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A quick Google search will bring them up. Also the only studies showing that it lowers dht or testosterone were done on animals.that's amazing! I have not seen any of those studies but would be grateful to see them!
I'm assuming the "reddit expert's" read a couple animal studies and decided to educate everyone based on there findings.
This kinda reminds me of when ppl found out creatine raises dht and every 16 yr. Old went to reddit starting threads about creatine making then go bald.
On a side note, even If lions mane does lower dht, it would be a insignificant amount. It kinda reminds me of all the ppl scared to take metformin and gda's because they lower igf-1 in studies done on 80 year old men who dont exercise. So now 35 year old tom is scared of lowering there igf and loosing muscle while in reality, if tom got his insulin sitivity under control and dropped 30lbs of fat it would help increase his testosterone and lower his estrogen amongst other things that would improve his quality of life.
also, just my educated opinion, If lions mane was powerful enough to lower testosterone and block dht to any significant degree, then big pharma would probably have it's hand in here. There is a lot of money to be made on hormone blockers and anti hair loss drugs. And bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts would no longer need to spent a ton of money on expensive dht blocking shampoos or take nasty drugs like finastride, we could just drink lions mane tea instead.
Sorry for the rant, I just wanted to squeeze all my thoughts into this one post so Steve can get back to his thread