Week of June 20th, 2016

Hope you fathers out there had a fantastic Father's Day! What's funny is that when I was a younger man, I always thought that by the time I had a wife and kids, I wouldn't be concerned with hair loss as much. I bet most of you feel the same way! Well, I'm here to tell you that there is nothing further from the truth!!! You will care just as much at 43 about your hair as you do at 23 --and I know all of you people out there over 40 are nodding your head in agreement right now! [...So get fighting NOW because prevention is always much easier than the alternative!]

So, Brian Simonis a.k.a "Immortal Hair"/"Caustic Symmetry" at Immortal​Hair​.org released a new Youtube discussion on fatigue and thyroid symptoms(and obviously the thyroid has a lot to do with many people's hair loss!) on his new site, Longevity​Post​.com. Check it out -he always has a lot of great info! We will both be doing videos together soon enough!

Get over it, Jacob. :D

Also, last week, more findings were released that show that antidepressants are completely worthless for treating depression. This is something that we have been talking about for a long time, and I remember older findings that showed St. John's Wort seems to be BETTER THAN pharmaceutical antidepressants, even if it only functions as a low-risk placebo.

So... what DOES work for depression? Laser therapy. Yep... that's right, I said it. Laser FREAKING Therapy! There have been several pilot studies that have shown that laser light (including red laser light) on the scalp alleviates depression long term and without side effects! If you needed another reason (or PERMISSION!) to enjoy your laser helmet, here it is!

I haven't compiled all the info yet (but will do so for a future article!), but you can check out...
Psychological benefits 2 and 4 weeks after a single treatment with near infrared light to the forehead: a pilot study of 10 patients with major depression and anxiety
-and-
Using Cold Laser Therapy to Treat Depression- Significant Improvement After 4 weeks!
...for starters. You know, to wet the ole whistle. Those were actually just the first articles I found, and Dr. Chuck Maricle (cmaricle@aixiz.com) has much more info. From what I know about Dr. Maricle, he's probably involved in the studies somehow (but I don't know for sure!).

This all ties into why people can suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder ("SAD" -rofl!). New findings are showing that light energy on the scalp cause the brain to become stimulated in that area -even though the light energy is nowhere close to penetrating the skull! All of that is so incredible! I'm sure you've heard that laser helmets have been looked at extensively as a treatment for Alzheimer's and dementia, and this is the believed mechanism. Your complex, amazing body is wired in a way in which your brain will respond positively to light energy!

Why did I mention Seasonal Affective Disorder? I did it for the few people out there that would read that laser therapy helps depression, cross their arms, shake their head in disbelief, and say "NO WAY, OMG!". Funny how once I mentioned that oh yeah, you know DOCTORS talk about how a lack of light can cause depression, all of a sudden it's acceptable, right? :)

...and to believe that there was that terrible, idiotic hair transplant doctor that fought with us in the forums years ago saying something like "Humans aren't plants. They don't respond to light." [...even though NASA and Harvard Medical School disagree!] In a fair and just world, he would have lost all credibility. It's not a fair and just world, unfortunately. Just look at how forums still worship the guy, and how forums have lost all the info that our generation of problem solvers provided. Helpful things like polysorbate 80/alcohol that could help most everyone are just "lost in the wilderness", and oh my gosh, people think that a 21 diode laser device might work! Yeesh!!!

Just as an aside here... I personally think that many pharmaceutical companies -especially in regards to both statin drugs and antidepressants- are nothing more than pirates, but please, if you are on any pharmaceutical drugs at all, please make sure to do all the research you can from all different sources available! If I was still on diabetes medication (remember my pancreas attack in 2011?!), I would still be on a death spiral vs. down to pre-diabetic blood glucose levels without medication. Expect videos on that once my Revolutionary​Anti-Aging​.com site is up! :)

-John (O.M.G.)
omg@​overmachogrande​.com