there is no doubt that oral AAS use will negatively effect cholesterol profile, especially lower HDL (the so called good cholesterol) . HOWEVER , just because this is how the blood work shows up while on these orals, does not necessarily mean thats a bad thing or going to cause any health problems. its just a number on a piece of paper... heck there may be reasons that oral AAS lower HDL that we are actually getting a benefit from (or that the body lowers HDL while on these compounds because we simply require less of it).Originally Posted by Caesar Avgvstvs
Until we have real evidence that AAS lowering HDL is actually a proven "bad thing", I don't think we can say for sure. there are other factors to consider like if HDL comes back to range when off of AAS , or testing cholesterol particle size.
I would say though , that IF cholesterol is a major health priority for you and managing good HDL levels is important . then I would NOT run Arimidex for your cycles at high dosages for that long . Your cholesterol will be much better off running a SERM for estrogen control , as a SERM is only blocking E at the receptor sites like breast and fat tissue, but allowing the good receptor sites in the liver to still function and produce HDL (whereas an AI does not do this . . its lowering total estrogen levels and thus limiting e from passing through the liver for HDL production).
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