Ok well that’s partially wrong. With every medication their are some risks and non cancerous growth of the prostate and enlargement of existing prostate cancerous growths are a potential side effect. Many physicians are also concerned about prostate cancer and cardiovascular issues associated with taking testosterone. Testosterone therapy has really taken off over the last decade so studies are constantly being updated and published but a simple conversation with your PCP, or even better your urologist, should clarify your concerns.
What supplements do you take?
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Also more expensive to make things with gluten free everything. Went to great pains to make sure she had dishes and utensils that had been thoroughly washed alone with nothing that had ever touched gluten. This is the Thanksgiving they all spent so much time arguing about who would do what that the three of us who had married into the mess, me and two dudes who married my husband’s sisters, wound up doing all the cooking.
They live in Canada and my passport is expired. I am not mentioning that to my husband.
It feels like HRT in that it was all the rage for menopausal women and then oh ****, it has some major downsides.
I know with protein, you have to dissolve it in a cold liquid before adding to hot liquids. Adding directly to hot liquid causes the protein to denature (turn into a goofy mess). It doesn't hurt the nutritional value, but makes it hard to drink. I'd guess collagen works the same way.
If I want protein in my coffee, I mix it with about half the recommended amount of cold milk first. That gives it sort if a pudding consistency and then stirs easily into the coffee. But frankly I'd rather just make a couple eggs for breakfast.
Can you eat onion or garlic? My wife has developed an alium intolerance, and as a result has bad reactions to many fruit sugars. It's all GI issues - not anaphylaxis - but it was bad. She now follows a low FODMAP diet which has helped a lot.
I really like the folks at BarbellMedicine.com. The two main guys are trained MDs who also really like to lift. They don't really promote any supplements outside things that are causing symptoms AND have been diagnosed by lab tests. They do a lot of research reviews.
Their view is basically all you really need is a decent diet and regular exercise that contains a mix of resistance training and cardio. Whatever you will stick with is best - there is no universal "best" thing to do. They do sell a protein powder and a pre-workout powder, but they don't really promote it. They make most of their money off programming and seminars. Their podcasts are free. Their YouTube is free. They say only supplement protein if you have a hard time getting enough through diet alone. There is no benefit for the general population to take testosterone (and the "boosters" don't really work anyway). There are good studies showing the capacity to build strength or muscle mass do not change over time. What changes is a person's willingness to train/eat the way you need to for those gains to materialize.
Their view is basically all you really need is a decent diet and regular exercise that contains a mix of resistance training and cardio. Whatever you will stick with is best - there is no universal "best" thing to do. They do sell a protein powder and a pre-workout powder, but they don't really promote it. They make most of their money off programming and seminars. Their podcasts are free. Their YouTube is free. They say only supplement protein if you have a hard time getting enough through diet alone. There is no benefit for the general population to take testosterone (and the "boosters" don't really work anyway). There are good studies showing the capacity to build strength or muscle mass do not change over time. What changes is a person's willingness to train/eat the way you need to for those gains to materialize.
I have been following a lot of their free advice (have only ever bought 1 tub of protein from them) and have been seeing good progress towards my goals.
At that rate you should look at investing in a fountain machine for your house. Would probably save money over the cans over time, and in my opinion you can't top the taste of pop from the fountain.
Not sure on the onion. It’s the one food I can’t tolerate based on taste.
I do eat garlic but I’m not sure the quantities would make me really notice anything on top of all the other factors I’m allergic to.
I’ll look into what you posted.
Funny story about garlic. I have bad family history on heart conditions so looked into garlic pills about 2004. If a little is good, a lot is better . . . . right? I bought the highest dose of garlic pills I could find. First morning I took one, I got it down without issue and went to work. 30 minutes later, I burped and almost passed out from the overwhelming garlic influx. I had to go home and suffer through that for the rest of the morning. I haven't tried garlic supplement since.
Very similar to the COVID prophylactic/recovery cocktail I’m currently doing. I just add megadose C, zinc, and melatonin. No Mg though.
I mean, I won't argue she's a *****, but celiac disease can be no joke. The slightest amount of cross contamination or even a good amount of airborne particles (like an entire thanksgiving dinner) can at minimum make them feel truly awful, likely for several weeks.
Did your gastroenterologist not bring up different diet options? If they didn’t they might be able to recommend a good RD to talk to.
If my wife gets even a very small amount of onion or garlic, she has severe stomach troubles for 2-3 days afterwards. Cramps, diarrhea, vomiting - like really bad food poisoning but lasts a lot longer.
That must be difficult to eat in a restaurant. Most nights when I make dinner I use one or both of those.
We basically can't. Onion and garlic are in everything. Ketchup. Anything that says "natural flavors" is suspect. McDonalds fries are okay because they have dedicated fries that aren't contaminated by onion rings or other onion/garlic seasoned foods. She does get plain cheeseburgers but we ask them to change their gloves before making her burger and so far that's worked. Hickory Park was super accommodating when we were there in July. More upscale places are okay but your normal fats food or fast casual are pretty much off the table. Many colas use garlic as a component in their caramel coloring. Thank god for internet groups where people can share what is safe. She hasn't had an episode in a long time, but before we knew what was going on she was sick for months.
At home there are a few things we can all eat, but for the most part I have to make one meal on one counter and then prep her stuff on a separate counter using separate utensils (or quickly wash it in between).
Have you had your levels tested? I wouldn't be surprised to find out that these aren't actually working. In fact, I'd be very surprised if they were,
