[Lotus]

These are some of the points of interest from the guide:




—> Testosterone affects sexual features and development. In men, it is made in large amounts by the testicles. In both men and women, testosterone is made in small amounts by the adrenal glands; and, in women, by the ovaries.

—> The pituitary gland controls the level of testosterone in the body. When the testosterone level is low, the pituitary gland releases a hormone called luteinizing hormone (LH). This hormone tells the testicles to make more testosterone.

—> Exogenous testosterone, or testosterone that does not come from a man's Leydig cells, affects the production of natural testosterone in the testicles. The testicles stop producing their own testosterone by introducing exogenous testosterone to the body via testosterone injections, oral medication, skin patches, creams or gels.

—> The testicles shrink because exogenous testosterone shuts down their normal testosterone production system. Testicular atrophy can cause testis to shrink, other reasons are cold temperature, anabolic steroids and Testosterone replacement therapy.

—> Serum testosterone decreased 19% during a 4-week use of soy protein powder and increased within 2 weeks after we discontinued soy protein powder.

[pom19]

Lotus, thanks for this pic, very informative. <3 POM

[elainecd]

Wow, the Black Cohosh seems like nasty stuff.

[Lotus]

Very interesting Lotus, love to see duration of each program. Even if its just approximate.
TY

Hey there elaine, I'll give it a go soon lol.

Lotus -

I know you have said that you have completed your NBE program, but does that mean that you are not following any maintenance program? Are you totally off PM, WP, etc.? If you are, I am very impressed that you have not experienced noticeable shrinkage.

spanky

Hey spanky, I stopped in July??, yeah since then it's been a maintenance thing. WP mostly, and reishi when I think I need it, 2-3x a week I guess. I'm pretty sure E is still hoovering at or around nbe program levels. I had a test a while back to rule out something that an endo thought, came back negative (E2 was elevated and T was low). Ironically, I ordered a different brand of PM I'm curious about. If it's legit I'll share the brand, so technically I guess that means a restart of nbe?, I guess.

How's you're program going?.

As seems to be my lot, I have pulled back on the PM and WP for the last two and a half weeks. I am going back to the mountains in Central America to restart my project and would feel a little self conscious if I was puffed out and nipple-sensitive as I seem to be when I am using the E-boosters. It's funny how much I miss it when I stop. I imagine it is somewhat psychosomatic, but I feel like something is missing. I may try using a low dose of PM and/or WP, like 500 mg PM and a couple of small squirts of WP extract daily to see what results. :myownrollingeyes

spanky, good luck in C.A., it sounds exciting. Well ,you know you'll get there and wish you had something as a back up lol right?, but yeah I hear yah. too.

[Lotus]

Hi all, It's a slightly different angle but there's actually an .25 increase from over a month ago, I started a different brand of PM.

[pom19]

My goodness Lotus!!!
They are so pretty. POM

[peggy]

They look so full and nice Lotus. Wow!

[ellacraig]

At what point sweetheart are you going to stop growing?

[The First Aria]

Ella, I would suspect when it would be difficult for him to close a door without catching THEM in it. Rofl.

[myboobs]

Hi all, It's a slightly different angle but there's actually an .25 increase from over a month ago, I started a different brand of PM.

Dog gone it lotus ! I call that mega impressive . I am turning green here