TRT and Cholesterol

[Quester]

I understand the body creates sex hormones from cholesterol and/triglycerides. Can I conclude that TRT raises cholesterol?

[kelkel]

Just the opposite. It will reduce total chol and triglycerides:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708389/


Only difference I see in all my time reviewing BW in the TRT world that is different is that HDL is reduced over time a bit. Probably why Dr. Crisler gives his patients a 10 pt bump in their HDL score when reviewing their BW.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23422242

[Quester]

Great two birds/one bullet
And, I got a pubmed account yesterday. I'll add these to the favs list. I really appreciate you. At school I use Refme to save stuff from psychinfo and other crazy shit, lol! One day, I hope to contribute to this forum in a meaningful way, I'm so busy looking up psych studies and shit during the day that my brain can't make the connections necessary to do good research and learn from it.

[kelkel]

If looking for a good read on cholesterol pick up "The Great Cholesterol Myth" by Dr. Sinatra. It's enlightening. He's one of the best in that arena imho.