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Would quinoa be good or bad for androgens?
Read its anabolic, aids protein synthesis
It's even banned some places
But.. it is rich in saponins and B-sistosterol and heard it can inhibit 5ar? I also read it's estrogenic?
So is it androgenic or not? I've heard quinoa gives trt level of strength and recovery due to plant steroids which work.
Expensive too
Thoughts?
Read its anabolic, aids protein synthesis
Quinoa's bursting with ecdysteroids
If you eat 50 g quinoa from a health food shop you'll probably ingest 15-20 mg 20-hydroxyecdysone. That's more than the recommended daily dose that some ecdysteroid supplements contain. French chemists analysed samples of quinoa and found they contained high amounts of ecdysteroids.
www.ergo-log.com
But.. it is rich in saponins and B-sistosterol and heard it can inhibit 5ar? I also read it's estrogenic?
A Short Note On Quinoa. Is Your Estrogen Level Higher Than Your Wife’s? | When You Are Serious
People are always looking for a loophole in my general injunction to avoid grains; keep in mind this is not a universal injunction but a fairly general one. I am frequently asked whether quinoa is such a loophole. Here are the estradiol/estrogen graphs of 2 men who added quinoa to their diet...
whenyouareserious.com
So is it androgenic or not? I've heard quinoa gives trt level of strength and recovery due to plant steroids which work.
Expensive too
Thoughts?
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