04-03-2013, 04:14 AM
(04-03-2013, 03:23 AM)Misty0732 Wrote:(04-03-2013, 02:22 AM)PattiJT Wrote: "She" may chime in. (It can be hard to tell the players without a program).
Patti,
Thanks for catching my faux pax! It's fixed. My apologies, Abi!
Misty
LOL. It's ok. I didn't even see it till now anyways, after being fixed.
Honestly, I don't know. I know that certain constituents of PM act as anti-androgens, and that anti-androgens will, over time, cause SOME reduction of muscle mass.
But I have no idea just how effective it is or isn't.
As an estrogen, it's effects will be nil. Estrogen has no significant effect upon muscle mass.
Personally, I've never had much muscle mass to begin with, anyways. So I certainly can't speak from personal experience.
And as for the science... Even less research has been done on the anti-androgenic properties of PM than has been done on the estrogenic properties. Basically, they know it's there. They even have an idea of what's likely responsible - beta-sitosterone. But they don't really know it's potency or if there might not be other anti-androgens involved.

