Comment · Fri, September 18, 2020 · ND Owner
Free test results from taking LJ
What they were answering
STOpeful · 4 points
Is there any reason to be worried about aromitzation at that sort of level? (Genuine question)
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Nope, as tongkat modulates estrogen, too. Also, this is free testosterone, not total testosterone. Testosterone becomes bound to serum globulin, which prevents it from being able to bind to the androgen receptors. This inactive complex is called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Bound testosterone is unable to be picked up by testosterone receptors on cell membranes. This is why we want "free testosterone" to increase in the body. That is what OP's results show. OP says his estrogen levels were unchanged between the tests. So tongkat was allowing a lot more of his testosterone to remain free, and act on their androgen receptors, but not increasing estrogen or total T.