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Vitamin D Supps & Testosterone | Black Tea May Keep You Leaner Than Green Tea | Pea, Oat, Rice Protein & Glycemia

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You can expect more research updates like this one in 2019 on the SuppVersity... as well as other changes. And best of all, there's still time to let me know what you'd like to see / be changed over the course of 2019... aside from the overdue switch to a mobile-ready webdesign (#IRemeberThePromises), obviously. While all three studies in this research update have been published last year, they are by no means "yesterday's news" - not even for those of you who "know" the studies which investigated (A) the effects of vitamin D supplementation on the suboptimal testosterone levels of 100 hypogonadal men, (B) the initially very similar but eventually fundamentally different effects of green- and black-tea supplements on the obesogenic effects of high-energy diets, and (C) the beneficial effects of the co-ingestion of plant protein on healthy people's postprandial glucose levels. What's new? Well, study A doesn't really tell you that vitam...
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Clomiphene Citrate, Overlooked Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Alternative? 2.5x Higher T, No Side Effects

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Can you replace androgel or injectable T with regular chlomiphene citrate tablets? Or is this just "broscience"? While many of the things people will tell you about the negative side-effects of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are scientifically questionable, un- or even disproven, there's one nasty side effect that is simply unavoidable: the decline in natural testosterone production. Needless to say that this is why natural testosterone boosters, i.e. products that contain (natural) ingredients that may boost your own endogenous testosterone production, are so popular. Unfortunately, these pills have a larger impact on their manufacturers revenue than your T-levls. If they even work, the meager 20%-30% T increase they have to offer is simply not enough for someone whose testosterone level hovers at <250 ng/dl and thus 50ng/dl below the "low T" cutoff. Higher T levels won't build tons of muscle on its own, but it will make these more effectiv...
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Tongkat Ali - Malaysian Viagra W/ Anti-Belly Effect: More Than 30% Reduced Omental Fat Pad Size + Corresponding Increases in Testosterone W/ Human Equiv. of 4g+/Day

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It's efficacy in situations like this has more scientific back-up than any of the muscle building of fat burning promises some Tongkat Ali supps come with. By now, most of you should have read the article on the testosterone "boozing" effects of alcohol and realized that the post workout Margarita probably comes off second best, when we compare it to whey and may - at least until we don't know otherwise - actually be pathological (=the result of a disturbance of the normal hormone metabolism in the liver). That being said, we better go back the "tried(!) and proven(?)" stuff. I mean a herb that goes by the name "Long Jack" does already sound way more promising than a "Blood Mary" doesn't it? "Long Jack? ;Malaysian viagra? Ok, I am in!" As the popular name already implies, the root of Eurycoma longifolia Jack , an evergreen plant that belongs to the family Simaroubaceae has a long (all puns intended) tradition in ...
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Chest Fat, Bitch Tits, Chesticles, Gynecomastia, Lipomastia and Co.: Infinite Ways to Name it, 45 Ways to Prevent It

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Image 1: Luckily "gyno", or in this case lipomastia, does not always look that bad. Oftentimes it is more subtle, yet still annoying a psychological burden for men suffering from it. This pictures alone should be reason enough to give all the 45+ contributing mentioned in this article a wide, wide berth (image from  cosmeticsurgerybangalore.com) If you type "gynecomastia" into your favorite search engine, your chances to find one of the major fitness and bodybuilding forums among your first hits are about 99%. This indicates that gynecomastia, lipomastia, "bitch tits", "fat tits" and whatever else many people use to measure by the same yardstick is much more prevalent than you would think if you conducted a survey on the street. The reasons for that are manifold. Men, who frequent those bulletin boards are oftentimes more conscious about their looks than Mr. Average, they are also more prone to be exposed to exogenous hormonal agents that can...
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Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: Understanding the "Big T" - Testosterone Programs Stem Cells to Become Muscle not Fat + Keeps Satellite Cells & Motoneurons Alive

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Image 1: Graphical summary of the probably best known function of testosterone - including who are not so "profane" as building muscle and getting ripped ;-) In the last two installments of the Intermittent Thoughts, I have tried to convey a realistic perception of what exactly the effects of both supra- (that is below) and super- (that is above) physiological (that is "normal" in the sense that they represent the "average" male human being) levels of testosterone on body composition are. In this installment of the series I am now going to provide more information on the "exact" molecular underpinnings by which testosterone works its muscle building and fat burning magic . There is however one thing related to data I presented in the previous installments, I want to emphasize again: The use of a testosterone enanthate in the Bhasin study makes it very difficult to use the data to make prognoses with regard to the results you would see, when ...
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Tongkat Ali Boosts Testosterone in Late Onset Hypogonadism: 200mg of Standardized Eurycoma Longifolia Extract Increases Total Testosterone by 47%

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Image 1: Let's hope no one uproats and steels this flowering plant from the family Simaroubaceae after reading about its testosterone boosting effects ;-) Kudos to Benson, who certainly is one of the Minds on the Mind And Muscle Forums (I don't know about his muscle, though ;-). Benson dug up a very recent article on the effects of "Ali's Stick" ( Tambi. 2011 ), which would be the literal translation of "Tongkat ali" , also known as the "Malaysian ginseng" , a herb that has been used by generations of men in South-East-Asia to improve their sexual performance, on testosterone levels in 76 male patients suffering from late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) and, consequently, Aging Males' Symptoms (AMS). The study that is going to be published in the next issue of Andrologia , the first international journal of andrology, was conducted by an international team of scientists from Malaysia and South Afri...
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