Elevated Estradiol and Diet?

[TRTnooby]

My Estradiol came back a bit elevated at 49 after 4 weeks on 50 Mg of Test E 2x a week. Rather than jump into Arimidex, my doctor asked me to wait another 4 weeks and check it again and see if it goes down.

In the mean time I'm going to start taking Zing, DIM and B6 today to help lower it, but I'm wondering if there are foods I should avoid also? I've heard Soy and Flax seeds can raise estrogen levels, are there any others?

 

[JimiThing]

3J just wrote something up on this, i will see if i can locate it

 

[Havasu]

Avoid all Soy.

 

[Megatron28]

If that 49 is from the regular estradiol assay, keep in mind it is often 10-20 points overstated. Meaning you may really by at 29-39 which is about where your want your E2 to be at. Be cautious about lowering it further.

 

[Alpin]

Adex might lower it to 25-30 pg / ml at first but after a while you may lower it some more unintentionally. Careful with low estradiol.
It's just the way adex works.
how does B6 help lowering estradiol?
What were your peak T levels on this protocol?

 

[TRTnooby]

Yeah I'm not going to mess with adex if I don't have to. Right now I'm just going to keep watching it and see what happens. If it holds steady there I'll leave it alone, I don't have many symptoms of high E. I had a bit of a breakout of acne on my back, but it seems to be going away, and it was only 5 or 6 pimples at its height.

Idk how exactly they work, but I've read DIM, Zinc, and B6 all help the body break down Estradiol and excrete it. Doesn't stop the T from aromatizing, just helps you get rid of it when it does. Definitely not as effective as an AI drug, but a lot gentler on the body.

I haven't gotten a peak TT reading, but I"m injecting every 3.5 days, so hopefully there isn't too much difference. I don't notice any spike or crash in the way I feel so hopefully I'm staying in the 900-700 range all the time.

 

[halfwit]

Just avoid soy, and eat plenty of broccoli/cruciferous green vegetables. Easy on the zinc as it can impact other trace minerals in the body, and DIM may or may not help due to how your body excretes hormones naturally.

Many have had success with that protocol, but of course YMMV.

 

[Alpin]

I don't know bro. On 60 mg E3D T and hcg 350 iu E3D. ...
i took adex a couple times E3D apart at 0.25 mg and felt like shit the next day.
i doubt I was aromatizing much. Just felt slight insomnia, mild anxiety...
0.125 mg eod was ok...
but at 50 mg e3d. ...you could easily crash e2.
On TRT we can lower estradiol easier and have side effects vs. Natty.

 

[TRTnooby]

I don't know bro. On 60 mg E3D T and hcg 350 iu E3D. ...
i took adex a couple times E3D apart at 0.25 mg and felt like shit the next day.
i doubt I was aromatizing much. Just felt slight insomnia, mild anxiety...
0.125 mg eod was ok...
but at 50 mg e3d. ...you could easily crash e2.
On TRT we can lower estradiol easier and have side effects vs. Natty.

yeah, I'm not planning on adding adex to my protocol unless my E2 goes up from here. I don't have any bad symptoms of high E2, and I really dont' want to take an extra drug if I don't have to. Will see where I'm at next month and re-evaluate from there.