Comment · Fri, March 19, 2021 · ND Owner
(−)-Epicatechin experiences?
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-keyz_ · 16 points
Any personal experiences? Read some promising comments about its effectiveness for fatigue, sleep and recovering but there's not really much out there.
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SpecialistGanache590 · 4 points
I was thinking about green tea not having that much epicatechin so it wouldn't really affect follistatin. But since the quality of your products are so good, I can really feel the strength gains in the gym! I‘m just concerned of follistatins FSH supressing effect. Follistatin was even named FSH-Supressing-Hormone before the name change to Follistatin. I just wanna know how it would affect my puberty.
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
I will have to research that a bit more. Epicatechin increases follistatin and decreases myostatin. That study you linked did show that follistatin lowered activin-stimulated FSH, but did not affect GnRH-stimulated FSH. That would indicate to me it is not adversely affecting adolescent growth, but I can't say that for sure without more research.