Does anybody here know what are the ideal levels of SHBG in men?
My tests just came back from the lab. According to the lab chart, normal range for adult men is between 13.5 and 71.4 nmol/L. Mine were 55 nmol/L. I guess they could be lower. Should they?
What do you say?
By the way, my DHEA was 9.8 ng/mL (adult males 2.1 to 17.9 ng/mL). Should it be higher or is it just fine?
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Ideal SHBG=20
good SHBG(15-25)
Do not use Danazol or Stanozolol (Winny) to lower SHBG.
Any natural remedies to raise TotalTestosterone levels, assuming that the work,
will work only for very short time, until body resets to their natural levels.
High or low SHBG levels are often results of other imbalances.
You should review many aspects of your health and adjust what is out of line.
If you are able to arrange for (rather extensive) testing, you may get relief.
I suggest that you drop any and all supplements, minerals, etc,
then recreate your list of supplements using tests.
List of tests (below) should help you figure out your basic supplementation and lipids adjustment.
After you accomplish that do checking and adjusting
adrenals
thyroid
also
pregnenolone
progesterone
Enzymes
probiotics
bile acids
Betaine-HCL
At this point you may have already (naturally) corrected your SHBG, testosterone, estradiol.
This is the time when it is worth to do tests for above.
If you are good with everything above and still have high SHBG
you must do iron study.
You will be planning to introduce testosterone.
Testosterone (in some people) affects iron (ferritin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, other).
While supplementing with testosterone you may end up doing phlebotomies to let the accumulating iron out.
It does not happen often but you have to be careful.
Depending on needs you may have to do blood tests ether at LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics.
If you plan on following my plan, we may discuss it further after you get to this point.
It would be a good idea if you did all the testing below and
post result on this board for evaluation.
Good luck.
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these tests are meant to be done at LabCorp
1 --------- Comprehensive Metabolic Panel w/EGFR
2 --------- CBC w/ diff/PLT
3 --------- Selenium, Whole Blood
4 --------- Copper, serum
5 --------- Zinc
6 --------- Magnesium, RBC
7 --------- Potassium, RBC
8 --------- C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Highly Sensitive, CSF
9 --------- Fibrinogen
10 --------- Homocysteine, cardio
11 --------- Lipoprotein (A) Lp(A)
12 --------- Iron and Iron Binding Capacity
13 --------- Iron, Total
14 --------- Ferritin
15 --------- Transferrin
16 --------- Folate, RBC & Hematocrit
17 --------- Hemoglobin A1c
18 --------- Hemoglobin, Plasma
19 --------- T3, Total
20 --------- T4, Total
21 --------- T3, Free
22 --------- T4,Free
23 --------- T3, Reverse
24 --------- Ultrasensitive TSH
25 --------- Thyroid Peroxidase and Thyroglobulin Antibodies
26 --------- Thyroglobulin
27 --------- Thyroxine-binding globulin
28 --------- Insulin, serum
29 --------- IGF Binding protein-3
30 --------- IGF-1
31 --------- DHEA Sulfate
32 --------- Aldosterone
33 --------- Renin Activity, Plasma
34 --------- ACTH, Plasma
35 --------- Cortisol Binding Globulin (Transcortin)
36 --------- 7:30AM/12PM/3:30PM---Cortisol, Free and Total
37 --------- Prolactin
38 --------- Progesterone
39 --------- Pregnenolone
40 --------- Androstenedione
41 --------- Estradiol, sensitive 140244 (3-70)
42 --------- Estrone, Serum
43 --------- Total Testosterone
44 --------- SHBG
45 --------- Albumin
46 --------- Dihydrotestosterone
47 --------- 3a-Androstanediol Glucuronide
48 --------- Ceruloplasmin
49 --------- Coenzyme Q10
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244.9 ----- 257.2 ----- 780.79
250.00 ----- 272.4 ----- 788.41
250.01 ----- 601.9 ----- 253.3
255.4 ----- 780.4 ----- 255.8
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