Aromatization is a natural process that converts testosterone to estrogen, primarily in males but also in females. Aromatase enzyme is responsible for the conversion, which can occur naturally due to aging or to balance out a large testosterone boost from anabolic steroids. Natural aromatization has benefits for younger people, while excessive aromatization due to steroid use can cause harmful changes. Estrogen is useful in the male body, but high levels can lead to problems such as gyno, cholesterol issues, and decreased immunity.
Aromatization is a process that occurs naturally in the body to convert testosterone to estrogen. The reason for the name, which sounds more like perfume, is because the aromatase enzyme does the conversion. Aromatization occurs primarily in the male body, but can occur in women and occurs naturally, either from aging or to balance out a large testosterone boost from anabolic steroids. If this occurs due to the use of steroids, the body can undergo drastic and harmful changes, while natural aromatization causes the male body to slightly decrease in muscle mass and strength over a long period of time due to the aging, but has many benefits for younger people, such as glucose optimization and better cholesterol management.
The human body is prone to gravitate towards balance by use of a function called homeostasis. Homeostasis keeps the body in an average range in terms of temperature, hormones, mass, and many other factors. That’s why aromatase exists. Its primary purpose is not to turn testosterone into estrogen; rather it more commonly synthesizes cholesterol and fat.
Testosterone is not a hormone produced in large quantities, but is produced at an average of 7mg per day. Most anabolic steroids pump a much higher amount of testosterone into the body, typically 100 to several hundred milligrams, which makes the human system more susceptible to aromatization. This is because, at higher amounts of imbalance, the homeostasis system is more inclined to balance whatever is causing the problem.
The amount of testosterone affected by aromatase depends on the overall amount of aromatase in the body. Higher levels will convert more testosterone but ultimately, most steroid users will be affected by aromatization. A large amount of testosterone is entering the body, much more than is naturally produced, so a relatively large amount of estrogen will be created from the conversion.
Estrogen in the male body is not harmful; it’s actually very useful. Estrogen is able to increase bone mass; is naturally a steroid and, therefore, can lead to an increase in muscle mass when combined with testosterone; and regulate libido. This hormone also aids in recovery from exercise because it helps the body use glucose.
Problems occur when estrogen is too high in the body. Aromatizing in the presence of high testosterone levels, especially people with high aromatase levels, will develop gyno, cholesterol problems, and decreased immunity, among other effects. In natural amounts, aromatase will aid the body in producing healthy amounts of estrogen, and the amount of testosterone converted to estrogen is usually light. Any adverse effects of estrogen are usually small and occur over many years.
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