Many studies have shown that even moderate weight loss can be helpful in
reducing androgen levels and symptoms of PCOS.
Another way of
reducing androgen levels is to use drugs that disrupt the hormonal signal from the pituitary gland that stimulates the testes to make androgens.
A final approach to
reducing androgen levels is to find a drug that has a selective antiandrogenic effect.
However, the current methods to
reduce androgen levels result in a number of serious problems.
Both walnuts and almonds have been shown to
reduce androgen levels and improve heart disease risk factors in women with PCOS (15).
What many people don't know if that many common use items and substances found in every home can contribute to this toxic load and thus
reduce the androgen levels.
Flaxseed has been shown to
reduce androgen levels in men with prostate cancer [30].
Not exact matches
Carlsen adds, «Pregnant women who have higher
levels of
androgens breastfeed less... probably, this is a direct effect of hormones that simply limit nursing ability, by
reducing milk production in the breast.»
Hormone therapies, known as
androgen deprivation therapies, help arrest the disease by
reducing a patient's
androgen levels.
Reducing the
levels of
androgens is known to have an anticancer effect.
Although hormone therapy alone will not cure prostate cancer, lowering
androgen levels can
reduce prostate tumors size or stall their growth.
Hsp90 inhibition also
reduced the
levels of the normal
androgen receptor, and other important prostate cancer molecules called AKT and GR.
Birth control pills help regulate menstrual cycles, lower
androgen levels,
reduce hair growth, and clear up acne.
Common conventional treatment is
androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which drastically
reduces testosterone
levels resulting in many distressing side effects, such as sexual dysfunction.
When testosterone is given, the need to compensate via increased production of 5α - DHT is removed; the
androgen receptors are now also being activated by testosterone, resulting in signaling for
reduced synthesis of 5α - reductase and / or
reduced 5α - reductase activity.41 In sum, the research suggests that testosterone replacement promotes normalization of 5α - reductase activity, 5α - DHT
levels and its metabolism to 3β - adiol.
... the diagnosis of
androgen deficiency requires only an ear attuned to the characteristic symptoms and blood test providing evidence of
reduced levels of total or free testosterone.
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology found that berberine significantly
reduced total testosterone and free
androgen index
levels as well as increased
levels of sex - hormone binding globulin (SHBG)(which binds to testosterone) in 3 months of use.
EstroQuench ™ is used by healthcare professionals to
reduce estrogens
levels by inhibiting aromatase activity, which will decrease the conversion of
androgens (testosterone and androstenedione) to estrogens (estradiol and estrone).
Berberine has been shown to
reduce levels of
androgens in women with PCOS.
One of the key things it does is
reduce acne causing hormones (such as
androgens) by increasing the molecules that bind to them,
reducing their
levels in our body.
Both total testosterone and
androgens levels were
reduced (by 12 % and 17 %) after three months of supplementing with vitamin D 50,000 IU daily along with calcium.
Like Vitex below, white peony has been shown to help increase low progesterone,
reduce elevated
androgens (like testosterone) and help regulate both estrogen and prolactin
levels.
The negative effects seem to lie in the capacity of some foods / nutrients to stimulate proliferative pathways that in turn stimulate development of acne — suspect foods include those with a high glycaemic load and milk.11, 43, 44 Other evidence comes from several studies reporting that the prevalence of acne varies significantly between different populations and is substantially lower in non-Westernized populations that follow traditional diets, 45 a common factor among these traditional diets being a low glycaemic load.46 Various studies have provided evidence that high - glycaemic - load diets are implicated in the aetiology of acne through their capacity to stimulate insulin,
androgen bioavailability and insulin - like growth factor - 1 (IGF - 1) activity, whereas the beneficial effects of low - glycaemic - load diets, apart from weight and blood glucose
levels, also include improved skin quality.44 The clinical and experimental evidence does in fact suggest ways in which insulin can increase
androgen production and affect via induction of steroidogenic enzymes, 47 the secretion by the pituitary gland of gonadotropin - releasing hormone and the production of sex hormone - binding globulin.48 Insulin is also able to
reduce serum
levels of IGF - binding protein - 1 increasing the effect of IGF - 1.49 These insulin - mediated actions can therefore influence diverse factors that underlie the development of acne such as:
In short, without at least decent
levels of
androgens a man would not have much of a life at all; that's why I recommend that you don't try to
reduce androgens if you're male.