Boron impact on Free Test and E2

zaareleq

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I ordered some boron to see if it might increase my free test and reduce E2. It's cheap and has a fair amount of studies that would suggest these results. That said I've also seen quotes of studies showing it ultimately increased E2 in some men. Anyone have an experience along with blood work or just general info related to this?
 
zaareleq said:
I ordered some boron to see if it might increase my free test and reduce E2. It's cheap and has a fair amount of studies that would suggest these results. That said I've also seen quotes of studies showing it ultimately increased E2 in some men. Anyone have an experience along with blood work or just general info related to this?
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Gonna be different for everyone. Looking at the bigger picture we mostly see a small to moderate increase in free testosterone and total and if your total testosterone levels go up then so should your estrogen to a small degree.
 
It has some effects on estrogen, but no real solid studies on it doing anything significant, not that I've seen anyways. I haven't seen any real world results either. Il pass on that one.
 
Any supplements that lower sex hormone binding globulin should raise free testosterone through a feedback loop. So technically you can just search for ideas by looking up things that lower shbg. Ppl forget that sink, magnesium, D3 and a few other vitamins/minerals will help, myself included. I often overlook those. DHEA and Pregnenolone are precursors/prohormones to other hormones and those can help as well. Just remember with DHEA that you can't really control what other hormones it converts to so you may very well get a spike in estrogen along with it.

Also, exemestane lowers estrogen and raises free testosterone, so in a event that something your doing raises estrogen, a lil exem would help with both. I'm not saying to go take a AI for no reason tho
 
I usually think of Boron as a good supporting ingredient, as it can help some people a lot more than others.

We include it in both M-Test and Optimize-T.
 
Boron is the only supplement to ever change my libido despite already having mid-high test naturally. It’s a great ingredient for overall wellness. I got a blood test and it definitely increased my testosterone total by about 100 points, didn’t test my free testosterone though.
 
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Shadowblaze said:
Boron is the only supplement to ever change my libido despite already having mid-high test naturally. It’s a great ingredient for overall wellness. I got a blood test and it definitely increased my testosterone total by about 100 points, didn’t test my free testosterone though.
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Do you have a preferred boron product that you use?
 
max silver said:
Do you have a preferred boron product that you use?
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I use nutricost boron, nutricost is my go to brand for most general health supplements, they have incredible deals and are very reliable.

I got 240 10mg capsules from nutricost for a steal price.
 
Shadowblaze said:
I use nutricost boron, nutricost is my go to brand for most general health supplements, they have incredible deals and are very reliable.

I got 240 10mg capsules from nutricost for a steal price.
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Thanks, hopefully I can sneak a 240 count bottle past the Canadian border Gestapo. What daily dose do you tend to take?
 
max silver said:
Thanks, hopefully I can sneak a 240 count bottle past the Canadian border Gestapo. What daily dose do you tend to take?
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I ordered it from iherb straight to BC where I live. 10mg is what I usually do but I just started experimenting with 20mg, wouldn’t go higher than that.
 
5 days in I feel like the boron is increasing either total or free. That's totally by feel with increased libido but very noticeable for this 63yo lol. I'll take for a month and then get blood for total and free rest plus E2. I have baseline data from a,couple months ago.
 
Shadowblaze said:
I ordered it from iherb straight to BC where I live. 10mg is what I usually do but I just started experimenting with 20mg, wouldn’t go higher than that.
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I had a peak at the BLR Viron label and it appears that contains 40 mg of boron per day although I've seen a few different labels with some showing 20 mg/day. I fully intend to start at 10 mg and see how that treats me before bumping up further. I coincidentally also ordered from Iherb so fingers crossed it makes it across the border with no issues.
 
zaareleq said:
I'll take for a month and then get blood for total and free rest plus E2
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Interested to see if it helped increase your levels any at 63. Would definitely be a good data point on it's effectiveness.
 
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