08-07-2012, 03:00 PM
Thank you Karen,
I don't know if saw palmetto or hops is the stronger 5α-reductase inhibitor. But at the levels you are on, it doesn't matter: you only have as much 5α-reductase as you have. I don't think you will feel a difference between 90 % and 99 % inhibition.
I had never read about the suppression of aggression by oxytocin either. It's proven for cortisol,
http://www.besjournal.com/Articles/Archi...659999.pdf
but for oxytocin, Aart de Kruif stated it as a hypothesis in his book "Typisch testosteron" (typically testosterone). His wording, in my translation, is: "Even though it's not proven yet, one could presume that a high oxytocin concentration counteracts the negative effect that testosterone can have on behavior, just like cortisol does." Throughout the book, he makes the distinction between testosterone and DHT only once, but in relation to aggression, I assume he means DHT. The book would be good reading for you if it gets translated.
Thank you for the numbers on oat meal. 1 1/2 cup is a lot, but the five days are a pleasant surprise to me. It opens possibilities for a ritual without testim or maca. 10-25 % of the calorie intake as flax seed increases SHBG after 1, 3, and even 6 months. If, on the first day of the vacation, flax seed would be replaced by oats, all the testosterone, DHT, and estrogens that have been saved up by binding to the SHBG, could be released in a matter of days
I don't know if saw palmetto or hops is the stronger 5α-reductase inhibitor. But at the levels you are on, it doesn't matter: you only have as much 5α-reductase as you have. I don't think you will feel a difference between 90 % and 99 % inhibition.
I had never read about the suppression of aggression by oxytocin either. It's proven for cortisol,
http://www.besjournal.com/Articles/Archi...659999.pdf
but for oxytocin, Aart de Kruif stated it as a hypothesis in his book "Typisch testosteron" (typically testosterone). His wording, in my translation, is: "Even though it's not proven yet, one could presume that a high oxytocin concentration counteracts the negative effect that testosterone can have on behavior, just like cortisol does." Throughout the book, he makes the distinction between testosterone and DHT only once, but in relation to aggression, I assume he means DHT. The book would be good reading for you if it gets translated.
Thank you for the numbers on oat meal. 1 1/2 cup is a lot, but the five days are a pleasant surprise to me. It opens possibilities for a ritual without testim or maca. 10-25 % of the calorie intake as flax seed increases SHBG after 1, 3, and even 6 months. If, on the first day of the vacation, flax seed would be replaced by oats, all the testosterone, DHT, and estrogens that have been saved up by binding to the SHBG, could be released in a matter of days