Has anybody tried taking this for a reasonable amount of time? it’s meant to be one of the strongest antioxidants out there.
Ive been taking it for a few days now, for its antioxydant and antiinflammatory properties…
ALso stacking it with lycopene which i got for cheap (also a super antiox)
Actually It has coincided with a decrease in my well being, energy and positiveness in attitude, but I also started to stop clomid at the same time (switched to low dose nolva).
So I did some research and discovered that it is a POTENT 5AR inhibitor… (and lycopene is too)
So Im gonna try reducing the dose or stopping it altogether to see if this is the cause
Oh, and Im also taking fish oil, some krill oil, curcumin, and sometimes green tea catechins EGCG… which ALL have 5AR inhibiting properties (well EGCG isnt a potent 5AR inhib in vivo but does strongly inhibit DHT activity at the androgen receptor)
Zinc, which i also take (with ZMA), is also a mild 5AR inhibitor…
I really dont know what to think about this…
Zinc/ZMA helps with my ED, presumably due to it’s anti-aromatase abilities. I wouldn’t worry about mild 5ar inhibitors, our problem seems less about a messed up 5AR than lack of adequate response to androgens. Either way, the damage was already done when we took super strong 5AR inhibitors.