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Originally Posted by catfish2
Herbal, I want to stay away from the other stuff.
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To the best of my knowledge there are only a few herbal supplements that have been stated to help produce testosterone naturally in the body. Before you look at moving this route, I would suggest going to the Doctors and having blood work done. Specifically ask the Dr. to screen your hormone levels.
For someone going your route about training, I would just get your levels checked and go from there. If all is well, eat right and train the gains will come. If there is something wrong you can get help under a Doctor's guidance.
With that said, tribulus terrestris (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribulus_terrestris) is one. I have used this in small amounts. No serious cycling or anything of that sort. My experiences have been increased irritability and acne. Some minor breakouts that weren't normal for myself.
Long Jack Root (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurycoma_longifolia) has also been said to increase testosterone in the body. I have no experiences with said product.
These are the only two that I know of. Tribulus has been around for sometime, and has had some research done with it.
With that said, there is no magic pill. Increasing testosterone levels whether they be natural or unnatural does carry the risk of side effects. Herbal will be less, obviously, but the body will attempt to aromatase (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatase) free testosterone in the body.
Even if you go the natural route, setting up a dosage schedule and possibly taking some anti-estrogen supplements would be the best laid plan.
Arachidonic Acid (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachidonic_acid) is said to be an herbal aromatase inhibitor, although research says other wise.
Chrysin (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysin) is also said to be an anti-estrogen inhibitor also, but much like A Acid claims are not backed up by much.
Long Jack Extract has also said to help inhibit aromatase in the body.
The anti-estrogen route will need to be done chemically in my opinion. As there are not true herbal supplements to prevent estrogen levels.
Natural things, like minimizing stress, eating a clean diet, cycling supplements properly will keep things under some control.
Hope this helps.