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Do dairy and gluten products cause or enhance hereditary hairloss?

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I'm a 24 year old female with AGA hereditary hairloss, and I've read a few studies that indicate dairy and gluten can have a negative impact on hair loss. I stopped eating dairy and gluten for a few months (among doing other things to improve my hair loss) but not sure if that is why I see improvements. I am hoping you can shed some light on this for me, should I go back to not eating gluten and dairy, or is there is no scientific proof that this will enhance/cause hair loss. Thank you so much!

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