Anti Aromatase To Increase Free Testosterone by IDS

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The human body, male or female, has a ratio or natural balance of hormones, hormones such as Testosterone and Estrogen. Anti-AromataseTM is designed to inhibit the conversion of Testosterone (androgen) to Estrogen. This naturally occurring conversion is the result of the body noticing that there is an abundance of Testosterone in the body and in the hopes of maintaining the proper natural balance or homeostasis, converts some of the excess Testosterone to Estrogen. For an athlete who's goal is to increase muscle size and strength while decreasing their recovery time, this reduction in Free Testosterone levels results in a metabolically induced step in the wrong direction.

Anti-Aromatase™ is a proprietary formula that was designed to increase free testosterone to estrogen ratios as well as decrease estrogenic effects. Larger amounts of Testosterone in the bloodstream reduces recovery time, increases protein synthesis, allows for more intense workouts and increases sex drive.

Anti-Aromatase™ accomplishes these goals by interfering with the sex hormone binding globulin, which allows hormones to remain bioavailable longer. It also contains phytochemicals which inhibit aromatization of Testosterone to Estrogen and phytochemicals that bind to estrogen receptors and have anti estrogenic properties.

The following is a very simplistic model of testosterone to estrogen conversion. All estrogens begin as androgens. The enzyme responsible for this conversion is Aromatase. Testes, ovaries and the adrenal glands all produce androstenedione. As we get older, this production shifts more from the testes and ovaries to the adrenal glands. With the help of Aromatase, androstenedione is converted to testosterone which in turn is converted to dihydrotestosterone, which is then converted to estrogens.

What is an estrogen inhibitor?
You can inhibit estrogens actions in several ways. You can block estrogen receptors with something that is anti-estrogenic, and thereby negate estrogens effects. You can inhibit estrogens formation by inhibiting androgens aromatization into estrogens, which will have the effect of decreasing the amount of available estrogens in the body. You can inhibit sex hormone binding globulin and inhibit estrogens bioavailability to target tissues. All of these will have the effect of inhibiting estrogenic activity.

An Aromatase inhibitor is a substance or combination of substances that inhibit the aromatization sequence at one or more points in the pathway.

A study from the University of Illinois offers the first evidence that the estrogen/estrogen receptor alpha signaling system is critical in female and male white adipose tissue deposition. The estrogen receptor alpha-knockout mice, mice with our functioning estrogen receptor alpha, also had insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance similar to humans lacking Eralpha or Aromatase. The obesity in alpha estrogen receptor knockout mice males appeared to involve decrease energy expenditure rather than hyperphagia. In other words, ER Alpha absence causes fat increases in white adipose tissue but not brown adipose tissue and is accompanied by insulin resistance and glucose tolerance in both males and females. Both insulin resistance and glucose intolerance often lead to obesity.