{"id":108866,"date":"2025-08-25T12:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108866\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:55:09","slug":"drink-enjoyed-by-millions-every-day-could-trigger-hair-loss-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108866\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink enjoyed by millions every day ‘could trigger hair loss’, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Stanley Tucci to Terry Crews<\/a>, some men have made baldness their signature style.<\/p>\n

But if you’re not so keen to say goodbye to those luscious locks, medics say you may want to avoid one type of popular drink.<\/p>\n

Portuguese researchers found people who regularly consume sodas and fizzy drinks could dramatically raise their risk of hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But maintaining a good level of vitamin D could help prevent against alopecia,\u00a0hair loss from any part of the body, the review of 17 studies also discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Writing in the journal Nutrition and Health<\/a>, the scientists said: ‘Diet and nutrition plays a crucial role in hair health.<\/p>\n

‘In particular vitamin D and iron supplementation, while limiting alcohol<\/a> and soft drinks may be beneficial.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, they cautioned the findings did not prove sodas and fizzy soft drinks causes hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Further studies instead are needed, to determine exactly what may trigger the effect, they noted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"It's <\/p>\n

It’s estimated that around a quarter of men in their 20s now show signs of balding \u2014 by the age of 50, that figure rises to 85 per cent of men<\/p>\n

\"Energy <\/p>\n

Energy drinks have sky-high levels of ingredients that have powerful effects on the body. Some brands can have up to 160mg of caffeine, almost triple that of an instant coffee, nearly 10-times the level of taurine, an amino acid commonly found in meat, fish and eggs, as a salmon fillet and the same amount of sugar as a full fat Coke<\/p>\n

Research has previously suggested people who drink at least one sugary drink a day are at higher risk of suffering male pattern hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One study by Chinese researchers in 2023 found that younger men who consumed sweet drinks seven times a week had more than triple the chance of having hair loss than men who didn’t consume them.<\/p>\n

In the fresh research, scientists found that across the studies analysed sugary drinks impacted hair density, growth, thickness, shine, and hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In one study in particular,\u00a0those drinking more than 3500ml per week\u2014roughly 11 cans\u2014were more likely to suffer the condition, particularly men, researchers found.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Studies have previously suggested this may be because high caffeine content in these drinks can increase cortisol levels, the stress hormone.<\/p>\n

Excess sugar is also linked to poor circulation and inflammation which can both weaken hair follicles and increase hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the scientists also discovered that vitamin D\u00a0lowered risk of both androgenetic alopecia\u2014the genetic type\u2014and alopecia areata\u2014sudden hair loss, when the immune system attacks hair follicles.<\/p>\n

One trial reviewed also found a lack of protein was linked to hair thinning and colours lightening.<\/p>\n

\"Portuguese <\/p>\n

Portuguese researchers found people who regularly consume sodas and fizzy drinks could dramatically raise their risk of hair loss<\/p>\n

Experts, however, have long been divided over whether sodas and fizzy drinks are linked to hair loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr Susan Massick, an expert in dermatology at Ohio State University, told Healthline at the time: ‘Diet does play a critical role in your overall health, particularly regarding risk for developing obesity, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, and hypertension.<\/p>\n

‘However, male-pattern hair loss is multifactorial.’<\/p>\n

While hair loss is usually associated with ageing, dermatologists have said they are increasingly seeing younger men seeking help for the problem.<\/p>\n

Some going to the extreme, and expensive length, of getting hair transplants.<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that around a quarter of men in their 20s show signs of balding \u2014 but by the age of 50, that figure rises to 85 per cent of men.<\/p>\n

But, earlier this month it was revealed <\/a>a breakthrough drug could provide new hair hope for millions of men and women dealing with baldness.<\/p>\n

The medication, called PP405, triggered hair to regrow on the heads of men and women who were balding on the front and to the front and top of their scalp.<\/p>\n

In the phase 2a trial, participants rubbed gel containing the medication onto their scalp daily and saw hair begin to regrow by week eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Stanley Tucci to Terry Crews, some men have made baldness their signature style. But if you’re not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[98,97,13163],"class_list":{"0":"post-108866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-terry-crews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}