The Forgotten Supplement
Another look at Anti-Estrogens
By Troy Pearsall
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You’ve seen
then on the shelves of your favorite health food store, but you never really
ventured to over to purchase them. Heck, for the most part you were not even
sure what they were or how to use them
The big guys that hung out at the gyms
all the time would use then right after coming off a cycle of pro-hormones.
But the FDA has banned pro-hormones yet these supplements remained. Now that
the pro-hormone are gone these very powerful supplements no longer has to
play second fiddle to any supplement around.
Estrogen
inhibitors
The very name of this class of supplement motivates you to stay away from
them. Everyone knows that muscles need testosterone to grow not estrogen.
This is the very reason that most of the companies that sell these products
advertise them as testosterone boosters, rather than estrogen inhibitors.
Its simply a sound marketing strategy
Now marketing strategy or not I would
suggest that if you truly want muscle growth then you need to add these
products to you supplement routines. Let’s investigate how they work and
what they do for you.
Testosterone builds muscle which is
normally associated it with the attributes of a “He-Man” so to speak. While
estrogen on the other hand, is the reason men are attracted to their wives
and girl friends, it develops all those wonderful curves in their hips and
shoulders, soft skin and even complexion it even supports the higher body
fat levels that is needed for child birth.
Basically if we want bigger muscles we
need more testosterone. Now there are two ways to increase the testosterone
in the body to introduce it exogenously (steroids) or to excite the body to
produce increased testosterone levels naturally. |
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The problem with exogenous introduction is, besides the
fact that it is illegal, when exogenous testosterone is introduced into the body
the body will decrease and then stop production of its own testosterone. So when
the administration is discontinued you are left in a testosterone deprived
state.
The second method is much safer and more efficient in the
long run. There will be no period of testosterone production shutdown if the
body's own natural production of testosterone is increased.
So what does this have to do with anti-estrogens? Simple,
anti-estrogens lower the levels of estrogen I the body. Estrogen is the trigger
to the pituitary gland in the brain which tells the body to produce or not to
produce testosterone. The higher the levels of estrogen, the lower the
testosterone level, the lower the level of estrogens the more testosterone the
body can produce. This is how the makers of estrogen inhibitors can advertise
their products ad testosterone booster!
Higher levels of estrogen
will make you fat!Modern society has given us some wonderful things, the
Airplane, the automobile, the mobile telephone and the hormone injected cattle.
When combined with estrogenic chemical such as pesticides in vegetables and
naturally estrogenic foods like soy products, and of course high fat diets there
are no help in the American war against obesity.
This daily exposure to estrogenic chemicals increases the
numbers of estrogenic receptors in the adipose (fat) tissue making that area
more likely to increase in size. Adding estrogen inhibitors into our diet
supplement routines we lower the number of estrogen receptors those allowing us
to lose fat (only fat) faster.
Estrogen can promote the
development of Cancer
When levels of estrogen go rampant in the female body, that estrogen can promote
the development of cancer in the breast and uterus. Anti-estrogen supplement can
block the action of estrogen from connecting to the estrogen receptors sites
thereby interfering with or preventing the development of breast and uterine
cancer.
The most common estrogen inhibiting supplement that is sold
over the counter are;
Novedex XT (by
Gaspari Nutrition),
6 oxo (by
Ergo Pharms)
Rebound XT (Designer
Supplements)
Formadrol Extreme (LG Sciences).
There are others but these seem the most common in this area of the country.
Estrogen Inhibitors to
build muscle
Take anti-estrogenic as directed, add calcium (in the morning) tribulus
( only tribulus standardized to a minimum of
20% protodioscin
)before and after workout and ZMA and vitamin E before bed.
Estrogen Inhibitors as a
diet aid
· Take anti-estrogenic as directed, a
thermogenic stimulator can be added (like Biotest Hot-Rox ) if fat loss
is the only goal.
· Take anti-estrogenic as directed add
an appetite suppressant (hoodia) if the main goal is weight loss
· Stimulants like caffeine or ephedra
can be used with anti-estrogen but stay away from Yohimbe when taking stimulants
as this my cause irregular heart patterns.
Zinc - Involved in testosterone
synthesis, and in protein synthesis, among other things.
Tribulus terrestris - The current primary
herb used in virtually every testosterone formula. The active ingredient is
called protodioscin, look
for an extract to be standardized to no less than 45% protodioscin. As a point
of reference,
herbs come in more than one form, such as whole herb, root or leaf.
References:
Warrior’s
Diet: It’s when you eat that makes what you eat matter.
http://www.warriordiet.com/
Defense
Nutrition : The Anti- Estrogen diet
http://www.defensenutrition.com/
National
Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/estrogenreceptors/Slide13
God Bless
Troy
Christian Bodybuilding?
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