[Lotus]

I for one am thankful for your contributions. I am an evidence based kind of gal, but sometimes you need faith in addition to science to make things happen. It's harder for me to buy into the former than the latter, but when the latter isn't work as well as I need to start conditioning myself to believe something will happen. Speaking of DHT, I have suffered hairloss for many years. Although I don't lose as much hair now, I never recovered the hair that I lost. All my blood work came back normal, but I know I am sensitive to androgens bc my skin is oily and I still breakout occasionally. Do you know of anything besides rogaine to repair the hair follicles that might have been damaged by DHT? Also, I'm running out of body oil soon and still have a bottle almost full of Flaxseed oil. I stopped using it from your suggestion, but I see a lot of people still massaging with it. What do you think? Still leave it out of my program? Thanks ahead of time.

Thanks nsas, ya......

I've got DHT on the brain, another thought occurred, if you follow the pathway it comes from your Free T, (yes ladies you battle it too). Why some have more DHT than others is a mystery, (genes?). Quite frankly if DHT succeeds in it's pathway without some sort of intervention we'll always be chasing our tails.

Follow along please:

Aromatase also converts androstenedione (a sex hormone precursor) to the female hormone estrone, another estrogen, although weaker than estradiol.








Remember these statements?

When estrogen binds to an estrogen receptor, it "turns it on". A turned-on receptor causes cells to start dividing. Estrogen receptors don't turn on like a simple on/off switch. Instead, they turn on like a rheostat, a light switch with a dimmer.

The rate at which cells divide in response to estrogen is affected by many factors. First, the rate depends on the strength of the estrogen. There are strong estrogens (ESTRADIOL, ESTRONE, XENOHORMONES) and weak estrogens (ESTRIOL, PHYTOESTROGENS). Strong estrogens speed up cell division and therefore, increase the risk of cancer. Weak estrogens slow down cell division, therefore reducing the risk for cancer.

The good estrogen causes no damage and drives immediately to the colon or to the bladder where it leaves the body. The bad estrogen backfires, gets stuck in reverse, and speeds back to the breast where it wreaks havoc. If this bad estrogen finds a parking spot on a breast cell, it will rapidly speed up cell division. If you have a lot of bad estrogen in your body, your risk of breast cancer goes up significantly.

I would characterize DHT as being similar to a stuck open position leaving all the good estrogens on the table. (Such a waste)

Edit: I'd better end this line of discussion on Lotus' thread. Sorry, Lotus.

Clara

Don't be silly, we need to kick some DHT ass!, and also kick him to the curb.

And I'm not even a violent person!!