11-09-2012, 01:59 PM
(11-09-2012, 08:57 AM)Alexis Wrote: for my clarification, does that mean that the DHT that T makes prevents T from converting to E?
if so then why would we need all the other herbs since estradiol is so much more powerful by itelf? is that because there is not enough of it made since not all the DHT is blocked?
I think the point is that EXCESS T can be converted to E and in other fields this is what gives rise to the body-builders 'bitch-tits, because excess pumping iron increases the production of T to above the level that can be completely converted to DHT and some of the excess then gets converted to E and boobs are the result!
So, apart from stopping the production of DHT and thereby reducing the secondary male characteristics such as body hair and mpb, if T is still produced at a 'normal' rate then that gives more available for conversion to E.
However, I'm not aware that it is a linear alternative, because the T-->E conversion depends on the availability of the aromatase enzyme to facilitate that conversion and just because you give your body twice as much free T, doesn't necessarily mean that it has the ability to use all of it in the conversion.