First Cycle - SD Matrix

[Drizzie88]

Hi Guys,

Iv been contemplating with the idea of running a prohormone for a while, a course of SD Matrix, but instead of jumping in feet first I thought I would do some reading up on it. First, here's a little info about me.

21 Years Old, weighing 12stone 10 (178 or so lbs) at 175cm, 16% bodyfat.

Currently on around 3200 kcals a day with a typical diet of:

8am: Porridge & Shake
10am: Home made protien flapjack, an apple and 500ml of water
12 mid-day - 65g of brown pasta and a chicken breast
2pm: 65g of brown pasta and tuna
4pm: Shake with a piece of flapjack.
5.45; Work out
7pm: Dinner - Usually Sweet Potato/new potato/pasta with veg and meat (steak,chicken or turkey)

Back to SD. I have had two friends run SD around 18 months since and had great results - they took it without really knowing what it was and then started to go gyno as they never ran a PCT!

If I am to run a cycle of SD then I would run it as follows:

Week 1 - Load
Milk thistle 1000mg (Everyday -ED)
Hawthorn Berry 1000mg ED
CoQ 10 200mg ED

Weeks 2,3,4
Milk thistle 1000mg (Everyday -ED)
Hawthorn Berry 1000mg ED
CoQ 10 200mg ED
Niacin 1000mg
SD - 1 a day for first week, followed by 2 a day in weeks 2 and 3.

Weeks 5,6,7,8
Milk thistle 1000mg (Everyday -ED)
Hawthorn Berry 1000mg ED
CoQ 10 200mg ED
DS A/X - 2 tabs AM/2 tabs PM
DS Triazole - 2 tabs AM/2 Tabs PM

I see that a fair few people use something like Esto-suppress instead of Triazole, but Triazole is an Esto-Suppressant so this would work as effectively? Then the A/X would be in as a test booster.

I have read widely around the side effects - liver harsh so stay off the ale (I dont drink anyway), increased blood pressure and increase in LDL cholesterol and so on.

My main concern is the Cholesterol. I think I lead a relatively low saturated fat diet anyway but my family has history of heart disease - hence my worry about the cholesterol more so than blood pressure as I know my BP is currently spot on.

Could anybody help me with advice about the cholesterol factor? I am planning on running SD for three weeks, so how harsh will it trash my lipids in those three weeks.

I look forward to hearing your feedback.

Didn't get to read the entire forum but if cholesterol is your biggest fear, order some UDCA and run that at 500mg-1g a day.

There are studies out there, I can send you some if you want.

[Red Fox]

I've replied mate - have you got it? It's not coming up on message history that's all....

Got you brother

[Opticz]

Well I think Iv covered most things apart from the cholesterol - which has a knock on effect to blood pressure....as for the liver - it's the only organ which can fully regenerate....but if you could PM those studies for me to read that would be great....red yeast rice, niacin and coQ10 are supposed to prevent cholesterol build up and keep everything working as well as it should - but I'd like to extend my knowledge!