22-07-2012, 02:29 PM
Well Karen,
Nobody has more experience with the effect of hops on total testosterone than you have
SHBG binds strongest to DHT, then testosterone, then estrogens. Since you don't stall because of the testim, lowering SHBG will not lower your estrogens. But the reason I take only 7,900 mg oats is because I'm afraid it will lower mine.
And ssag124,
In theory, one can stall on DHEA, yes. But since most publications report no increase in sex hormones after taking maca, I very much doubt it will happen in practice.
Update: I ran out of whole hops strobiles yesterday, and out of fenugreek today. My average hops dose was 4,100 mg since June 2nd. Fenugreek was 2,200 mg on average since March 29th. I'm going to double fenugreek after the next tape day, which is tomorrow.
The hops is higher than the 3,500 mg I expected. So this time I took notes on how much hops I put in each container. And I measured: one small heaped tablespoon is 640 mg. I'm going to take six tablespoons, or 3,800 mg, from now on. Bulk density, slightly compacted by tapping the container on the table, is 0.037 kg/l.
Nobody has more experience with the effect of hops on total testosterone than you have
SHBG binds strongest to DHT, then testosterone, then estrogens. Since you don't stall because of the testim, lowering SHBG will not lower your estrogens. But the reason I take only 7,900 mg oats is because I'm afraid it will lower mine.
And ssag124,
In theory, one can stall on DHEA, yes. But since most publications report no increase in sex hormones after taking maca, I very much doubt it will happen in practice.
Update: I ran out of whole hops strobiles yesterday, and out of fenugreek today. My average hops dose was 4,100 mg since June 2nd. Fenugreek was 2,200 mg on average since March 29th. I'm going to double fenugreek after the next tape day, which is tomorrow.
The hops is higher than the 3,500 mg I expected. So this time I took notes on how much hops I put in each container. And I measured: one small heaped tablespoon is 640 mg. I'm going to take six tablespoons, or 3,800 mg, from now on. Bulk density, slightly compacted by tapping the container on the table, is 0.037 kg/l.