In a recent interview, Mercola and @haidut mention that the effects of anabolic steroids are from their anti cortisol effects.
Around the 3 minute mark
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeF0TFdUgo4
It sounds like cortisol is a response to lower blood sugar levels (is this the same as blood glucose?).
Does this mean that if you kept your blood sugar high all the time, you would experience anabolism? Would frequent sugary beverages achieve that (assuming you're trying to gain weight)?
It also sounds like a limiting factor to sugar metabolism is pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH). If you don't have enough, you get lactic acid. I think I know what that feels like, when consuming too much sugar. Apparently, some important cofactors to PDH are thiamin and biotin (Link). Would lots of sugar plus enough biotin and thiamin from eggs, liver, and maybe pork, work well? EDIT: Here's an awesome overview of the cofactors for glucose metabolism. Seems complicated. (Link)
I've also heard that cortisol doesn't change that much as you age, but rather, the androgenic steroids, which oppose cortisol, decrease. Does this mean that you should actually focus on increasing your androgenic steroids to achieve anabolism, instead of keeping your blood sugar high all the time?
I used to be ripped and strong. Now I'm a good 15% lighter, and would love to be muscular again. I'm not convinced that I need to work out like crazy and eat tons, because I never did that when I was younger. I'm guessing anabolism is more hormonal. Wondering what would make sense to target.
Around the 3 minute mark
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeF0TFdUgo4
It sounds like cortisol is a response to lower blood sugar levels (is this the same as blood glucose?).
Does this mean that if you kept your blood sugar high all the time, you would experience anabolism? Would frequent sugary beverages achieve that (assuming you're trying to gain weight)?
It also sounds like a limiting factor to sugar metabolism is pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH). If you don't have enough, you get lactic acid. I think I know what that feels like, when consuming too much sugar. Apparently, some important cofactors to PDH are thiamin and biotin (Link). Would lots of sugar plus enough biotin and thiamin from eggs, liver, and maybe pork, work well? EDIT: Here's an awesome overview of the cofactors for glucose metabolism. Seems complicated. (Link)
I've also heard that cortisol doesn't change that much as you age, but rather, the androgenic steroids, which oppose cortisol, decrease. Does this mean that you should actually focus on increasing your androgenic steroids to achieve anabolism, instead of keeping your blood sugar high all the time?
I used to be ripped and strong. Now I'm a good 15% lighter, and would love to be muscular again. I'm not convinced that I need to work out like crazy and eat tons, because I never did that when I was younger. I'm guessing anabolism is more hormonal. Wondering what would make sense to target.
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