natedawggh
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Boron turns out to be extremely important in the balance of hormones, but boron deficiency has not been studied extensively in part because it is apparently so difficult to produce a boron deficiency in rats and mice, because they need so very little of it to be healthy.
Many of the effects of Boron supplementation have effects that are absolutely Ray Peat friendly, such as increased Calcium and Magnesium absorption and retention, and lower Phosphorus in the blood serum. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7840072 It also is reported to increase Testosterone in males and balance hormones in Females.
This study shows that stress causes an increased need for boron:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2222801
It is not toxic in very large amounts to humans, but deficiency apparently causes severe problems. I started taking it recently and experienced such a jump in my body temperatures that I was able to stop taking Progesterone, and I am only taking thyroid when I wake in the morning and when I go to sleep at night, reaching highs of 99.7 in the afternoon with no additional thyroid or progesterone. A few days before I could reach this with Progest and Thyroid, but if I didn't take it I would only get to 98.9. (for anyone that hasn't read my history, I used to have a low of 95.5 and highs of only 97.5)
I haven't seen any writings of Peat on Boron, but that doesn't mean it doesn't fit within in science and I am definitely enjoying taking it, and have noticed more and significant benefits than taking any supplements of sodium, calcium, magnesium, epsom salts, charcoal, cascara, or doing the low/no fat diet, increasing calories, etc., and the benefits seem to be in even more synchrony when taken in tandem with a Ray Peat diet of saturated fats, fruits, sugar, and avoidance of allergens.
There was one study where Boron supplementation caused an increase in both Testosterone and 17 beta estradiol in men, but the studies authors postulated that the increased Testosterone was converting into more estrogen in the already unhealthy subjects. That process could be short circuited by taking aromatase inhibitors such as Nettle, but the increase in Testosterone is likely to protect the males from the increase of estrogen anyway and would probably level out over time.
Many of the effects of Boron supplementation have effects that are absolutely Ray Peat friendly, such as increased Calcium and Magnesium absorption and retention, and lower Phosphorus in the blood serum. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7840072 It also is reported to increase Testosterone in males and balance hormones in Females.
This study shows that stress causes an increased need for boron:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2222801
It is not toxic in very large amounts to humans, but deficiency apparently causes severe problems. I started taking it recently and experienced such a jump in my body temperatures that I was able to stop taking Progesterone, and I am only taking thyroid when I wake in the morning and when I go to sleep at night, reaching highs of 99.7 in the afternoon with no additional thyroid or progesterone. A few days before I could reach this with Progest and Thyroid, but if I didn't take it I would only get to 98.9. (for anyone that hasn't read my history, I used to have a low of 95.5 and highs of only 97.5)
I haven't seen any writings of Peat on Boron, but that doesn't mean it doesn't fit within in science and I am definitely enjoying taking it, and have noticed more and significant benefits than taking any supplements of sodium, calcium, magnesium, epsom salts, charcoal, cascara, or doing the low/no fat diet, increasing calories, etc., and the benefits seem to be in even more synchrony when taken in tandem with a Ray Peat diet of saturated fats, fruits, sugar, and avoidance of allergens.
There was one study where Boron supplementation caused an increase in both Testosterone and 17 beta estradiol in men, but the studies authors postulated that the increased Testosterone was converting into more estrogen in the already unhealthy subjects. That process could be short circuited by taking aromatase inhibitors such as Nettle, but the increase in Testosterone is likely to protect the males from the increase of estrogen anyway and would probably level out over time.