That wasn't the question. I was asked whether or not it is
legal. It being junk is just my opinion. I would not take DHEA as it can cause gyno alone. My point that it is junk has to do with it's ingredient profile and the fact that you can get a MUCH better homebrew formula to make using DMSO and various forms of alcohol that will penetrate the dermal layer much better than any OTC formula will.
First of all, everything is underdosed if you used it alone. We know Chrysin is complete junk and has been proven to do absolutely nothing for estrogen.
Chrysin: Is It An Effective Aromatase Inhibitor? By Ward Dean, MD Chrysin is a flavonoid that has been purported especially in the bodybuilding world to be an (...)
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See study 15. I can pull up the full study if anyone wants to read it.
If we look at a simple pathway of steroid conversions, you will see how ineffective this formula is.
As you can see, Pregnenolone is a precursor to DHEA. DHEA can then convert to a variety of hormones, including andro, estrogen, cortisol, etc. There's no way to control the pathway DHEA takes, so more than likely, you're just loading yourself up with estrogen.
Finally, the other ingredients for absorption through the skin is lacking. It has alcohol in an unknown amount, dimethyl isosorbide is good for penetrating the skin barrier but again, we don't know how much. Since DHEA, Trans-resveratrol is listed below that in the label at 98%, we must assume the amount of the carrier solution is very low.
7,8-Benzoflavone is a derivative of
alpha-Naphthoflavone which may have some AI potential, but the studies are in vitro and we don't know the dosage needed to get the proper effect.
alpha-Naphthoflavone (ANF; 7,8-benzoflavone) is a potent competitive inhibitor of human aromatase cytochrome P-450 [J. T. Kellis, Jr. and L. E. Vickery, Science 225, 1032 (1984)]. We have further investigated inhibition of aromatase by several derivatives of ANF. Using human placental microsomes...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When you start using exogenous hormones, your body stops producing ALL hormone synthesis through the cholesterol pathway. So, you're not going to be producing any of the above listed hormones and DHEA would be one of them. That's not to say DHEA would help with PCT. It would probably just suppress natural test production as well, as itself is an exogenous hormone you would be taking.