Here is something interesting for you.
My condition is pretty stable but only seems to get worse when I eat something that increases estrogen levels. So I avoid these things and my condition is stable but far from good.
I eat all my meals at home so I can make sure my diet is good.
A few weeks back my auntie cooked some lentis and gave me some. For the next few days I felt terrible. My PFS was much worse I can feel it very easy when my condition worsens and it takes 48 hours to get back to “normal”
Anyway at home I at a meal and this meal had an unusual amount of mayonase. I did not think it to be a problem cause I thought mayonnaise is simply oil and egg. A number of ours later I started feeling worse. A drop in appetite, fatigue and just feeling worse overall. I woke up in the morning feeling a lot worse. My digestive system always gets worse when my PFS gets worse. But I was perplexed as to why. I had only eaten my normal food plus mayonnaise which should not be a problem. Anyway as usual within 48 hours I was back to “normal”. This was a week or so ago
Today I looked at the mayonnaise bottle and saw the main ingredient was sun flower oil sundlower seeds are high in coumestrol which binds with the estrogen B receptor at about the same affinity as estradiol!!!
I was so sure that it was the mayonise that made me worse and it turns out I was 100 percent right.
This was a blind test of how estrogenic foods affect my body and I can tell you they make my PFS MUCH worse.
I am sure my PFS is caused by estrogen excess but it is not an excess of estradiol as Aromotaze inhibitors do not provide stable results even when blood e2 goes down.
I have found that I have a problem with 3beta HSD enzyme as when not on TRT my hydroxy progesterone is 2.5 times the range. When I go on TRT it falls into range. 3bhsd creates hydroprog/prog from pregnenolone. But it also create 3beta diol which is a potent estrogen found to be high in the italian study in the 4 men tested. The problem is that the equitment used could not detect levels of 3betadiol in normal men probably because like estradiol the quantity of this hormone is low and hard to test accurately without expensive equipment.
Anyway we need more guys to test this ASAP.
If you know anyone have them order the test kit here