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It’s estimated that 10 grams of pine pollen contains 0.8 micrograms of testosterone.

Thats 800 nanograms. That’s for the powder not the concentrated tincture.

Lets makes a guess that a dose of pine pollen tincture has 8000 nanograms. That seems reasonable.

Average male free testosterone is 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) of blood.

That’s one tenth of a liter so really its 3000 to 10,000 nanograms per liter & you have 7.2 liters.

So total testosterone in the blood for a 200 lb male is 21000 – 72000 nanograms.

Sublingual testosterone has a short half life possibly only four hours.

That means you will need to dose repeatedly with pine pollen tincture possibly 4x per day.

Each dose will need to be a fair amount perhaps two teaspoons absorbed under the tongue.

At that rate you may be able to get an additional 10000-20000 nanograms per day into your bloodstream.

So this is only worth it by making your own tincture. Also due to the short half life its unlikely that there will be an accumulation of testosterone over time. Its also unlikely to cause gonadal shutdown.

To be effective you will be using about a shot glass of pine pollen tincture per day.

To go into shutdown on pine pollen tincture maybe 2-3 shot glasses per day could do it over a period of time.

All of this is anecdotal. Pollen will vary in quality and testosterone levels. The extraction process will vary as will the sediment levels and strength of the tincture batches.

Certainly its worth it to buy pollen in bulk and make up large batches of tincture in multiple jars.

Its not worth it to buy small bottles of tincture and take a few small drops per day.

There is more to it though as Pine Pollen contains DHEA and a number of other androgenic substances that will enhance testosterone production by the body. Its highly likely that a shot glass per day of tincture will stimulate testosterone production in addition to the free testosterone directly introduced.

1. Pine Pollen Tincture
2. Tongkat Extract
3. Colostrum
4. IGF Antler extract

Must I elaborate? Yeah OK…

Pine Pollen I have posted about before & I recently got an email with the most awesome sales copy about a new pine pollen tincture. Here’s a copy of that sales page: Pine Pollen Advert

Pine Pollen contains much more than just testosterone, including sex pheromones that make you more attractive to the ladies. DHEA prohormone is in there too.

Its nice to see some western research backing up the TCM which has used pine pollen for a very long time. Yes Pine Pollen can dramatically boost Testosterone even to the point of shutdown if you take too much.

This brings me to the next supplement which is also backed up by leading scientific research. LJ100 extract of Tongkat Ali

Tongkat Extract Site

All the science & studies are on there. Basically the tongkat will act as a quasi PCT after using the Pine Pollen. Cycle between them four weeks each. This should keep your testosterone elevated all the time to high normal (for a young man). So us old geezers can indeed naturally have high youthful testosterone without drugs. I guess you can use both at once too if you want.

Next is colostrum

Colostrum is super calves milk basically. IGF is a large molecule that does not digest. Yet Colostrum works – go figure. There are lipo delivery options for colostrum but I don’t know that its required.

Finally an antler derived IGF tincture will do the trick sublingually.

Like Pine Pollen there is much more goodness in Antler than just IGF.

These four supplements can keep your testosterone & growth hormone levels high at any age.

PS: If you want a Number 5 I will throw in Berberine which is like an “extremely” mild cardarine. If you want to lose fat and improve cardio check it out. It is not SARM or steroid like however and will only give mild long term results. Berberine has many benefits, one of which is to activate AMPK.

AMPK reduces belly fat and combats metabolic syndrome.

https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2017/ss/boost-ampk-to-reduce-abdominal-fat

Additional supplements to activate AMPK include Hesperidin and Jiaogulan or Gynostemma pentaphyllum.

https://nz.pipingrock.com/weight-management/active-ampk-225-mg-60-capsules-12791

Week 2 is done – it has sucked

Week one was great. My gym workouts were way better and everything was fine.

Then the insomnia began. Four nights in a row the worst insomnia I’ve ever had. OK after that came the sore throat & head cold.

Not the worst head cold but bad enough to stop me going to work & the gym.

If this is what SARMs do then whats the fucking point?

I just cut my dose back down to 50% which is what it was in the first week. If the sides dont stop I will ditch the Ostarine & never take SARMs ever again.

Waiting to see.

UPDATE: Figured out my sinus infection was caused by black mold exposure at work – nothing to do with the SARM

I am giving Ostarine a try. My first ever PED after 35 years of bodybuilding and weightlifting. I am on week 2. Week one was great. I noticed a 20% greater resilience in the gym. More pump.

This week I got hit with terrible insomnia. Worse than normal insomnia although we have had a heat wave here with high humidity & mosquitos at night. After 4 nights in a row there was a 6 degree celsius temperature drop & I got a midsummer cold.

Its dawned upon me that the insomnia is a symptom of magnesium deficiency. Aggravated by the climate sure but its still not normal.

SARMs clearly must dramatically increase your magnesium requirement. Vitamin D and Zinc also.

So I started supplementing & will continue to do so for the next six weeks. Kind of a shame but there you go. I wonder how many other SARM side effects are nutrition related?

Creatine also needs to be used with increased magnesium intake. Doing so dramatically improves strength gains.

For a triple bang do SARMs, creatine & Magnesium together.

https://jrnlappliedresearch.com/articles/Vol3Iss1/ASHMEAD.htm

https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/md13.htm