for CAD, and by avoiding those risk factors you lower your risk.

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