I am posting this simply as a response to the many hateful comments I got in regards to my discussion of testosterone as a progestin. Peat also alluded to the fact that testosterone has activity on the progesterone receptor and is likely safer as a "progestin" than the synthetic progestins being...
As many of you know by now, I have acquired an interest lately to research the connection between the process of saturation of various nutrients and steroids and the effects of this saturation on the properties of these substances. After doing some work on androgens such as androsterone and...
If you take a look at a standard diagram of steroigenesis and metabolism you will see that the androgen DHT can be synthesized via only one route, namely DHEA->Androstenedione->Testosterone->DHT. Recently, some studies have shown that DHT can also be synthesized via an alternative pathway, still...