What causes hair loss?

Male Pattern Baldness (MPB) is a genetic trait. It’s called Androgenetic Alopecia. It’s inherited from your family. If the men in your family are showing a bald spot on the crown, it’s likely you will too.

This is an issue men have been dealing with for centuries. According to legend, Julius Caesar invented the laurel leaf wreath to cover his receding hairline.

Too bad Julius didn’t have access to Provillus in the days of the Roman Empire.

MPB results from genetic traits, and hormonal causes. Provillus can’t change your genetic history, but it can help with the hormonal causes.

DHT is the hormone involved in hair loss

DHT (dihydrotestostrone) is derived from androgen, a male hormone. As the androgen circulates through the bloodstream, it is converted to DHT by the enzyme, 5-alpha reductase. DHT tends to bind to hair follicle receptors,
causing the follicles to sprout thinner and thinner hairs until nothing regrows, and the follicles eventually wither away.

The life cycle of normal hair growth

Normally, hair has three phases of growth:

  • Anagen – The growth phase, lasts for two to six years. Usually 90% of the hair is in growth phase.
  • Catagen -- A transient phase lasting a few weeks. The hair becomes thinner and the follicle starts shrinking.
  • Telogen – The thinned hairs fall off to make way for new hair. This lasts for two to four months.

When excess DHT is in the bloodstream, it shortens the Anagen, or growth phase, and causes premature shrinkage of the follicles. Because the DHT is bound to the follicle, often the hair will not re-grow normally.


Provillus helps block DHT from strangling your hair follicles.

Minoxidil, the ingredient clinically proven, and approved by the FDA for re-growing your hair, inhibits DHT. This powerful active ingredient works in your hair follicles.

We add a nourishing blend of natural herbs and minerals to the formula for men. These herbs and minerals support and provide nourishment to nourish your scalp and hair.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

High blood pressure.

By Helen Yates


High blood pressure also known as hypertension affects around one third of folk, though it is speculated on average one third of those affected don`t know they suffer with high blood pressure and that is 'cause there aren't any signs, the reason high blood pressure can be the uncommunicative executioner, if left un-checked ending up with hypertension over a long length of time can cause heart attacks or strokes.

What is blood pressure?

Blood pressure is the pressure your heart exerts to flow blood all around your body, a regular reading is around 120/80 mmhg, stated as 120 over 80, and these are the specifications of pressure in millimetres of mercury.

What heightens blood pressure?

Our arteries are like the pipes in which the blood is circulated across the body, and like for example any conduit if there is a build up of stuff and the corridor is greatly lessened, larger amounts of force is used to push the fluid throughout. Healthy performing arteries are strong and flexible, if you have high blood pressure over a extra long period of time the cells of your arteries inner lining become damaged and the artery becomes tougher and inflexible, hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). These variences can affect the arteries inside of of your body, hindering blood tflow from your kidneys, brain, heart, legs and arms. So if blood pressure is not balanced and kept in the healthy range you are more likely to be subjected to a lineup of troubles as in heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, eye damage and many damaging serious conditions.

What are the symptoms of high blood pressure?

There are no strong proof of high blood pressure; it is a factor actually typically transpire over time, however examples of some lifestyle basics that can pin down the likelihood of high blood pressure, for example: unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and smoking.

What to do?

The blood pressure check is a easily done, painless and quick procedure, 5 minutes in your doctor's office, and a one off high measure does not mean have high blood pressure, that will take all sorts of readings over a phase of time, but a healthy reading can determine you are fine for the moment.

So the guidance to all of you is please have your blood pressure checked out on a regular basis, and if going to the doctor is not always available the test can be done at home with readily aacquired home blood pressure monitors which the whole family can use, and although you may not fully understand the readings you know the ideal range is 120/80 and anything outside of that requires further attention.

So please for your sake and that of your family have your blood pressure checked soon.




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