RawStrength
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I have seen members mentioning that eating a meal with high fat helps the absorption of a PH..
Is this true for ALL PH/DS? Or only certain kinds?
Is this true for ALL PH/DS? Or only certain kinds?
Hormones are lipophilic.
I have seen members mentioning that eating a meal with high fat helps the absorption of a PH..
Is this true for ALL PH/DS? Or only certain kinds?
I don't believe this to be true. I don't believe methylated steroids can benefit from fat intake. I tend to think the opposite. Steroids are fat soluble - non-polar lipids that can probably dissolve in undigested fat in the stomach. This means less steroid gets into the bloodstream where it needs to get to. fat is not so easily digested, especially unsaturated fat.
So methylated it's ok to take on empty stomach and non-methylated I should take with tbsp of fat to help absorption?
I don't believe this to be true. I don't believe methylated steroids can benefit from fat intake. I tend to think the opposite. Steroids are fat soluble - non-polar lipids that can probably dissolve in undigested fat in the stomach. This means less steroid gets into the bloodstream where it needs to get to. fat is not so easily digested, especially unsaturated fat.
Llewellyn kind of agrees with you I believe. in his book, the talk about the soluble nature of steroids with fat. but goes on to recomend methylated steroids be taken on an empty stomach, while saying for the non methylated ones, taking them with fats may increase absorbtion.
this isn't a direct quote, just my conclusion of the info in his book.
methylated steroids- empty stomach
pro hormones- with a meal that contains mostly if not all healthy fats. (you still want to keep total fat intake to a minimum.)