(15-01-2013, 07:53 PM)tibetan113 Wrote: I read both progesterone like hormone and estrogen like hormones can both be made from diosgenin which is probably why there are so many differing results from those who take it.
No... Yes, both E and P (and T too!) are all SYNTHESIZED from diosgenin... In the lab. The human body can NOT synthesize ANYTHING out of diosgenin. It's simply not equipped for it.
When taken directly into the human body, diosgenin is strictly an adaptogen. The reason there are so many differing results is BECAUSE it is strictly an adaptogen. And it's effect. It removes negative feedback loops. This can be handy. It's also wildly unpredictable. Of all the things an adaptogen could do, removing negative feedback loops results in what is quite probably the MOST unpredictable outcomes.
Provided you're doing all the right things for this to NOT wind up giving you too much of something you don't need... It's wonderful. But if there's ANYTHING off-kilter... It'll make it even MORE off-kilter.
For Example. The reason I personally fear though wonder about what might happen if I added a diosgenin to my program is because while I am doing all I possibly can to minimize my T... It remains that I am biologically male, so my T is going to be higher than I'd like. If I remove T-related negative feedback loops, it'll become even MORE difficult to block off my T. In theory. It might not work that way in practice... But I still fear experimenting with it even though if it DOESN'T negatively interact with my T it WOULD give a powerful boost to my other elements of my program... That T scares the bejeebus out of me!