Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Yeah, but it goes beyond lab results. The numbers themselves do not mean what the medical community says it means. The entire Cholesterol scam started form a Long term Massachusetts study which followed a bunch of suburban families in one area for a decade or so, and crunched some numbers and declared that high cholesterol leads to higher chances of heart diseases.
This one scam spawned into numerous mini scams, including the demonisation of fats, pushing seed oils, and hiding the fact that sugars are the real killers, etc. that has ultimately lead to a very unhealthy population.
Testosterone Replacement Therapy is a newer similar scam in that the Free Testosterone number means little when you don't take into account that different people have varying levels of androgen receptor density that affects how they respond to testosterone. There are men who are clinically "low-T" who have no symptoms because they have high sensitivity from their genetics and still grow muscle easily, hence why they tend to blow up like crazy if they go on PEDs. On the other side there are weak responders who have such poor receptor density that you can pump them full of test or PEDs and they still stay relatively weak.
Also don't forget that going on either essentially makes you an addict as your body will shut down it's own testosterone production and potentially make you dependent on the TRT for the rest of your life to maintain normal levels. If you go off of it you muscle quickly starts to waste away like all those former Mr Olympia who don't look anything like in their prime while lifetime nattys can hold onto their gains all the way into old age. That's why we have the saying that "roid gains are rented gains."
same with me with a lot of the condiments, when I start fantasizing about a loaded cheeseburger and break down the flavors in my head, it's all about mixing the condiments, which are liquid sugar, with the combo of other tastes. It is not the meat. When I want the flavor of meat, it is always rib eye, every time.