18-06-2012, 09:53 PM
Hi lostacres6,
The low dose is certainly part of the answer, yes. And yes, the dose is so low because the total of hops plus soy plus flax must be below the stalling limit.
Eve M's program is extremely well balanced. Hops binds to melatonin receptors, which sets your biological clock to night time. But soy sets it to day time again. Flax increases Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, and oats decrease it. I think there is a small net decrease, which sets free some testosterone and DHT. That deals with the depression and the low libido. The fenugreek offsets the phyto-estrogens from hops, flax, and soy with enough progesterone to prevent estrogen dominance. Hops increases dopamine, but the prolactin from fenugreek and fennel balances that. Those are the balances I found by experimenting and reading, but there may be many more.
I have decreased goat's rue, and I'm thinking of stopping it. The fenugreek and fennel are swelling herbs too, at lower cost.
The low dose is certainly part of the answer, yes. And yes, the dose is so low because the total of hops plus soy plus flax must be below the stalling limit.
Eve M's program is extremely well balanced. Hops binds to melatonin receptors, which sets your biological clock to night time. But soy sets it to day time again. Flax increases Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, and oats decrease it. I think there is a small net decrease, which sets free some testosterone and DHT. That deals with the depression and the low libido. The fenugreek offsets the phyto-estrogens from hops, flax, and soy with enough progesterone to prevent estrogen dominance. Hops increases dopamine, but the prolactin from fenugreek and fennel balances that. Those are the balances I found by experimenting and reading, but there may be many more.
I have decreased goat's rue, and I'm thinking of stopping it. The fenugreek and fennel are swelling herbs too, at lower cost.