Deroga
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Everyone is wrong about fixing your hormones.
Oh and big ups to @Zagro for introducing me to this idea.
The human endocrine system is NOT designed to be maximized. Trying to artificially push hormones torwards "ideal" levels (higher test, gh, igf-1, lower cortisol) often fails because hormones work as network and not individually. Let's take the idea of raising testosterone, gh, lowering estrogen, and minimizing cortisol. You will see people promoting these as singular entities that can be adjusted (i.e. how to raise your testosterone is a very popular one). The problem is that these hormones are all linked together.
Examples: - Testosterone converts to estradiol via aromatase. - Growth hormone raises IGF-1, which affects insulin and metabolism. - Lowering cortisol too much can impair immune function. In conclusion, increasing one hormone often triggers negative feedback that lowers another. All of this is controlled by an interconnect regulation system (the hypothalamic-pituitary axis).
The endocrine system operates through homeostasis. When a hormone rises above the body's natural range, the brain responds in fact reducing it's natural production, increasing counter hormones, and increasing hormone breakdown (all of which are bad). Every other tiktokcel promotes GH as if it was created by God himself, but rHGH has many downsides that aren't just about getting cancer JFL
Artificially chasing "high levels" will in fact produce diminishing returns and long term supresion of natural function.
This principle is well established in endocrinology, and it's called "negative feedback regulation" if you want to research it yourself.
The endocrine system operates like a growth timer. Increasing hormonal intensity does not extend it's development, it will usually just accelerate it.
"Oh but Raz, I grew 2 inches in 3 months on peptides
" yeah you stupid fuck it's because you were going to grow 2 inches in the next year, you just accelerated your growth rate.
For growth and maturation = rate x duration = final outcome. If this rate increases too much, the duration -> decreases (literally inhibiting your growth by trying to increase it). This is why natural, steady development generally produces the best long-term results.
To summarize, trying to max your hormones usually doesn't work because hormones are a network and development depends more on timing and stability than intensity. If you have any contentions leave them below since I haven't research this as much in depth as I wanted to
Oh and big ups to @Zagro for introducing me to this idea.
The human endocrine system is NOT designed to be maximized. Trying to artificially push hormones torwards "ideal" levels (higher test, gh, igf-1, lower cortisol) often fails because hormones work as network and not individually. Let's take the idea of raising testosterone, gh, lowering estrogen, and minimizing cortisol. You will see people promoting these as singular entities that can be adjusted (i.e. how to raise your testosterone is a very popular one). The problem is that these hormones are all linked together.
Examples: - Testosterone converts to estradiol via aromatase. - Growth hormone raises IGF-1, which affects insulin and metabolism. - Lowering cortisol too much can impair immune function. In conclusion, increasing one hormone often triggers negative feedback that lowers another. All of this is controlled by an interconnect regulation system (the hypothalamic-pituitary axis).
The endocrine system operates through homeostasis. When a hormone rises above the body's natural range, the brain responds in fact reducing it's natural production, increasing counter hormones, and increasing hormone breakdown (all of which are bad). Every other tiktokcel promotes GH as if it was created by God himself, but rHGH has many downsides that aren't just about getting cancer JFL
Artificially chasing "high levels" will in fact produce diminishing returns and long term supresion of natural function.
This principle is well established in endocrinology, and it's called "negative feedback regulation" if you want to research it yourself.
The endocrine system operates like a growth timer. Increasing hormonal intensity does not extend it's development, it will usually just accelerate it.
"Oh but Raz, I grew 2 inches in 3 months on peptides
For growth and maturation = rate x duration = final outcome. If this rate increases too much, the duration -> decreases (literally inhibiting your growth by trying to increase it). This is why natural, steady development generally produces the best long-term results.
To summarize, trying to max your hormones usually doesn't work because hormones are a network and development depends more on timing and stability than intensity. If you have any contentions leave them below since I haven't research this as much in depth as I wanted to