tankasnowgod
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This quote sums up what I was thinking while reading your thread. As an abuser of supplements and overly detailed health plans in the past, I can assure you that you are overdoing it a bit. There's a few supplements you are taking that actually could have quite negative effects on your health in the doses you are taking them and overall, less is better.
You absolutely nailed it with the above quote in that I agree that the only supplements that are essentail are E,K2,Pansterone and magnesium. Red light is key and getting plenty of protein, sugar and cholesterol in you diet is also key.
Everything else can and should be gotten from diet. Base you diet around quality ruminent meat and shellfish, eggs, dairy and sugar and you are good to go.
BTW, if you live close to an ocean, I highly recommend being in salt water as much as possible. There isn't anything as healing as salt water + sun light.
Lastly, while losing fat is crucial for high testosterone, being in a catabolic state long term is very detrimental. Hopefully you do refeeds weekly or so, I know your not in a huge deficit but still, anabolism mean calorie excess.
Good luck, dude!
Thanks, and I think you have some valid points. I've already backed off or stopped with a few, and think shifting more toward a higher sugar and higher cholesterol diet might have done more than the initial supp regimen.
As far as fat derived weight loss, I've come to believe that there's probably just not an easy, perfect fix, and you have to go with the best knowledge we have right now and accept some of the short term negatives (like possible stress hormone elevation) along with the long term positives (I look and feel much better, and am more physically able to do routine and complex tasks). Ignorance of calories is no way to proceed, although creating a deficit at a higher caloric intake and moving more without doing a lot of "breathless" exercise certainly help a lot. I also think more focus on things like protein, fructose, and coconut oil, that help increase TEF while providing calories, can be a great help as well.
Also, you really get to enjoy maintenece eating periods as well!