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I think you are right but it is strange because estradiol tends to increase hematocrit but maybe the kind of soy phytoestrogen makes the contrary.

This is another article about genistein that mainly is a soy extract: https://www.ironmanmagazine.com/soy-and-your-testosterone/

This one has much more quantity per capsule: https://www.amazon.com/Vital-Nutrients-Genistein-Concentrated-Supplement/dp/B002YTI5RA Genistein I have read that inhibits a little testosterone conversion to DHT via 5-alpha reductase which maybe it is not too much interesting for men. I would be...

Hello: Hematocrit increase is a very known side of TRT. Some studies conclude that testosterone reduces hepcidin (an hepatic hormone) which is related with iron absorptions paths. When hepcidin is reduced erythrocytosis is increased: Testosterone suppresses hepcidin in men: a potential...

hahaha, I'm in Spain, my friend. The blood test normally are paid by our national state service (very useful). My endo only prescribes me 1 blood test per year and only hemogram, liver enzymes, total testosterone. Never controled my ferritin because he never prescribed me a blood donation...

Ok, thank you. I'm not an expert on this topic but I don't found any reason why the ferritin would be reduced of about 60% with only a 1 pint donation. It's like you would lose the 60% of something when 1 pint is only 14% of the total blood in the body. It has no sense but, I repeat, I'm not an...

I would have expected much more donations than 3 donations. I explain you why: If you have, lets say, 6 liters of blood in your body and 3 pts are 1.5 liters then 1.5/6 = 0.25 or 25%. It means that you couldn't lose more than 25% of your ferritin with 3 donations. If your ferritin had...

How many times you donated blood and during how much time to crash your ferritin in such a way???

Please, could you explain what a cryotherapy session is and how or where to do it??? Thanks I was thinking that to decrease HCT it would be good to do some sessions in an hyperbaric chamber because it is known the HCT is reduced breathing big oxygen quantities but I don't find any relation in...

Let's suppose a guy makes a blood donation of 500 ml each 4 months to maintain a good HCT. If this person stars taking iron supplementation (for example 100 mg of polysaccharide-iron complex per day) then how much time would it take to recover his ferritin previous leves?? And the second a more...

Ok, thank for the information. In all case, it is something that I don't understand in this topic. For example, a big person like me has 8 blood liters in his body. If 1 liter is withdraw at one time then the ferritin is not possible to descend at 50% of the previous level. This is because 1...

Ouch, I'm a little bit afraid for this information about ferritin. I don't know what are my ferritin level now after the phlebotomy. My iron level in blood is good because it has been tested but ferritin levels have not been tested. Is there any relation with these two things??? I mean, if...

Yes, I knew it. I was well hydrated the two times before the blood tests. It's strange but not imposible as I have seen. I need more experience on this facts to well control it. The first blood test was made by my own in a private laboratory (very expensive). The second one was made by my...

Hello: In this topic it is said that: "A phlebotomy of one pint of blood will generally lower hematocrit by about 3 percent" https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/how-to-manage-high-hematocrit-caused-by-testosterone-replacement-therapy.137/ A reduction of a 3% was that I was expecting to...

It's strange because it has been in this forum where I've learned these issues about high hematocrit problems. It also true that I've read that high hematocrit is not an important problem when the platelets levels are low.