cyclops
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There is probably a very simple answer to this, but its something I always wondered about when looking at pictures of the steroid pathway and trying to better understand how these hormones work.
I'm basically wondering why certain hormones that are "good" don't convert into certain hormones that are "bad" when it looks like they eventually would on the charts? For example, progesterone is generally considered good but it looks like it eventually converts to aldosterone and cortisol in the end which are generally considered not good. In fact I've even heard Ray say progesterone strongly opposes aldosterone, but I dont understand how that is by looking at the charts. It looks like it eventually converts into it.
Because I know Test turns into DHT or Estradiol, which seems to be the most downstream hormones on that end. I guess Im just wondering why Preg and Prog dont eventually convert into their most downstream hormones as they appear on the charts. Does it just have to do with "stress" and that progesterone just stays as progesterone? But then how would it oppose the hormones that it looks like it eventually coverts into?
Also I know no hormones are actually "bad" because we need at least small amounts of everything. So its just lack of a better word, but those who know peats work know what I mean.
I'm basically wondering why certain hormones that are "good" don't convert into certain hormones that are "bad" when it looks like they eventually would on the charts? For example, progesterone is generally considered good but it looks like it eventually converts to aldosterone and cortisol in the end which are generally considered not good. In fact I've even heard Ray say progesterone strongly opposes aldosterone, but I dont understand how that is by looking at the charts. It looks like it eventually converts into it.
Because I know Test turns into DHT or Estradiol, which seems to be the most downstream hormones on that end. I guess Im just wondering why Preg and Prog dont eventually convert into their most downstream hormones as they appear on the charts. Does it just have to do with "stress" and that progesterone just stays as progesterone? But then how would it oppose the hormones that it looks like it eventually coverts into?
Also I know no hormones are actually "bad" because we need at least small amounts of everything. So its just lack of a better word, but those who know peats work know what I mean.