12-02-2016, 21:32
You're more than capable of accessing all the same stuff I've used. Nothing I've ever researched is behind a paywall. If something I see that I'd like to look at is behind a paywall, I just skip it until it becomes publicly available, which usually it eventually does. Seeing it and understanding it are not the same thing though, and I can't really help you understand it.
And no, I have not personally had a chance to try tonka bean yet, I'd sure love to, but I have no money right now. That's kinda my point though. I prefer research over just trying it. Lotus suggestions are often far riskier than mine. Lotus does not seem to properly understand the research. GTE is very much toxic to ovaries, which most everyone else does not seem to acknowledge. It's got almost no risk of death, but it is going to harm your reproductive health. This is PROVEN by scientific research. Tonka bean MAY have some risk of death at therapeutic dose, but it should be minimal as long as you're careful, and it should absolutely not be harmful to a female reproductive system. It definitely is to a male one, but that's the point for someone like me. I want to ruin male reproductive health, if I could completely replace my male parts for fully functioning female parts, I'd do it in a heartbeat, be over the moon, and never look back. While there are interesting developments there in stem cell organ cloning and transplant, it's not possible yet, so the next best thing is HRT and eventual GRS. If my dream becomes reality before I can get GRS though...
You don't have to take my word for anything though. Everything I ever find is easily found on the internet or in a library. In fact, I'd prefer if no one ever took anyone's word on anything. I don't. I only trust the scientific method, so when a journal article shows that method was followed, and indicates something, then I trust that.
Many peer reviewed studies indicate that while GTE increases aromatase expression in adipose tissue, it strongly decreases it in the ovaries. Overall serum estradiol drops by 30+%, but it drops to almost nothing in the ovaries. That's hella playing with fire if you ask me if you have ovaries. In a male system, OTOH, it's only androgens that drop, and serum estradiol goes up, and testicular estradiol goes up. It's great for a trans woman. Playing with hella hot fire for cis women.
Some green tea is obviously safe, but I'd steer clear of GTE if I was in possession of a pair of ovaries. Wouldn't even consider trying it at the much lower doses used for weight loss that appear to be safe for women, just in case something went wrong.
And no, I have not personally had a chance to try tonka bean yet, I'd sure love to, but I have no money right now. That's kinda my point though. I prefer research over just trying it. Lotus suggestions are often far riskier than mine. Lotus does not seem to properly understand the research. GTE is very much toxic to ovaries, which most everyone else does not seem to acknowledge. It's got almost no risk of death, but it is going to harm your reproductive health. This is PROVEN by scientific research. Tonka bean MAY have some risk of death at therapeutic dose, but it should be minimal as long as you're careful, and it should absolutely not be harmful to a female reproductive system. It definitely is to a male one, but that's the point for someone like me. I want to ruin male reproductive health, if I could completely replace my male parts for fully functioning female parts, I'd do it in a heartbeat, be over the moon, and never look back. While there are interesting developments there in stem cell organ cloning and transplant, it's not possible yet, so the next best thing is HRT and eventual GRS. If my dream becomes reality before I can get GRS though...
You don't have to take my word for anything though. Everything I ever find is easily found on the internet or in a library. In fact, I'd prefer if no one ever took anyone's word on anything. I don't. I only trust the scientific method, so when a journal article shows that method was followed, and indicates something, then I trust that.
Many peer reviewed studies indicate that while GTE increases aromatase expression in adipose tissue, it strongly decreases it in the ovaries. Overall serum estradiol drops by 30+%, but it drops to almost nothing in the ovaries. That's hella playing with fire if you ask me if you have ovaries. In a male system, OTOH, it's only androgens that drop, and serum estradiol goes up, and testicular estradiol goes up. It's great for a trans woman. Playing with hella hot fire for cis women.
Some green tea is obviously safe, but I'd steer clear of GTE if I was in possession of a pair of ovaries. Wouldn't even consider trying it at the much lower doses used for weight loss that appear to be safe for women, just in case something went wrong.