Somalife Testosterone Question+my reply

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Alobar:

Just off-hand without looking it up, I think Coconut Oil has a great

influence over our hormone production because it contains Beta-Sitosterol

and I believe Red Palm Oil contains even more. Dr. Fife once said that he

recommends 2 tbsp. daily of VCO and 1 tbsp. of Palm Oil. Here is what I

found online about what exactly Beta-Sitosterol can do for our hormone

health (prostate and otherwise):-

Sitosterol can be metabolized to pregnenolone and therefore to DHEA and the

other hormones derived from pregnenolone and its analogues. In the human

body there is a steady decline with age in the production of DHEA, which is

the master hormone responsible for the synthesis of oestrogen, progesterone,

testosterone, cortisol and others.

That's interesting, so maybe we just need to add some Palm Oil to our diet

along with the VCO.

Bonnie

Somalife Testosterone Question

I just came upon the text below on Alternative Medicine Forum. I

have no interest in taking hormones, but it occurred to me that maybe

Somalife might increase testosterone production via the Pituitary

gland.

Any comments on this, Duncan?

Alobar

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Male Adult Diabetics Have Low Testosterone Levels

http://www.endfatigue.com/health_articles_d-e/Diabetes-male_adults_low_testo

sterone.html

This study showed that about a third of men between the ages of 18 and

35 who have type 2 diabetes have low testosterone (because the

pituitary hormonal control center in the brain is not stimulating the

testes).

The potential implications for men, in terms of their sexual and

reproductive function during prime reproductive years, are *profound,*

note Dr. Paresh Dandona and colleagues from the State University of

New York at Buffalo.

The researchers measured serum concentrations of total and free

testosterone in 24 adult onset diabetic men (type 2 diabetics-average

age 28 years) and 38 childhood onset diabetic men (type 1

diabetics-average age of 26 years).

Based on usual normal ranges of free testosterone, 33% of type 2

diabetics (8 of 24) were low (in the lowest 2% of the population -

including 80 year old men), compared with 8% of type 1 diabetics (3 of

38). Using an age-based reference range, 14 of 24 type 2 diabetics

(58%) had low testosterone.

As testosterone treatment using bioidentical testosterone with levels

kept in ~ the 70% of the normal range (medically you're *fine* if not

in the lowest 2%, which is absurd) are safe and healthy, this is the

level I keep my MALE diabetics at. It helps markedly.

References

Diabetes Care 2008;31:2013-2017.

Article in Medscape online (free registration required).

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[Guest guest]

Bonnie, a high sterol and sterolin diet supplies raw material but

does not increase growth hormone production, and because growth

hormone levels drag other levels around as one ages and decent levels

allow repair and repaired output of the other glands, you'd still

want to keep HGH secretion high to maintain youthful hormonal levels.

If you want to add a good source of sterols and sterolins to an HGH

maintenance program, try hops tea; we pick our hops for free in the

fall

Again, hormonal levels tend to balance at a more youthful level on an

HGH program, but not on a sterol/sterolin program.

Duncan

>

> Alobar:

>

> Just off-hand without looking it up, I think Coconut Oil has a great

> influence over our hormone production because it contains Beta-

Sitosterol

> and I believe Red Palm Oil contains even more. Dr. Fife once said

that he

> recommends 2 tbsp. daily of VCO and 1 tbsp. of Palm Oil. Here is

what I

> found online about what exactly Beta-Sitosterol can do for our

hormone

> health (prostate and otherwise):-

> Sitosterol can be metabolized to pregnenolone and therefore to DHEA

and the

> other hormones derived from pregnenolone and its analogues. In the

human

> body there is a steady decline with age in the production of DHEA,

which is

> the master hormone responsible for the synthesis of oestrogen,

progesterone,

> testosterone, cortisol and others.

>

> That's interesting, so maybe we just need to add some Palm Oil to

our diet

> along with the VCO.

>

> Bonnie