18-06-2011, 06:40 PM
Hi lled34aa,
Thank you for your post: it's full of interesting questions, and you really have me thinking.
The progestinic effect of fennel is not very strong, but yes, you might benefit from using it only during the latter half of your cycle. The last pages of Ginie's program thread contain good tips on working with your cycle. Since it is progestinic, too much fennel may indeed hinder your growth. You will produce milk: fennel's strongest effect is to increase prolactin. Off the top of my head, Eve M's program and Greenbush kit#2 have half as much fennel as fenugreek. Be careful with how much you dose: eating out of a bag caused me to really overdose fenugreek.
Try making a stock of fennel tea, and keep it in the fridge. I used a coffee maker and powdered seeds, after cleaning all the coffee taste out twice: fennel with coffee tastes really bad. Then you can ramp up a cup a day until you feel weird or your tingles stop. I tried that just before my break, because it may take a long break to get going again after dosing too much.
I haven't used GABA so far, but Wahaika recommends it for over 50s during the winter months as a source of growth hormone. You are 5' 1" and 29, so you never lacked growth hormone. You could put it to good use to gain weight though: 100 lbs is really too much of a model figure for NBE. I never grew on a fat percentage lower than 22%. That's hard for a male to keep up! Way too low fat percentage (say less than 17%) will also stop your periods.
Happy to read that zinc helped you getting acne under control. Zinc is great, and so is vitamin B6. If you scroll up to my post of yesterday, there is a link to a thread on www.acne.org that has lots of good alternatives and additions, like borage oil, or azelaic acid from barley grass or rye. If you still use fish oil, that may contribute to acne.
I really like your persistence, reading through your program thread. And I'm convinced you're getting there!
Thank you for your post: it's full of interesting questions, and you really have me thinking.
The progestinic effect of fennel is not very strong, but yes, you might benefit from using it only during the latter half of your cycle. The last pages of Ginie's program thread contain good tips on working with your cycle. Since it is progestinic, too much fennel may indeed hinder your growth. You will produce milk: fennel's strongest effect is to increase prolactin. Off the top of my head, Eve M's program and Greenbush kit#2 have half as much fennel as fenugreek. Be careful with how much you dose: eating out of a bag caused me to really overdose fenugreek.
Try making a stock of fennel tea, and keep it in the fridge. I used a coffee maker and powdered seeds, after cleaning all the coffee taste out twice: fennel with coffee tastes really bad. Then you can ramp up a cup a day until you feel weird or your tingles stop. I tried that just before my break, because it may take a long break to get going again after dosing too much.
I haven't used GABA so far, but Wahaika recommends it for over 50s during the winter months as a source of growth hormone. You are 5' 1" and 29, so you never lacked growth hormone. You could put it to good use to gain weight though: 100 lbs is really too much of a model figure for NBE. I never grew on a fat percentage lower than 22%. That's hard for a male to keep up! Way too low fat percentage (say less than 17%) will also stop your periods.
Happy to read that zinc helped you getting acne under control. Zinc is great, and so is vitamin B6. If you scroll up to my post of yesterday, there is a link to a thread on www.acne.org that has lots of good alternatives and additions, like borage oil, or azelaic acid from barley grass or rye. If you still use fish oil, that may contribute to acne.
I really like your persistence, reading through your program thread. And I'm convinced you're getting there!