Cholesterol Advice

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Also, Aromasin has been shown to lower total cholesterol while raising HDL.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16184460

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Also, Aromasin has been shown to lower total cholesterol while raising HDL.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16184460

well the Study plainly states about 3 paragraphs in "" Exemestane [aromasin] did NOT demonstrate any other significant change in HDL level "" . so not sure why your saying that it raises HDL

also keep in mind this study was done on post menopause females . which is likely going to be quite a bit different then AAS using men

I think all the anecdotal evidence and 100 different blood work thats been posted by guys just on this forum alone showing HDL levels generally fall off when using AI's is fairly substantial to make the generally accepted idea that AI's generally have a negative effect on cholesterol profile, especially HDL.

then of course taking the basic biological tenet that Estrogen plays a role in hepatic output of HDL , its reasonable to conclude that any drug that can substantially lower Estrogen levels (like an AI) is going to thus then lower HDL (not raise it).

note - AI's are not going to substantially lower Estrogen levels in females near as much as it can for AAS using men on a percentage basis ..
a mans Estrogen levels can decline 95% from AI usage. that can have a big impact on HDL levels for him.. where as a post menopausal woman may not see near as significant drop in estrogen and thus not as much effect or any on HDL.
this of course has a lot to do also with the major differences between how men and women make estrogen (which is why a study on women and estrogen is not going to apply to men in general)