Although this is an older study (
Lodhi. 2009), I found it particularly interesting that other than individual supplementation with vitamin C (group II) or selenium (group III), the combined administration (group IV) of 500 mg/L
vitamin c in drinking water and 1.5 mg/kg
selenium in chow significantly raised the testosterone to cortisol ratio of the rodents (cf. fig 1).
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| Figure 1: Effect of vitamin C and/or selenium supplementation on testosterone to cortisol ratio |
Although it is uncertain if human beings will react similarly, both
selenium and
vitamin c are major players in the human antioxidant system, which has profound influence on stressors (cortisol) and endocrine function. And a higher testosterone to cortisol ratio (anabolic status) certainly won't hurt your efforts to get fitter, bigger, stronger or healthier - whatever your goals are ;-)
