I have been on TRT for over 4 years. I take 160 mgs of Cypionate per week divided on 2 shots. 50 units of HCG. Same protocol since the begining. I test every six months. All labs have been really good since I started. Morning wood, strong erections and libido. No issues. All the sudden out of...
I just did my blood work and my numbers are similar to yours. I've been thinking on taking armour thyroid to optimize my thyroid but after reading the experiences of some people here and in other places I rather not. I also have low Iodine so I will focus on increasing that. I don't have any of...
Glad I found this thread. My Functional Doctor is precribing LDN to optimize my Thyroid but I have not been able to find any evidence that LDN will be helpful for that. It seems like amazing stuff for your immune system and I am tempted to take it anyway for that reason. Is anybody taking LDN...
You can do a Keto or low carb diet without eating bacon, heavy cream, steaks and all that saturated fat. There are plenty of other healthy fat options that wont increase your LDL ( also LDL or total cholesterol per se is not bad, a better indicator of cardiovascular risk is the actual number of...
It is my humble opinion that a person should not follow somebody's else's diet or one of those fad diets. A person should follow a diet which is specific for the person based on the person's genes, health situation, microbiome, body composition and blood work. I know some people do great with...
I used to take it but stopped based on several studies that show increased IgF-1 is not healthy long term. I took it for a 6 months or so along with CJC-1295 and it did increased my IgF-1 from 100 to 200 very quickly. I read in numerous studies that one should maintain IgF-1 between 80 to 150...
I am new to this but I thought that Estradiol, just as Testosterone binds to SHBG.I assume "in range" estradiol depends on the person SHBG so not sure how somebody came up with those "normal ranges". So a person with high SHBG is "allowed" higher estradiol. My SHBG is 53 and my E2 is 41 and I...
Also these were the tests that I took related to Insulin Resistance specifically:
Leptin (ng/mL) - normal
Adiponectin (μg/mL) - low
Free Fatty Acid (mmol/L) - normal
Ferritin (ng/mL) - normal
α-hydroxybutyrate (μg/mL)- high
Oleic Acid (μg/mL) - normal
Linoleoyl-GPC (μg/mL) -normal
HOMA-IR...
Are you taking any peptides? The same thing happended to me when taking sermorelin/GHRP-2. I took a comprehensive blood panel and it showed a mild insulin resistance but normal blood glucose and A1C. My Doctor suggested I cycle off the peptides because of this.