22-09-2012, 15:19
Actually, both men and women should have all three to be healthy. Women need a very small amount of testosterone to counteract estrogenic effects on their blood and bones, and to be able to grow enough muscle to support their bodies.
Men need a small amount of estrogen for the same, but opposite, reasoning. They need it to be able to counteract the androgenic effects of testosterone on their hair, both body and scalp, blood and bones, and to be able to put on enough fat to protect their internal organs.
Both men and women need a certain amount of progesterone for mood and other balancing effects against the androgens and estrogens.
The "typical" ranges for these hormones are, for women:
Well... I'm just gunna link to another forum for this:
http://www.pcoscommunity.com/showthread.php?t=6360
Women are very complex creatures hormonally.
Men on the other hand, are quite a bit simpler. And of course all google wants to talk about is testosterone. But basically, take the absolute lowest females T should ever be, that's where male's E should be. And males P should be about mid-range of female P.
The effects are very synergistic. You don't necessarily need to worry about elevated E and P as long as both are elevated together and in the correct balance ratio for your given point in your cycle.
In other words. You actually SHOULD be progesterone toxic for a short time each month, and estrogen dominant for a short time each month.
Of course, if you don't want to have periods and get pregnant, theoretically, it may be possible to use supplementation to perpetually keep them perfectly balanced and at the high part of your cycle... Without really hurting anything. Normal ovulation should resume as soon as you cease the supplementation. Though it may take a few cycles before truly normalizing and it'd be better to ease back into a regular period rather than quitting outright.
For the interests of BE, the higher your E and P and the lower your T, the better. So you essentially want to aim for the minimum healthy T levels and as high as you can get your E and P during the high point of your cycle, tapering off for the low part.
MtF transsexuals can choose to try to emulate a normal female cycle or just keep things perpetually high.
Men need a small amount of estrogen for the same, but opposite, reasoning. They need it to be able to counteract the androgenic effects of testosterone on their hair, both body and scalp, blood and bones, and to be able to put on enough fat to protect their internal organs.
Both men and women need a certain amount of progesterone for mood and other balancing effects against the androgens and estrogens.
The "typical" ranges for these hormones are, for women:
Well... I'm just gunna link to another forum for this:
http://www.pcoscommunity.com/showthread.php?t=6360
Women are very complex creatures hormonally.
Men on the other hand, are quite a bit simpler. And of course all google wants to talk about is testosterone. But basically, take the absolute lowest females T should ever be, that's where male's E should be. And males P should be about mid-range of female P.
The effects are very synergistic. You don't necessarily need to worry about elevated E and P as long as both are elevated together and in the correct balance ratio for your given point in your cycle.
In other words. You actually SHOULD be progesterone toxic for a short time each month, and estrogen dominant for a short time each month.
Of course, if you don't want to have periods and get pregnant, theoretically, it may be possible to use supplementation to perpetually keep them perfectly balanced and at the high part of your cycle... Without really hurting anything. Normal ovulation should resume as soon as you cease the supplementation. Though it may take a few cycles before truly normalizing and it'd be better to ease back into a regular period rather than quitting outright.
For the interests of BE, the higher your E and P and the lower your T, the better. So you essentially want to aim for the minimum healthy T levels and as high as you can get your E and P during the high point of your cycle, tapering off for the low part.
MtF transsexuals can choose to try to emulate a normal female cycle or just keep things perpetually high.