12-07-2011, 04:02 PM
Finally found a good map, and now the "You are here" arrow is not where I thought it would be
This is what happened. Yesterday was my second day on just hops without flax seed or oat flakes. I tried hops tea last night, from the usual two tablespoons (2000 mg). The rash under my right elbow turned into a patch of little blisters for a while, then became dry, rough, slightly elevated skin again. Yesterday it was yellow, now it's red. I don't remember what happened before the tea and what happened after it. So tonight I'm trying the tea again. Forget about the FG for a while.
I've never had anything like psoriasis, but it's not the first time I have this rash. Since lled brought up cortisol, i have given it a lot of thought. During my break, progesterone and cortisol were high, and there was no rash. No wonder, as cortisol suppresses inflammation. The rash appeared after starting hops. That's right: estrogens suppress cortisol.
Cortisol is made from progesterone. During my break, I had a lot of symptoms of progesterone dominance, and almost none of testosterone (one pimple, yeah). So now I'm trying to balance estrogen and progesterone. Is this the dreaded "point of no return", or does it just mean my anti-androgen intake is enough for now? Do I need a progesterone blocker?
Or do I just need to lower the hops a little? Just until the rash heals. I'll try to figure it out with the hops tea. It's easy to dose, and the taste is OK. It works: I had little shoots during massage this morning, even in my smaller right breast.
Hops is weird. Go figure what I found yesterday:
http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S08...1/abstract
The greater bone density found in women beer drinkers might be a result of the phytoestrogen content of this alcoholic drink; this requires further investigation.
Further investigation. Yeah, right
This is what happened. Yesterday was my second day on just hops without flax seed or oat flakes. I tried hops tea last night, from the usual two tablespoons (2000 mg). The rash under my right elbow turned into a patch of little blisters for a while, then became dry, rough, slightly elevated skin again. Yesterday it was yellow, now it's red. I don't remember what happened before the tea and what happened after it. So tonight I'm trying the tea again. Forget about the FG for a while.
I've never had anything like psoriasis, but it's not the first time I have this rash. Since lled brought up cortisol, i have given it a lot of thought. During my break, progesterone and cortisol were high, and there was no rash. No wonder, as cortisol suppresses inflammation. The rash appeared after starting hops. That's right: estrogens suppress cortisol.
Cortisol is made from progesterone. During my break, I had a lot of symptoms of progesterone dominance, and almost none of testosterone (one pimple, yeah). So now I'm trying to balance estrogen and progesterone. Is this the dreaded "point of no return", or does it just mean my anti-androgen intake is enough for now? Do I need a progesterone blocker?
Or do I just need to lower the hops a little? Just until the rash heals. I'll try to figure it out with the hops tea. It's easy to dose, and the taste is OK. It works: I had little shoots during massage this morning, even in my smaller right breast.
Hops is weird. Go figure what I found yesterday:
http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S08...1/abstract
The greater bone density found in women beer drinkers might be a result of the phytoestrogen content of this alcoholic drink; this requires further investigation.
Further investigation. Yeah, right