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Re: Testosterone is the drug of the future

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Post by path411 »

omegaham wrote: post #110
Lio wrote: post #79

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"Women live longer than men" is interesting though. Does that take into account the horrendous levels of male suicide? Statistically does this bump the average life expectancies down for men? I'm definitely not disagreeing with you. It seems very plausible that human growth hormone could be linked to some cancers. On a side note, is baldness actually a "health issue"? I mean I know mainstream media doesn't like to sh…

This is a good point. Men do more dangerous jobs, are much more likely to be murdered, do riskier behavior, and commit suicide more often. On the other hand, women bear children, which historically would have been a huge cause of early death. Not as much these days, though.

> Men do more dangerous jobs, are much more likely to be murdered, do riskier behavior, and commit suicide more often.

Couldn't the likelihood of a male being involved in these things be affected by testosterone levels as well?

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Post by rada »

zdc wrote: post #261
lectrick wrote: post #257

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Obstructive sleep apnea increases cortisol levels which in turn decrease testosterone levels. Source: I have obstructive sleep apnea and low testosterone, both of which are being treated finally, and my income rose by... triple? quadruple? ever since

What did you do to take care of your sleep apnea? Just curious, as a sufferer of OSA as well.

My husband has medium-severity OSA and he went to a dentist who specializes in oral appliances for OSA. It's a million times better than CPAP, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Truly life-changing for OSA sufferers.

http://jparkerdds.com/faq.html

Re: Testosterone is the drug of the future

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Post by rsanek »

alecco wrote: post #138
hellodevnull wrote: post #102

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I did Starting Strength with a gallon of milk a day (6000 Calories). I was able to improve my lifts (slowly) but I looked horrible (so much fat around abdomen I looked pregnant). Switched to hypertrophy with 2000-3000 Calories whilst cutting/maintaining. I researched this well and tried really hard so I'm not jumping to conclusions here.

> I've been lifting weights three times a week for the last four years Beware of doing strength-training of the same muscle group more than once a week (except for legs, up to a limit). Also, sorry, but "Gallon of milk a day" is broscience. Go to a non-fad sports doctor to get a good diet matching your training plan and goals (both micro and macrocycles). Lots of greens and healthy protein (i.e. not cow's except for…

>Beware of doing strength-training of the same muscle group more than once a week

This is completely false, if you're a beginner you can absolutely work the same muscle group within the same week and still get results. As you become a more advanced lifter, of course, this becomes less true.

>"Gallon of milk a day" is broscience

What do you mean? Are you saying that milk isn't a good choice if your goal is to get a high number of calories with a large proportion of them coming from protein? Calling this broscience just doesn't make sense.

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Post by lectrick »

rada wrote: post #302
zdc wrote: post #261

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What did you do to take care of your sleep apnea? Just curious, as a sufferer of OSA as well.

My husband has medium-severity OSA and he went to a dentist who specializes in oral appliances for OSA. It's a million times better than CPAP, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Truly life-changing for OSA sufferers. http://jparkerdds.com/faq.html

My apnea was classified as "severe" so I couldn't use those :/

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rada wrote: post #302
zdc wrote: post #261

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What did you do to take care of your sleep apnea? Just curious, as a sufferer of OSA as well.

My husband has medium-severity OSA and he went to a dentist who specializes in oral appliances for OSA. It's a million times better than CPAP, I cannot recommend it highly enough. Truly life-changing for OSA sufferers. http://jparkerdds.com/faq.html

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Re: Testosterone is the drug of the future

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Post by lectrick »

dcotton wrote: post #296
lectrick wrote: post #294

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I use a CPAP machine. But I don't like it that much, and complicating matters are allergies which stuff up my nose and make it less effective. I'm looking into getting an operation at some point, but first I have to lose a few more pounds, which I am in the process of doing. I CAN say that being ON cpap vs. OFF cpap is already a world of difference... as unsexy as that thing is. See if you can get used to one. The la…

Thanks for posting about the ResMed Swift FX, I use a Mirage Activa, and kind of want to change so I don't have to shave my upper lip everyday. I might try the Swift FX out shortly, my current mask needs replacing. I will also add for the other poster(s), properly treating sleep apnea is huge for overall health, and helps you feel a lot better everyday. Risk of stroke goes down and a lot of other big health impacts.

oh, dude. Swift FX all the way. I have a friend whose doctor didn't recommend it (probably recommended one like yours) and I practically forced him to push back on his doc and prescribe this one. It's quite a bit of comfort difference.

I'm actually trying to lose a bunch of weight so that I (hopefully) don't have to use a machine at all (although I have a very strong suspicion that I still had this issue back when I was very skinny, I was always a snorer and always had to take mid-afternoon naps) but mostly because I might want to get one of the operations, but they won't do one until I'm back at a "fit" weight.

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Post by markovbling »

hellodevnull wrote: post #87

>I was just at the gym watching the 30-year-olds at the pull-up bar building muscles in three weeks. And I’m at the pull up bar and nothing’s happening While many of you are thinking that he's making excuses (he might be) or that the other guys worked long and hard to build muscle, I can relate: I've been lifting weights three times a week for the last four years. I still look average, and yes I'm eating and exercisi…

Ask your GP to do a blood test - reasonably cheap and can get conclusive answer.

Re: Testosterone is the drug of the future

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Post by Simp »

dood wrote: post #130
Simp wrote: post #94

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More information to satisfy the complaints of my critics regarding the date, definitions, forms of meditation, etc: A systematic study on the efficacy of various forms of meditation programs (inc mantra, transcendental, and mindfulness meditation), commissioned by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, was published in 2014.[67] After a review of 17,801 citations, the study based its conclusions on 41 ran…

Amazingly, you have cherry-picked the part of your source that agrees with you. This is the full quote, including the bits you left you: "Mindfulness meditation programs had moderate evidence of improved anxiety... depression... and pain... and low evidence of improved stress/distress and mental health–related quality of life. We found low evidence of no effect or insufficient evidence of any effect of meditation pro…

In other words, the same reductions as a placebo would give.
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