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Title: Guggelsterone: does it really prevent T-3 from getting downgraded to T-4 whilst
Post by: Deicide on September 11, 2007, 07:20:42 PM

on a diet. Normally over the course of most diets there comes a plateau. Allegedly Guggelsterone prevents this (or minimises it). Does anyone have personal experiences with it that confirm this?

Title: Re: Guggelsterone: does it really prevent T-3 from getting downgraded to T-4 whilst
Post by: Tapeworm on September 12, 2007, 09:25:48 AM

I didn't even know T3 turned into T4.  Thought it just went the other way...  Wouldn't T3 get used up before being 'downgraded' since it's the more available form?

Title: Re: Guggelsterone: does it really prevent T-3 from getting downgraded to T-4 whilst
Post by: Deicide on September 12, 2007, 04:31:28 PM

Quote from: Tapeworm on September 12, 2007, 09:25:48 AM

I didn't even know T3 turned into T4.  Thought it just went the other way...  Wouldn't T3 get used up before being 'downgraded' since it's the more available form?

T-3 is the more powerful of the hormones; T-4 doesn't work as effectively...

No one has tried Guggelsterone huh? :-\

Title: Re: Guggelsterone: does it really prevent T-3 from getting downgraded to T-4 whilst
Post by: Beejis60 on September 14, 2007, 02:20:21 PM

Quote from: Trapezkerl on September 12, 2007, 04:31:28 PM

No one has tried Guggelsterone huh? :-\

I've used a product with guggul in it and found it to be worse than the caffeine/bioperine/capsaicin/whatever else stack.  I believe there was a recent study stating that guggul actually inhibits protein synthesis, much in the same way as NSAIDs do.