JohnSylvester3892
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I know this has been talked about here before but I wanted to voice my opinion on it. If you're unfamiliar, NocturnalKent is a looksmaxxing content creator with thousands of followers. He had an incredible ascension going from at least sub3 up to probably CL or chad. I'm not discrediting his ascension. It was pretty crazy, but he's selling a $25 guide (that I admittedly purchased out of curiosity) that credits his ascension to a method that's either built on false beliefs or knowingly bullshit.
His core claim on hormones is that consuming 100's of grams of sugar daily mixed with 3L of milk creates "an optimal environment for increasing testosterone and growth hormone." He says that sugar spikes insulin, which then boosts IGF-1, which then stimulates GH, and GH boosts test. I believe this is so wrong the whole way through.
Insulin and GH are literally counter-regulatory. They supress eadh other. Endocrinologists diagnose acromegaly by supplementing oral glucose and watching their GH levels crash. Everything that Kent describes actually works the exact opposite.
Also, GH is released in episodic burts. The largest pulse occurs within minutes os slow-wave sleep onset. Chronic insulin elevation flattens GH and dampens pulse amplitude. By consuming these wild amounts of glucose, you're only supressing natural GH pulses, not raising it.
Sugar also lowers test in men, not raises it. A study done in 2018 (n=545, aged 20-39) found significantly higher odds of low test with increasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Another study found that oral glucose acutely drops total and free T.
He does get something partially right. Milk does raise IGF-1. Meta-analysis shows ~14 ng/mL increase from milk consumption. This barely matters when epiphyseal plates are closed though. He claims a "guaranteed 3.5 inches of height", which is practically impossibe without open plates.
He has plenty of other claims that I believe are false or wildly mis-attributed but these are the only ones I felt confident enough to speak on.
Maybe I am wrong about this though, but I just don't think he should be guiding his audience to spending $25 on what is practically a bullshit guide.
His core claim on hormones is that consuming 100's of grams of sugar daily mixed with 3L of milk creates "an optimal environment for increasing testosterone and growth hormone." He says that sugar spikes insulin, which then boosts IGF-1, which then stimulates GH, and GH boosts test. I believe this is so wrong the whole way through.
Insulin and GH are literally counter-regulatory. They supress eadh other. Endocrinologists diagnose acromegaly by supplementing oral glucose and watching their GH levels crash. Everything that Kent describes actually works the exact opposite.
Also, GH is released in episodic burts. The largest pulse occurs within minutes os slow-wave sleep onset. Chronic insulin elevation flattens GH and dampens pulse amplitude. By consuming these wild amounts of glucose, you're only supressing natural GH pulses, not raising it.
Sugar also lowers test in men, not raises it. A study done in 2018 (n=545, aged 20-39) found significantly higher odds of low test with increasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption. Another study found that oral glucose acutely drops total and free T.
He does get something partially right. Milk does raise IGF-1. Meta-analysis shows ~14 ng/mL increase from milk consumption. This barely matters when epiphyseal plates are closed though. He claims a "guaranteed 3.5 inches of height", which is practically impossibe without open plates.
He has plenty of other claims that I believe are false or wildly mis-attributed but these are the only ones I felt confident enough to speak on.
Maybe I am wrong about this though, but I just don't think he should be guiding his audience to spending $25 on what is practically a bullshit guide.
