Sentences with phrase «converting testosterone»

The reason: By blocking the 5 - alpha reductase enzyme they're actually giving free rein to another substance called aromatase — an enzyme in your body that, when left alone, wreaks absolute havoc in your body by converting testosterone into estradiol — the most powerful form of estrogen!

Saw palmetto powder or capsules inhibit 5 - alpha reductase, the enzyme which creates all DHT in the body by converting testosterone into it.

Many men who are converting testosterone into estrogen and losing their masculine characteristics.

Aromatase is the process of converting testosterone to estrogen in cells.

Their brains might, for example, recruit estrogen from sources other than the ovaries — such as body fat or by converting testosterone.

One thing that I have found is that my body does a great job of converting the testosterone into estrogen!

Though it's unclear what effect, if any, BPA may have on egg quality during IVF, «there is mounting data that a key enzyme that helps convert testosterone to estrogen may be inhibited by BPA,» said Bloom.

Men naturally convert some testosterone to estrogen.

And this can also be disastrous, as you convert the testosterone into estrogens.

This is the result of introducing high amounts of testosterone in your body, which uses aromatization to convert this testosterone into estrogens with the help of the enzyme aromatase.

Fat also neutralizes DHT by turning it into unusable compounds and also converts testosterone into estradiol.

Belly fat in particular, increases the aromatization process, which converts testosterone into estrogen, thus lowering your testosterone.

One reason for this may be that fat cells contain more aromatase, an enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen.

Most of the circulating estrogen (estradiol) in a man's body is actually derived through an enzymatic process that converts testosterone (androgens) into estradiol.

Obesity causes testosterone levels to drop, as enzymes in the stored body fat actually convert testosterone to estrogen.

We know that fat cells contain the enzyme aromatase, which converts testosterone into estrogen.

Issues can derive from over-production, under - production, dysfunctional management or elimination, and increase in a process called «aromatization» in which you convert your testosterone in estrogen.

Saw Palmetto works by inhibiting the enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydro - testosterone (DHT) and also blocks estrogen at its receptors.

The problem with this is that nettle root also inhibit an enzyme (5α - reductase) that converts testosterone to DHT - hormone (dihydrotestosterone).

Since progesterone is crucial for testosterone production, progesterone therapy side effects rarely occur in males who also require this hormone to prevent the production of 5 - alpha reductase, another enzyme that converts testosterone — this time into dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

An enzyme called 5 - alpha - reductase (5 - AR) converts testosterone into the androgen hormone DHT.

Aromatase: This enzyme is critical because it converts testosterone to estrogen.

Prescribing testosterone to this patient to alleviate his symptoms may result in increasing his levels of estradiol if his aromatase enzyme, which readily converts testosterone to estradiol, is overactive.

Low levels of 5α - DHT are indicative of over-inhibition of 5α - reductase (5AR), the enzyme that converts testosterone to 5α - DHT, which is ~ 2 - 3 times as potent as testosterone due to 5α - DHT's greater affinity for androgen receptors.15

* Drinking alcohol, any alcohol, causes an enzyme called aromatase to convert testosterone into estrogen.

Fenugreek increases testosterone indirectly by lowering the quantity of enzymes that convert testosterone into estrogen.

Testosterone boosters are a class of supplement which either increase the testosterone levels directly or inhibit the hormones which convert testosterone into oestrogen.

Zinc works to inhibit the enzyme that converts testosterone into its non-aromatizable form, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is how it can reduce hair loss as well as other symptoms associated with high testosterone levels in women with PCOS like acne and unwanted hair growth.

Your body converts testosterone into estradiol, producing estradiol at various sites.

Its most notable power is strongly inhibiting the enzyme 5 - alpha - reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT.

Estrogen The body converts testosterone into estradiol, a type of estrogen.

Aromatase converts testosterone into estrogen.

In the scalp, in acidic conditions, the 5 - alpha reductase can much more easily convert testosterone into the hormone DHT — which is well known as the hormone that is responsible for pattern baldness.

Aromatase is an enzyme that converts testosterone hormones into estrogen hormones.

Estrogen is often overproduced in hypothyroidism by increased production of aromatase, which converts testosterone and other androgens into estrogen.

5 - alpha - reductase (5AR) is the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT, and DHT is the hormone that widely known the cause hair loss.

Comparing spearmint to other popular anti-androgens for acne, green tea and saw palmetto both target DHT specifically, inhibiting the enzyme 5 - alpha reductase which converts testosterone to DHT via their epigallocatechin gallate and stigmasterol compounds.

What that does is convert testosterone to DHT in your body, meaning that your DHT levels increase.

5 - alpha reductase converts testosterone into dihydrotesterone (DHT).

That's right, masturbation increases the activity of the 5 - alpha - reductase enzyme which converts testosterone to DHT.

This enzyme converts testosterone into DHT, but exactly where this takes place the researchers don't know.

One of the ways that finasteride works is due to the fact that it is a 5 - alpha reductase inhibitor, which means it reduces the body's ability to convert testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) via the enzyme 5 - alpha reductase (5 - AR).

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FOUND IN Supplements such as Andro 100 Poppers; the body converts andro into testosterone, which is believed to increase lean muscle mass

He went back to the journals, scanning abstracts for other naturally occurring metabolites that looked likely to be converted into testosterone once ingested.

But the patent noted that if you administered the hormone orally, the body's own enzymes would catalyze reactions that would convert it to testosterone, theoretically providing performance - enhancing benefits similar to those of steroids derived from the substance in the lab.

Vocal Cords Because testosterone converts to estrogen in the body, men wind up with high - pitched voices.

Now researchers have shown that the body converts andro to testosterone, a finding certain to fuel the debate over whether andro, like testosterone, should be banned from baseball or even outlawed.

The women also had their blood drawn to measure levels of testosterone and other reproductive hormones including dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), which the body can convert into testosterone or a form of estrogen called estradiol, and follicle - stimulating hormone (FSH).

You see, the aromatase continues to do its job converting some of the excess testosterone into estrogen.

Once the ovaries stop producing hormones, your adrenal glands provide dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which your body converts to estrogen and testosterone.