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Dr David Katz is on my favorite writers - a proponent of a whole-food, primarily plant-based, common-sense approach to eating. Looks like Taubes is still at it with his much-refuted theories on low-carb, apparently upset by the Hall study...

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/how-safe-is-your-ground-beef.htm Great article, very thorough - and clearly identifying the differences between grass-fed and conventional beef. More than 80 percent of beef produced in the U.S. is processed by four companies. Cattle can be...

Full title: Effects of High vs Low Glycemic Index of Dietary Carbohydrate on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Insulin Sensitivity @ http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2040224 Conclusions and Relevance In this 5-week controlled feeding study, diets with low glycemic...

All over the media last week. http://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2015/08/low-carb-diets-dont-work-the-way-we-thought.html?ecd=wnl_nal_081415&ctr=wnl-nal-081415_nsl-ld-stry&mb=uYTVXyVam6%40C2nGo8NRjYOHnVev1imbC0wnF4ZZLaCU%3d A sample size of only 19 - however - it looks like to me that...

Press release out today. I'd like to see the details of this study, ostensibly a 3-year double blind study using gel, I get the feeling the dosage was likely inadequate. http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/pressreleases/PressRelease.aspx?sub=0&PageID=2128 The...

Don't shoot the messenger. I just happened to come on this. I don't get the sense that the majority of guys on this Forum are trying to achieve some idealized perfect body as they are using supplements to achieve better health due to various problems; for example, I take citrulline to try...

Kind of way off-topic - but I'm working hard to eliminate all chemicals/pesticides from my house and yard. I used to have my yard sprayed but I've stopped. I have a crappy top-soil due to the way they scraped it off and trucked it off when they built my home years ago. Talking to a local...

Was not sure if this was previous identified - but an item in the NY Times today linked to this: http://annfammed.org/content/13/4/331.full CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore the importance of erectile dysfunction as a marker of undiagnosed diabetes. Erectile dysfunction should be a trigger to...

We went off my blood tests from a month ago (non-Defy.) I will have another test in 3 months. So the baseline is, currently doing 50mg 2x a week for 100 mg total. Total 957 ng/dL DHT 117 ng/dL Estradiol Sensitive 38.2 pg/mL SBHG 55.6 nmol/L Free 16.6 pg/ML a) Defy suggested...

I think this is cool -- https://www.crowdmed.com/ I've become distrustful of specialists over the past few years because you never know for sure which specialist you really need to see based on a suite of symptoms. For example - I suffered for nearly 6 months before a nurse-practitioner...

How granular a change dosage for 2x ejections per week would you expect to feel a difference? For example, say your baseline was 100mg a week, 2x (.25 cc each injection). If you go either way by .5cc (20 mg) so that you take either 80 mg or 120 mg a week, would those changes in dosages be...

My PCP is concerned because my "trough" T levels have been in the 900's over the past few months. I do shots (cypionate) Wed AM and Sat PM, 100mg per week. I do my blood tests Wed AM before the next shot. Overall - most days I feel almost super-energetic with good libido. Almost a bit...

For the most part - i feel great on a consistent basis since I went to 2x injections of test cyp. But now and then - oh - maybe once every 2 weeks - I have these bad days and experience near-identical symptoms. I cannot put my finger on a pattern with these days, e.g., day before injection...

Just finished a 60-mile 8-day hiking trip overseas in a pristine wilderness area. Coming back, and suffering from jet lag, my formerly excellent morning erections have disappeared. Anyone have this happen? And if so - how long for you before the plumbing resume normal operations?

Test Results Total Testosterone 986 ng/dL Estradiol (Sensitive) 21 pg/mL DHT 137 ng/dL Free Testosterone (Direct) 10.5 ng/dL Hemoglobin 16.2 g/dL Hematocrit 47.2 % SBHG 61.8 nmol/L This is my 6-month checkup. I had the blood test performed at my trough, so I'm concerned at...

A few years ago I was on blood pressure meds. After my health worsen - and I lost a bit of weight - my BP actually dropped below 120/80 for a while. After being on androgel for over year and generally being ineffective, I switched to shots earlier this year and the difference has been night...

I routinely use the New Posts feature. However, I do not have time to review all the new posts made and would like to go back and review them later. The problem with this feature is that the forum software marks all threads with new posts as 'not new' after you click on the feature...

We are having a devil of a time to get that slip tip off - with the result we something prick our fingers as we start to strain to remove it then have to throw that syringe away. Specifically - the BD PrecisionGlide 25x x 5/8 to draw the cypionate. I then switch to the BD 18g1 for the...

At about the time I started TRT about 18 months ago - I changed my diet - eating primarily vegetarian with some fish a few times a week. Since then, my total cholesterol has dropped to just 115 (from about 160), my LDL has dropped to 48 (from about the 80's), and my HDL has increased from the...

My last test showed my total T at 758. The E2 sensitive assay was 19 pg/mL (3-79 reference range), while the Roche ECLIA was 41.9 pg mL (7.6 - 42.6) reference range. Compared to a test performed 2 months ago, the sensitive was 14, while the Roche was 23.2 where the total T was 560. I...

Hi - These results are after starting 4 pumps of Androgel in July 2013. My initial overall T was 137. While I feel much better now than I did before - I still have my doubts as to using Androgel over the long-term. I have an upcoming physical with a new PCP - and I plan to take Dr...