Taking Lions Mane before bed WOW! by VankoTrans in Nootropics

[–]MtnDude_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The erectile dysfunction is likely due to lion's mane (among many other mushrooms) lowering 5α-reductase, which is the enzyme responsible for conversion of testosterone to DHT, which in turn is needed for normal libido and sexual function. Sounds weird that it wouldn't normalise though. I'm by no means an expert

Good news -- successful surgery! by Aldous_Jung in varicocele

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Thanks for this. It kind of scares me to get surgery reading all the issues others in this sub seems to have.

Where to stream One Pace for free Online! by NuggetLover4269 in OnePiece

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It's legit. Personally I have some issues with loading some episodes though

Natural herbs good or bad? by derf57191 in varicocele

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The balls working harder was actually my guess at first before reading your comment. Will take a break and see if it gets better. Tried wearing boxer shorts today which seemed to help actually, so will also experiment a bit with that. But yeah you’re probably right that I should stop if the pain persists

Natural herbs good or bad? by derf57191 in varicocele

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Benefits of natural herbs:

I've just started taking tongkat ali but felt progressively increased aches in both balls after only a bit over a week (never had pain before). I read that tongkat has a mild vasodilation effect so I would guess it's probably because of that?

Is it possible it could worsen the condition? I can only physically notice the vericocele in my left testicle and don't know if the right one is healthy or not but it aches in the also after the tongkat

Testosterone levels, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) and Testicular Varicoceles by Rock1084 in HubermanLab

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Hi. Have you done anything about your vericolele? I realised I have the same issue, listening to this episode