14-05-2014, 07:56 PM
(14-05-2014, 07:08 PM)lovely11 Wrote:(14-05-2014, 06:58 PM)Lotus Wrote:(14-05-2014, 06:46 PM)lovely11 Wrote: I'm not so sure about Aromatases. But Chasteberry increases LH. Hops decreases LH, but has other tissue promoting properties. From this, I'd theorize to use hops, but cycle off of it during the follicular phase, when more LH is needed.
Ok thanks,
It's just something that I've been looking into, increased LH for higher levels of Aromatase to convert T for both males and females into E, there's been some published research though regarding it.
Green increases SHBG and is 25% flavonoid
So Aromatases decrease testosterone and increase estrogens? could be so. During the follicular phase, testosterone is responsible for inhibiting growth. Higher LH is correlated to less breast tissue loss during follicular phase. I'd like to see a study that verifies the connection between all of the above, before making that assumption.
Could chasteberry, spearmint, green tea, nettles, and saw palmetto be aromatases?
Aromatase
- There's an enzyme in the bodies of both men and women called aromatase. Its primary action is to produce female sex hormones, or estrogens. It produces them from male sex hormones (androgens) such as testosterone and their precursors.
- Aromatase also converts androstenedione (a sex hormone precursor) to the female hormone estrone, another estrogen, although weaker than estradiol.
- If you increase the activity of aromatase, you can increase levels of female sex hormones (estradiol, estrone).
- If you decrease the activity of aromatase, you can decrease levels of female sex hormones, while increasing relative levels of male sex hormones, e.g. testosterone.
- Men's bodies normally contain some level of estrogens, in addition to testosterone and their kind. Likewise, women's bodies contain some level of male androgens including testosterone.
- The ratio of male-to-female hormones contributes to our masculinity or femininity. Aromatase is one chemical that can tweak that ratio. It operates the same in both men and women, although an array of compounds can affect its activity.
Testosterone-has two metabolites that pose potential problems for aging males and also for bodybuilders and athletes. One is estradiol (testosterone is converted to estradiol by the enzyme aromatase) and the other is dihydrotestosterone (DHT) (testosterone is converted to DHT by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase). As men age, there is a dramatic decrease in testosterone production, but without a corresponding decrease in the production of estradiol and DHT. Even though testosterone levels have plummeted, the aromatization of testosterone to estradiol is maintained, or even accelerated, and more testosterone is also being aromatized in fatty tissues. This creates excess levels of estradiol and, as a consequence, a blood level ratio of testosterone to estradiol that continues to decline, tipping the scale in balance of an estradiol-dominant environment.
Effects of Luteinizing Hormone and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Aromatase Activity and P450 Aromatase Gene Expression in the Ovarian Follicles of Red Seabream, Pagrus major1
http://www.biolreprod.org/content/68/5/1...l#target-2
Effects of follicle stimulating hormone on estradiol-17β production and P-450 aromatase (CYP19) activity and mRNA expression in brown trout vitellogenic ovarian follicles in vitro
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...8004000589
In females, FSH increases aromatase activity, enhancing this conversion;
http://healyourselfathome.com/SUPPORTING..._MAIN.aspx
Can't find any human tests yet, so......
Nettle root and Chastebery might have some influence,
This goes deeper into the enzymes
FAQ-Enzymes affected by NBE (Bio-male section)
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=20327