19-04-2019, 17:56
(This post was last modified: 19-04-2019, 18:09 by Skiller07.
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(19-04-2019, 04:34)Lotus Wrote: Your lab tests do not indicate estrogen dominance, I'd keep an eye on cortisol which is related to higher stress levels.
Estradiol (E2): 19 - 160 pg/mL or 70 - 600 pmol/L In healthy women, progesterone/estradiol ratio should be between 100 and 500. If it's higher than that, it may indicate progesterone domination, and if it's lower, then estrogen domination is more likely.
https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/pg-e2-ratio
What we eat & drink directly has an impact on breast shape and volume. I'm a 40 H/HH, recently my E2 (estradiol) was 170.2 pg/mL, and that's almost 5 months without E2 HRT meds. I know too much sugar directly impacts my breasts, and not in a good way lol. You see there's certain metabolic pathways to stimulate breast growth, here's example:
Ginseng is specific agonist for a nongenomic pathway of sex steroid receptors that stimulates breast growth.
* Ginsenosides are a class of steroid glycosides, and triterpene saponins. Brilliant huh?...and btw, Saponins displace T (testosterone) bound to Sex-Hormone-Binding-Globulin (aka-SHBG), as a result this process raises estradiol because estradiol has a lower binding affinity for SHBG.
Suppressing PDEs (phosphodiesterase inhibitor is a drug that blocks one or more of the five subtypes of the enzyme phosphodiesterase) can increase levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)...ginseng acts in the same way as PDE inhibitors. cAMP is by far one of the strongest aromatase agoinsts (promoter) out there, which means it enhances the conversion of testosterone to estradiol.
ginsenoside (in ginseng) acts as a specific agonist for the nongenomic pathway of sex steroid receptors, and NO released from activated eNOS underlies cardiac K(+) channel activation and protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
So when I take ginseng it stimulates the specific pathway I'm targeting. In ovaries testosterone is converted to estrogen, this holds true in breast tissue too, so....stimulating pathways by way metabolism contributes to breast shape, volume and growth.
Thank you very much for your reply..
So do you think my estrogen-progesteron ratio is not so bad?
I checked this omnicalculator.. it says the ratio is 11.34..hmm..I don't understand it... is it good or bad.. its much less than 100?
Hormones are still incomprehensible for me..

I tired ginseng some time.. but not so long.. Do you think I should start to take ginseng again? And whatabout shatavari?
I don't eat too much sugar.. but sometimes.. and nowadays a little more chocolate..
Why is sugar directly impacts breast?
Do you think my cortisol is high? Beacuse of my boob problems and some working issue I have lot of stress and depression for a while.. which can raise my cortisol level for sure.. I tried some herbal sedative which contains valerian, tutsan, lemongrass, etc.. but they didn't help a lot.. maybe for an hour... I don't want to take strong medicines.
I found a sedative pills in my country called stress control which contains the following herbs: Rhodolia rosea, astralagus (300 mg) , siberian ginseng (100 mg), maca (100 mg) , L-teanine, Ashwaganda (200mg) . I started to take it but I was affraid this will affect my hormones and causes shrink like the similar herbs before..so I stopped
What do you think? Should I use this or not?
Try to listen relaxing music whole day.. I don't know how to lower my cortisol.. but in my condition... hard to be happy or less stressful...
Another product I've tried recently is a "flat belly" drink which contains: pineapple stem extract, prebiotics (fluctoorigosaccharid), papaya extract, licorie extract (30mg), artichoke, camomile extract, hop extract (15 mg), fennel seed extract (10 mg), green anise extract, cinnamon extract, lemongrass extract , ginger extract,. It should be drink with 1,5 liter water per day.
I used this product more than 2 weeks maybe 3 .. but my boobs started to shrink a little.. and I stopped. My belly remain the same.. of course

Do you think these two products could cause boob shrinking because of the herbs?? I thought they doesnt contain too much mg herbs...
I looked into the mirror today and I almost cried .. My boobs has been never been so small like now...
And what I still don't understand WHY my boobs shrinking with my period starting..? Every time I start my menstruation my boob is shrinking and shrinking.. I am affraid that few more periods and I will have nothing...

I'm thinking of taking birth control pills for a few months because of this menstruation breast shrinking issue which I have to stop.. and I'm affraid my wedding will be on those days which will be a catastrophy. I want to change my period day with pills. After my wedding I want to stop pills for sure.
I was taking bc for years and I stopped 6-7 years ago. Now I don't take any.. What do you think it is a good idea?