Mon, Mar-05-18, 16:40
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Senior Member
Posts: 167
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Plan: Low Carb
Stats: 230/165/160
BF:
Progress: 93%
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M Levac
It's quite impossible to raise hormone levels like testosterone and HGH beyond normal just with a ketogenic diet. They are tightly regulated by feedback loops. For example, testosterone gets converted to estrogen by aromatase, then estrogen plugs into a receptor (I forget where exactly) to, in turn, reduce testosterone production.
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Would that statement also apply to intermittent fasting? I see a lot of claims that IF will increase those hormones.
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