Recent content by FunkOdyssey

I don't remember, but if you're specifically trying to prevent iron absorption I think you'd want to take it with meals, especially meat.

He speaks the truth.

Wtf? That's crazy high. I think you need to do something to bring it down. I was taking an IP6 supplement at one point and that crashed my ferritin very quickly. You could also donate blood.

This is a sloppy conclusion. It's fine to report that your knees stopped aching after 3-4 BC pills. It's not fine to confidently state the mechanism was boosted cortisol, unless you measured that, which you didn't. Actually, even if you had documented elevated cortisol, you still wouldn't know...

I suspect negative effects may be due to the way BB affects the release of testosterone from the oil depot. It causes a big spike of release in the beginning that you don't have otherwise. There's a paper called "New Insights In Drug Absorption From Oil Depots" that has great info on that if...

On most Saturday mornings I bring my family to a local breakfast place where I will eat a meat lover's omelet with three eggs. Occasional consumption like that seems fine. It's when I try to make eggs a daily staple that I get in trouble.

I do get a depressed mood if I eat too many eggs too consistently. For example, if I do something like 3 eggs a day for a week or more. It doesn't cause the extreme overstimulation, anxiety and insomnia that I experienced on the BB/BA containing formulas though.

Have you tried enanthate yet?

Cream is similar to propionate in terms of the degree of fluctuation across the day but the ratio of hormones it produces is quite different. You might respond better to the more physiologic DHT/E2 ratio of propionate versus the heavily DHT-skewed ratio with cream. If you wanted to make the...

I think enanthate is the only ester that will dissolve readily in oil at reasonably high concentrations. They need to add benzyl benzoate as a solvent to assist other esters like cypionate and propionate. It may be the case, for example, that without BB in the formula, you would max out at 50...

Nothing you can't fix with the right mix of bioidentical hormones. Of course you'll want to do that anyway for the prevention of neurodegenerative disease, osteoporosis, CVD, and frailty. The restoration of youthful sexuality is a nice side benefit though.

I use the omron model where the control panel and machine is integrated with the cuff. My research suggested that was more accurate and durable than alternatives. The units with the separate box connected to the cuff by a tube often break. It works great for me...

I'm hesitant to suggest it but have you thought about trying something like amitryptyline for this to see if it is more of a hypersensitivity thing rather than a physical problem? There are many positive anecdotes treating functional dyspepsia with amitryptyline. Just an idea that may not have...

I don't think it is that unusual. "Healthy food" generally means whole plant foods to most people, which are fibrous, full of enzyme inhibitors, anti-nutrients, and generally quite challenging to digest. What are we really doing when we process food? Besides increasing shelf-life or...

Another anecdote of higher T and less aromatization after switching from SC to IM: https://www.reddit.com/r/trt/s/En5dBX6JBu