blackpill me on indole 3 carbinol - is it as legit as they say?

[strong_silent_type]

Indole-3-carbinol

 

[Deleted member 3990]

regulates estradiol

may reduce acne and estrogen-like effects on your body

may also decrease libido, skin health and energy



but at the end of the day, i dont think it changes anything (at normal dosage)
it is used with finasterid usually to avoid side effects of estrogen-dominance of estradiol due to no antagonizing DHT (and other Androgens)
DIM might be stronger

 

[strong_silent_type]

what does this mean?

Indole-3-carbinol inhibition of androgen receptor expression and downregulation of androgen responsiveness in human prostate cancer cells - PubMed

Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring compound found in vegetables of the Brassica genus, such as broccoli and cabbage, is a promising anticancer agent previously shown to induce a G(1) cell-cycle arrest in the cells of human lymph node carcinoma of prostate (LNCaP) through regulation...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Mayorga]

what does this mean?

Indole-3-carbinol inhibition of androgen receptor expression and downregulation of androgen responsiveness in human prostate cancer cells - PubMed

Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring compound found in vegetables of the Brassica genus, such as broccoli and cabbage, is a promising anticancer agent previously shown to induce a G(1) cell-cycle arrest in the cells of human lymph node carcinoma of prostate (LNCaP) through regulation...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nothing that you should care about - it's in cancer cells.

 

[IWantToMax]

It's contained in the brogles.
Seems to decrease Testosterone aromatase