[hope]

Hi Hope,

Not necessarily all grains, but refined grains - like flour. Whole wheat bread once in a while is OK, for example, but not white bread. Refined carbs are the enemy for those with high androgens. Ice cream, because of the sugar in it, is another culprit. Anything that will metabolize quickly to sugar causes an insulin spike in the bloodstream. Insulin causes inflamation. It also binds to SHBG which makes it unavailable to bind to testosterone which raises the level of free testosterone in the bloodstream. Inflamation and testosterone are therefore the result of sugars be they refined or in the form of high glycemic (Turn into sugar fast) carbs.

Eat lots of salads, especially dark leafy greens. Eat lean meat - about the size of your palm per serving. You don't need to throw all carbs out of your diet, you need carbs too - but get slow burning carbs such as those in salads. Fruits are OK too - but avoid citrus for now. As your skin clears up you can reintroduce everything back into your diet, but in a controlled way, watching the effects. When you start reintroducing Ice cream back in your diet as a regular dish, you will see it (balanced with everything else) start to raise androgens and will know to back off. It is not unlike ramping up herbs. - But you're ramping up foods to keep an effect inhibited rather than causing one.

Which herbs did you have in mind?

Mountain of Rose herbs is OK.
Starwest Botanicals is excellent. (and probably is the supplier for places like Mountain of Rose Herbs.)
Frontier is another good supplier.

Wahaika

Hi Wahaika,

I guess I really do eat too much refined grains. Do you have some suggestions for snacks?

Starwest Botanicals looks like a great place to buy herbs. Thanks.

Is the soy taken in EveM's program just soy milk or soy milk powder?

Could you tell me more about the topical you mentioned in the earlier posts? It includes borage oil or borage powder?

Thanks again =)