Want Bigger Boobs? Use Fenugreek!
I often wonder how certain supplements get their reputation. Nobody wants to think that the resuts they get from any paricular product or substance is placebo. Yet, in the 80's millions of people swore Hot Stuff worked wonders. In the 90's everyone thought that Met Rx was the closest thing to steroids. So what happened? Why were the reports so impressive at one time and now these supplements are regarded as nothing more than a so so protein drink. Did these supplements have a secret ingredient in them? Nah. That's just an urband legend. The answer: Placebo. The same goes for HMB, Gabba Orzonal, Androsteine and a host of other crap that millions of people enthusiasticlly endorsed. Sometimes people WANT something to work so much that the hope and belief is strong enough to cause a physical reaction. The reaction is very real -- therefore the conviction is confirmed. Never try to tell someone the gains they experienced aren't real.
Well, we may laugh at a past generation who were fooled by the bogus supps of the day, but it's no different now. But what's so ironic, is when a particular substance does exactly the opposite of what people think it does, and the reaction is STILL what they WANT it to be. One example is Fenugreek.
Fenugreek is a phytoestrogen which is often recommend to nursing mothers to increase milk supply. Why? Because it increases prolacton. Now, anyone with any knowledge of how hormones work knows that prolactin is the # 1 libido killer. Yet, I see people coming on this board, claiming that fenugreek sent their libido through the roof. How can that happen? Chances are, they didn't take enough to do any real damage, and the rest is all wishful thinking. Fenugreek can not increase testosterone and most likely reduces it. Yet, it's a component in some T boosters. Just as we laugh at the old timers for using brewers yeast and boron, in ten years, people will be laughing that budding bodybuilders from 2005 actually tried to increase testosterone with Fenugreek.
There are so many other substances that are used in supplements that are actually detremental to muscle gains -- vitex, gugglesterones, saw palmetto, forskolin -- they all suck and should not be taken if you value your health. There are many others I'd like to discuss in depth in the future. Until then, be careful out there.