So, guys, Derek, moreplacemerdes.com. Today we're going to be talking about finasteride

and if it's going to inhibit you from losing fat and getting shredded or gaining muscle. So I've

talked about the gaining muscle part many times in terms of if you're inhibiting dhc production,

you actually have a subsequent rise in total testosterone levels and that amount is going to be dependent

on how much you're inhibiting 5 alpha reductase. So if you have, you know, 70% inhibition with

fanasteride, you're going to get maybe a, you know, 60 to 70% decrease in systemic DHC with a

subsequent 15% increase in testosterone and estrogen as a result of when you're inhibiting the enzyme,

now the testosterone can't convert into DHD. So now you have more testosterone and as a

consequence, more estrogen too. When you use Dutastrian, you inhibit upwards of 99% of 5 alpha

reductase activity. You have almost no Dg in your body at all, literally less than a

prepubescent girl essentially, you have a situation where 5A.R is so inhibited, even more is left

as testosterone, and consequently aromatized into estrogen, you have a 22% approximately,

give or take, increase in testosterone and estrogen. Now it doesn't necessarily mean you get a bump% approximately give or take increase in testosterone and estrogen.

Now it doesn't necessarily mean you get a bump, a giant bump in free testosterone to the point

where it's, you know, going to make a massive difference in terms of muscle growth.

However, what we do see in the clinical literature is there is no deleterious impact to muscle growth outcomes.

Like you're not going to lose a bunch of muscle because of finasteroid Dutacharya.

Now maybe downstream you could argue that actual like motor neuron recruitment in the gym is

inhibited because of lack of DHD, you no longer have that mind muscle connection.

You're not as snappy with the weights and as a result of using smaller loads because

you can't literally push as much weight potentially, then as a consequence you might maybe

lose some muscle, but does that actually happen in practical application?

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