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My father swears by it. Two days after I started giving it to him, he said his stomach pain and acid reflux was gone. Good luck.

What does your diet look like? And I would also be concerned about long-term use of a PPI. Maybe try a course of zinc L-carnosine to try to heal the stomach lining and esophagus. If it works, ask your doc about coming off the pantoprazole. If the gastrointestinal tract is inflamed or...

It’s probably more important to cut all consumption of omega-6 “vegetable oils” (really industrial seed oils) that are common in processed foods. This is a better way to restore a healthy omega-3 to -6 ratio rather than trying to balance it artificially with lots of fish oil. Although I’m not...

https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/blog/2019/02/26/mthfr-just-riboflavin-deficiency

You can take both folate, or l-methylfolate, and vitamin b12 together if you want. I was able drive down my homocysteine level with using just injectable vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) after a few months. I shy away from supplementing with folic acid after reading it may be associated with a...

For your purposes, they are the same. I have never supplemented with folic acid (B9) because I read it might be associated with an increased risk of cancer. Vitamin B12 has always worked quite well for me by itself to lower homocysteine and other benefits. Do you really need to worry about...

Reducing homocysteine seems to be the key here. So, yes, both folic acid and B12.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34498733/

Testosterone increases erythropoiesis (red blood cell formation), which in turn draws on body iron stores (ferritin). This places men on TRT in a difficult position when their hematocrit rises and donating blood to reduce it further depletes more iron. I haven’t had to deal with this problem...

A urologist is your best option if you must go through insurance. There are some endos who specialize in reproductive health / fertility, but most of them primarily treat diabetes and thyroid disease so that’s what they’re most familiar with.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18655403/

I have also been taking vitamin B12 injections (1000 mcg, cyanocobalamin) and my temp rose from 97.6 to 98.3 so far. No other changes. My B12 levels were within the normal range before starting so I go by symptom improvement rather than targeting a lab number.

Check your vitamin B12 levels, or just try weekly B12 injections.

If the test-e or Sustanon has benzyl alcohol in it, is there really cause for concern?

He may be referring to the GGT test. Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) is the best and most sensitive measure of liver function and disease.

I would just keep monitoring ferritin every 3 - 4 months if you’re concerned, and, also, eat one serving of beef liver once a week.

The answer is yes, if your ferritin drops too low (around 20) you can experience symptoms/problems even with a hemoglobin in the normal range (the absence of anemia).

Iron metabolism is so complicated it's like trying to navigate a mine field. For example, testosterone lowers hepcidin (to increase iron absorption), but it simultaneously and independently stimulates red blood cell formation (erythropoiesis). There are a number of posts on here from men who...

The late Dr. Leo Zacharski, who was an expert in iron metabolism, says that a ferritin between 50 - 100 is the optimal range. His research revealed that the body cannot make use of a ferritin above 80 to increase hemoglobin levels, or red blood cell formation. I know this goes against the...

Good advice on hydration; they always tell me at the blood bank to drink more water beginning 48 hours ahead of the donation.

Personally, I have found that pre-formed vitamin A in the form of retinol is essential to adrenal function and steroid production. The only practical source of retinol is to eat liver, or take dessiccated liver supplements. Beta-carotene found in vegetables is poorly converted to retinol in...

Hello, For about the last two weeks, all of the Excel Male watched threads e-mail alerts sent to my Gmail account have non-functioning links. Clicking on "View this thread" image map, "Watched forums," or any clickable link throws the following error message: This site can’t provide a secure...

@Cataceous https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jgh.13271 I didn't post the full study here because it's behind a paywall. However, it's available through Sci-Hub and I strongly recommend you read it for the detailed numbers and tables. In post-menopausal Chinese women, follicle...

I wonder if the HCG is driving up your progesterone.

I would also encourage all of you who are interested in heart health and cardiovascular disease to subscribe to Ivor Cummins' channel.

They typically take 3 units of platelets during an apheresis session. It would take 5 whole blood donations to add up to one unit of platelets so the answer is no. I donated whole blood 30 times and never saw any improvement in my skin until I started doing triple platelet donations. The only...

This is a dumb statement. If "it's GENETIC," then what's the underlying cause? No answer, just it's genetic. I had severe cystic acne as a teen and took the maximum dosage of Accutane that caused severely elevated liver enzymes. That was two decades ago and I still had adult acne up until...

The first thing I would do if I were you is to try a low carb diet. In particular, avoid insulinogenic foods such as milk, soft drinks, whey protein, white flour, etc. I don't have anything to add to the testosterone/dht vs. estrogen debate. No one has ever been able to adequately explain why...

I had severe acne as a teen that only a full course of Accutane could tame. Even after that, I continued to suffer from adult acne for many years. So I have a long history with this condition and I've tried literally every treatment, pill, potion, supplement and Rx drug you can imagine...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21034532/ Preventable Effect of L-threonate, an Ascorbate Metabolite, on Androgen-Driven Balding via Repression of Dihydrotestosterone-Induced dickkopf-1 Expression in Human Hair Dermal Papilla Cells Mi Hee Kwack 1, Ji Sup Ahn, Moon Kyu Kim, Jung Chul Kim, Young...

I looked at my raw data on 23andMe for this SNP, and it shows "Your Genotype" as C/T. I'm not sure how to interpret that.